Alex Cooke reports on the EFL Cup/Checkatrade travesty between a load of kids who will never make it, and Swindon Town What? As if we’d go to that. It never happened. Move on. You’ll have to wait a year until it can go in the Hall of Shame. Nothing to see here. If you want the score,
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2013 was a truly eventful and unforgettable year at Swindon Town. Brendan Hobbs jumped at the chance of writing our review of 2013, which has turned into an epic feature of writing; you’ve now made it to part seven and its now 2014, so a Happy New Year! September The first bit of business for Swindon in the new month
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Throughout this season Mike Minihane will be taking a look back at Swindon Town’s first season in the ‘big time’, following the promotion to Division Two for the 1963/64 season. Mike continues with a review of September 1963, a tough month seeing games against Manchester City, Leeds United and Sunderland… Top of the Charts: She Loves You – The Beatles
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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
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Swindon welcomed the 2011/2012 champions of Europe Chelsea to the County Ground for the first time in almost two decades. Lee Clark was part of a capacity crowd under the lights, where Town were going toe to toe with World Cup winners such as Juan Mata and Fernando Torres was the Robin’s reward for a 2-0 win at Loftus Road
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Chelsea visit the County Ground on Tuesday evening for the League Cup 3rd Round tie and the first meeting between the sides since April 1994. Form Guide… As hosts, Swindon are unbeaten in league and cups in 2013/14. In those five games Town have earned victories over Torquay United, Stevenage, Crewe and Bristol City and a draw with Gillingham. Swindon
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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
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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
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It’s Friday, so it must be time for the latest blog by BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan. So when you heard the draw how did you feel? Was it mild indifference or did you, like me, make strange whooping noises that would have scared anything within hearing distance. I was about to present my Late Show to the BBC’s South West cluster when
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It’s Friday, so it must be time for the latest blog by BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan. ‘Wake up it’s a Chelsea morning’ As the great Joni Mitchell once sang about Chelsea in New York City. The mad mad world of football reached new insane levels on Wednesday morning with the sacking of Roberto Di Matteo. A man who won an
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