With Town set to travel to Wembley tomorrow for our fifth visit to the national stadium, our second Video of the Week – courtesy of swindon-town-fc.co.uk – is extended highlights of the 1990 Division Two Play-Off Final versus Sunderland on the 28th May 1990. As the match was just before my 9th birthday, my memories of the day are a bit
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A new name will be engraved into the Football League Trophy on Sunday as winning Area Finalists Swindon Town and Chesterfield meet at Wembley. This will be the 29th final of the Football League Trophy, which started in the 1983/84 season when Bournemouth beat Hull City. Neither side has previously made it to the final of this competition. Town have played 43 matches
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We’ve launched our own Podcast in time to preview the JPT final! The first TheWashbag.com Podcast features host Christopher Panks (Sky Sports Fanzone STFC blogger) and guests Ron Smith (editor of TheWashbag), Gary Rose (Chief Sports Writer at the Swindon Advertiser) and Tom Otrebski (journalist for STFC and writer for TheWashbag). The four discuss the win over Torquay United; what a difference a year
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The ramblings of BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan.. Don’t know about you, but I thought Tuesday’s game with Torquay was terrific. Before the game we had OO Shaun Taylor and Glenn Hoddle inducted into the Town’s Hall of Fame. There was also a return for Martin Ling with his, and Shaun’s Gulls team. I made a brief return to the County
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With Chesterfield our next opponents it’s time to look back at the most memorable meeting between the two sides. My first ever Swindon Town away game was a trip to Chesterfield on a Tuesday night in April 1996 to be at the match when Town clinched the Division Two title. After taking the lead on 26 minutes through Steve Cowe,
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With just three days before we all descend upon Wembley, the anticipation and excitement is now really starting to build, writes Danny Everard. Unbelievably just a week ago, 15th March, it was the 43rd anniversary of Swindon’s greatest day and that wonderful victory over the mighty Arsenal in the Wembley mud. That anniversary and our Johnson Paint Trophy final tie this weekend has
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Swindon Town sealed a very necessary win with a highly polished performance against second-placed Torquay at the County Ground last night, writes Daniel Hunt. It should be no surprise because this was Town’s eleventh straight home league win and fifteenth straight home win in all competitions (if you class the penalty shootout victory against AFC Wimbledon as a win!). Paolo
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This Sunday sees Swindon return to Wembley for the second time in under two years. The build up to this match provides an obvious opportunity to induct into the Hall of Shame the decision back in May 2010 to forego wearing the famous red and white… A week before the Play-Off Final with Millwall, Swindon Town announced the surprise decision
Read moreA fantastic 2-0 victory for Swindon Town over Torquay United returned Town to winning ways and restored a comfortable 7 point cushion at the top of League Two. Oliver Risser was awarded the match sponsor’s man of the match award…do you agree? Vote for your choice below with the result to be announced in our match report to be published
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Tuesday evening sees Swindon Town entertain Torquay United at the County Ground in the top of the table clash… Form Guide… First placed Swindon are currently on a run of three defeats in twenty-five 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 16 games without tasting defeat
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