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 A kinky sado-masochistic dominatrix once told me: “There’s nothing better in life than dishing out a walloping in the comfort of your
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Alex Cooke looks at who is in and who is out of Paolo Di Canio’s squad as the January transfer window opens. This transfer window is going to be significant for Swindon Town. Forget whatever Paolo Di Canio has said about the embargo stopping his shopping, the current Town team is built on loans. The spine of the side has
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Hasn’t 2012 flown by quickly..!? Ron Smith recalls twelve things that we’ve learnt supporting Swindon Town this year… 1. I should attend less games…. Various commitments have meant I’ve been unable to maintain my full quota of games at the County Ground in 2012. Working late ensured I couldn’t see Town bounce back from defeat at O#*ord with a 4-0
Read moreSwindon fans can go into Christmas Day with smiles after a thumping 5-0 win v table topping Tranmere at The County Ground. The win cements The Robins place in and around the playoff zone and Adam Johnson was there… ‘‘All I want for Christmas is you’’ was the choice of song before kick-off and we all know the obvious cheesy
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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
Read moreMy alarm goes off at 6am after finishing work four hours earlier, but it’s worth it as the Town are at Oldham. Writes Vic Morgan. Its one of those games that you mark down on the calender as one of the longest but ridiculously most enjoyable of the season. Somehow it seems to encapture the essence of being a football
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Listen to the latest episode of TheWashbag.com Swindon Town FC Podcast, which includes our Swindon vs Doncaster Rovers match report. Host Christopher Panks is joined by Ron Smith – Editor of TheWashbag.com – and Daniel Hunt – regular match reporter for TheWashbag.com. Up for discussion is a frustrating afternoon watching Town draw 1-1 with Doncaster Rovers and a look forward
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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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Listen to the latest episode of TheWashbag.com Swindon Town FC Podcast. The Washbag Podcast is back! After a short break the podders return with Christopher Panks in the host ‘s chair, joined by the BBC’s Vic Morgan and TheWashbag.com’s resident statto Alex Cooke. Up for discussion today is the 4-1 triumph over Yeovil Town, Paolo Di Canio’s media messages, the
Read moreA crowd of 14,434 witnessed a great night of cup football at the County Ground as Swindon lost 3-2 to Premier League side Aston Villa. Writes Adam Johnson. It was physically exhausting, dramatic, intense and loud. That’s what it was like for the fans, let alone the players, as the County Ground was treated to a special cup game. Swindon
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