Former BBC Wiltshire match commentator Vic Morgan writes his weekly blog… How can it be? How can Swindon Town be so close to dropping back into football’s basement? When we climbed out of the cellar five short years ago, it was hoped we’d not be in danger of dropping back down again. Sadly that fear is now all too real. The
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Former BBC Wiltshire match commentator Vic Morgan writes his weekly blog… There are times as a football fan when you’re completely fed up with the sport. You must have had those thoughts. Those moments when you say “That’s it, never again”. Well there have been plenty of those this season. Somehow though you keep going in the hope that something special
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Former BBC Wiltshire match commentator Vic Morgan writes his weekly blog… Where to start? Well I suppose at Scunthorpe last weekend. Arguably one of the worst forty five minutes I’ve ever witnessed from a Town team and that’s saying something. A first half of absolute chaos and that’s despite Swindon being on top for the first ten minutes or so. There’s
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Former BBC Wiltshire match commentator Vic Morgan writes his weekly blog… If your name is Lawrence Vigouroux and you’re a professional goalkeeper for Swindon Town, you’ve had a pretty good week. Two clean sheets, two great performances and two penalty saves out of the top drawer. First up was last Saturday at AFC Wimbledon. In this column last week I said
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Richard Maddicks reports on a fourth successive League One defeat as hosts… Famously, Ossie Ardiles once said in his pre-match interview shortly after taking up the poison chalice at SN1: “Uuuuuuuh, Swindon Bolton, uhhhhhhhh, local derby”. In his defence, most games in England probably felt local to the much travelled South American. Well Ossie, the league 1 class of 2016
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Jonny Leighfield joins a growing list of TheWashbag.com writers who have reported on an Oxford United victory over Swindon Town… The last time Swindon were victorious over that club down the A420, Wikipedia was born, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone came out in cinemas and Tony Blair’s Labour Party won their second consecutive General Election. So, if you feel
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Former BBC Wiltshire commentator Vic Morgan writes his latest blog for TheWashbag.com… After games without goals and a few set backs, there’s no better way to get back on track than a hefty away win. Doesn’t matter who the opposition is, a 4-1 win on your opponents ground is a fine achievement. It’s difficult to understand why Colchester are in such
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Anyone who has been at the County Ground recently will know Swindon Town are at their most dangerous when they go two goals behind. This deficit produces a devastating reply and a thrilling victory for the home fans to enjoy. Unfortunately, as Richard Selbourne writes, as hard as our players tried at times, they were unable to give away that
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Swindon Town failed to overturn an early deficit for the first time in three matches and were forced to settle for a point at promotion-chasing Sheffield United. Despite the early setback, and surviving a shaky period at the start of the second half, Luke Williams’ men will feel slightly disappointed not to come away with all three points, writes Joe
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Adam Tanner headed to the Pirelli Stadium, hoping to watch Swindon avoid further skid marks and get the wheels back on their winter form… Despite a disappointing Boxing Day performance against Gillingham, Swindon could approach a tricky trip to the joint league leaders with some optimism. Consecutive away wins, each of them accompanied by a clean sheet, had represented a
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