Phew…this season has finally finished and on a high note with the 2-0 victory at Tranmere Rovers. Before we start to look forward to hopefully a single season in League Two (before a promotion, not in the other direction…) I just want to run the final rule over 2010/2011, with the 10 reasons why I believe we failed, been relegated and finished
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Its that time of the year again when I receive the Swindon Town research files for FOOTBALL MANAGER™. As part of the final review for FOOTBALL MANAGER 2011™ I’ll be updating all of the Swindon Town data. Not only will this exercise require me to make all the Swindon players crap 😉 I’ll be going over all of the existing data to make sure
Read moreWell who would’ve imagined Swindon Town winning again before the season was up? I couldn’t have been the only one to doubt we’d see another 3 points… So after 18 games since the previous win and with the opportunity to equal the club record sequence without a victory, Town finally won 1-0 at Brentford on Saturday. As we’ve secured an
Read moreThe second story in the series following Swindon Town successes of avoiding the drop, this time I take a look back to 1975/1976 in Football League Division Three. After almost bouncing back at the first time of asking the season before, when Town finished just in 4th place, just 2 points shy of automatic promotion, the contrasting fortunes a season later sounds
Read moreHere’s one for you…so how many points do Swindon Town need to avoid relegation to League Two? After updating my usual predicted League One home / away form table (see below), I now find Yeovil Town predicted to finish 20th with 50.15 points and Swindon, unsurprisingly predicted, to finish bottom with a meagre 41.6 points. So with 11 games remaining for Town,
Read moreSitting bottom of League One is a shock to the system, yet Swindon Town have been firmly embroiled in a relegation battle to secure League One football for 2011/2012 for some time. We can survive the drop, we’ve achieved this before, so it’s now time to look back into the history book at seasons where we’ve survived the drop. First
Read moreWhilst looking at our league stats this lunchtime one thing jumped out at me… Swindon haven’t scored first in a game since the 2-1 victory over Sheffield Wednesday back in early December. So that’s 12 games where Town haven’t secured the early advantage to at least give the team something to defend. In this 12 game period we’ve won 1,
Read moreJust over a week ago I posted an alternative form table for League One. The predicted points table is based on home and away form, ensuring this key variable is taken into account. Then Swindon were 21st, having secured 1.11 points per game, equating to final point total of 49.83 when adjusted for home/away advantage. G = Games, P =
Read moreThe Adver Comment this morning ‘Hotshot Charlie Austin Must Be Replaced” made an good, if obvious point, on the need to replace Charlie Austin with at least 1 new forward at Town. The Adver commented: The reason for this is that in terms of hitting the back of the net, the two other most regular forwards in the squad have
Read moreAnother victory at Boundary Park would’ve been the perfect response to the magnificent 4-2 victory at Charlton…but we went down to a less than inspiring 2-0 defeat. All the talk has rightly been about finding consistency and Wilson bemoaning the mentality of his team. We desperately need an unbeaten run, preferably containing several wins, however this is looking increasing unlikely. Why?.. I don’t know and I’m
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