Alex Cooke reflects on a night when the ’12th man’ turned on the youngest, most inexperienced of the 11 boys. A 19-year-old ‘keeper miss-hits a clearance. BOOOOO! A 19-year-old ’keeper, making his second ever League start, hits the ball straight into touch. BOOOOO! An increasingly nervous 19-year-old-‘keeper, making his second ever League start and 10-minutes into his home debut, kicks
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The season ticket and matchday prices for the 2014/15 campaign at the County Ground were unveiled last week. Ron Smith gives his annual take on the prices… Swindon Town chairman Lee Power has confirmed an increase of £1.09 per game will essential to “operate within our means” as the club “continues with our sustainable model”. The headline figures are an increase for
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Form Guide… 8th placed Swindon Town are four points off the play-offs following two undefeated games in League One – 3-2 vs Port Vale and a goalless draw with Colchester last Friday night. In all competitions, Town are on a run of four games without defeat – albeit Peterborough did win the penalty shootout on Monday. In the League One
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Episode #25 of TheWashbag.com Swindon Town FC Podcast is now available to download… Host Ron Smith is joined by Town fans Daniel Hunt and Iain Watkins. What is it about Swindon Town? Previously dominant as hosts and we could expect at least two goals per game, but now games against Oldham and Colchester have seen Town goalless and only one
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Form Guide… The two sides met in Colchester in November with Swindon Town winning 2-1 thanks to Mark Cooper’s 4-6-0 formation. 8th placed Swindon Town are four points off the play-offs following two an impressive comeback from two goals down at Port Vale to win 3-2. In the League One form guide, Swindon are 17th with two wins, one draw
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Form Guide… 8th placed Swindon Town remain five points off the play-offs following an unlikely 3-1 victory over Shrewsbury Town and a midweek comeback to draw 1-1 at Walsall. In the League One form guide, Swindon are 14th with two wins, two draws and two defeats in six. At the County Ground, Swindon are 2nd in the form guide with
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Episode #24 of TheWashbag.com Swindon Town FC Podcast is now available to download… Host Ron Smith is joined by Swindon Advertiser’s Chief Sports Writer Sam Morshead and Adam Tanner. Town’s miserable away form has continued into 2014. Since we last spoke, two successive 2-0 defeats have perhaps shattered aspirations of a play-off finish. Fortunately luck was on Town’s side yesterday as
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Form Guide… 9th placed Swindon Town have dropped five points off the play-offs following two successive 2-0 away defeats – at Stevenage and Gillingham. In the League One form guide, Swindon are 16th with two wins, one draw and three defeats in six. At the County Ground, Swindon are 4th in the form guide with four wins and two draws
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Over a year ago we surveyed Swindon Town supporters for their views on safe standing at the County Ground and we then presented the results to the Club. Move forward 12 months and the Football League is consulting its 72 member clubs on how they would like it to take the safe standing debate forward. Will the club continue to offer their
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Form Guide… 8th placed Swindon Town were beaten 2-0 at Stevenage in midweek meaning Town fall four points behind Walsall in sixth. In the League One form guide, Swindon are 16th with two wins, one draw and three defeats in six. On their travels, Swindon are ranked 17th in the form guide with just one win, two draws and three
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