Adam Tanner went to Kenilworth Road, Luton to witness Swindon Town’s first step on the League Cup road to Wembley… Swindon approached the game looking to uphold a curiously healthy League Cup record away from home. The team had won at QPR, Stoke and Bristol City inside the last three years; and we had only lost one away tie (on penalties
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Swindon returned to winning ways with an accomplished performance over play-off chasing Coventry in what was newly appointed manager Kevin MacDonald’s first game, writes Lee Clark. Darren Ward’s 90 minute winner capped a remarkable comeback in the space of 5 minutes, after Coventry midfielder Franck Moussa had fired the home team into the lead within just 64 seconds. 3,000 Swindon
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This wasn’t just rubbish. This was stinking Swindon Town rubbish, writes Ben Beaumont. If you believe in these things, the omens were bad. 1. Bury hadn’t won at the County Ground since 1977. The year of my birth. 2. The last match report I wrote for thewashbag was a drab 0-0 draw with Sheffield United. And the one before that,
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Alex Cooke looks at who is in and who is out of Paolo Di Canio’s squad as the January transfer window opens. This transfer window is going to be significant for Swindon Town. Forget whatever Paolo Di Canio has said about the embargo stopping his shopping, the current Town team is built on loans. The spine of the side has
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Every month we’ll be publishing our Washbag-Index Player of the Month and inviting your vote on the top three. The September result is… PLAYER LEAGUE CUP TOTAL Andy Williams 34 12 46 Matt Ritchie 40 2 42 Adam Rooney 29 2 31 Wes Foderingham 19.6 4.7 24.3 Paul Benson 12 12 24 Jay McEveley 16 5.5 21.5 Simon Ferry 18
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Alex Cooke looks at Swindon fired their way to the 2011/12 championship with patience, fitness and a fantastic home scoring rate. It wasn’t the 75 goals scored that secured Swindon’s title last season; it was those that weren’t conceded. The forward line didn’t earn Paolo Di Canio’s side the championship; it was the back five. They allowed the team to
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Neil Evans is to give his perspective on everyone who put on a Red shirt in our amazing record-breaking season, part two.. 18. Mark Scott. The young goalkeeper didn’t really feature and has been released by PDC..we wish him well 5 out of 10 19. Luke Rooney: Is it just me, or were we all expecting a lot more from Luke? if
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A spectacular season was capped by a match somewhat less so, as Valley Parade played host to the only goalless game in the Football League this weekend. With nothing more than pride to play for, the game itself had somewhat of a pre-season feeling to it, writes Rosie MacGillivray. Both players and supporters shown that sportsmanship still existed. The Bradford
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He’s wild, he’s exuberant, and he’s fantastic entertainment, but Paolo Di Canio is a more studied manager than his pitch-side persona reveals, says Alex Cooke. “The media portrayal of Paolo Di Canio is very different to the manager I’ve come across. The one I have experienced is very meticulous in his planning, very knowledgeable about every level of football from
Read moreSwindon’s promotion champagne is still very much ‘on ice’ after a 2-1 defeat at Aldershot. On a frustrating and emotional night, the occasion never lived up to the promotion party hype and left many supporters wondering what might have been, writes Tom Otrebski. The manager made four changes to the starting line-up. Post-match revelations and rumours about player conduct off
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