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It’s Friday, so it must be time for the latest weekly review by BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan.
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From the Video Vault: Swindon vs Bristol City
A local derby arrives this weekend with Bristol City visiting the County Ground. Ah… City, a club with such great history and honours… well… their only major honour is the FAW Welsh Cup in 1934; beating another very Welsh team, Tranmere Rovers in the replay. So enough of that, let’s relive some STFC vs City video highlights of encounters at the County Ground…
Read moreThe best I’ve ever seen #1: Rory Fallon’s overhead strike vs Bristol City. 10 April 2004
In the first of a new feature celebrating the best matches, goals, players, kits, moments etc at Swindon Town, Alex Cooke still gets excited by the stunning chest-trap and overhead volley scored against Bristol City by Swindon’s Kiwi striker Rory Fallon.
Read moreBristol Fashion…
It’s Friday, so it must be time for the latest blog by BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan. Good point wasn’t it? Despite being down to ten men Swindon produced a rear guard action to deny Bristol City bragging rights. It was great to see a Town side looking so solid in defence. The new partnership of Troy Archibald-Henville and Jack Stephens
Read moreBristol City 0-0 Swindon Town: Mark Cooper makes a point…
Adam Tanner made the short trip to Ashton Gate for a derby day fixture that has become quite a rare event in recent seasons. Swindon Town went into the game hoping to avoid a third consecutive league defeat for the first time all season, and aiming to extend an eight-game unbeaten run against Bristol City, stretching back to 2002. Mark
Read moreVic Morgan Blog: Don’t you just love this game..?
It’s Friday, so it must be time for the latest blog by BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan. It’s the game that keeps on giving…at the moment. Over the past few days we’ve had some of the best entertainment I’ve seen at the County Ground in a good while. I suppose it’s the best spell since last Christmas when we were scoring
Read moreSwindon 3-2 Bristol City: Ten things we learned
A depleted Swindon side showed steel and resilience to twice come from behind and record a fine 3-2 win. Ben Beaumont unpicks a breathless local derby. 1. Aden Flint just wants to be loved Snarly face, angry tattoos and an unseemly cash-signs-for-eyeballs transfer to local rivals – you’d think that Flint would have been the perfect pantomime villain on Saturday.
Read morePodcast Episode 16: Bristol City Review & Chelsea Preview
Episode #16 of TheWashbag.com Swindon Town FC Podcast is now available to download… Host Ron Smith is joined by Brendan Hobbs (@MrBraindown) and Matthew Kilford (@matthewkilford). The three review Swindon’s local derby with Bristol City which ended with a 3-2 victory for the hosts and condemned City to yet another defeat. This match witnessed Aden Flint’s return to the County
Read moreIt was 50 years ago today…
Steve Hall’s remembers his first game watch Swindon Town 50 years ago and wonders whether the upcoming visit of Chelsea will similarly inspire a new generation of Town supporters? As I write, in seven hours and one minute’s time it will be 50 years ago on the dot that my first Swindon Town game started. At midnight Sydney time, 3pm UK time
Read moreVic Morgan Blog: Wolves at the door…
It’s Friday, so it must be time for the latest blog by BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan. It was a strange sensation leaving Molineux on Saturday. A defeat but a terrific performance from a young Town team which is becoming better to watch each game. As I said last week, it’s a ground I love to go too, terrific atmosphere and
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