Episode #49 of TheWashbag Swindon Town FC Podcast is now available to download or stream online… Ron Smith is joined by Alex Cooke and Brendan Hobbs in this depressing new episode. We talk about if Swindon are signing too many players from Lee Power’s mates, the relegation fight and why the defeat against Oxford is all Brendan’s fault. As was the rise
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Fancy a right old cockney knees up? Here’s Ed from the fans’ phone-in talking to Lee Power, with a bit of Blur thrown in. By Alex Cooke You’ll have to click to make it play. Thanks to whomever it was on Twitter who spotted Ed’s stylistic similarity to Phil Daniels delivery first, and Nemo from the TEF for the upload
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Alex Cooke compares the scoring prowess of Obika, Hylton, Delfouneso and Norris with Chelsea’s Feruz (and rumoured target Dagger’s Oliver Hawkins) In this transfer window, Town have been linked with forwards (Oliver Hawkins) and actually brought one in (Chelsea’s Islam Feruz) which seems a perfect excuse to compare the current crop and the new one. It is clear that Town
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Alex Cooke asks how has the number of shots Swindon face in each game almost doubled since Tim Sherwood took over? At the moment Swindon are conceding a lots of goals: nine goals in the five league games since Tim Sherwood ‘took over’. Clearly that is far too many, but it is indicative of another problem: the amount of shots
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Picking out some of the bits you might have missed from Swindon’s vital 1-0 win over Bradford City. Words by Alex Cooke. Now Swindon’s inky-fingered hacks and CMS-jockeys have been (largely) welcomed back by chairman Lee Power, you’ll have already read plenty on Tom Smith’s fine performance as faux full-back and Jon Obika’s powerful display ‘up top’, but I’ve decide
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With the national press and fans outside the club confused by Timmy Sherwood’s Director of Football job title, Alex Cooke helps explain…
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For a feeder club, to build a new ground or to get into Champions League; why does Swindon’s chairman want to own a fading Irish football team? By Alex Cooke Amid all the noise around Tim Sherwood‘s appointment as Director of Football (albeit one who picks the team, formation and gives team talks), the news that Lee Power has also
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Episode #48 of TheWashbag Swindon Town FC Podcast is now available to download or stream online… Ron Smith is joined by Alex Cooke and Brendan Hobbs to discuss what was actually in James Collins’ cup? Your favourite Swindon Town Town’s (poor) form, the FA Cup draw at non-league Eastleigh, also whether there are any viable alternatives for Luke Williams and Lee Power should
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They’re back! Find the Swindon Town-connected facts, dates and names to depress/impress you and your friends. There are five more tough puzzles to test you. By Alex Cooke Ahead of the FA Cup tie with Eastleigh, we’ve again put together a series of quiz walls, much like those in BBC Four virgin-off Only Connect. If you know how to play
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After Swindon’s latest defeat everyone pointed out the problems, Alex Cooke tries to find a few answers… Be better Let’s start with the obvious ones; play better, concentrate for 90 minutes, attack the ball into the area, don’t let someone dribble past you into the box, finish your bloody chances. But, also let us take the positives from what we’ve
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