Why can’t Swindon Town find a training ground within the Borough?
Ron Smith answers the question posed by Lee Power, why can’t Swindon Town find land for a training ground within the Borough?
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Washbag Podcast: Episode 36 – Things are going well, for once..
Episode #36 of TheWashbag.com Swindon Town FC Podcast is now available to download… Host Ron Smith is joined by a panel of four guests to discuss latest events at the County Ground – Link Sport’s Sam Morshead, Alex Cooke, Daniel Hunt and Iain Watkins. With no game this weekend and a welcome break, the five review the opening two months to Town’s
Read moreEast to West then Thompson signs up
It’s Friday, there’s no game tomorrow, so it must be time for the latest STFC weekly review by BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan. As I write this I’m just digesting the news that Nathan Thompson is signing a contract extension at the County Ground. While I’m not naive enough to think that at some point our captain might move on, it’s a
Read morePlymouth Argyle 3-2 Swindon Town: Knocked Out
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Well, let’s be honest, it wasn’t entirely either as it was the second round of the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy. Writes Scott Keith.
Read moreEmpty Red Seats: So how are Swindon Town going to fill them?
Attendances at the County Ground have declined somewhat and there remain plenty of empty red seats. The club have finally taken some action so Ron Smith gives a manifesto for increasing the gate…
Read moreLeyton Orient 1-2 Swindon Town: To wax or to net three points, that was the question
When Swindon have shown up at Brisbane Road, now known as the Matchroom Stadium but still actually on Brisbane Road E10, on the past four occasions, we have left again with nothing. It doesn’t take much to keep fans away on that basis, but on Saturday, as the rain drove nearly 1,200 Town fans eastwards, eventually the sun came out and Mark Cooper’s boys sealed a third successive win on the road in the league this season. Writes Anna Tuersley.
Read moreOakwell that ends well
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
Read moreAt Home with the Bodins: Does Billy Bodin still wear dresses?
In our first dip into the weird and wonderful world of the Swindon Town Matchday Programme, this article from August 1994 raises a few questions about former Town player Billy Bodin and does he still wear dresses? Aww isn’t the two-year old Bodin cute…
Read more50 Years Ago: 1964/65 September – Jekyll and Hyde
Mike Minihane continues his look back 50 years to events at the County Ground. Following Swindon Town’s first season in the ‘big time’ Division Two during 1963/64, Town looked to consolidate; however football isn’t that simple… Top of the Charts: You Really Got Me – The Kinks September was going to be a very busy month with seven league games
Read moreBarnsley 0-3 Swindon Town: Cooper’s Kids Can Achieve…
‘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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