Alex Cooke clicked 14th place for Town’s finish in our prediction poll, here he justifies why he’s feeling a bit cautious. It is not the kind of stuff to get you fully engorged, is it? The new season is almost upon us and Sky et al are giving it more bells and whistles than a Leper Pride parade. But are we Town
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Episode #33 of TheWashbag.com Swindon Town FC Podcast is now available to download. Host Ron Smith is joined by three guests to discuss our preview to the 2014/15 season – Swindon Advertiser Chief Sports Writer Sam Morshead, FLICWiltshire’s Sport Editor Andrew Steele-Davis and Town fan Iain Watkins.
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We’re only a week away from the start of the 2014/15 season so it’s now time to make your predictions for how Swindon Town and the remainder of the League One teams will fare this season.
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With trialist Anton Rogers already signed and Jonathan Vandesompele set to learn his fate soon, Alex Cooke looks at the short list of trialists who have made it at Town – and the much longer list of those who haven’t.
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Our 30th entry into the Swindon Town Hall of Shame is a loanee from Southampton – Richard Dryden, who Ciaran Boast inducts into our STFC pantheon of crap… Richard Dryden was born in Stroud on 14th June 1969 so he’s a fairly local lad. Before signing for Swindon Town on loan, the signs were there of a career which was spiralling down – and fast.
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After a bit of internet digging and putting two and two together, Iain Watkins has unmasked the identity of the Swindon Town trialist ‘Celvin Kalinga’. ‘Kalinga’ apparently turned up at Swindon Town training at Liddington and asked for a trial two-weeks ago. The heavily right-footed midfielder / winger / full-back ‘Kalinga’ netted the opener in a 2-0 win at Yate
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Calvin Hothi gives his views on the areas to be strengthened as Swindon Town head into pre-season…
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Episode #31 of TheWashbag.com Swindon Town FC Podcast is now available to download… Host Ron Smith is joined by only one guest this week, TheWashbag graphics supreme Brendan Hobbs, after a no-show… As the World Cup progresses to the semi-finals, Swindon Town are already starting pre-season and the first few friendlies are a few days away. The two review the chances
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It’s taken a while but finally there’s some much needed certainty surrounding the County Ground following Lee Power’s victory in the Courts over former owner Jed McCrory. The decision confirms Power’s Swinton Reds 20 Ltd as the majority shareholder in Seebeck 87 Ltd, giving the current Town chairman, Power, a 99% holding in the football club’s holding company. As is customary, we reflect on these events…
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Episode #30 of TheWashbag.com Swindon Town FC Podcast is now available to download… Host Ron Smith is joined by FLICWiltshire’s Sports Editor Andrew Steele-Davis, Alex Cooke and Iain Watkins. On the second of our special World Cup 2014 podcasts we ask was it a surprise that England were knocked out following successive defeats; can we now say that tiki-taka is
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