Mike Minihane finishes his look back 50 years to events at the County Ground during Town’s first season in the ‘big time’ Division Two during 1963/64… Top of the Charts: The Last Time – The Rolling Stones The last month of the season and the crunch had finally come. In 16th place Swindon Town were four points off the relegation places but
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Episode #28 of TheWashbag.com Swindon Town FC Podcast is now available to download. Host Ron Smith is joined by Swindon Advertiser’s Chief Sports Reporter Sam Morshead, FLICWiltshire Sports Editor Andrew Steele-Davis and Town fan Brendan Hobbs.
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With the farcical end to Notts County bringing the unlikely play-off hopes to a formal end, the visit of Rotherham United to the County Ground was a chance (within reason) to relax and enjoy the final Swindon Town game of the campaign without too much tension. Writes Scott Keith.
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Throughout this season Mike Minihane will be taking a look back at Swindon Town’s first season in the ‘big time’, following the promotion to Division Two for the 1963/64 season. Mike continues with a review of January 1964… Top of the Charts – Glad All Over – The Dave Clark Five Morale was hardly high as we entered the New
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With Christmas now over for another year and with 2014 edging ever closer Andrew Steele-Davis reveals his top five memorable matches from what was a remarkable 2013 for Swindon Town… Has Swindon Town ever experienced a year quite like 2013? With three Chairmen, three full-time managers, a caretaker boss and a joint caretaker reign not to mention a glut of
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Episode #18 of TheWashbag.com Swindon Town FC Podcast is now available… Host Ron Smith is joined by Lee Clarke and podcast regular Iain Watkins. It’s now four games unbeaten for Swindon Town and October is turning out as per many of our expectations as a rewarding month. And, we’ve finally won away in League One. We’re you surprised by Town’s
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It’s Friday, so it must be time for the latest blog by BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan. New York…So good they named it twice. Well last weekend the iconic Frank Sinatra song boomed out before a game at the New York Stadium, Rotherham, which saw this young Swindon team score not twice, but four times. It didn’t appear that would be the case early on
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Adam Tanner was at the New York Stadium, Rotherham to spread the news and be a part of it as Swindon Town put a sledgehammer to their troublesome away form with a 4-0 win. Since the previous away game, a defeat at Preston North End, both Mark Cooper and Luke Williams had spoken of the need for Town to be
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It’s Friday, so it must be time for the latest blog by BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan. Seems odd doesn’t it? Off to New York on Saturday to watch the Town? Well technically Rotherham rather than Manhattan. It got me wondering how do people come up with names like the New York Stadium for a ground in South Yorkshire. I’m sure
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Form Guide… 11th placed Swindon Town beat Tranmere Rovers last weekend and progressed in the JPT with a victory over Plymouth Argyle. Swindon are 12th in the League One form guide with three wins, one draw and two defeats. Away, Swindon are without a League One victory this season. You need to go back to a late 2-1 win at
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