Two years ago Swindon Town found themselves failing to meet expectations under the tenure of Maurice Malpas. After 14 games in November 2008 Town were sitting 17th in League One with 16 points, 10 points off 6th place and 3 clear of the relegation zone. Now in November 2010 Town have much raised fan expectations and are similarly inconsistent placed 16th with
Read moreIt’s time to get the spreadsheet out again and dig into the numbers to see during which periods of play Swindon and our opposition have been lethal in front of goal. First Half 1-15 16-30 31-45 45+ Swindon 2 (10%) 2 (10%) 4 (20%) 1 (5%) 45% Opposition 7 (33.3%) 2 (9.5%) 0 0 42.86% 33% of our opponent’s goals have
Read moreAt last, Danny Wilson has finally secured an experienced loan signing to hopefully improve the inconstsistent Town defence. Andy Frampton joins on an initial 1 month loan deal from parent club Millwall and goes straight into the Town squad for the away match at Yeovil Town this Saturday. Bringing Frampton in on loan sees an interesting return of a player
Read moreLast night Swindon Supermarine beat Blue Square Premier Bath City at Twerton Park with a last minute Karl Lapham header to come back from 3-1 down to secure a 4-3 victory and progress into the FA Cup 1st Round proper for the first time in their club history. Also this is the first time another team from Swindon has made
Read moreWell after the start we didn’t quite achieve promotion, but what we did achieve was exceeding many expectations and a season to remember…at least until Wembley! Now 2010/2011 is still early with so much more to play for. After 13 games we are sitting a lowly 15th in the table with 16 points and closer to the relegation places (by
Read moreA week after losing 5-4 at Peterborough we desperately needed a boring 1-0 victory over Leyton Orient just to steady the ship and gain some defensive confidence. What we got was a game of the proverbial two halves, an awful first half that made watching paint dry seem like an exciting Olympic sport was followed by an eventful second 45 that brought
Read moreAfter writing about Ossie Ardiles’ first signing back in January it’s finally time to look at his successor, Glenn Hoddle. Glenn Hoddle joined Town in early April 1991 shortly after Ossie resigned to take over at Newcastle United. Although Glenn had to wait until July to sign his first player… Martin Ling, who joined Town for a second time. Ling had originally
Read moreYou would normally expect to win when scoring 3 goals, let alone 4. But somehow only Swindon can come back from the brink of complete disaster only to throw it all away with yet another error. Town were 3 nil down after 22 minutes, then we managed to go in level at half time. After both sides scored again it appeared the
Read moreI’ve not got much time, so here’s a few brief thoughts on the much needed victory over Bristol Rovers last night: By how much did we not deserve to go in at half time 1-0 up? “It was nip and tuck in the early part of the game, and they got on the ball a bit better than we
Read moreAfter spending the past two days reviewing the finer details of the attacking and defensive statistics for all League One clubs, it’s time to establish whether or not the figures reveal anything about tactics and what the overall ranking is for the league based on this figures alone, not results. G = Goals | ATTr = Attacking Ranking C =
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