Former BBC Wiltshire match commentator Vic Morgan writes his weekly blog… How can it be? How can Swindon Town be so close to dropping back into football’s basement? When we climbed out of the cellar five short years ago, it was hoped we’d not be in danger of dropping back down again. Sadly that fear is now all too real. The
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Former BBC Wiltshire match commentator Vic Morgan writes his weekly blog… Now we know! This season is a monumental struggle against relegation. To be fair we’ve known that for some time, but with our team apparently struggling to be in front, or behind, the bottom four looms. I’m not sure how we’re not in the League One basement now, it’s reassuring
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After Swindon’s latest defeat everyone pointed out the problems, Alex Cooke tries to find a few answers… Be better Let’s start with the obvious ones; play better, concentrate for 90 minutes, attack the ball into the area, don’t let someone dribble past you into the box, finish your bloody chances. But, also let us take the positives from what we’ve
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Former BBC Wiltshire match commentator Vic Morgan returns for the 2016/17 season… Most of the time as a football fan you can find some cause for optimism. Over the past few days though, I’ve not spoken to many Swindon Town supporters who’re feeling too happy with life right now. Last Saturday’s defeat by Bury was disappointing enough but failed into insignificance
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Alex Cooke looks at Saturday’s positional shift as Anton Rodgers was dropped, before Conor Thomas dropped back to make space for Brad Barry It wasn’t much of a surprise on Saturday when Conor Thomas took the place of Anton Rodgers in the team against Bury. However, it was a bit of a surprise where Thomas played. After all, he has
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For the 2016/17 season we’ve joined forces with KickOff.co.uk to provide the essential match statistics and predictions. 2016/17 League One Matchday 7 17th September 2016 The County Ground, Swindon Swindon Town vs Bury 3pm kick-off Tickets – https://www.eticketing.co.uk/swindontown/ KickOff.co.uk League One Statistics – https://www.kickoff.co.uk/competitions/england/league-one/
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Former BBC Wiltshire commentator Vic Morgan writes his latest blog for TheWashbag.com… And so we’re safe! At last. It’s been a long and at times pretty miserable season but now we know definitely we’re in League One next season. The last two games of the campaign are a chance to just relax and enjoy the football and reflect on what’s been.
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Former BBC Wiltshire commentator Vic Morgan writes his latest blog for TheWashbag.com… I think it is without doubt the match which could see a collective sigh of relief emerge from the County Ground this weekend. Swindon’s home game with Bury on the face of it may not be the most attractive of the week’s fixtures. However, for Town fans it could
Read moreShare and let’s promote Bury’s visit to the County Ground this Saturday… Buy tickets online at – https://www.eticketing.co.uk/swindontown/
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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 blog of the 2015/16 campaign… My season is a bit like Swindon Town’s, it hasn’t really got started yet. Because of work commitments I’ve been restricted to just a couple of games so far. That’s set to change from now on and
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