It’s Friday, so it must be time for the latest blog by BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan. So what to do on Saturday then? For the second week in a row I won’t be watching football. Last weekend I wasn’t able to go to Notts County and this week…no game to watch. The obvious thing then is to prepare for that
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It’s Friday, so it must be time for the latest blog by BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan. ‘Wake up it’s a Chelsea morning’ As the great Joni Mitchell once sang about Chelsea in New York City. The mad mad world of football reached new insane levels on Wednesday morning with the sacking of Roberto Di Matteo. A man who won an
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Form Guide… 6th placed Swindon were defeated 0-1 by Brentford at the County Ground in midweek; making our six match form 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. In away games, Town have won our previous 2 matches – 4-0 at Stevenage and 2-0 at Walsall – giving a form book of 5 wins and 1 defeat in six League
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Form Guide… 3rd placed Swindon beat Yeovil Town 4-1 at the County Ground on Saturday to record a first victory as hosts in 4 games. In the League One form guide, Swindon are unbeaten in their previous 4 matches and with 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat. At the County Ground, Swindon are unbeaten in 4 games. 9th placed
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Listen to the latest episode of TheWashbag.com Swindon Town FC Podcast. The Washbag Podcast is back! After a short break the podders return with Christopher Panks in the host ‘s chair, joined by the BBC’s Vic Morgan and TheWashbag.com’s resident statto Alex Cooke. Up for discussion today is the 4-1 triumph over Yeovil Town, Paolo Di Canio’s media messages, the
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It’s Friday, so it must be time for the latest blog by BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan. Well the well it started quietly didn’t it? A great win at Walsall and talk of a couple of loan signings in the air. Then a touch of silence and suddenly a flurry of activity. I’m not one who usually gets too excited about
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Swindon recorded a second successive 6-1 victory in the FA Youth cup on Tuesday night and booked a third round tie against the youth of Premier league side Liverpool in the process. Our FA Youth Cup reporter Ben Wills was at the County Ground. Despite the emphatic score line it was the away side Cirencester who started the game more
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Making a claim for the twin titles of Steve McMahon’s worst value-for-money signing and Swindon’s duffest left-back, Alex Cooke welcomes Jason Drysdale to the Hall of Shame. Even within the dismal shower of Swindon’s former left-backs Jason Drysdale stands out. Squeezed between the likes of Hall, Elkins, Casal, Rose and Beswetherwick his name still seems to bob up and down
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Swindon continued their impressive form away from the County Ground, as goals from the prolific Matt Ritchie and the not-so-prolific Simon Ferry clinched a comfortable 2-0 win at Walsall to climb into the play-off places, writes Rosie MacGillivray. Having had the embargo lifted last week, Paolo Di Canio surprisingly never took advantage to add a midfielder to his depleted squad.
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Form Guide… 7th placed Swindon drew midweek against Sheffield United, making our six match league form 2 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat. On our travels, Town won 4-0 at Stevenage a fortnight ago making our six match form record 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat – the 3rd best in the division. 16th placed Walsall are without a
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