A late goalkeeping howler from Stephen Bywater gifted Swindon Town a point at Gillingham – which was the bare minimum their performance deserved. A totally dominant Town twice came back from a goal down to provide the kind of determined away performance that had been missing for most of last season, writes Joe Young.
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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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Swindon Town kicked-off their 2014/2015 campaign with a fully deserved home win. There was some great football on display at times at the County Ground, but a more clinical opposition attack would’ve capitalised on our current defensive frailties reports STFC007. After several key players have left the County Ground since May, it was only Jay McEveley and Jack Stephens who
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Episode #30 of TheWashbag.com Swindon Town FC Podcast is now available to download… Host Ron Smith is joined by FLICWiltshire’s Sports Editor Andrew Steele-Davis, Alex Cooke and Iain Watkins. On the second of our special World Cup 2014 podcasts we ask was it a surprise that England were knocked out following successive defeats; can we now say that tiki-taka is
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Episode #29 of TheWashbag.com Swindon Town FC Podcast is now available to download… Host Ron Smith is joined by BBC Wiltshire’s match commentator Andrew Hawes, our very own tactical guru Alex Cooke, and our original podcast host Christopher Panks returns. What else is there for the three to discuss than the FIFA World Cup 2014 which kicks-off in Brazil in less
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What a season it has been for Swindon Town midfielder Massimo Luongo. From being an ‘unknown talent’ within the Spurs reserves, to signing for the Robins, then remarkably making the Australian World Cup 23 man squad is remarkable progress. Brendan Hobbs looks back at Massimo’s story…
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Adam Tanner headed north to Brunton Park, Carlisle to watch Swindon Town’s remaining promotion ambitions head south… Approaching the game, the omens for Swindon were good. We were unbeaten at Carlisle United in our previous four visits, stretching back to 2007, and aiming for a fourth consecutive league win for the first time this season. By contrast, our opponents had
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After Swindon Town’s latest loss, this time a 1-4 home trouncing by Wolves, Town fans are not in high spirits. Being eight points behind sixth place Peterborough with Posh having a game in hand doesn’t look encouraging as Swindon’s play off ambitions are fading fast. Ben Wills sent over these five reasons why Swindon supporters should still be smiling though…
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Swindon Town have chucked away League One points after taking the lead again. Here’s the MK Dons report by STFC007… It was meant to have been a battle for 7th place, but with both Peterborough United and Walsall dropping points in the week, there was a glimmer of hope among some of Town’s over-optimistic faithful that perhaps there was an
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It’s Friday, so it must be time for the latest blog by BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan. A trip to Crewe doesn’t always fill you with great enthusiasm. I suppose if you’re a railway enthusiast and from Swindon you have a common bond with that place in Staffordshire. There’s another reason to look forward to Gresty Road and that’s the excellent
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