Swindon made the song ‘three is a magic number’ come to life last night after their third win and third clean sheet in a row with a 2-0 victory over Gillingham, reports Adam Johnson. Matt Ritchie’s unstoppable drive into the top corner and Jonathan Smith’s well placed curling shot gave Swindon the points on a night that could have ended
Read moreYou have voted Matt Ritchie as your Swindon Town Player of the Month for September. The winger polled a massive 69% of the vote and miles ahead of runner up Medhi Kerrouche with 14%. Seven players – Simon Ferry, Aden Flint, Phil Smith, Callum Kennedy, Raffaelle De Vita, Mattia Lanzano and Alan McCormack – tied for third. Thanks to all those who voted. As for the lucky ticket
Read moreSwindon slumped to yet another away-day defeat at lowly Macclesfield, extending their wretched and unpredictable run of form away from the County Ground in the process reports Tom Otbrebski. The performance at Moss Rose bore a striking resemblance to the showings at Cheltenham and Burton earlier on in the campaign: a tale of missed chances, a penalty that perhaps should have
Read moreBBC Radio Swindon commentator Vic Morgan continues his weekly blog only here on The Washbag. And so we’ve passed the 10 game mark of the League Two campaign. Just how did that happen..? It only seems a minute or so ago, that we were at Prenton Park looking forward to the summer. Well that summer returned this week in terms of the weather, but
Read moreHaving reviewed the effectiveness of Di Canio’s substitutions and defence, Adam Johnson now takes a detailed look at how the goal have flown in at the other end of the pitch causing mad bursts of passion from a certain Italian in the dugout. When your manager is Paolo Di Canio, you expect the goals to flow and finally against Barnet
Read moreSwindon secured their fourth victory in five games thanks to a comfortable 4-0 win over The Bees. However, despite Town’s dominance, it always takes two to tango, with Barnet heavily responsible for their own downfall. Reports Ron Smith. After being brought back down to earth a week ago at Burton, Paolo Di Canio responded with one enforced change in Comazzi returning to the side and Phil
Read moreOn Saturday the two form teams, Burton Albion and Swindon Town met in what many saw as an early six pointer. Everything was in place for it to be a cracking game of football, but would Swindon be the happier of the two teams come 4:45? – reports Andrew Steele-Davis. Swindon were extremely confident going into this fixture having come
Read moreIs Swindon’s 442 too open? Alex Cooke looks at the blueprints for Paolo’s master plan. No one could doubt that Paolo Di Canio is demanding: his pre-season training, half-time tantrums and full-time ABH prove at that. But tactically Paolo also asks a lot of his players because he has created a system that demands discipline and athleticism, and can yield great results, but also leaves little margin
Read moreAlex Cooke reports on a second win of the League Two campaign for Swindon Town. Two red cards, five yellows, two missed open goals, one clear penalty, a rumpus in the dugout, an ex notching twice and redemption via the first touch of a substitute. As a game, Swindon 2 Rotherham 3 had everything. And if Sky were looking for
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First of all it’s been clear Swindon haven’t been any real attacking threat this season, hence our relegation, but I shouldn’t leave this aspect out of the season review in statistics. The below table provides seven league statistics for each player who have made a shot at goal this season; total shots, minutes per shot, total shots on target (SOT), minutes
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