Why the recent £2 million cash injection won’t mean Town will buy Harry Kewell, by Alex Cooke. It seems churlish, grumpy and almost disloyal to question anything about a £2 million injection by the board of STFC into the club, after all this is that rarest of things – good news. But few things are quite that simple and you don’t
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Pre-season with Paolo is always said to be hard work but does all the running work? Alex Cooke looks at the evidence. Fitness has been something of a theme for Swindon Town; the club’s foundations were being laid by the Victorian ideal of ‘muscular christianity’, its badge carries the exhortation to effort; ‘Salubritas et Industria’ and one of its greatest
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Does the lack of a reserve team and regular reserve fixtures at Swindon Town have a detrimental effect on some of the fringe and youth players, making it difficult to ‘take that next step’ and also prevents players of being up to speed when called into the first team? Following the appointment of Di Canio just over a year ago,
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How difficult are the 2012/13 League One fixtures for Swindon Town? We may have the answer thanks to top Football League statistics blog Experimental 3-6-1. Statistical master and Torquay United supporter Ben Mayhew has created an algorithm to rank each team’s fixture list for the Championship, Leagues One and Two by their difficulty and visualised the results into a helpful heat
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Exeter City supporter Ollie Heptinstall answers our questions on Paolo Di Canio’s latest signing, Troy Archibald-Henville. After making 51 appearances in 2011/12 how disappointed were Exeter supporters when he didn’t sign a new deal? We we very disappointed but expected it. Relegation has meant our budget’s been cut drastically and it was a small budget in the first place! Troy would have
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Brighton & Hove Albion supporter Alan Wares answers our questions on new Swindon midfielder Alan Navarro… After making a valued contribution with 33 appearances in 2011/12 were you surprised by his release in April? I was slightly surprised to see Alan released, but then again Gus is aiming high for his midfielders. What type of player is Alan, what can
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Seven new players have already joined the Paolo Di Canio regime for the 2012/2013 season and the transfer window hasn’t officially opened yet. Our writer Adam Johnson looks into the signings and the possible impact they could have in the year ahead… If Paolo Di Canio has a favourite Whiskey, based on our signings, we all know what he’d probably shop
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After providing the heads up on Gary Roberts last week, Huddersfield supporter Charlie Johnson returns to answer our questions on former Terrier, Tommy Miller. Miller made 33 appearances for you this season, but the vast majority were before Clark was given the shove. Doesn’t Grayson like him? Not at all, in fact he was injured for much of Grayson’s tenure, and
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Following the tragic news of former Swindon Town defender, QPR and Northern Ireland captain Alan McDonald passing at the age of 48, we’ll be paying our respects to Alan with footage of one of his memorable games while wearing our red and white. A veteran defender when he joined the club at the age of 33, McDonald signed on a free
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Alex Cooke looks at Swindon fired their way to the 2011/12 championship with patience, fitness and a fantastic home scoring rate. It wasn’t the 75 goals scored that secured Swindon’s title last season; it was those that weren’t conceded. The forward line didn’t earn Paolo Di Canio’s side the championship; it was the back five. They allowed the team to
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