Referees: Only accountable to themselves
We bet you’ve watched the penalty incident at Crawley Town several times now and, like you, Ron Smith can’t believe his eyes…
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Showing some Iron
It’s Friday, and a new season, so it must be time for the latest blog by BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan. Great start to the season: two games, two wins and a striker bang in form. How many of us felt that might be the case in the first week? It’s an odd trait of being a Town fan that the
Read moreJoel Chianese: Who Are Ya?
Australian based Swindon Town fan David Squires gives a first-hand account of watching new trialist Joel Chianese, a striker who is looking for a new club after being released from Sydney FC.
Read moreLuton Town 1-2 Swindon Town: Hats off for Smith
Adam Tanner went to Kenilworth Road, Luton to witness Swindon Town’s first step on the League Cup road to Wembley… Swindon approached the game looking to uphold a curiously healthy League Cup record away from home. The team had won at QPR, Stoke and Bristol City inside the last three years; and we had only lost one away tie (on penalties
Read moreSwindon 3-1 Scunthorpe Utd: Town deliver a winning start
Swindon Town kicked-off their 2014/2015 campaign with a fully deserved home win. There was some great football on display at times at the County Ground, but a more clinical opposition attack would’ve capitalised on our current defensive frailties reports STFC007. After several key players have left the County Ground since May, it was only Jay McEveley and Jack Stephens who
Read moreWhy shouldn’t we read too much into the opening-day result?
Here’s a bunch of statistics about the opening game of the season, results, sequences and their impact or otherwise on final league positions. Also I’m keen to hear your favourite opening game of the season.
Read more‘Tis the season to be cautious at Swindon Town…
Alex Cooke clicked 14th place for Town’s finish in our prediction poll, here he justifies why he’s feeling a bit cautious. It is not the kind of stuff to get you fully engorged, is it? The new season is almost upon us and Sky et al are giving it more bells and whistles than a Leper Pride parade. But are we Town
Read moreWashbag Podcast: Episode 33 – 2014/15 Season Preview
Episode #33 of TheWashbag.com Swindon Town FC Podcast is now available to download. Host Ron Smith is joined by three guests to discuss our preview to the 2014/15 season – Swindon Advertiser Chief Sports Writer Sam Morshead, FLICWiltshire’s Sport Editor Andrew Steele-Davis and Town fan Iain Watkins.
Read moreYour 2014/15 Predictions: STFC Promotion, Relegation or In-Between?
We’re only a week away from the start of the 2014/15 season so it’s now time to make your predictions for how Swindon Town and the remainder of the League One teams will fare this season.
Read moreTrialist Fails: The good, the bad and Thomas Dossevi
With trialist Anton Rogers already signed and Jonathan Vandesompele set to learn his fate soon, Alex Cooke looks at the short list of trialists who have made it at Town – and the much longer list of those who haven’t.
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