Tag Archives: Mark Cooper

Leyton Orient 2-0 Swindon Town: Two penalty goals sink Town

Following what some have referred to as the “worst performance in years”, Swindon Town were slightly less than convincing in a 2-0 defeat away at Leyton Orient, with two penalties the difference between the sides, reports first-time contributor Nick John. With eight first-team players out of the side through injury or suspension it was always going to be a difficult

Read more

Swindon Town 1-1 Peterborough Utd (3-3 agg Peterborough win 3-4 on Pens)

Peterborough United booked their place in the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy Final at Wembley after defeating Swindon on penalties at the County Ground following a 1-1 draw after 90 minutes. Writes Benjamin Wills. After a 180 minute stalemate, Tommy Rowe slotted in the winning penalty to send the 383 travelling fans home happy and Peterborough to the JPT Final for the

Read more

STFC Podcast: Episode 24 – A ban, a brace and an unlikely win…

Episode #24 of TheWashbag.com Swindon Town FC Podcast is now available to download… Host Ron Smith is joined by Swindon Advertiser’s Chief Sports Writer Sam Morshead and Adam Tanner. Town’s miserable away form has continued into 2014. Since we last spoke, two successive 2-0 defeats have perhaps shattered aspirations of a play-off finish. Fortunately luck was on Town’s side yesterday as

Read more

How important is the half time result to Mark Cooper?

Football is rarely straightforward, however, there’s one statistic this season which highlights how much Mark Cooper’s Swindon Town side thrive on the confidence provided by seizing the early advantage and scoring first. Writes Ron Smith. The importance of Swindon Town scoring the opening goal in a match has been highlighted previously, however, I’d never previously looked at the record of

Read more

Swindon Town 2-1 Peterborough Utd – Episode VI: Return of the Ranger

Swindon Town finally had a chance to kick off 2014 by entertaining Peterborough United at the County Ground. After collecting four points from three games over a rather testing Christmas period, Swindon would be hoping they could pick up the perfect delayed New Year present for the Town faithful, as Matthew Peach reports. As the team news came out, many

Read more
« Older Entries Recent Entries »