Andrew Hawes gets his chance to induct his choice into the Hall of Shame…a popular selection by all accounts… There aren’t that many managers in Swindon’s history who have achieved promotion. Bert Head, Danny Williams, Lou Macari, Ossie Ardiles (albeit briefly), Glenn Hoddle, Steve McMahon and Paul Sturrock complete the list. Yet when thinking about the STFC Hall of Shame, I
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After Swindon Town’s emphatic 4-1 win at Southend, it was time to face another early table topping team Crawley Town. The West Sussex side sought to enhance their ‘Champions Elect’ tag as the bookies’ favourite to win League Two… or would they become another victim on Swindon’s seemingly unstoppable run, writes STFC007. In the build-up to the game, Crawley’s coach Steve Evans had
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Talk of a striker joining their A420 rivals has been regular since our County Ground clash in August. Instead of James Constable signing for Swindon, it was Mehdi Kerrouche who has joined Oxford for a month. Rosie MacGillivray gives her view on the move and why she agrees with Paolo Di Canio. It is undoubtedly a brave move by Di Canio. Kerrouche hasn’t featured since December, yet only finds
Read moreWhat a fantastic 3-0 victory over Crawley Town! So many fine individual performances, a wonder goal from Billy Bodin and don’t forget Wes Foderingham kept Town in the game with a string of world class saves before half time. Do you agree with Alan McCormack being awarded the man of the match by the sponsors? Vote below and the winner will be
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Form… Fifth placed Swindon now have two games in hand over our promotion chasing rivals and are four points behind leaders Cheltenham Town. Town are currently on a run of one defeat – at Torquay on Boxing Day – in sixteen League Two matches. Town’s current form guide reads five wins and that one defeat in the previous six League Two outings,
Read moreWith a third of the season remaining and the 5th May finishing line in sight, each side in League Two will face differing strengths of opponents in the run-in. The difficulty of fixtures remaining will play a key role in deciding where the title goes, which team mounts the inevitable late surge into the Play-Offs or who drops into non-league obscurity. So with
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Milan Misun has quietly slipped away from Swindon Town… its almost as if he was never here… After ‘joining’ for an undisclosed (reported to be a six figure) fee on 28th January 2011 – in one of Danny Wilson’s final and desperate last throws of the dice in the transfer market; Czech Republic defender Milan Misun suffered a reoccurrence of a serious knee injury and never played. It
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The ramblings of BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan.. Freezing wasn’t it..? But worth the extra layers and numb toes and fingers. I set off from Devon at about half past one…no idea why, just had to be there early. Forgot my gloves, so had to buy some new ones. Went to the club shop to buy a coat, then the chippy.
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He fired Swindon to Wembley but Swindon’s number 17 has only scored 8 times this season from 30 appearances. But does Alan Connell offer more than goals? By Alex Cooke. Alan Connell is the perfect centre forward. He might not always look like one but if you read through the statistics behind the striker’s performance against Wigan it is hard
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After eight years of trying during his illustrious playing career in England, Paolo Di Canio will finally get the chance to grace Wembley Stadium, albeit from the technical area. Don’t worry – he’s not replacing the recently resigned Fabio Capello – he’ll be managing Swindon Town when they take on Northern Final winners Chesterfield at our national stadium on the
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