Alex Hays reports on an unexpected victory for Swindon Town… Being a Town fan in exile is a mixed blessing. Attending more away games than home, we tend to avoid the vitriol aired at the County Ground. But given Town’s away record over the past 12 months, we’ve been starved of entertainment. My last match report, around a year ago,
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Adam Tanner headed to Rochdale, hoping to see the hosts’ playoff hopes beheaded by Swindon Town Despite a tame FA Cup defeat in November, Town had never lost in eight previous league visits to Spotland. Upholding that record would be difficult against a Rochdale side that had managed 39 goals in its previous 22 home games; the division’s second highest
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Richard Selbourne watched a pass or two as Swindon Town beat Chesterfield and secured their status in League One for 2016/17… Swindon ‘why use one pass when six will do’ Town once again tested the patience of their fans when they cruised to a comfortable victory over fellow strugglers Chesterfield at a cold, but sunny County Ground. The first in
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As we approach the end of the season, and with a slew of first-team Washbag reporters unavailable, we were forced to rely on one of the reserves to try and grasp his opportunity. I think we know how this is going to go. So Iain Watkins decides he’ll keep it brief… I’d never been to Oldham before. It felt like the
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Swindon Town’s seven game unbeaten run came to an abrupt end as Wigan Athletic extended theirs to 17 with some clinical finishing, showing why they are the best team in League One this season destined for automatic promotion writes STFC007. On reflection, the title of the Match Report may now seem somewhat harsh, but I decided on the title when
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Davy Richards reports on Swindon Town’s fourth win on the bounce, and first home clean sheet of the season. With murmurs around the town now speaking of sneaking into the play-off spots rather than just avoiding the drop zone Swindon have shown some fantastic form since the turn of the year, and it was nice go to a game where I
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Adam Tanner headed to the County Ground hoping to be illuminated by Swindon Town’s performance against Blackpool History suggested that this game could be close; prior to Blackpool’s 1-0 win over Swindon in October, each of the previous eight meetings between the sides had ended in draws. In fact, Town had beaten their opponents only once in 16 attempts since
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Anyone who has been at the County Ground recently will know Swindon Town are at their most dangerous when they go two goals behind. This deficit produces a devastating reply and a thrilling victory for the home fans to enjoy. Unfortunately, as Richard Selbourne writes, as hard as our players tried at times, they were unable to give away that
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Swindon Town failed to overturn an early deficit for the first time in three matches and were forced to settle for a point at promotion-chasing Sheffield United. Despite the early setback, and surviving a shaky period at the start of the second half, Luke Williams’ men will feel slightly disappointed not to come away with all three points, writes Joe
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Swindon Town beat Chesterfield 4-0, so Joe Young watched Saturday’s “Football League Tonight” and he even hit the rewind, and again, and again… There were reports last night of mass panic spreading across Wiltshire as thousands of Swindon fans scurried home to check they still had the “Football League Tonight” on series link following a stunning 4-0 win away at Chesterfield.
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