Here are the latest ramblings of BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan.. Dreamland wasn’t it ? The way to win a title is how? Well to blast five goals past your opposition and to play some of your best football of the season. This time last week we had no idea how the game against Port Vale would go. It was probable that Vale
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Town thrashed Port Vale 5-0 at the County Ground to secure the League Two title with a match to spare. Paolo Di Canio’s red & white army secured a nineteenth clean sheet at home this season and scored 5 without reply courtesy of Matt Ritchie late in the first half and strikes from Paul Benson, Aden Flint and Alan Connell
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Here are the latest ramblings of BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan.. It was a long day, but of course it was worth it. Travelling to Kent last Saturday meant an early start from Devon and a little trepidation about what was to come. Before boarding the bus there was all sorts of speculation about the team selection, all because of the fall-out from
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In his response to our question via the Swindon Advertiser a few weeks ago, interim Chairman Jeremy Wray indicated the Club will hold their AGM towards the end of this month or at the start of May. “We have an AGM coming up soon and that [appointing Wray as Chairman] will be sorted out then. Hopefully, if all goes well, we will be able
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Two defeats in a row is an unusual run of form for the Town, first time it’s happened in fact since August, but promotion was still secured at Gillingham after a 3-1 defeat. Adam Johnson was there for the party… It’s an odd feeling, celebrating promotion after a defeat. However that odd feeling only lasted all of 10 seconds as
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Here are the latest ramblings of BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan.. The highs and lows of being a football fan eh? All emotion has been encapsulated in the last seven days in the life of a Swindon Town supporter. Last week at this time, we were ready to celebrate. Another win against Plymouth Argyle would surely see us on the verge of promotion,
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He’s wild, he’s exuberant, and he’s fantastic entertainment, but Paolo Di Canio is a more studied manager than his pitch-side persona reveals, says Alex Cooke. “The media portrayal of Paolo Di Canio is very different to the manager I’ve come across. The one I have experienced is very meticulous in his planning, very knowledgeable about every level of football from
Read moreSwindon’s promotion champagne is still very much ‘on ice’ after a 2-1 defeat at Aldershot. On a frustrating and emotional night, the occasion never lived up to the promotion party hype and left many supporters wondering what might have been, writes Tom Otrebski. The manager made four changes to the starting line-up. Post-match revelations and rumours about player conduct off
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In the week leading up to visit of Plymouth Argyle, Paolo Di Canio – the inspirational Swindon Town Manager, had urged the people in and around Swindon to fill the County Ground in support of the team as they edged ever closer to promotion to League One. As the game kicked off, little did they know of Paolo’s personal tragedy
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Here are the latest ramblings of BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan.. Quite a week. To wins out of two over Easter, two long and exhausting journeys. The first was to Morecambe on Good Friday. An early start necessary for a journey so far north. A decision was made not to travel from Devon on the morning, but to stay in Wiltshire on the
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