Former BBC Wiltshire match commentator Vic Morgan writes his weekly blog… How important is Sunday’s derby may with the side along the A420? I’d say it’s about as important as it gets. That’s the case on many levels. First of all, winning a game against your local rivals always gives your fans a boost. Secondly, a victory boosts the chances of
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Inspired by national poetry day and Town’s recent penalty win/draw/drab ‘bonus point’ over Oxford, Steven Fyfe has taken to verse Supporting our local club, Win, lose or draw. In the loudest of voices, fans sing from the stands. Never short on opinions but on match days we unite. Down the divisions and back up again with Only one dream –
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Former BBC Wiltshire match commentator Vic Morgan reflects on another A420 derby defeat… Quite a week this… Let’s start at the beginning shall we? In the words of the song a very good place to start. Last Saturday’s trip along the A420 was everything I hate about football. As someone who’s watched the game from the mid sixties onward, I’ve seen
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New contributor Conor Garratt goes through what went wrong for Luke Williams’ men on their latest defeat at Oxford’s Kassam stadium And so the awful run against that yellow-and-blue rabble goes on. As the home fans at the Kassam were keen to let us know on Saturday, Swindon have now suffered six losses on the spin against their A420 rivals,
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Jonny Leighfield joins a growing list of TheWashbag.com writers who have reported on an Oxford United victory over Swindon Town… The last time Swindon were victorious over that club down the A420, Wikipedia was born, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone came out in cinemas and Tony Blair’s Labour Party won their second consecutive General Election. So, if you feel
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Former BBC Wiltshire match commentator Vic Morgan returns for the 2016/17 season… Here it is then… The fixture that most Town fans have been looking forward too since the end of last season. While we’ve played the team from along the A420 relatively recently, it’s a game that’s been anticipated all summer. More on the derby game with the side from
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Mike Minihane continues his look back 50 years to events at the County Ground, as Swindon Town returned to Division Three in 1965/66…
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Is there any need to read Anthony Gingell’s match report for Town’s JPT defeat up the A420..? A rearranged line-up has a lively start at the three sided Kassam Stadium in the A420 derby. In a 4-3-3 formation, Mark Cooper has tried to ensure that Town will attack their opponents to try and turn around the recent poor form and
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BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan writes his latest blog for TheWashbag.com…
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Ahead of meeting Oxford United on Tuesday, Steven Fyfe looks at some of his favourite, andd least favourite, Town moments in knock-out football In my decade or so of supporting Swindon Town I have sampled the highs and lows of cup competitions. My mum was only just born when we beat Arsenal in 1969 and I was only 3 years
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