Lee Townsend reviews those members of the Swindon Town squad who haven’t been near the starting XI or even the matchday squad in recent months. He asks whether we can expect to see any of these missing players return before the end of the campaign? Yes, it’s true. Swindon are top of npower League Two and there are many reasons given
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They huffed, they puffed, but they couldn’t blow the house down. Despite a huge dominance in possession, Cheltenham Town couldn’t recover from failing to convert a first half penalty and then going behind shortly afterwards to Paul Benson’s ninth goal of the season. Town’s 1-0 victory was, by all accounts, by the slimmest of margins, but true champions ride their luck, with
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Swindon traveled to Ipswich in March 1989. A last minute winner by Steve White completed the comeback, with Swindon coming from a goal behind to win at Portman Road, which moved Town above the Suffolk club to 8th in Division Two. Match lineups
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Saturday afternoon sees Swindon Town entertain Cheltenham Town at the County Ground in the top of the table clash… Form Guide… First placed Swindon are currently on a run of two defeats in twenty-three League Two matches. Town’s current form guide reads five wins and one defeat in six outings. At the County Ground, Town are unbeaten since August, making it 15 games without tasting defeat
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The ramblings of BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan.. And so it was just ten wins in a row. That winning run came to an end at, of all places, the Kassam. A day no Town fan wants to remember for long, and the behaviour of some brought shame to both clubs. My abiding memory before I move on, is seeing fear
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For our next entry into the Hall of Shame we step outside of the club, as Mike Minihane inducts Wiltshire Newspapers for their decision to axe publication of the much loved ‘Football Pink’. In the early 1970s Wilshire Newspapers, the publishers of the then ‘Evening Advertiser’ (aka the ‘Adver’) made the incomprehensible decision to cease publication of the local football
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Having been unable to breach the triple-decker bus parked in the triple-sided stadium on Saturday, Tuesday’s game could not come quick enough to put the Swindon Town TGV firmly back on the tracks heading at speed towards League One, writes STFC007. In the build up to the game the level of optimism from most Swindon Town fans was refreshing – as usually
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In a full round of mid-week League Two matches, Swindon Town entertain Dagenham & Redbridge at the County Ground; 7.45pm kick-off. Form Guide… First placed Swindon are currently on a run of two defeats in twenty-two League Two matches. Town’s current form guide reads five wins and one defeat in six outings. At the County Ground, Town are unbeaten since August, making it 14 games without
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With the trip to the Kassam behind us, one of the greatest distractions to consolidating our lead at the top of League Two has gone. However, the title race has 13 tough matches remaining, so is anything gonna stop Swindon from becoming League Two champions? Writes STFC007. After capturing top spot on the first day of the season all the way back
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After providing his ‘View from the Stratton Bank’ in August, I’ve invited back Oxford United fan Steve Butcher to give the yellow & blue perspective on the A420 derby. Fear and dread….that’s what I was feeling as the A420 derby was approaching. Swindon were beating everyone who stood in their way, a club record 10 wins in a row, storming to the
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