Mike Minihane continues his look back 50 years to events at the County Ground. Following Swindon Town’s first season in the ‘big time’ Division Two during 1963/64, Town looked to consolidate; however football isn’t that simple…
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Brendan Hobbs avoids cliches like the plague as he whiffles his way through Town’s 1-0 win over the Cod Army.
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Episode #39 of TheWashbag.com Swindon Town FC Podcast is now available to download. Host Ron Smith is joined by Vic Morgan and Adam Tanner to discuss latest events at the County Ground…
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It’s Friday, so it must be time for the latest weekly review by BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan. Sometimes it’s quite nice to be a party pooper. Swindon Town are quite good at it. You might remember the opening of Stoke City’s sparkling new Britannia Stadium. Lovely day for Potters fans until the Town spoiled it all by winning the three points.
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Back in the 1992/93 season Brendan Hobbs made two road trips to the North East to support Swindon Town at Newcastle United and Sunderland, which cannot be repeated for what we’ve all lost… The scene: It’s a wonderfully fresh spring afternoon, the low sun peers inquisitively beneath the main stand bathing two friends in seasonal tepid warmth but failing to touch
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To continue our short series of confessions from Swindon Town fans, David Squires admits was the man responsible for designing Rockin’ Robin…
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Swindon Town now move to within one point of leaders Bristol City following a third win in succession, this time at London Road, Peterborough. Writes Scott Keith.
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Seven days ago I wrote of disappointment and frustration over an FA Cup defeat at Cheltenham. As we know a week is a long time in anything, be it politics, or life generally. You just never know what the next few days will bring. That was certainly the case in one of the most enthralling football matches I’ve seen in
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Adam Tanner examines the reasons behind Swindon Town’s poor disciplinary record under Mark Cooper, and looks at other issues which can arise from it.
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Following Swindon’s 1-0 win and the terror of Nathan Thompson jumping, Matt Arnold imagines what happened on a November night in Bristol. Monday 17th of November 2014. A suburb of Bristol, some what later than scheduled, a car pulls into a drive outside an ordinary family house. It’s arrival immediately clocked from behind a twitching curtain, and it’s occupant’s interrogation
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