Brought to Swindon Town by Andrew Fitton with the task to ensure Town avoided relegation in 2008/2009. Two years on, after reaching the highs of 2nd place and a Wembley play-off final, it’s a complete turnaround in fortunes that saw Danny Wilson quit the relegation threatened club. To follow Maurice Malpas, Fitton made the right choice in appointing Wilson. An honest,
Read moreSpeaking to STFCPlayer today, new Swindon Town manager Paul Hart was asked what sort of team can Town fans expect to see under his management. As far as I’m concerned, Hart has immediately hit the nail on the head with a key reason why we’ve underperformed this season with his response: “Hopefully what I’ve tried to produce elsewhere… a side that
Read moreThe Swindon Advertiser reports former Nottingham Forest, Barnsley, Rushden & Diamonds, Portsmouth, QPR and Crystal Palace manager is all set to take over at The County Ground. So I’m jumping on the bandwagon with a quick poll. If Paul Hart is to be appointed as Danny Wilson’s successor until the end of the season, is he the short term replacement to lead us
Read moreDanny Wilson has resigned as manager of Swindon Town. Full credit must go to Danny for making the tough and sensible decision to finally realise he isn’t the right man to turn our season around. By making this decision with 13 games to go it gives his replacement the opportunity to play for the remaining 39 points in the fight to avoid relegation. I’ll
Read moreSpeaking to the Swindon Advertiser, Danny Wilson believes 50 points will ensure Swindon Town will start the 2011/2012 season in League One. I’m inclined to agree with Danny and would go so far as to suggest we could avoid the drop with a few less than the normal 50 point target given the way things stand. Obviously I don’t want
Read moreAfter the recent lengthy winless run of games, a victory over Carlisle was a must. Our away form, with the exception of Charlton, has been dire to say the least, so continuing to lose points at home only reinforces the likelihood Town will start in League Two next season. The early Town goal has been integral to any chance of
Read moreA visual league table of League One to provide a clearer indication of the actual points gap between teams. Number in brackets is no. of games played. With 2 wins in a week, Tranmere Rovers show what a difference back to back wins can do to League position. Swindon’s position now 4 points off the bottom also hasn’t been helped by the
Read moreWhilst looking at our league stats this lunchtime one thing jumped out at me… Swindon haven’t scored first in a game since the 2-1 victory over Sheffield Wednesday back in early December. So that’s 12 games where Town haven’t secured the early advantage to at least give the team something to defend. In this 12 game period we’ve won 1,
Read moreI didn’t travel to Essex to watch Town at Colchester, so a big thanks to regular Washbag contributor STFC007 for his thoughts and reflections on the game. After last year’s 3-0 away defeat at the hands of Colchester in their dreary stadium, I vowed that I would not return here for this season’s encounter. However, I felt quite positive all week that
Read moreA visual league table of League One to provide a clearer indication of the actual points gap between teams. Number in brackets is no. of games played. A congested zone between 31 and 38 points with 12 teams jockeying for league position…things can quickly change. 53 Brighton & Hove Albion (27) 52 51 50 AFC Bournemouth (29) 49 Huddersfield (28) 48 47
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