It’s Friday, so it must be time for the latest weekly review by BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan. A really busy week this wasn’t it? A home game, an FA Cup draw and an excellent away win. It all meant for plenty of interest for any Swindon Town fan. The way things went it also meant the week of Halloween turned out
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After three winless games in the league, Town travelled back from North Derbyshire with 3 points, 3 goals and 3rd place in the table courtesy of an encouraging display against Paul Cook’s Chesterfield. Writes Iain Watkins.
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Adam Tanner travelled to Huish Park to watch Swindon Town try to gain ground at the top of the League One table…
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Episode #36 of TheWashbag.com Swindon Town FC Podcast is now available to download… Host Ron Smith is joined by a panel of four guests to discuss latest events at the County Ground – Link Sport’s Sam Morshead, Alex Cooke, Daniel Hunt and Iain Watkins. With no game this weekend and a welcome break, the five review the opening two months to Town’s
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It’s Friday, there’s no game tomorrow, so it must be time for the latest STFC weekly review by BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan. As I write this I’m just digesting the news that Nathan Thompson is signing a contract extension at the County Ground. While I’m not naive enough to think that at some point our captain might move on, it’s a
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When Swindon have shown up at Brisbane Road, now known as the Matchroom Stadium but still actually on Brisbane Road E10, on the past four occasions, we have left again with nothing. It doesn’t take much to keep fans away on that basis, but on Saturday, as the rain drove nearly 1,200 Town fans eastwards, eventually the sun came out and Mark Cooper’s boys sealed a third successive win on the road in the league this season. Writes Anna Tuersley.
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Adam Tanner looks at Swindon Town’s tendency to get contract lengths wrong and the implications for Lee Power’s sustainability strategy…
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Two extra-time penalties saw Swindon exit the League Cup but with a red card and numerous injuries that is a fraction of the story, reports Alex Cooke. “If the people of Swindon don’t want to watch this team, they don’t like football”. It was hard boiled stuff tweeted in rage, but this one has a soft centre of truth. Swindon’s
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Alex Cooke looks at how Swindon’s 3-5-2 is shaping up. Suddenly 3-5-2 is fashionable. With Manchester United struggling, everyone is suddenly keen to talk about three at the back, and closer to home, to compare Mark Cooper’s use of it with Louis Van Gaal’s. But Cooper’s 3-5-2 is slightly different to the one used at Old Trafford, and for Holland – despite
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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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