Former BBC Wiltshire commentator Vic Morgan writes his latest blog for TheWashbag.com… Wasn’t a shock was it? It was one of football’s worst kept secrets that Martin Ling was to be Swindon Town’s new manager. For those of a certain age, Martin is a two-time Town player. A brief spell under Lou Macari, about six weeks, and a longer stay after
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BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan writes his latest blog for TheWashbag.com… It was a much better Saturday wasn’t it? After the disappointment of the past few weeks, a glimpse of something better. Somehow Coventry took a two goal lead. Harsh in the extreme after a Swindon performance of promise. The familiar feeling of recent times was coming back. However that wasn’t
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BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan writes his latest blog for TheWashbag.com… As weeks go that’s about as bad as it gets for Swindon Town. Defeat by Millwall did for Mark Cooper, bringing to an end his time in so day charge of the club. While many were thinking that his grip on the job as manager, coach, whatever… was coming to
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BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan writes his latest blog for TheWashbag.com…
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BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan writes his latest blog for TheWashbag.com… Yes I avoided the obvious. Please insert whatever you wish for this blog’s title. What is obvious is that the defeat by the visiting Burton Albion was one of the most disappointing in a long while. It wasn’t the fact that we lost, we can take that when the other
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BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan writes his latest blog for TheWashbag.com… We set off early to get to Barnsley. It wasn’t with reluctance that I hear the alarm go off after about three hours sleep. Even though working late and rising before the larks don’t usually go together, I was looking forward to the trip to Oakwell. Don’t know why, but
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BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan writes his latest blog for TheWashbag.com… It wasn’t anything to write home about, the first half at Gresty Road. In fact if you were informing those at your residence about the game, you’d probably say bet they’re glad their not here. It was all a bit tedious and, quite frankly, a bit of a non event.
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BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan writes his latest blog for TheWashbag.com… Quite a week then. It started with a bright first half against Sheffield United, which saw a disappointing second forty five minutes against the Blades. A busy closing of the transfer window and a penalty shoot out victory at Newport County. It was clear when Nathan Byrne left the County Ground
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Mike Minihane continues his look back 50 years to events at the County Ground, as Swindon Town returned to Division Three in 1965/66… Top of the Charts: Help! – The Beatles Our relegation following our all too brief adventure in Division Two inevitably led to changes at the County Ground. Manager Bert Head had been replaced by former Rotherham United boss Danny
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Back for another season of weekly Friday blogs on TheWashbag.com, we welcome back BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan for his latest article of the 2015/16 campaign… Phew what a scorcher! Having left the soaking south west early on Saturday morning, it was a bit of a shock to arrive in Wiltshire and find sunshine and heat. Thinking ahead to the game at Southend, it
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