After three wins on the trot Swindon Town aimed to make it a fourth when entertaining Notts County at the County Ground for ‘Friday Night Football’. With Ryan Mason returning to the fold and Swindon finally looking like they were hitting a patch of rich form Town fans were eagerly anticipating Friday’s game, as Matthew Peach reports. Swindon approached their
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Form Guide… 7th placed Swindon Town thrashed Rotherham United 4-0 to move within touching distance of the play-offs for the first time this season. Town have won their previous two games to move up to 9th in the League One form guide following three wins, one draw and two defeats. As hosts, Swindon are unbeaten in five League One games,
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Paolo Di Canio kept to a 442, but Swindon’s new boss likes an extra man in the middle, Alex Cooke looks at the reasons for the shift. Kevin MacDonald has made the move to 4141 for one simple reason: possession. He wants to play passing football, he wants to play winning football, and he needs to get the best out
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A goalless draw with Notts County ensured Swindon Town have gone five games as hosts without a win. Here’s Bitter Gillespie’s account of the game… 1957 was the year Elvis Pressley declared he was “All Shook Up,” a song that stayed for weeks at number one. Equally it’s 1957, now that due diligence has taken place that Swindon Town’s debts
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Form Guide… 3rd placed Swindon beat fellow promotion chasers Yeovil Town in midweek 2-0 at Huish Park to add to the significant goal difference tally and increase a 3 point lead to the Glovers in 7th place. Town’s six match form guide reads two wins, two draws and two defeats, putting Swindon 13th in current form. As hosts, Swindon are
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Welcome to Press Watch by Brendan Hobbs, TheWashbag’s sideways glance at all things Town related in the media. If you see anything remotely concerning Swindon Town in the worlds media get in contact with me via Twitter @mrbraindown Press Watch is Back! Yes that’s right, Press Watch is back. Back in a cool way that only rappers from the late
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It’s Friday, so it must be time for the latest blog by BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan. So what to do on Saturday then? For the second week in a row I won’t be watching football. Last weekend I wasn’t able to go to Notts County and this week…no game to watch. The obvious thing then is to prepare for that
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A fine individual goal by Alan Judge was enough to hand Notts County a rare home victory and send Swindon’s beleaguered players and fans into an enforced two week break on a low, writes Daniel Hunt. For the second time in an utterly frustrating week, Swindon found themselves cursing poor finishing, good opposition goalkeeping and an increasingly familiar 0-1 scoreline.
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Form Guide… 6th placed Swindon were defeated 0-1 by Brentford at the County Ground in midweek; making our six match form 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. In away games, Town have won our previous 2 matches – 4-0 at Stevenage and 2-0 at Walsall – giving a form book of 5 wins and 1 defeat in six League
Read moreSwindon Town were finally put out of our misery this afternoon with a 3-1 defeat at Sheffield Wednesday. The defeat meant the season couldn’t be salvaged with only 2 games now to play. Even a draw today would’ve been too little too late as results elsewhere made it impossible for Town to finish 20th. Swindon now become the 5th third tier play-off final
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