2013 is nearly over and it has truly been an eventful and unforgettable year at Swindon Town. Brendan Hobbs jumped at the chance of writing our review of 2013, which has turned into an epic feature of writing; you’ve now made it to part five… June & July Although Swindon missed out on any Play Off orientated silverware, the club did win a
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2013 is nearly over and it has truly been an eventful and unforgettable year at Swindon Town. Brendan Hobbs jumped at the chance of writing our review of 2013, which has turned into an epic feature of writing; you’ve now made it to part four. There’s a few more to come, this is only… May The playoffs loomed in the shape of a
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2013 is nearly over and it has truly been an eventful and unforgettable year at Swindon Town. Brendan Hobbs jumped at the chance of writing our review of 2013, which has turned into an epic feature of writing; you’ve now made it to part three. Well done… March A new month and a new managerial appointment. The announcement of Kevin McDonald’s installation as
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Pliable, pragmatic and powerless, Cooper is an ideal head coach for Town’s current structure, says Alex Cooke. Mark Cooper is the perfect manager for Swindon Town precisely because he has no reputation, no great history and no obvious footballing philosophy. He is a journey-man manager with coaching experience thrust into one of his biggest ever jobs but no cache to
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Kevin MacDonald left the club by mutual consent this weekend and the search begins for Swindon’s 33rd manager since 1904 and third in the past five months. Adam Johnson shares his thoughts on the potential replacement. Swindon can’t even do boring pre seasons now it seems. We weren’t expecting it to be quiet with players coming and going but a managerial
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Three weeks before the start of the 2013/14 season Kevin MacDonald has thrown in the towel at Swindon Town, leaving us all wondering why Jed McCrory’s appointment suddenly decided enough was enough, writes Ron Smith. It was only the 28th February when former Aston Villa coach Kevin MacDonald was appointed as manager, the first major decision of chairman Jed McCrory’s tenure at
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Swindon were denied taking a deserved win to West London on Monday after Brentford converted a late penalty to equal out Luongo’s goal and set up a tense second leg Play-Off decider. Reports STFC007. Town, with the wind on their back in the first half, could have opened the scoring in the first minute had Adam Rooney crossed from the
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Alex Cooke looks at how the two sides might shape up for the home leg of Saturday’s play-off match. Under manager Uwe Rosler, Brentford have become a compact team who play controlled, calm, progressive football. They like to squeeze play into a narrow band in which their impressively defined shape makes them stifling to play against and efficient, if a
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Rejuvenated by the departure of former Swindon manager Danny Wilson, Sheffield United deservedly took all three points to all but book their play-off place and leave Town anxiously looking over their shoulder at the chasing pack from 6th position in League One. The Blades are a bullying, bruising team and they quite simply battered Swindon in a breathless first-half display that
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Swindon couldn’t make it into the top two as they went down to a 1-0 defeat against top of the table Doncaster. Adam Johnson watched the game from his recliner… Thank you Sky for showing our game on TV, but sorry to anyone who watched it and wasn’t a fan of Swindon or Doncaster. In a game billed as ‘must win’ Swindon were outplayed and
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