Here are the latest ramblings of BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan.. The highs and lows of being a football fan eh? All emotion has been encapsulated in the last seven days in the life of a Swindon Town supporter. Last week at this time, we were ready to celebrate. Another win against Plymouth Argyle would surely see us on the verge of promotion,
Read moreSwindon’s promotion champagne is still very much ‘on ice’ after a 2-1 defeat at Aldershot. On a frustrating and emotional night, the occasion never lived up to the promotion party hype and left many supporters wondering what might have been, writes Tom Otrebski. The manager made four changes to the starting line-up. Post-match revelations and rumours about player conduct off
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Welcome to another edition of Andrew Steele-Davis’ Npower Football League Two Review, where as always there was plenty of action for you to sink your teeth into. The top three all dropped vital points as the hectic Christmas schedule begins while Swindon continue their Robin’s revival under Paolo Di Canio, stretching their unbeaten run to 15 games in all competitions. We
Read moreWelcome to another edition of Andrew Steele-Davis’ Npower Football League Two Review, where there was plenty of action as well as a local derby. Southend were finally defeated and the situation at the bottom of the table looks dire for Dagenham and Redbridge. We start off at the Kingsmeadow stadium where Accrington Stanley recorded an all important victory over Wimbledon. Padraig Amond,
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BBC Radio Wiltshire commentator Vic Morgan continues his weekly blog only here on The Washbag. Before I get into events of the week, it’s once again my great honour to announce “The Washbag” player of the month. To say it’s been a pretty good few weeks for the Town is an understatement. The team has gone from strength to strength, and it’s
Read moreNorwegian Swindon Town supporter Hans J Tandsether of HeiaSwindon.com provides his view on events at the County Ground throughout November. So here we are again. Another month gone by and for Swindon Town it has been a great month. It all started with a 2-0 victory away against Port Vale and it was really great to see Lukas Magera get a debut
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I had started to forget what it was like watching a football match live writes Ron Smith. Four weeks, five games and a stunner from Matt Ritchie have all been missed following the birth of my beautiful daughter. It was great to return to the County Ground for Saturday football and to watch an opponent I’ve never had the opportunity of seeing Swindon face. Both teams
Read moreTown walked to a comfortable 2-0 victory against Aldershot this afternoon. Aden Flint was award the match sponsor’s man of the match…who deserves to be your Swindon Town Man of the Match? Vote by selecting your nomination below. The winner will be announced within our match report on Monday morning.
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BBC Radio Wiltshire commentator Vic Morgan continues his weekly blog only here on The Washbag. A lovely day, sun’s shining, blue sky above…hey let’s go to watch AFC Wimbledon against Swindon, by the banks of the Thames. To be fair I’d have gone even if the weather had been lousy, but the pleasant early winter day made the journey even better. I’d
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Form… 7th placed Swindon have been unbeaten in their past 7 League Two games and 3 cup games. Town have won 4 and drawn 2 of their previous 6 League games. At the County Ground, Swindon are unbeaten in 6 games, including a run of 4 victories and 2 draws, since the home defeat by Oxford United. 15th placed Aldershot Town travel to Swindon
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