No.27 | Colin Todd | Manager May 2000 – Nov 2000 | Score 185.1 I was at Todd’s first game in charge, a 2-2 draw with Sheffield United at Bramall Lane. Town were long relegated, however this match was shortly after Terry Brady’s takeover, bringing Town out of administration, so there was a rightful sense of optimism among the small travelling
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No.31 | Neil Harris | Manager June 1939 – Aug 1940 | Score 44.33 I had to include everyone who’d managed a competitive game so it’s very harsh on Neil Harris as he is 30th and bottom of this list with just 44.33 points. The Scot was born in 1894 in the Tollcross area of Glasgow and played as a centre forward for Partick Thistle, Newcastle
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June is Swindon Town managers month on The Washbag with a countdown of the good, the bad and the ugly in our dugout throughout the years. After the departure of Paul Hart I knew I’d witnessed one of the most inept and lifeless managerial reigns at Swindon Town, however could Hart be considered our worst manager ever? Probably…but I set out nonetheless.
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In my final post highlighting Swindon Town’s season in statistics, here’s a bunch of random stats you might be interested in… Attendances: An average of 8,458 have watched games at the County Ground this season and 7,298 at Swindon away matches. The lowest away attendance for a Swindon game was 2,767 at Dagenham and the highest was 22,627 at Southampton. Fouls: Swindon committed 451
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First of all it’s been clear Swindon haven’t been any real attacking threat this season, hence our relegation, but I shouldn’t leave this aspect out of the season review in statistics. The below table provides seven league statistics for each player who have made a shot at goal this season; total shots, minutes per shot, total shots on target (SOT), minutes
Read moreBy appointing Paolo Di Canio, Jeremy Wray and the Swindon board knew the media would be very interested in this controversial figure. Since Friday, Swindon and Di Canio have been a worldwide talking point and trending on twitter. Contrast this with the appointment of Maurice Malpas when one man and his dog turned up to the County Ground for his presentation.
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After 12 months of despair culminating in our drop to the bottom tier of the Football League, who three weeks ago, after Paul Hart was rightly dismissed, would’ve expected Swindon Town to be able to attract candidates of the calibre of Didi Hamann, George Burley, let alone today announce the appointment of football legend Paolo Di Canio? Not since Glenn Hoddle was handed the reigns
Read moreGiven the delay in the new Swindon manager announcement you can feast your eyes on some more statistics I’ve gathered over the course of the season. This time I’ll be having a look at the defensive phase of play and the contribution of all players with a defensive role, in particular, these stats reveal how many goals have been conceded
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A position where the players divide opinion around The County Ground like no other. Who is the better goalkeeper? Is it the Town no.1 David Lucas or no.13 Phil Smith? 2009/2010 was a year of domination for David Lucas, Smith could only make 7 league apppearances and was truely the backup. That’s in contrast to this season as Phil Smith featured in
Read moreOne thing I’ve noticed whilst watching the games is how slow out of the blocks Swindon have been this season. Even on the rare occasions we’ve had the early advantage we haven’t capitalised and scored enough goals in the early periods. So it’s another time to delve into the statistics to look at when Swindon and our opposition goals have been
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