For a feeder club, to build a new ground or to get into Champions League; why does Swindon’s chairman want to own a fading Irish football team? By Alex Cooke Amid all the noise around Tim Sherwood‘s appointment as Director of Football (albeit one who picks the team, formation and gives team talks), the news that Lee Power has also
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Obviously Tim Sherwood didn’t spend his first night as Swindon Town’s new Director of Football out on the sauce with Wild Al. He’s a grown up, he’s got a job to do. But if Tim had hit the tiles with the fan who puts the fun into ‘functioning alcoholic’, at some point during the hazy evening, he might have ended
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Former BBC Wiltshire match commentator Vic Morgan writes his weekly blog… Quite a few hours wasn’t it? The expectation, the rumours and the announcement. Oh and a presidential election took place as well. The prospect of a Swindon Town news conference always gets social media in a frenzy. What was it to be? A takeover, Lee Power deciding enough was enough,
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Episode #48 of TheWashbag Swindon Town FC Podcast is now available to download or stream online… Ron Smith is joined by Alex Cooke and Brendan Hobbs to discuss what was actually in James Collins’ cup? Your favourite Swindon Town Town’s (poor) form, the FA Cup draw at non-league Eastleigh, also whether there are any viable alternatives for Luke Williams and Lee Power should
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Former BBC Wiltshire match commentator Vic Morgan writes his weekly blog… Where to start? Well I suppose at Scunthorpe last weekend. Arguably one of the worst forty five minutes I’ve ever witnessed from a Town team and that’s saying something. A first half of absolute chaos and that’s despite Swindon being on top for the first ten minutes or so. There’s
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They’re back! Find the Swindon Town-connected facts, dates and names to depress/impress you and your friends. There are five more tough puzzles to test you. By Alex Cooke Ahead of the FA Cup tie with Eastleigh, we’ve again put together a series of quiz walls, much like those in BBC Four virgin-off Only Connect. If you know how to play
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Former BBC Wiltshire match commentator Vic Morgan writes his weekly blog… Just when you thought the season had hit a new low last weekend with the defeat by Walsall, there’s the prospect of a long journey to league leaders to come on Saturday. Total disappointment is the way I can describe my feelings after the loss to the Saddlers. The win
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Former BBC Wiltshire match commentator Vic Morgan writes his weekly blog… If your name is Lawrence Vigouroux and you’re a professional goalkeeper for Swindon Town, you’ve had a pretty good week. Two clean sheets, two great performances and two penalty saves out of the top drawer. First up was last Saturday at AFC Wimbledon. In this column last week I said
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For the 2016/17 season we’ve joined forces with KickOff.co.uk to provide the essential match statistics and predictions. 22nd October 2016 The County Ground, Swindon Swindon Town vs Walsall 15.00 kick-off Tickets – https://www.eticketing.co.uk/swindontown/ KickOff.co.uk League One Statistics – https://www.kickoff.co.uk/competitions/england/league-one/
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For the 2016/17 season we’ve joined forces with KickOff.co.uk to provide the essential match statistics and predictions. 18th October 2016 The County Ground, Swindon Swindon Town vs Rochdale 19.45 kick-off Tickets – https://www.eticketing.co.uk/swindontown/ KickOff.co.uk League One Statistics – https://www.kickoff.co.uk/competitions/england/league-one/
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