No.7 – Leyton Orient and the end for Danny Wilson A 3-0 defeat at Leyton Orient in early February with sixteen left to play, 31 points in the bag and six off the bottom isn’t usually a sign relegation is inevitable, but it always was for me. The match was Swindon’s eighth game without a win, a run including six defeats.
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No.8 – Charlton Athletic 2 Swindon 4 A sole highlight in League One during 2011 came at The Valley on 3rd January. In front of the Sky TV cameras Town ended their twenty month hoodoo of failing to win a game after going behind in true style beating promotion chasing Charlton Athletic 4-2. After the Addicks took a controversial lead
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No.9 – Paolo’s first away League victory at Crawley At the fourth attempt in League Two, Paolo Di Canio guided Swindon to a magnificent 3-0 demolition of pundit’s pre-season favourites and everyone’s most hated team Crawley Town. In the process, Steve Evans was served humble pie with a waft of parmesan and extra black pepper. Paolo well and truly hit
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What do all of these people have in common? Jimmy Carr, Tommy Cooper, Jim Davidson, Alan Davies, Bob Mortimer, Frank Spencer and Lee Evans have all done it… Gordon Brown, George Bush, David Cameron, Neville Chamberlain, and John Kennedy all did it too… So did Fabio Capello, Glenn Hoddle, Kevin Keegan, Steve McClaren and Alf Ramsey (but Sven didn’t)… Even
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Three goals, a dugout dust-up and the theatrical villainy of Jason Price: Swindon’s win against Morecambe, with goals from Jake Jervis, Raffa De Vita and Ronan Murray, sounds like excellent entertainment. In reality it was a disjointed and often disappointing game, writes Alex Cooke. Morecambe looked to be a side with a plan: a plan to tap the ball slowly
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Welcome to another edition of Andrew Steele-Davis’ Npower Football League Two Review, where as always there was plenty of action for you to sink your teeth into. The top three all dropped vital points as the hectic Christmas schedule begins while Swindon continue their Robin’s revival under Paolo Di Canio, stretching their unbeaten run to 15 games in all competitions. We
Read moreSwindon never looked in doubt this afternoon as they walked to a comfortable 3-0 victory over Morecambe. Jake Jervis and Raffa De Vita gave Swindon a healthy half time lead only for second half substitute Ronan Murray to put the icing on the cake with a great finish to a move he started. Alan McCormack was award the Match Sponsor’s Man
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BBC Radio Wiltshire commentator Vic Morgan continues his weekly blog only here on The Washbag. It was a late kick in the whatsits on Saturday wasn’t it..? Paul Caddis had put the Town in front, with a fantastic solo effort. It looked as though Swindon would pick up a notable victory at The Mem, but it wasn’t to be. Former Exeter defender
Read moreNo.10 – Where is Milan Misun? One of Danny Wilson’s final and desperate throws of the dice in the transfer market was to sign Celtic’s Czech Republic defender Milan Misun for an undisclosed (reported to be a six figure) fee on 28th January. With Gordon Greer still sorely missed, Sean Morrison recently departed and Town’s defence looking as watertight as
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Form… 6th placed Swindon have been unbeaten in their past 9 League Two games and 4 cup games. Town have won 3 and drawn 3 of their previous 6 League games. At the County Ground, Swindon are unbeaten in their last 7 League Two matches, including a 2-0 victory against Aldershot last time out. Morecambe have started to find themselves slide out of the promotion places.
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