Listen to the latest episode of TheWashbag.com Swindon Town FC Podcast. After a shaky start in hosting his first podcast (it is more difficult than you think..) Ron Smith is joined by Sam Morshead – chief sports writer at the Swindon Advertiser – and Steve Mytton – Town fan and Trust STFC board member. The three review the 4-1 win
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Buying a football club is unlikely to be a sound financial investment as members of Andrew Fitton’s original consortium have found out. Five years after their takeover Swindon Town have new owners and an empty manager’s office. Can Fitton & Co. say they’ve left the club in a better state than they inherited and what lessons can McCrory & Co.
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STFC007 provides his perspective on the last few weeks at Swindon Town after reports of financial doom, a takeover and apparent threats of Paolo Di Canio’s resignation. Where to start? Well, let me start with declaring upfront that I am not in the know, in fact I don’t think I’ve ever met anyone who may be in the know. I’m just a Swindon
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Ron Smith and Alex Cooke explain how a £13 million debt and Andrew Black’s search for new investment isn’t news but remains essential for the future of the League One side. If you are looking for the perfect summary of yesterday’s needless panic about Swindon Town’s financial position, it is here, courtesy of former chairman, Jeremy Wray. “The club doesn’t
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Can you really compare a typical fan paying £380.00 for a season ticket at Swindon Town to someone spending the same amount elsewhere in League One? Writes Ron Smith. Last week the BBC proudly announced that Sheffield United “provide the cheapest matchday experience in the Football League”. Their survey found £17.20 will buy you a ticket to the game, a
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Why the recent £2 million cash injection won’t mean Town will buy Harry Kewell, by Alex Cooke. It seems churlish, grumpy and almost disloyal to question anything about a £2 million injection by the board of STFC into the club, after all this is that rarest of things – good news. But few things are quite that simple and you don’t
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In his response to our question via the Swindon Advertiser a few weeks ago, interim Chairman Jeremy Wray indicated the Club will hold their AGM towards the end of this month or at the start of May. “We have an AGM coming up soon and that [appointing Wray as Chairman] will be sorted out then. Hopefully, if all goes well, we will be able
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The season ticket and matchday prices for the 2012/13 campaign at the County Ground were unveiled on Saturday. In what is seemingly becoming earlier and earlier every year, the pricing strategy was released with sixteen matches in League Two remaining and at least a strong possibility we’ll be paying to watch League One football come August. Unless you’ve been lucky and
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