Paolo Di Canio has finally got his man. Luke Rooney was unveiled yesterday as Swindon’s third signing of the January Transfer Window, arriving from Gillingham for an undisclosed fee. We’ve asked Gillingham blog Gills365 for their view on Rooney, the reasons for his decision to leave Prestfield and what can we expect from the 21 year old at the County Ground. Can you
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Not many player’s careers can bear comparison with Thierry Henry’s, writes Alex Cooke. To do so they would need to be a club-record goal scorer, a World Cup and European Championships winner, an inspirational captain, an ad-man’s dream and, an aesthete. Swindon’s Eric Sabin – entry #2 into the Hall of Shame – was none of these things. Instead Sabin
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After a lengthy absence, Neilsen ‘The Overseer’ returns, helping me out with a match report of our 2-1 victory over Rotherham United. A quick-fire brace of Matt Ritchie thunderbolts just before the midway point of the first half at Rotherham proved decisive in ensuring that Swindon retained in their nostrils the scent of League Two’s current pacesetting trio. Such moments
Read moreWith more than half of the League Two campaign behind us it’s time to dust off our projected points table. Based on projecting the existing home and away points won of each club forward to the end of the season, this table gives a points and goal difference indication of each team’s potential points return come May. It’s neck and neck between Southend and
Read moreWith Matt Ritchie scoring twice against Rotherham this afternoon does he deserve your vote as the Swindon Town man of the match? Vote by selecting your choice below with the winner to be announced in our match report on Monday.
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Form… Fourth placed Swindon are currently on a run of one defeat – at Torquay on Boxing Day – in thirteen League Two matches and eighteen matches overall. Town’s current form guide reads four wins, one draw and one defeat in the previous six League Two outings, including victories in the recent two games against Northampton and AFC Wimbledon. Away
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After going public with his desire to bring James Constable to Swindon prior to the derby with Oxford United back in August, Paolo Di Canio has again made his intentions clear by launching a new raid on the Kassam to sign the Malmesbury-man this January. Di Canio’s two bids – understood to be £175,000 and then nearer £250,000 – have been swiftly turned down by Chris Wilder who
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BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan continues his weekly blog only here on The Washbag. What a day… Saturday January the 7th 2012, will go down as one of the great days of Swindon Town’s recent history. Wigan Athletic came to the County Ground as favourites. They’re a Premier League team, and should get past a side from League Two. That was reinforced
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Gradually the mistakes are being erased. First it was Ibrahim Atiku, then Mattia Lanzano was asked to go, now, we wave goodbye to centre back, and disaster central, Alberto Comazzi, writes Alex Cooke. Comazzi wasn’t a bad signing, he was just the wrong signing for this decade, and this country. As Paolo Di Canio admitted the grizzled centre back always looked like
Read moreWith Town set to travel to South Yorkshire this Saturday we look back at our visit on 9th December 1995, when Steve McMahon’s side travelled to 17th placed Rotherham United. Town were going through their worst form of the season and winless in four games, but still top of the table in Division Two. With the match seemingly heading for a
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