It’s Friday, so it must be time for the latest blog by BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan. Strange old game wasn’t it..? For a brief spell it looked as though we might be in for one of the matches of the season. It was certainly a performance which deserved three points. Yes, I’m talking about last Saturday’s home fixture against high flying
Read moreForm Guide… 8th placed Swindon are winless in 3 games since a 4-1 victory over Yeovil. In those 3 matches against Brentford, Notts County and Doncaster Rovers, Town have scored once and conceded 3. Swindon’s 6 match League One form table reads won 2, drawn 2 and 2 defeats. Town remain strongest on their travels with 4 wins and 2
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This is a relatively straightforward entry for the Swindon Town Hall of Shame… in goes Brainiac, their yellow t-shirted minions, Richard Hammond and all of you who joined in with the lie that was the Brainiac Mexican Wave experiment. Brainiac weren’t content with abusing science in their TV lab with celebrities including John Tickle and the Cheeky Girls, so they just
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We talk to former Swindon Town, Watford, Aberdeen and Bristol Rovers defender Jerel Ifil about life at the County Ground, being managed by Andy King, playing in the Scottish Premier League and his plans for life after football… Ron Smith – It took three loan deals and a persistent Andy King to bring you to Swindon. How frustrated were you
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Listen to the latest episode of TheWashbag.com Swindon Town FC Podcast, which includes our Swindon vs Doncaster Rovers match report. Host Christopher Panks is joined by Ron Smith – Editor of TheWashbag.com – and Daniel Hunt – regular match reporter for TheWashbag.com. Up for discussion is a frustrating afternoon watching Town draw 1-1 with Doncaster Rovers and a look forward
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It’s Friday, so it must be time for the latest blog by BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan. Yes! Football’s back this weekend. I know there’s been all sorts of other stuff going on. FA Cup, Premier League and Champions League etc, but for Town fans its all about Saturday and Doncaster Rovers. It seems a lifetime since Swindon played. The one
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Form Guide… 8th placed Swindon have had two weeks without a match since a 1-0 defeat at Notts County, making it two successive 1-0 losses. In the League One form guide, Swindon are ranked 8th, with 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats in 6 matches. At the County Ground, Town have a poor record of 1 win, 3 draws and
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Swindon crashed out the FA Youth cup at the 3rd Round stage for a second successive year after being thrashed by the Under 18s of Premier League outfit Liverpool. Writes Ben Wills. Swindon boss Paul Bodin named an unchanged side from the one that knocked Cirencester out in Round Two after a 6-1 victory. Liverpool on the other hand played
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The second and final part of Steve Hall’s tale of his conquests and why sex and football just doesn’t mix… I don’t know if it’s fate, luck or coincidence but all of my attempts to combine girls and football have had similarly mixed results – at best. My next attempt was with 16 year old Dorothy. As I was 22
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After a weekend without FA Cup Second Round action we induct one of the most embarrassing FA Cup giant-killings suffered by Swindon Town. A humbling 4-1 defeat at Hastings United on 12th December 1953 is our 22nd entry into the STFC Hall of Shame; writes Ron Smith. The 1950s were not vintage years at the County Ground. Swindon Town were
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