50 Years On: 1963/64 December – Swindon in the big time for the first time

Throughout this season Mike Minihane will be taking a look back at Swindon Town’s first season in the ‘big time’, following the promotion to Division Two for the 1963/64 season. Mike continues with a review of December 1963… Top of the Charts – I Want to Hold Your Hand – The Beatles After a fairly dismal November where we’d not

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Brentford 3-2 Swindon Town: The Bees pack the punch on Boxing Day

On a day with which the phrase “cold turkey” is synonymous, Swindon Town made themselves look like a team of the festive birds as they were unable to capitalise on a bright start and ended up being Brentford’s boxing day lunch. Writes Jonny Leighfield. Mark Cooper made two changes to his starting line up by reintroducing Nathan Thompson to his

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March & April 2013: It was the turn of the KMac…

2013 is nearly over and it has truly been an eventful and unforgettable year at Swindon Town. Brendan Hobbs jumped at the chance of writing our review of 2013, which has turned into an epic feature of writing; you’ve now made it to part three. Well done… March A new month and a new managerial appointment. The announcement of Kevin McDonald’s installation as

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Swindon Town 2-1 Coventry City: Pantomime villains spur Town on to win

It’s panto season, so how appropriate for some of the Jack & The beanstalk cast playing in the Wyvern Theatre to make an appearance at the County Ground. But supporters were in for a treat, as there were not one but two Pantomime Villains! Oh no there weren’t! OH YES THERE WERE!! Writes STFC007. A frustrating 70 minutes were followed

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STFC Podcast: Episode 22 – A winning early Xmas present…

Episode #22 of TheWashbag.com Swindon Town FC Podcast is now available to download… Host Ron Smith is joined by Andrew Steele-Davis, Iain Watkins and Daniel Hunt. We are getting excited here, it’s nearly Christmas and Swindon Town have started the festive fixtures in perfect form, coming from behind for the second time in 2013 versus Coventry City to register another

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