With players signed by a director of football, a team shaped by his predecessor and defined by loanees, Mark Cooper seemingly has little freedom to manage, so how can we how well he is doing? By Alex Cooke. Do you judge Swindon manager Mark Cooper? By his team’s 7th place in League One? By his 47% of matches won in
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Matt Arnold believes that supporter representation in the corridors of power at the County Ground is not only an aspiration we should all hold, but it is also a workable solution to increase transparency between clubs and their supporters. When I read Vic Morgan’s blog ‘Supporters representatives let’s have a heated debate’, I was reminded of another heated debate. It
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Episode #21 of TheWashbag.com Swindon Town FC Podcast is now available to download… Host Ron Smith was joined by Sam Morshead – chief sports writer Swindon Advertiser – for a quick chat on Friday afternoon to reflect on the week’s events at the County Ground, following Lee Power’s takeover at Swindon Town. Unfortunately the sound quality isn’t that great so hopefully
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It’s Friday, so it must be time for the latest blog by BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan. Let’s get the important stuff out of the way first. The three-one win over Carlisle United was welcome and deserved. It wasn’t the most thrilling game we’ve ever seen, in fact at times it would have been more enjoyable painting a seat and watching
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Despite club director Sangita Shah’s post-match comments on the McCrory vs Power bout of the boardroom, confusion still reigns over the ownership situation at Swindon Town and how this arose… ‘Black Friday’ is what Americans label the final Friday in November and for different reasons it was embarrassing Friday for Swindon Town. Within two hours of a club statement being issued ‘confirming’ that
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It’s never a slow news day at the County Ground as the ownership of Swindon Town has been acquired by Lee Power… SWINDON Town Football Club are pleased to announced that the Football League have formally sanctioned the change of ownership of STFC to Swinton Reds 20 owned by Director of Football, Mr Lee Power. The change of ownership signals no fundamental
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Andrew Steele-Davis asks have your hopes and expectations changed yet? We are barely three months into the season yet Swindon Town are flying high and playing some of the best football you are ever likely to witness in the Football League. It’s all a far cry from the summer… Swindon dealt out yet another footballing lesson on Friday night with
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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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Listen to the latest episode of TheWashbag.com Swindon Town FC Podcast. After a shaky start in hosting his first podcast (it is more difficult than you think..) Ron Smith is joined by Sam Morshead – chief sports writer at the Swindon Advertiser – and Steve Mytton – Town fan and Trust STFC board member. The three review the 4-1 win
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