Thank you Swindon Town for rounding off my wedding day with a 2-1 victory at Walsall yesterday. Let’s hope that when I get back from my honeymoon in a weeks time, I can watch Town beat Plymouth Argyle to take us to a play-off position. I’ll be back blogging on The Washbag with my thoughts after the Plymouth game. Ron
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Near Signing – Town Dismiss Alan Gow’s New Wage Demands
Is Alan Gow a central defender I hear you cry? No he isn’t. Town were widely regarded by supporters to bring in an experienced centre back to replace the now irreplaceable Gordon Greer. Yet, Alan Gow is a 27 year old Scottish forward, who was released from fellow League One team Plymouth Argyle earlier this summer. Alan made 14 appearances scoring 2 goals in
Read moreDavid Byrnes His Bridges With Swindon Town
I’m a bit surprised and disappointed that David Byrne has left his role as Head of Player Development at Swindon Town today after over 4 years at the County Ground. Since joining Town as youth team manager in 2006 under Paul Sturrock, Budgie has filled various roles including caretaker manager after Sturrock joined Plymouth, followed by a promotion to become Maurice
Read more70 Days Later….
A new League One season starts today, 70 days after the Play-Off Final. When I started this blog back in January, I could have never imagined how the season would unfold, the memorable games, the results, goals, and of course the agony and the ecstasy of the 3 play-off games. So we are at the start of a new season where confidence is high and
Read more2010/2011 League One Predictions
With the start of the 2010/2011 League One campaign almost upon us, there is no better time to look ahead to May and make an attempt at trying to predict the final league positions. Many national news outlets have hardly considered Town as possible promotion candidate so far. BBC 5Live decided to completely overlook Town in favour of the usual suspects in
Read moreThomas Dossevi
Trialist Thomas Dossevi stood out during his excellent first half performance for Town in our 3-2 friendly victory over a poor Nottingham Forest yesterday afternoon. The Frenchman, who has won 25 caps and scored 1 goal for the Togolese national team (his father Antoine Dossevi also played for Togo in the 1970s), comes to win a contract at Swindon Town.
Read moreBhoys Are Coming to Town
With the imminent arrival of Simon Ferry and Paul Caddis from Celtic, who are expected to be unveiled before the Nottingham Forest match tomorrow, it seems strange and exciting at the same time, that Town now find themselves in a position to state their intent and commit to splash the cash by paying a significant transfer fee for the first time in a while. Chairman
Read moreGreer Walks
Why why why, would Gordon Greer want to leave Swindon to join Brighton, let alone Wilson want to sell the club captain? Greer signed last summer on a free transfer with a 2 year contract, and is only 12 months into a very successful stint at the County Ground. Gordon is set to sign a 3 year deal at Brighton following a £250,000 fee
Read moreSecond Signing: David Prutton
David Prutton has become Danny Wilson’s second new signing for 2010/2011. The 28 year old central midfielder joins Town with vast experience, having played 317 Football League games and scored 18 goals. Prutton excelled earlier in his career, first at Nottingham Forest then at Southampton in the Premier League following a £2.5M transfer in 2003. Since then Prutton has established
Read moreFirst Signing: Michael Rose
Finally! Swindon Town have secured their first new signing for 2010/2011. 28 year old left back Michael Rose joins on a free transfer following his release from Stockport County. Wilson hopes Rose will fill the void left by Alan Sheehan. Alan will not be returning following his successful loan from Leeds, as his parent club have priced him out of a
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