Niall Ratcliffe braved the weather hoping to be entertained by a Swindon Town victory. Instead, Town couldn’t break down a stubborn Colchester United and have now failed to score in successive games as hosts… Almost up to kick-off at 7.45 this game looked to be in doubt due to the atrocious weather. With a couple of very late pitch inspections
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Form Guide… The two sides met in Colchester in November with Swindon Town winning 2-1 thanks to Mark Cooper’s 4-6-0 formation. 8th placed Swindon Town are four points off the play-offs following two an impressive comeback from two goals down at Port Vale to win 3-2. In the League One form guide, Swindon are 17th with two wins, one draw
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It’s Friday, so it must be time for the latest blog by BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan. How do you explain it? This game called football. A couple of Saturdays ago Swindon Town made national news for the wrong reasons. Humbled by a non-league team in the FA Cup (again) and a tad embarrassed. Seven days on it was back to form and
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Andrew Steele-Davis reflects on Mark Cooper’s tactical masterclass, looks ahead to the visit of Leyton Orient and suggests why England’s recent squad inclusions means good news for the lower leagues… Eventful is the word best used to sum up the last two weeks at SN1 with games now coming thick and fast and the hectic Christmas schedule just around the
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Swindon Town secured a 2-1 victory over Colchester United to move back into the League One play-off places courtesy of some tactical tinkerings by a brave Mark Cooper, showing Craig Levein how to get the strikerless 4-6-0 formation to work. Writes Scott Keith. If you’re going to go to Colchester’s new ground, the Weston Homes Community Stadium, it’s important you
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Form Guide… 7th placed Swindon Town previously bounced back from successive defeats with a 5-2 victory over Port Vale in their last League One game. Town are now equal on points with 6th placed Bradford City – trailing by a single goal difference – and remain 15 adrift of leaders Leyton Orient. In the League One form guide, Swindon are
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We welcome new TheWashbag contributor Lee Clark, who traveled to Essex to watch Swindon Town move within two points of the League One leaders with a deserved victory over struggling Colchester United. Swindon came into the game with a threadbare side after illness and injuries swept through the squad, but were comfortable in a game which was settled when James Collins
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Form Guide… 4th placed Swindon are undefeated in nine matches in a run that has included 5 wins, 4 draws, 21 goals scored and 3 conceded. Away from the County Ground, Town have drawn their previous three games – 1-1 at AFC Bournemouth, 0-0 at Leyton Orient and 1-1 at Crawley – with a record of two wins, three draws
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It’s Friday, so it must be time for the latest blog by BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan. Okay you can laugh now and rightly so. I wasn’t at the County Ground for the demolition of Tranmere Rovers, I was at work. Yep, I deserve the derision you’re now smugly throwing in my direction. By all accounts it was a belter and
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It’s Friday, so it must be time for the latest blog by BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan. It’s that time of the year when we tend to have a rather glazed expression. Too many things to do so little time in which to do it. Presents to organise, family to see, and oh yes football to look forward too. This is
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