Swindon crashed out the FA Youth cup at the 3rd Round stage for a second successive year after being thrashed by the Under 18s of Premier League outfit Liverpool. Writes Ben Wills. Swindon boss Paul Bodin named an unchanged side from the one that knocked Cirencester out in Round Two after a 6-1 victory. Liverpool on the other hand played
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The second and final part of Steve Hall’s tale of his conquests and why sex and football just doesn’t mix… I don’t know if it’s fate, luck or coincidence but all of my attempts to combine girls and football have had similarly mixed results – at best. My next attempt was with 16 year old Dorothy. As I was 22
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After a weekend without FA Cup Second Round action we induct one of the most embarrassing FA Cup giant-killings suffered by Swindon Town. A humbling 4-1 defeat at Hastings United on 12th December 1953 is our 22nd entry into the STFC Hall of Shame; writes Ron Smith. The 1950s were not vintage years at the County Ground. Swindon Town were
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It’s Friday, so it must be time for the latest blog by BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan. So what to do on Saturday then? For the second week in a row I won’t be watching football. Last weekend I wasn’t able to go to Notts County and this week…no game to watch. The obvious thing then is to prepare for that
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Steve Hall recalls how he found out that sex and football just doesn’t mix for him… I really shouldn’t have ordered my wife to get out of the car. After all she’d risen before the crack of dawn to crowd into an Italian coffee shop along with a throng of Italian and England fans in Sydney’s Leichhardt area, suffered through 90 minutes
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A fine individual goal by Alan Judge was enough to hand Notts County a rare home victory and send Swindon’s beleaguered players and fans into an enforced two week break on a low, writes Daniel Hunt. For the second time in an utterly frustrating week, Swindon found themselves cursing poor finishing, good opposition goalkeeping and an increasingly familiar 0-1 scoreline.
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It’s Friday, so it must be time for the latest blog by BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan. ‘Wake up it’s a Chelsea morning’ As the great Joni Mitchell once sang about Chelsea in New York City. The mad mad world of football reached new insane levels on Wednesday morning with the sacking of Roberto Di Matteo. A man who won an
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Form Guide… 6th placed Swindon were defeated 0-1 by Brentford at the County Ground in midweek; making our six match form 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. In away games, Town have won our previous 2 matches – 4-0 at Stevenage and 2-0 at Walsall – giving a form book of 5 wins and 1 defeat in six League
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Form Guide… 3rd placed Swindon beat Yeovil Town 4-1 at the County Ground on Saturday to record a first victory as hosts in 4 games. In the League One form guide, Swindon are unbeaten in their previous 4 matches and with 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat. At the County Ground, Swindon are unbeaten in 4 games. 9th placed
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Listen to the latest episode of TheWashbag.com Swindon Town FC Podcast. The Washbag Podcast is back! After a short break the podders return with Christopher Panks in the host ‘s chair, joined by the BBC’s Vic Morgan and TheWashbag.com’s resident statto Alex Cooke. Up for discussion today is the 4-1 triumph over Yeovil Town, Paolo Di Canio’s media messages, the
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