Former BBC Wiltshire match commentator Vic Morgan returns for the 2016/17 season… Most of the time as a football fan you can find some cause for optimism. Over the past few days though, I’ve not spoken to many Swindon Town supporters who’re feeling too happy with life right now. Last Saturday’s defeat by Bury was disappointing enough but failed into insignificance
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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. 2016/17 League One Matchday 9 24th September 2016 Boundary Park, Oldham Oldham Athletic vs Swindon Town 15.00 kick-off Tickets – https://www.eticketing.co.uk/swindontown/ Adults – £20 Over-65 – £10 Under-16 – £10 Under-12 – £5 Disabled – £10 Helper – Free KickOff.co.uk League One Statistics –
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Alex Cooke looks at Saturday’s positional shift as Anton Rodgers was dropped, before Conor Thomas dropped back to make space for Brad Barry It wasn’t much of a surprise on Saturday when Conor Thomas took the place of Anton Rodgers in the team against Bury. However, it was a bit of a surprise where Thomas played. After all, he has
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Former BBC Wiltshire match commentator Vic Morgan reflects on another A420 derby defeat… Quite a week this… Let’s start at the beginning shall we? In the words of the song a very good place to start. Last Saturday’s trip along the A420 was everything I hate about football. As someone who’s watched the game from the mid sixties onward, I’ve seen
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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. 2016/17 League One Matchday 7 17th September 2016 The County Ground, Swindon Swindon Town vs Bury 3pm 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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Alex Cooke reports on the EFL Cup/Checkatrade travesty between a load of kids who will never make it, and Swindon Town What? As if we’d go to that. It never happened. Move on. You’ll have to wait a year until it can go in the Hall of Shame. Nothing to see here. If you want the score,
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New contributor Conor Garratt goes through what went wrong for Luke Williams’ men on their latest defeat at Oxford’s Kassam stadium And so the awful run against that yellow-and-blue rabble goes on. As the home fans at the Kassam were keen to let us know on Saturday, Swindon have now suffered six losses on the spin against their A420 rivals,
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Jonny Leighfield joins a growing list of TheWashbag.com writers who have reported on an Oxford United victory over Swindon Town… The last time Swindon were victorious over that club down the A420, Wikipedia was born, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone came out in cinemas and Tony Blair’s Labour Party won their second consecutive General Election. So, if you feel
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Former BBC Wiltshire match commentator Vic Morgan returns for the 2016/17 season… Here it is then… The fixture that most Town fans have been looking forward too since the end of last season. While we’ve played the team from along the A420 relatively recently, it’s a game that’s been anticipated all summer. More on the derby game with the side from
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Former BBC Wiltshire match commentator Vic Morgan returns for the 2016/17 season… First of all let’s turn to the events of last Saturday… Having worked an early morning shift in Plymouth, it was a case of catching a train from Tiverton Parkway to makes sure of seeing the local derby with Bristol Rovers. The taxi from Swindon station arrived at the
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