On Saturday morning live on Soccer AM, Swindon Town found out who would be their opponents in the JPT Area Semi Final. It will be an away trip to Paul Sturrock’s Southend United in early December for the Robins. I let out a cry of “No!” when the draw was made. Surely this is the worst possible draw for us in the
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After falling behind to a great Lee Novak strike, Swindon stormed to a 2-1 half time lead thanks to Raffa De Vita and Aden Flint. The second half saw a composed Town hold on before substitute Medhi Kerrouche added a third, then Simon Ferry’s persistence paid off with a great run, shot and then struck home the rebound to make it 4-1.
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Nick Judd looks at how the words ‘magic’ and ‘FA Cup’ rarely go hand-in-hand when it comes to Swindon Town. Giantkilling is something only other teams seem to do and instead of claiming scalps we get headaches. We’re more into ‘dark arts’ than abracedabra. In 2008, defeat to Histon ultimately proved the end of Maurice Malpas’ apoplectic reign. The only
Read moreBBC Radio Wiltshire commentator Vic Morgan continues his weekly blog only here on The Washbag. Well I don’t know about you, but I would gladly have taken a point against Port Vale last Saturday. On paper it was going to be one of, if not THE, toughest of Swindon’s away games in the early part of the season. A couple of changes
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Form… The match sees the form teams in League One and League Two meet in the FA Cup First Round tie. Swindon have been unbeaten in 8 matches since a 2-1 victory at Exeter in the JPT in late September. The run includes 5 victories and 3 draws, scoring 13 and conceding 5 goals. Meanwhile Huddersfield travel to Swindon on the back of 42
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Swindon squeezed through to the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy Area Semi-Final last night thanks to a welcome return to action, and form, by goalkeeper Phil Smith. Matt Davies reports. Paolo Di Canio made six changes to the team that beat Port Vale. Phil Smith, Joe Devera, Oliver Risser, Rafaelle De Vita, Alan Connell and Mehdi Kerrouche all returned to the starting XI. Swindon started the game
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Is the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy worth the hassle? Does it waste time or give players much needed game time? Adam Johnson looks at the pros and cons of the tournament… “Mehdi Kerrouche is through…and he scores! Swindon Town have surely won the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy!” Now, I don’t know about you, but picturing this moment doesn’t get the blood pumping. Originally
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Tuesday night sees AFC Wimbledon travel to the County Ground for the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy Area Quarter Final tie. This will be the first meeting between the two clubs since Milton Keynes and The FA stole the club from the Wimbledon community. After their meteoric and deserved rise from the depths of non-league football, AFC Wimbledon will be facing Swindon twice
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Swindon recorded their fourth win in five games with a 2-0 success at Port Vale thanks to a debut goal from Lukas Magera and a penalty from Mehdi Kerrouche. The Town were in control from start to finish and managed to frustrate and restrict their hosts in an impressive and textbook away display, writes Tom Otrebski. Paolo Di Canio made two changes to the starting line-up
Read moreTown secured an impressive third away victory in a row and fifth successive clean sheet this afternoon thanks to a 2-0 victory at Port Vale. Lukas Magera returned to the starting XI for the first time in weeks to fire Swindon into 25th minute lead. Algerian striker Medhi Kerrouche replaced Jervis shortly after half time and immediately took his chance to strike home
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