Originally posted on Benjamin Wills' Blog:
Relegation, Promotion and the threat of Administration, twice. The 21st Century has not been a boring one for Swindon Town fans but while 2000 onwards will be best remembered so far for Wembley heartbreak, more Wembley heartbreak, Paul Hart and Paolo Di Canio, who have been the players that put smiles on Swindon folks’ faces?…
With the High Court contest between Jed and Lee likely to drag on into the summer, Alex Cooke chooses to compare a loan signing from Spurs to a holiday fling with a Spanish waiter… Perhaps Alex Pritchard should have been loved at Swindon Town. The Spurs’ loanee gave an otherwise indirect team incision and élan. With his drop of the
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Adam Tanner went to Meadow Lane hoping for some joy against the Magpies. Swindon Town went into the game looking for their seventh win in eight games; and aiming to keep faint hopes of a playoff place alive into the final day.
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Another three points for Swindon Town at home to Bradford City just about kept Town in the race for the League One play-offs. However Ron Smith couldn’t watch most of the action so this is light on detail, but fortunately he didn’t miss much…
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Swindon Town made the journey to Northampton on Good Friday to face Coventry City. A late 2-1 victory was our reward, but further developments off-the-pitch proved to be a distraction as the battle for the ownership of Town continues. Writes Scott Keith.
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Swindon Town entertained Brentford in game 42 of Sky Bet League One, with the visitors on the road to automatic promotion. Town manager Mark Cooper made four changes from their previous game against Carlisle, a 1-0 loss thanks to former transfer target Gary Madine. Matthew Peach was at the game to report on the action at the County Ground.
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Adam Tanner headed north to Brunton Park, Carlisle to watch Swindon Town’s remaining promotion ambitions head south… Approaching the game, the omens for Swindon were good. We were unbeaten at Carlisle United in our previous four visits, stretching back to 2007, and aiming for a fourth consecutive league win for the first time this season. By contrast, our opponents had
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It’s Friday, so it must be time for the latest blog by BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan. Good point wasn’t it? Despite being down to ten men Swindon produced a rear guard action to deny Bristol City bragging rights. It was great to see a Town side looking so solid in defence. The new partnership of Troy Archibald-Henville and Jack Stephens
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Adam Tanner made the short trip to Ashton Gate for a derby day fixture that has become quite a rare event in recent seasons. Swindon Town went into the game hoping to avoid a third consecutive league defeat for the first time all season, and aiming to extend an eight-game unbeaten run against Bristol City, stretching back to 2002. Mark
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After Swindon Town’s latest loss, this time a 1-4 home trouncing by Wolves, Town fans are not in high spirits. Being eight points behind sixth place Peterborough with Posh having a game in hand doesn’t look encouraging as Swindon’s play off ambitions are fading fast. Ben Wills sent over these five reasons why Swindon supporters should still be smiling though…
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