It’s Friday, so it must be time for the latest blog by BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan. So what to do on Saturday then? For the second week in a row I won’t be watching football. Last weekend I wasn’t able to go to Notts County and this week…no game to watch. The obvious thing then is to prepare for that
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Steve Hall recalls how he found out that sex and football just doesn’t mix for him… I really shouldn’t have ordered my wife to get out of the car. After all she’d risen before the crack of dawn to crowd into an Italian coffee shop along with a throng of Italian and England fans in Sydney’s Leichhardt area, suffered through 90 minutes
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A fine individual goal by Alan Judge was enough to hand Notts County a rare home victory and send Swindon’s beleaguered players and fans into an enforced two week break on a low, writes Daniel Hunt. For the second time in an utterly frustrating week, Swindon found themselves cursing poor finishing, good opposition goalkeeping and an increasingly familiar 0-1 scoreline.
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It’s Friday, so it must be time for the latest blog by BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan. ‘Wake up it’s a Chelsea morning’ As the great Joni Mitchell once sang about Chelsea in New York City. The mad mad world of football reached new insane levels on Wednesday morning with the sacking of Roberto Di Matteo. A man who won an
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Form Guide… 6th placed Swindon were defeated 0-1 by Brentford at the County Ground in midweek; making our six match form 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. In away games, Town have won our previous 2 matches – 4-0 at Stevenage and 2-0 at Walsall – giving a form book of 5 wins and 1 defeat in six League
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The Swindon starting XI saw three changes from the team which beat Yeovil on Saturday with Martin replacing the injured Williams, Hollands replacing Bostock and McCormack making way for Nathan Thompson reports STFC007. Tonight’s floodlit game also saw the return of the former Swindon Town captain Jonathan Douglas, who, other than a harsh challenge on his former team-mate Ferry –
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Form Guide… 3rd placed Swindon beat Yeovil Town 4-1 at the County Ground on Saturday to record a first victory as hosts in 4 games. In the League One form guide, Swindon are unbeaten in their previous 4 matches and with 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat. At the County Ground, Swindon are unbeaten in 4 games. 9th placed
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Listen to the latest episode of TheWashbag.com Swindon Town FC Podcast. The Washbag Podcast is back! After a short break the podders return with Christopher Panks in the host ‘s chair, joined by the BBC’s Vic Morgan and TheWashbag.com’s resident statto Alex Cooke. Up for discussion today is the 4-1 triumph over Yeovil Town, Paolo Di Canio’s media messages, the
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Yeovil were meant to be Swindon’s ‘bogey team’ after three defeats in the previous four home games against the Glovers. But as Matt Davies reports, Yeovil offered little in a convincing 4-1 victory for Swindon. It has been an active week at SN1, a weekend win away at Walsall, a departure and two new arrivals but we are used to
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It’s Friday, so it must be time for the latest blog by BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan. Well the well it started quietly didn’t it? A great win at Walsall and talk of a couple of loan signings in the air. Then a touch of silence and suddenly a flurry of activity. I’m not one who usually gets too excited about
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