Jonny Leighfield joins a growing list of TheWashbag.com writers who have reported on an Oxford United victory over Swindon Town… The last time Swindon were victorious over that club down the A420, Wikipedia was born, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone came out in cinemas and Tony Blair’s Labour Party won their second consecutive General Election. So, if you feel
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Former BBC Wiltshire match commentator Vic Morgan returns for the 2016/17 season… Here it is then… The fixture that most Town fans have been looking forward too since the end of last season. While we’ve played the team from along the A420 relatively recently, it’s a game that’s been anticipated all summer. More on the derby game with the side from
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Former BBC Wiltshire match commentator Vic Morgan returns for the 2016/17 season… First of all let’s turn to the events of last Saturday… Having worked an early morning shift in Plymouth, it was a case of catching a train from Tiverton Parkway to makes sure of seeing the local derby with Bristol Rovers. The taxi from Swindon station arrived at the
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Alex Cooke drops another list, but this time all about the abandoned match against the other lot from Bristol 1. Nathan Delfonso offers something different It was the first time I’ve seen the former Villa man in a Town shirt and I was impressed. While clearly lacking in physical sharpness, his superior speed of thought was clear. Delfonso was happy
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Former BBC Wiltshire match commentator Vic Morgan returns for the 2016/17 season… Swindon Town’s early season home form looks pretty good right now. A couple of games, a couple of wins and a couple of clean sheets. I know I’m testing providence by writing this just ahead of the local derby on Saturday, but positivity isn’t always a bad thing. A
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Former BBC Wiltshire match commentator Vic Morgan returns for the 2016/17 season… Two away games with differing fortunes this week. After a promising start to the new campaign, it was a slightly different feeling in the last few days. I, like a few others, was quite confident going to Chesterfield on Saturday. Sadly that confidence was, to say the least, unfounded.
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Former BBC Wiltshire match commentator Vic Morgan returns for the 2016/17 season… This time last week I wrote that if you believed much of the comment that had been said about the new season, then Swindon were certs to have a disaster of a campaign. I also wrote that I didn’t feel pessimistic and the early signs are that it’s optimism
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We’re back for the 2016/17 season and more stories of Swindon Town in a relegation, demotion, or perhaps a promotion… As I’m sure you can tell, this website has been a bit quiet recently. Truth be told, I’ve (Ron Smith) have had plenty occupying my time and this is only set to continue. While I won’t wish to bore you all with
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Former BBC Wiltshire match commentator Vic Morgan returns for the 2016/17 season… And so it begins again. With Test Matches and the Summer Olympics underway, here we are talking about the start of a new domestic football season. After the failure of England’s megastars in the European Championship, albeit tempered by the success of the Welsh (especially if you can claim
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In the second part of his look at transfers at Town, Alex Cooke looks at the value of planning, avoiding the bad deals and measuring success. To find more on Town’s own scouting structure, read yesterday’s part 1 Scouting and signing players is more than just finding the best out there. What if a deal falls through? What a big
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