In the latest of Steven Fyfe’s Q&As, he talks to a player who spent 14 seasons at Town about learning from Wes Foderingham and Steve Hale and how he benefited from one of Paolo Di Canio’s strangest decisions This week I caught up with another former-Swindon youngster who only managed one senior appearance before leaving his boyhood club: Leigh Bedwell kindly took
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In the latest of Steven Fyfe’s Q&As, former Town midfielder Simon Ferry was kind enough to discuss at length his time at the County Ground, including some memorable moments at Wembley and under Paolo Di Canio… This week I had the chance to catch up with a man who in four years experienced just about everything possible at SN1. 175 games and nine
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In the latest of Steven Fyfe’s Q&As, Raffaele De Vita discusses life working under his hero, Paolo Di Canio, and more… I would like to thank you for taking the time to speak with me. My first question has to be, what was it like working for Paolo?. “Working with Di Canio was the best experience I’ve had in football. A lot
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In the second of a new series, Steven Fyfe catches up with some heroes and the nearly-men of Town’s recent past. This week, former striker Alan Connell was kind enough to discuss at length his time at the County Ground. He gives his views on working under Di Canio, why he left the club and how his later achievements at Bradford City were a
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Isn’t it about time that we banished former Swindon Town striker Leon Clarke into the STFC Hall of Shame..?
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A total of 29 players have already been used by Mark Cooper in League One this season. Ron Smith asks does instability in the squad equate to a poor final league position? As a mixture of injuries and late loan signings have taken their toll as Swindon Town’s 12 games played in League One has seen 29 different players taking to the
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Brendan Hobbs is still coming to terms with the departure of Wes Foderingham to Glasgow Rangers after the expiry of his contract…
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A week after Swindon Town ‘rejected an approach‘ by Barnsley for manager Mark Cooper, there remains no news at Oakwell of their replacement for Danny Wilson… This story resurfaced on Monday with the Sheffield Star reporting that Cooper ‘had held talks’ with the South Yorkshire side about the vacant position. Following three successive defeats for Swindon there are a few Town supporters, primarily those
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2013 is nearly over and it has truly been an eventful and unforgettable year at Swindon Town. Brendan Hobbs jumped at the chance of writing our review of 2013, which has turned into an epic feature of writing; you’ve made it to part two… February Two things went off the rails in February, our promotion push and Andy Williams’ eye for goal. The
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2013 is nearly over and it has been an eventful year at Swindon Town. Brendan Hobbs jumped at the chance of writing our review of 2013, which has turned into an epic feature of writing; this is only part one… I wondered for an age about the style in which I was going to write this review. Perhaps in a
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