It’s Friday, so it must be time for the latest blog by BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan. Well the well it started quietly didn’t it? A great win at Walsall and talk of a couple of loan signings in the air. Then a touch of silence and suddenly a flurry of activity. I’m not one who usually gets too excited about
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Swindon recorded a second successive 6-1 victory in the FA Youth cup on Tuesday night and booked a third round tie against the youth of Premier league side Liverpool in the process. Our FA Youth Cup reporter Ben Wills was at the County Ground. Despite the emphatic score line it was the away side Cirencester who started the game more
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Making a claim for the twin titles of Steve McMahon’s worst value-for-money signing and Swindon’s duffest left-back, Alex Cooke welcomes Jason Drysdale to the Hall of Shame. Even within the dismal shower of Swindon’s former left-backs Jason Drysdale stands out. Squeezed between the likes of Hall, Elkins, Casal, Rose and Beswetherwick his name still seems to bob up and down
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Swindon continued their impressive form away from the County Ground, as goals from the prolific Matt Ritchie and the not-so-prolific Simon Ferry clinched a comfortable 2-0 win at Walsall to climb into the play-off places, writes Rosie MacGillivray. Having had the embargo lifted last week, Paolo Di Canio surprisingly never took advantage to add a midfielder to his depleted squad.
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Form Guide… 7th placed Swindon drew midweek against Sheffield United, making our six match league form 2 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat. On our travels, Town won 4-0 at Stevenage a fortnight ago making our six match form record 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat – the 3rd best in the division. 16th placed Walsall are without a
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It’s Friday, so it must be time for the latest blog by BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan. Not been the most inspiring of weeks has it? Last Saturday’s cup tie against Macclesfield was about as exciting as a day stripping woodchip wallpaper. If you’ve ever done that you’ll know what I mean. The only highlight was the first Macc goal which
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Form Guide… 7th placed Swindon have won two, drawn two and defeated twice in our previous six matches in League One. At the County Ground, Town drew the last game 1-1 with Scunthorpe United, and are without a victory in five matches in all competitions. Danny Wilson’s Sheffield United climbed up to 2nd after beating Portsmouth 1-0 just over a week ago.
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It’s Friday, so it must be time for the latest blog by BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan. In this weird old season this week has been quite simply brilliant. It began at Stevenage with one of the best Town displays of recent times. It continued with a fantastic cup tie against Aston Villa and I hope its concluded with an FA
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Swindon under 18’s served up a treat for the paying fans at the County Ground on Halloween night with Sholing not scaring the reds as often as they would have liked. Writes Benjamin Wills. Swindon had a number of key players missing for this FA youth cup 1st round tie with skipper Aaron Oakley and Louis Thompson both named on
Read moreA crowd of 14,434 witnessed a great night of cup football at the County Ground as Swindon lost 3-2 to Premier League side Aston Villa. Writes Adam Johnson. It was physically exhausting, dramatic, intense and loud. That’s what it was like for the fans, let alone the players, as the County Ground was treated to a special cup game. Swindon
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