Form Guide… 5th placed Swindon are on a run of 3 League One games without defeat, with 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats in six games. Away from the County Ground in the League, Town won 2-1 at Portsmouth last time out, which was our first victory on our travels in 6 attempts. Shrewsbury are 16th with 9 points
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It’s Friday, so it must be time for the latest blog by BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan. Decent old week I think you’ll agree. This time seven days ago we’d seen a recovery in form after another supposed crisis in confidence, all is not well, its going to end in tears scenario. Well I suppose there might have been a few
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Have you noticed Swindon Town win so frequently after taking the lead? Ron Smith asks how much of an advantage does scoring first give Paolo Di Canio’s side. Swindon’s 4-0 victory over AFC Bournemouth made it 6 games in which we’ve opened the scoring in 2012/13 and we’ve won all 6. This 100% record is contrasted by results against Preston,
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After a few turbulent weeks Town really needed a solid performance at home to consolidate their 2-1 victory away at Portsmouth mid-week and that is exactly what they did with a 4-0 over AFC Bournemouth, writes Matt Davies. Paolo Di Canio decided to stick with his mid-week team, something that has been a rarity since the start of the season
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Listen to the latest episode of TheWashbag.com Swindon Town FC Podcast. Host Christopher Panks discusses recent events at the County Ground with Vic Morgan. They discuss a long coach journey to Carlisle, a fine 80 minute performance at Portsmouth in midweek and a storming 4-0 victory over AFC Bournemouth. The two have a look forward to the League Cup match with Burnley
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It’s Friday, so it must be time for the latest blog by BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan. Funny old week really. Two away games, four points, four goals. Decent enough return in anyone’s language. After a run of defeats it perhaps signals a return to the form we’ve come to expect over the past few months. But if anybody can explain
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Form Guide… 8th placed Swindon won midweek at Portsmouth to put to an end a 3 match league run without a victory. Town lost our last match at the County Ground 0-1 to Leyton Orient, a result which has seemingly sparked the potential Olympic Stadium tenants into life. 17th placed AFC Bournemouth are 3 points behind Swindon in League One. The Cherries
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Form Guide… 12th placed Swindon are on a run of 4 games without a League One victory. Last time out Town secured a 2-2 draw at Carlisle United, twice coming back from behind in Cumbria thanks to goals from Adam Rooney and Paul Benson. Away from the County Ground in the League, Town are without a win in 6 games, their last
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As your going to match at Carlisle on Saturday, could you write a match report for us? That’s what Ron the Washbag editor kindly asked. Of course I said, shouldn’t be a problem, writes Vic Morgan. Well for reasons which I’ll go into greater detail about later in the week, it’s a bigger problem than I thought. Briefly, there was
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Listen to the latest episode of TheWashbag.com Swindon Town FC Podcast. Host Christopher Panks discusses recent events at the County Ground with Ron Smith and Matthew Kilford. The three review the recent spate of defeats, Di Canio’s attitude and response to player performances, the deadline day signings and a look ahead to the games with Carlisle (yes this was recorded on Friday evening) and
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