No.6 – Matt Ritchie’s strike against Gillingham With my daughter’s impending birth preventing use of my season ticket for the evening I missed Matt Ritchie’s stunning strike against Gillingham. Whether this is something I’ll hold against her I doubt, but I always seem to miss out on the STFC ‘wonder strikes’ over the years for various reasons. Perhaps I’ll not
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No.7 – Leyton Orient and the end for Danny Wilson A 3-0 defeat at Leyton Orient in early February with sixteen left to play, 31 points in the bag and six off the bottom isn’t usually a sign relegation is inevitable, but it always was for me. The match was Swindon’s eighth game without a win, a run including six defeats.
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No.8 – Charlton Athletic 2 Swindon 4 A sole highlight in League One during 2011 came at The Valley on 3rd January. In front of the Sky TV cameras Town ended their twenty month hoodoo of failing to win a game after going behind in true style beating promotion chasing Charlton Athletic 4-2. After the Addicks took a controversial lead
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No.9 – Paolo’s first away League victory at Crawley At the fourth attempt in League Two, Paolo Di Canio guided Swindon to a magnificent 3-0 demolition of pundit’s pre-season favourites and everyone’s most hated team Crawley Town. In the process, Steve Evans was served humble pie with a waft of parmesan and extra black pepper. Paolo well and truly hit
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What do all of these people have in common? Jimmy Carr, Tommy Cooper, Jim Davidson, Alan Davies, Bob Mortimer, Frank Spencer and Lee Evans have all done it… Gordon Brown, George Bush, David Cameron, Neville Chamberlain, and John Kennedy all did it too… So did Fabio Capello, Glenn Hoddle, Kevin Keegan, Steve McClaren and Alf Ramsey (but Sven didn’t)… Even
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Welcome to another edition of Andrew Steele-Davis’ Npower Football League Two Review, where as always there was plenty of action for you to sink your teeth into. The top three all dropped vital points as the hectic Christmas schedule begins while Swindon continue their Robin’s revival under Paolo Di Canio, stretching their unbeaten run to 15 games in all competitions. We
Read moreSwindon never looked in doubt this afternoon as they walked to a comfortable 3-0 victory over Morecambe. Jake Jervis and Raffa De Vita gave Swindon a healthy half time lead only for second half substitute Ronan Murray to put the icing on the cake with a great finish to a move he started. Alan McCormack was award the Match Sponsor’s Man
Read moreNo.10 – Where is Milan Misun? One of Danny Wilson’s final and desperate throws of the dice in the transfer market was to sign Celtic’s Czech Republic defender Milan Misun for an undisclosed (reported to be a six figure) fee on 28th January. With Gordon Greer still sorely missed, Sean Morrison recently departed and Town’s defence looking as watertight as
Read moreToday we start our look back over the past twelve months with our eleven key moments that have shaped and defined 2011. It’s been a year of two halves, one half to forget the other rebuilding under Paolo Di Canio in League Two…the countdown commences with no.11… No.11 – Andrew Fitton departs Just over 3 years after announcing a 5 year plan to
Read moreWelcome to another edition of Andrew Steele-Davis’ Npower Football League Two Review, where there was plenty of action as well as a local derby. Southend were finally defeated and the situation at the bottom of the table looks dire for Dagenham and Redbridge. We start off at the Kingsmeadow stadium where Accrington Stanley recorded an all important victory over Wimbledon. Padraig Amond,
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The Washbag 