Martin Ling is Swindon Town’s new manager, so Steven Fyfe seeks the views of supporters from Ling’s former clubs… Lee Power today confirmed former Town midfielder Martin Ling as the club’s new dugout arm-waver on a two and a half year deal. Of his new man Power said “he ticked all the boxes”. Ling himself said all the right things to offer
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Town may have a new manager on Tuesday, but supporters made the trip to Lancashire to watch another defeat, writes Anthony Gingell… Saturday saw an unchanged XI, with a 4-4-1-1 still being played. Within two minutes Town are looking ropey and panicking in this third full 25,000 capacity stadium. Wigan pressed Town high up the pitch, straight from their kick off, leaving the
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BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan writes his latest blog for TheWashbag.com… It was a much better Saturday wasn’t it? After the disappointment of the past few weeks, a glimpse of something better. Somehow Coventry took a two goal lead. Harsh in the extreme after a Swindon performance of promise. The familiar feeling of recent times was coming back. However that wasn’t
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Following the sacking of Mark Cooper we now can now rank him by his results in the Football League, FA Cup and League Cup to establish where he fits into our list of the greatest STFC managers…
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Adam Tanner travelled to the County Ground, hoping to watch Swindon Town send their visitors back to Coventry… Tuesday’s feeble collapse against an Oldham Athletic side, which had won just one of its previous 23 competitive matches, represented a new low for Swindon – who had lost five consecutive home League games for only the third time ever. Whereas Coventry
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BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan writes his latest blog for TheWashbag.com… As weeks go that’s about as bad as it gets for Swindon Town. Defeat by Millwall did for Mark Cooper, bringing to an end his time in so day charge of the club. While many were thinking that his grip on the job as manager, coach, whatever… was coming to
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Steven Fyfe asks who might be the next manager of Swindon Town?
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Share and let’s promote Coventry City’s visit to the County Ground this Saturday… Buy tickets online at – https://www.eticketing.co.uk/swindontown/
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Swindon have now failed to win in their last nine matches, after another another abysmal performance, this time against Oldham Athletic, where yet again Town’s tactical failures showed reports Davy Richards
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Town chairman Lee Power is making a trip into the dugout following Mark Cooper’s dismissal. Ron Smith explores the novelty of boardroom interference pitchside…
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