After 12 months of despair culminating in our drop to the bottom tier of the Football League, who three weeks ago, after Paul Hart was rightly dismissed, would’ve expected Swindon Town to be able to attract candidates of the calibre of Didi Hamann, George Burley, let alone today announce the appointment of football legend Paolo Di Canio? Not since Glenn Hoddle was handed the reigns
Read moreOver the next several posts I’ll be delving into the statistics collated over the course of the season. Hopefully this will provide another viewpoint on the season, the players and key moments in our drop into League Two. A Season in Stats: Part 1 – Relegation When were Swindon relegated? Obviously we were mathematically relegated at Sheffield Wednesday on matchday 44
Read morePhew…this season has finally finished and on a high note with the 2-0 victory at Tranmere Rovers. Before we start to look forward to hopefully a single season in League Two (before a promotion, not in the other direction…) I just want to run the final rule over 2010/2011, with the 10 reasons why I believe we failed, been relegated and finished
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from swindontownfc.co.uk So Paul Hart has left the County Ground…what a relief! Hart goes into the Swindon Town history books as the worst manager in the history of the club (statistically at least), securing just 0.64 points per game and scoring only 6 goals, well behind 2nd worst John Gorman with 0.87 per game. The search for a replacement to
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I’m writing this post whilst watching the Real Madrid versus Barcelona 1st leg of the Champions League semi-final. This is, of course, a level of football which whilst Swindon Town supporters might dream of and achieve only in Football Manager, we accept that to actually reach this level is a nigh-on certainty that it’ll never happen in our life time. On the
Read moreWhat an utterly embarrassing defeat and in the process we now have our worst run of home results since the 1901/1902 season. Yes that’s 109 long years during which the County Ground hasn’t witnessed football this bad and ineffective. For a club that less than 12 months ago were 90 minutes and a Charlie Austin finish from playing in the
Read moreNew Swindon Town manager Paul Hart has certainly caused a stir with media attempts to perfect the headline grabbing pun based on his name. Of course The Washbag won’t be participating in any of this nonsense… So the various Journalists and blog writers can keep tabs on the Hart puns here is a list of the best…er…I mean worst so far… We Hart
Read moreThis has been a week in which Swindon Town replaced Danny Wilson as manager, perhaps expecting an immediate positive impact on results having gone 11 games without a win. Yet the move to bring in Paul Hart yielded nothing, apart from leaving a bumper 10,489 crowd flat and bemused on the final whistle, as Town suffered another bout of failing
Read moreBrought to Swindon Town by Andrew Fitton with the task to ensure Town avoided relegation in 2008/2009. Two years on, after reaching the highs of 2nd place and a Wembley play-off final, it’s a complete turnaround in fortunes that saw Danny Wilson quit the relegation threatened club. To follow Maurice Malpas, Fitton made the right choice in appointing Wilson. An honest,
Read moreSpeaking to STFCPlayer today, new Swindon Town manager Paul Hart was asked what sort of team can Town fans expect to see under his management. As far as I’m concerned, Hart has immediately hit the nail on the head with a key reason why we’ve underperformed this season with his response: “Hopefully what I’ve tried to produce elsewhere… a side that
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