The season of goodwill may be in full flow, especially in the Swindon Town defence, but in the third of a series of five posts this week, Adam Tanner examines why the spirit around The County Ground is more befitting of the January blues… A cup run, even a decent cup fixture, can do so much for a club. To give
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Former BBC Wiltshire match commentator Vic Morgan writes his weekly blog… It’s over then. Swindon Town’s involvement in the controversial Checkatrade Trophy ended on Tuesday night. It was a game which featured five goals, some of them excellent, including a first for the club from Ellis Iandolo and a great finish from Luke Norris. Now I know this competition has had
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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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Mike Minihane inducts the sixteenth entry into our Swindon Town Hall of Shame, someone who you’ll find in the Luton Town Hall of Fame and one of the most revered footballers ever to grace the Kenilworth Road pitch… When Swindon confirmed their first ever promotion on Tuesday 14th May 1963 by beating Shrewsbury Town 1-0 at the County Ground a young Shrewsbury
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