Former BBC Wiltshire match commentator Vic Morgan writes his weekly blog… Our break on FA Cup Second Round weekend is almost as traditional now as the event on December the 25th. It’s the weekend when a Swindon fans can relax and find pursuits that they wouldn’t normally get up to on a Saturday during the football season. They can also have
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Picking out some of the bits you might have missed from Swindon’s vital 1-0 win over Bradford City. Words by Alex Cooke. Now Swindon’s inky-fingered hacks and CMS-jockeys have been (largely) welcomed back by chairman Lee Power, you’ll have already read plenty on Tom Smith’s fine performance as faux full-back and Jon Obika’s powerful display ‘up top’, but I’ve decide
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Former BBC Wiltshire match commentator Vic Morgan writes his weekly blog… Just when you thought the season had hit a new low last weekend with the defeat by Walsall, there’s the prospect of a long journey to league leaders to come on Saturday. Total disappointment is the way I can describe my feelings after the loss to the Saddlers. The win
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Alex Cooke looks at Saturday’s positional shift as Anton Rodgers was dropped, before Conor Thomas dropped back to make space for Brad Barry It wasn’t much of a surprise on Saturday when Conor Thomas took the place of Anton Rodgers in the team against Bury. However, it was a bit of a surprise where Thomas played. After all, he has
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It might be a new season and Luke Williams has most of a new team, but Alex Cooke has stuck with listicles. The idiot Jordan Young is now a serious first-team prospect He may have the face of a tiny child but Young displayed the swagger and decisiveness of a senior pro in his short display. And by bringing him
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Adam Tanner headed to Rochdale, hoping to see the hosts’ playoff hopes beheaded by Swindon Town Despite a tame FA Cup defeat in November, Town had never lost in eight previous league visits to Spotland. Upholding that record would be difficult against a Rochdale side that had managed 39 goals in its previous 22 home games; the division’s second highest
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As we approach the end of the season, and with a slew of first-team Washbag reporters unavailable, we were forced to rely on one of the reserves to try and grasp his opportunity. I think we know how this is going to go. So Iain Watkins decides he’ll keep it brief… I’d never been to Oldham before. It felt like the
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BOO and emboldened Boo-ers dominate Alex Cooke’s list of the lessons to be taken from this weekend’s win, plus Nathan’s notes and Bakayogo’s bad record 1. Mind-altering short corners This might be as fashionable as jeggings for the over 60s but Town are currently using some innovative corner routines. Early in the first half Yaser Kasim and Fabien Robert came
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A brace from both Nicky Ajose and Jon Obika spared the blushes of Luke Williams whose first game in charge after Martin Ling’s unfortunate departure started truly woefully, writes STFC007 Despite the departures of the recent loanees Ben Gladwin, Louis Thompson, Adam El-Abd, Kevin Stewart and Wes Thomas as well as the move of Henrik Ojamaa to Austrian side FC
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What a turnaround for Swindon Town under Martin Ling. Scott Keith reports from Saturday’s victory over Shrewsbury Town…
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