Swindon battled manfully to an ugly, hard-fought 1-0 win over mid-table Morecambe, thanks to a trademark half-yard poke from Paul Benson, writes Benjamin Beaumont. It wasn’t pretty, but who cares..? It was three more vital points as Town edge closer to promotion. The first half was a disjointed mess. Town lacked energy and ideas, and most of their passes ended
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Here are the latest ramblings of BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan.. It was what I used to call when I was a football commentator, “a hard fought local derby”. Swindon’s game against Bristol Rovers provided a few thrills and spills, some meaty tackles, at times decent football, but sadly no goals. It was the Town’s first goalless game in eons, well since Bradford
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Form Guide… First placed Swindon are 5 points clear at the top of the table and currently on a run of three defeats in twenty-eight League Two matches. Town’s current form guide reads four wins, one draw and one defeat in six outings. Away from the County Ground, Town won 2-0 at Barnet after suffering two successive defeats, making it four victories and two defeats in six trips.
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Clinical Swindon opened up a five point gap at the top of League Two with their third win over Barnet this season. Sporting four changes and backed by more than 800 vociferous reds, Town quickly put their goal scoring blanks against Chesterfield and Bristol Rovers behind them at a chilly Underhill, writes Daniel Hunt. The Bees showed that they are a
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Brendan Hobbs recalls the start of his obsession with Swindon Town, looking back at his first match watching the Robins in 1979. I think a bit of scene setting is needed here first, I work in Bristol, surrounded mainly by Rugby fans but there is the odd clearing of Rovers and City supporters. There is also an outcrop of Argyle fanatics
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Form Guide… First placed Swindon are currently on a run of three defeats in twenty-seven League Two matches. Town’s current form guide reads three wins, one draw and two defeats in six outings. Away from the County Ground, Town have lost their previous two matches – at Oxford and Crewe – making it four victories and two defeats in six trips. Swindon haven’t finished an away trip
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After the disappointment of the JPT final fans and players alike were desperate to see them get back to winning ways, but Bristol Rovers had other ideas with a stubborn defensive performance, writes Matt Davies. Di Canio made two changes, Oliver Risser and Paul Benson both dropped to the bench making way for Ronan Murray and Aden Flint as he
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Form Guide… First placed Swindon are currently on a run of three defeats in twenty-six League Two matches. Town’s current form guide reads four wins and two defeats in six outings. At the County Ground, Town are unbeaten since August, making it 17 games without tasting defeat and 47 points from a possible 51. Swindon have won their last eleven games as hosts with only one goal conceded
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Back on the 6th March before the Dagenham & Redbridge match, Town stood on 67 points with 13 matches remaining. At that time Paolo Di Canio looked ahead to what points tally might be needed to secure automatic promotion… “Obviously I want to finish top and I want to win 12 from 13. My brain says 13, but five and
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A few days earlier than usual, here are the latest ramblings of BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan.. What a weekend… On Thursday evening, not long after writing my last blog in fact, I found out I was off to Newcastle to cover the Plymouth Raiders British Basketball League Trophy final second leg against the Eagles. Normally that wouldn’t cause too much of a
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