50 Years Ago: 1965/66 January – That’s entertainment
Mike Minihane continues his look back 50 years to events at the County Ground, as Swindon Town returned to Division Three in 1965/66…
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50 Years Ago – 1965/66 December: Maggie, Maggie what’s the score?
Mike Minihane continues his look back 50 years to events at the County Ground, as Swindon Town returned to Division Three in 1965/66…
Read more50 Years Ago: 1965/66 November – Teddy Boy Goal Machine
Mike Minihane continues his look back 50 years to events at the County Ground, as Swindon Town returned to Division Three in 1965/66…
Read more50 Years Ago: 1965/66 October ‘All we are saying, is give us a goal’
Mike Minihane continues his look back 50 years to events at the County Ground, as Swindon Town returned to Division Three in 1965/66… Top of the Charts: Tears – Ken Dodd September 1965 had been a very busy month with seven games played and October was going to be just as busy with another seven scheduled. With nine games of the
Read moreDoes squad instability at Swindon Town result in relegation?
A total of 29 players have already been used by Mark Cooper in League One this season. Ron Smith asks does instability in the squad equate to a poor final league position? As a mixture of injuries and late loan signings have taken their toll as Swindon Town’s 12 games played in League One has seen 29 different players taking to the
Read more50 Years Ago: 1965/66 August – Back in the old routine
Mike Minihane continues his look back 50 years to events at the County Ground, as Swindon Town returned to Division Three in 1965/66… Top of the Charts: Help! – The Beatles Our relegation following our all too brief adventure in Division Two inevitably led to changes at the County Ground. Manager Bert Head had been replaced by former Rotherham United boss Danny
Read moreThe best I’ve ever seen #2: Will Dixon
We continue our new feature in which we’ll review some of our favourite Swindon Town players, matches, performances etc; Vic Morgan tells us who his favourite player is…
Read moreHall of Shame #26: Tooting and Mitcham United 2-1 Swindon Town
We continue our Swindon Town Hall of Shame by inducting our second FA Cup horror story. Pete Marsh recalls an infamous FA Cup Third Round defeat in 1975/76 to non-league Tooting and Mitcham United… It happened during 1975/96, a season best remembered for avoidance of relegation from Division Three by hammering hapless Aldershot 5-2 in a ‘four-pointer’ as they were
Read moreGoing Up! 1968/69 – League and cup success
As we continue to look back over previous Swindon Town promotions, Mike Minihane recalls the Division Three promotion that was added to the League Cup in 1968/69. I doubt that any fan who can remember it would say anything other than this was our finest season. It’s best remembered for our lifting the League Cup at Wembley on March 15th
Read moreLou Macari is your No.1
Following the vote asking for your greatest Swindon Town manager this weekend, you’ve voted Lou Macari as your no.1 with 43% of the vote. It’s obvious that Lou’s achievements from the Division Four Championship to successive promotions and narrowly missing out on Division One still ranks well ahead in the popular view. In second place was 1993 Division Two play-off final winning
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