Mike Minihane continues his look back 50 years to events at the County Ground. Following Swindon Town’s first season in the ‘big time’ Division Two during 1963/64, Town looked to consolidate. However football isn’t that simple…
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Mike Minihane continues his look back 50 years to events at the County Ground. Following Swindon Town’s first season in the ‘big time’ Division Two during 1963/64, Town looked to consolidate. However football isn’t that simple…
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Swindon traveled to Ipswich in March 1989. A last minute winner by Steve White completed the comeback, with Swindon coming from a goal behind to win at Portman Road, which moved Town above the Suffolk club to 8th in Division Two. Match lineups
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A solid defence is something than Swindon have seldom had. Over the past decade, you can count a dozen Adrian Viveashs for every Gordon Greer. Mis-timed and clumsy tackles, back-passes to the keepers, poor distribution – the County Ground has seen it all, writes Rosie MacGillivray; who inducts her choice for the worst Swindon match of recent years into the Hall
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Scot Munroe gives his summary of the transfer window so far and what might be in store for Town fans. We are just over three weeks into the new year and the January transfer window, there has been no surprise that we’ve witnessed new signings and deadwood departing. On the way out of the County Ground we have seen Michael Timlin leave for
Read moreEighteen years ago today Swindon travelled to Suffolk for an FA Cup Third Round Replay after a 1-1 draw with Ipswich at the County Ground. A trademark goalkeeping howler from Nicky Hammond in extra time handed Ipswich victory in this FA Cup replay – but not before Jan Fjørtoft finally breaks his goalscoring duck for the Town. Soon after Jan’s arranged loan back
Read moreI’m getting a tad tired of the Charlie Austin transfer saga. Finally we’ve accepted an offer from Ipswich and Charlie has got in his tractor to Suffolk to discuss terms. Whether this offer meets the fan’s valuation we await to find out… hopefully a significant upfront sum plus a good sell on clause would keep me happy for now. What’s more important is to
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