Away Colours: Swindon’s Third Choices

Replica kit collector Dan Castle of swindontownshirts.com reflects on the history of Swindon Town’s third choice kits.
Read moreReplica kit collector Dan Castle of swindontownshirts.com reflects on the history of Swindon Town’s third choice kits.
Read moreReplica kit collector Dan Castle of swindontownshirts.com inducts our 35th entry into the Swindon Town Hall of Shame… In 2012 The Washbag shortlisted seven kits to discover which should be consigned to the STFC Hall Of Shame. There were many candidates, including the ever popular cult ‘potato print’ shirt. The winner and 7th entrant to the Hall of Shame was the 2007-08
Read moreReplica kit collector Dan Castle of swindontownshirts.com reviews the Spall home shirt that didn’t grace Division One in 1990/91… ‘You’ve got no-one to blame for your unhappiness. You got yourself into your own mess’. Football fans become involved emotionally in the game in different ways. Some are introduced to it by parents at an early age, brought up in tiny replica shirts
Read moreIn the first of a new monthly feature, replica kit collector Dan Castle of swindontownshirts.com reviews the 2009/10 Adidas home shirt that, for whatever reason, didn’t get to grace the pitch at Wembley…
Read moreWe continue our ‘Best I’ve Ever Seen’ at Swindon Town series. Following the release of the 2015/16 kits last week, Brendan Hobbs gets creative with some green paint and a potato…
Read moreThis week 33% of our readers have voted the Kingswood Construction sponsored Lotto home kit from the 2007/08 season to be the seventh entry inducted into our STFC Hall of Shame. The 2007/08 home shirt beat the yellow & blue away kit from the mid 1980s into second place with 24% and the green potato print away shirt from 1991-93 into third with 19%. The
Read moreFor our public vote this month, the decision is yours to decide which Swindon Town kit deserves to be condemned to the Hall of Shame. The nominations are… Kit A – 1981-89 Yellow & Blue away While Oxford United enjoyed their crook fueled football throughout the mid 1980s Town sought to emulate our neighbours with a yellow and blue away kit. The various
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