Richard Selbourne watched a pass or two as Swindon Town beat Chesterfield and secured their status in League One for 2016/17… Swindon ‘why use one pass when six will do’ Town once again tested the patience of their fans when they cruised to a comfortable victory over fellow strugglers Chesterfield at a cold, but sunny County Ground. The first in
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Alex Cooke looks back at the Town career of a ‘Neanderthal wicker dildo’ who was also a Paul Hart favourite. David Prutton is entry #33 into the Swindon Town Hall of Shame…
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A week after Swindon Town ‘rejected an approach‘ by Barnsley for manager Mark Cooper, there remains no news at Oakwell of their replacement for Danny Wilson… This story resurfaced on Monday with the Sheffield Star reporting that Cooper ‘had held talks’ with the South Yorkshire side about the vacant position. Following three successive defeats for Swindon there are a few Town supporters, primarily those
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It’s Friday, so it must be time for the latest weekly review by BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan Unfortunately for the first half an hour the answer to that age old question was no, they can’t play on a cold midweek in the shadow of Saddleworth Moor. As much as I’ve praised the Town’s displays this season, there are times when you
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After defeat to the hands of cup specialists Sheffield United, Swindon Town were trying to make sure they returned back to winning ways to keep their names in the race for automatic promotion. Town entertained Barnsley on a cold afternoon at the County Ground, with the visitors being managed by former Town boss Danny Wilson. Writes Matthew Peach…
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Episode #40 of TheWashbag.com Swindon Town FC Podcast is now available to download… Host Ron Smith is joined by Sam Morshead (Joint Sports Editor at Swindon Link Sport) with regular contributors Daniel Hunt and Iain Watkins. The four discuss the haunted figure of a defeated Danny Wilson on the County Ground touchline in Town’s 2-0 victory over Barnsley; an Asian Cup
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I didn’t like it to begin with. I really don’t like it now. Can’t think of one which I’ve disliked more. What’s strange is I know some people who quite like it. I’m writing of course about THAT kit. The purplish third kit which has seen Swindon Town concede seven goals and score none. Apparently Town boss Mark Cooper was
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It’s Friday lunchtime, so it must be time for the latest blog by BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan. It’s a long way to Barnsley. For the second time in a fortnight though, a trip to Yorkshire worked out well for Swindon Town. For those of us who made the journey north, it was very worthwhile. It was Bradford City a couple
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‘Cooper’s Kids’ demolished ‘Wilson’s Workmanlike’ Barnsley with a clinical second half display at Oakwell. Record seeker Jonathan Obika, the oldest Swindon starter at 24 years old, was forced off with a shoulder injury after 19 minutes but we needn’t have worried as the excellent Nathan Byrne bagged himself a goal and an assist to set up the comfortable 3-0 Town win, writes Daniel Hunt.
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It’s Friday, so it must be time for the latest blog by BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan. Another quiet week at the place we like to call SN1 then. No game at the weekend allowed me to sample life in our old division. Remember League Two? Well toddled along to St. James Park in the sunshine to “enjoy” Exeter City against
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