As readers would know by now, like most, I’ve hardly been enthralled by the performances of Vincent Pericard since joining Town back in January. However the widespread lack of support, moaning and booing throughout recent matches is getting a bit tired and is unlikely to be doing anything positive for his confidence. Even after Wilson made public his views of the vocal
Read moreFollowing the win at Southampton, September yielded better performances and all important wins as Town put their season back on some sort of the right track. First up came a tricky trip to Cumbria to face Carlisle, where Town came away with a credible goalless draw. The result sent Town to the bottom of the league…who would have suspected that only a
Read moreDanny Wilson has only served as manager of Swindon Town for two years, having been appointed on Boxing Day 2008 after his out of the blue dismissal from Hartlepool earlier that month. In this period Town have progressed from relegation certainties to a Wembley Play-off final, however now questions are being asked of Wilson as Town fail to realise raised expectations. Given
Read moreI don’t suppose you need much reminding what occurred in May. It was a truly memorable month and culmination to the season of many moments of agony and ecstasy. With Town 4 points behind Leeds, the visit of Brentford to the County Ground required a home win coupled with both Milwall and Leeds picking up no more than a single point each to take it to the final
Read moreA busy month with six games and we remained unbeaten, taking the run to 13 games in the league without losing. February started with goalscoring revelation Charlie Austin ending speculation and putting pen to paper on a new contract. Now less than 12 months later, with new speculation the Town No.32 is set to leave, Town are again trying to secure the
Read moreWith fresh news reported by Sky Sports yesterday speculating that Celtic are the latest team to keep close tabs on Charlie Austin, the value and importance of Austin to Town is of such importance that I believe even a sizeable offer wouldn’t represent sufficient value to replace the young striker. Below is a link to a post I made after the transfer
Read moreColchester United lost 2-1 at The County Ground in a match marred by refereeing errors and serious oversights, however the quality of the football fortunately didn’t suffer as Town finally found the gear we’ve been lacking over recent weeks. After Wilson went ‘back to basics’ at Plymouth, a decision he really should have made weeks earlier, the line-up was certainly better
Read moreI’ve now had the chance to reflect on Town’s 3-0 defeat at the hand of Charlton Athletic last night… Town played desperately poorly and like a team of strangers in a match that only Charlie Austin and David Prutton came out of with any sort of credit. It was always going to be tough against a well organised Charlton side that was seeking and
Read moreWell after the start we didn’t quite achieve promotion, but what we did achieve was exceeding many expectations and a season to remember…at least until Wembley! Now 2010/2011 is still early with so much more to play for. After 13 games we are sitting a lowly 15th in the table with 16 points and closer to the relegation places (by
Read moreA week after losing 5-4 at Peterborough we desperately needed a boring 1-0 victory over Leyton Orient just to steady the ship and gain some defensive confidence. What we got was a game of the proverbial two halves, an awful first half that made watching paint dry seem like an exciting Olympic sport was followed by an eventful second 45 that brought
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