Form… Swindon travel to Plymouth on the back of only our second away victory in League Two. Plymouth remain stuck to the basement of League Two despite a mini revival with a 2-2 draw with Accrington followed by a 3-2 win away at Dagenham last weekend. Unbeaten in two and a takeover in the offing, they are hardly the form
Read moreBBC Radio Wiltshire commentator Vic Morgan continues his weekly blog only here on The Washbag. A long way to Accrington isn’t it..? But boy was it worth it. A feeling of apprehension about the trip and result, was washed away by one of the Town’s most comfortable displays of the season. A swift soft drink in the pub that gives the ground
Read moreTuesday was the day all of the second year Swindon Town youth team scholars dreaded. Will they be offered their first professional contract or cast adrift to start their potentially long search to find a contract or forget their dream of playing professional football? The whole team have performed brilliantly to secure the Youth Alliance South West Championship title for the third
Read moreFollowing the win at Southampton, September yielded better performances and all important wins as Town put their season back on some sort of the right track. First up came a tricky trip to Cumbria to face Carlisle, where Town came away with a credible goalless draw. The result sent Town to the bottom of the league…who would have suspected that only a
Read moreInstead of travelling down the M5 to Devon to follow Swindon Town, which I started to regret once the goals started flowing in the Plymouth goal, I made the short trip to The Webb’s Wood Stadium, home of Supermarine, in the hope of witnessing history. Could Swindon’s second team continue their superb cup run against Eastwood Town? Supermarine, with 7
Read moreTown lost 2-3 in what was a pulsating and watchable League One tie against Plymouth Argyle at the County Ground last night. Our first defeat in 6 games in all competitions. Earlier on Tuesday The Adver reported on Peter Reid’s plan to exploit the flanks and cause the narrow Town midfield plenty of problems. This seems an obvious approach to provide our
Read moreIs Alan Gow a central defender I hear you cry? No he isn’t. Town were widely regarded by supporters to bring in an experienced centre back to replace the now irreplaceable Gordon Greer. Yet, Alan Gow is a 27 year old Scottish forward, who was released from fellow League One team Plymouth Argyle earlier this summer. Alan made 14 appearances scoring 2 goals in
Read moreI’m a bit surprised and disappointed that David Byrne has left his role as Head of Player Development at Swindon Town today after over 4 years at the County Ground. Since joining Town as youth team manager in 2006 under Paul Sturrock, Budgie has filled various roles including caretaker manager after Sturrock joined Plymouth, followed by a promotion to become Maurice
Read moreWith the start of the 2010/2011 League One campaign almost upon us, there is no better time to look ahead to May and make an attempt at trying to predict the final league positions. Many national news outlets have hardly considered Town as possible promotion candidate so far. BBC 5Live decided to completely overlook Town in favour of the usual suspects in
Read more“Hopefully by the end of the season I can have 15 goals to my name. There is competition for places here but I am looking forward to getting started.” So with 24 league games remaining this campaign, does Pericard set himself an achievable target? Lets look at the evidence of his league performances. – St Etienne 2 apps and 0
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