Brendan Hobbs returns with his ‘Press Watch’ feature and looks at how the world coped with their first glimpses of Massimo Luongo and Yaser Kasim at the Asian Cup… It normally takes something special to drag someone out of a well-earned retirement. Back in 1987 Sean Connery famously said that he only came out of retirement because he was offered
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Swindon Town are no longer top of League One following a two goal defeat at Bramall Lane. Joe Young travelled to Sheffield where referee David Coote became the centre of attention…
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It’s Friday, so it must be time for the latest weekly review by BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan. Apparently they used to play football on a Saturday. I know it’s an exaggeration but it does seem that Swindon barely take to the field at the weekend anymore. News that Walsall have qualified for the JPT final in March means another Saturday without a
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So, Swindon Town have rejected a €2.5million bid from a Turkish club for Australian midfielder Massimo Luongo. The offer from the unnamed Super Lig outfit, which equates to £1.9million, would be a club record receipt, however the bid has been ‘quickly rebuffed’ by Lee Power. With reports that Luongo is also attracting interest from Sevilla, clubs in the Bundesliga and the English Championship, ‘Mass’ is certainly one of the club’s most sought after players for some years. Here’s five reasons to accept and reject an offer…
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As we continue our look at the atmosphere at the County Ground, Will Wardrop assess Swindon Town’s recent history in song, featuring the Thomsons, Pericard and Amankwaah…
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Supporters of Swindon Town FC can now concentrate on the football (and perhaps a promotion) after Jed McCrory has failed in his desperate bid to regain control of the boardroom. Ron Smith reflects on a new sense of calm off-the-field, with a boardroom controlled by Lee Power.
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It’s Friday, so it must be time for the latest weekly review by BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan.
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Have you noticed the lack of noise and atmosphere in the County Ground this season? This didn’t escape Gavin Brown, who asks that now we can be proud of our league position can we also be even louder in our support..?
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Originally posted on Experimental 3-6-1:
Following Saturday’s matches I’ve updated my scatter graphics to see how each of the four divisions below the Premier League are looking. For each division there are three graphics – the first shows overall dominance, the second attacking performance and the third defensive performance. All are based on shot data and give a high-level…
Alex Cooke looks at how Swindon’s Bayern Munich-like dominance of the ball predicts big things This season Swindon have dominated the opposition and the ball. Town are top of the League One and top of the possession table. After 26 games their average possession has been a whopping 58.23%, almost five percentage points more than the Franchise (53.57%) Amazing isn’t
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