The season of goodwill may be in full flow, especially in the Swindon Town defence, but in the second of a series of five posts this week, Adam Tanner examines why the spirit around The County Ground is more befitting of the January blues… With the January transfer window a few week ahead, I fully agree with the assumption that the
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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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New contributor Conor Garratt goes through what went wrong for Luke Williams’ men on their latest defeat at Oxford’s Kassam stadium And so the awful run against that yellow-and-blue rabble goes on. As the home fans at the Kassam were keen to let us know on Saturday, Swindon have now suffered six losses on the spin against their A420 rivals,
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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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Former BBC Wiltshire commentator Vic Morgan writes his latest blog for TheWashbag.com… It was set up for an easy home win at Bramall Lane. A converted penalty in the first ten minutes and it looked like Sheffield United were on their way to collecting a regulation three points. But, hold on to your Wiltshire White Horses. The stats told the story
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Swindon Town failed to overturn an early deficit for the first time in three matches and were forced to settle for a point at promotion-chasing Sheffield United. Despite the early setback, and surviving a shaky period at the start of the second half, Luke Williams’ men will feel slightly disappointed not to come away with all three points, writes Joe
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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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Swindon Town beat Chesterfield 4-0, so Joe Young watched Saturday’s “Football League Tonight” and he even hit the rewind, and again, and again… There were reports last night of mass panic spreading across Wiltshire as thousands of Swindon fans scurried home to check they still had the “Football League Tonight” on series link following a stunning 4-0 win away at Chesterfield.
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Alex Cooke takes a quick look at Town’s use of a 4-4-2 for the second-half of Saturday’s match versus Peterborough United…
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