2013 is nearly over and it has truly been an eventful and unforgettable year at Swindon Town. Brendan Hobbs jumped at the chance of writing our review of 2013, which has turned into an epic feature of writing; you’ve made it to part two… February Two things went off the rails in February, our promotion push and Andy Williams’ eye for goal. The
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Alex Cooke looks at the tactics used against Walsall and how far Kevin MacDonald has to go to change how Town play. “I didn’t play well, I don’t know why – I just didn’t.” At first Simon Ferry’s post-Walsall protestations sound odd. After all, it was obvious to most people in the County Ground that his new right wing position,
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Kevin MacDonald’s first home game in charge of Swindon ended level at home to Walsall, much like Paul Hart’s first game in charge in 2011. It was also the third successive draw between these sides at the County Ground and Swindon’s sixth home draw this season. Benjamin Wills reports. It seemed like MacDonald was going to secure a second successive
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This wasn’t just rubbish. This was stinking Swindon Town rubbish, writes Ben Beaumont. If you believe in these things, the omens were bad. 1. Bury hadn’t won at the County Ground since 1977. The year of my birth. 2. The last match report I wrote for thewashbag was a drab 0-0 draw with Sheffield United. And the one before that,
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A Swindon Town comeback secured a 1-1 draw against Preston, in the first match under Jed McCrory’s consortium and without Paolo Di Canio and his backroom staff. Writes Matt Davies. What a week we have had, top of League One, no management staff and we have new owners. This weekend’s fixture was a great chance for Town to stay at the top
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It’s Friday, so it must be time for the latest blog by BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan. So how’s your last week been? Been stuck by a computer or on your smart phone? Looking for any scrap of information you might be able to find about what may or may not be going on at Swindon Town? Waiting for that one
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After an extended Christmas break – with both the Leyton Orient and Colchester away matches having been called off due to a water-logged pitch – Town improved their home form as it was the turn of Pompey to be knocked for 5 without reply after league leaders Tranmere suffered a similar fate during the previous home game writes STFC007. With
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Ron Smith provides a festive feast of Swindon Town player related statistics for League One matches for you… Raffaele De Vita has made the greatest contribution of any Town player to scoring goals when on the pitch in League One, scoring 6 out of the 14 goals (42.9%). 2nd is Matt Ritchie with 29.6% and 3rd is James Collins with
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All the moaning & worrying was brought to an immediate halt on Saturday as Swindon brushed aside second place Stevenage in dominating style. Adam Johnson was there… Transfer Embargo, Transfer Embargo, Transfer Embargo. The words that come up in every Swindon Town discussion at the moment but in Stevenage, football took centre stage with a bang. The best league performance
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Swindon recover from going two behind at home to Coventry City to record a unlikely 2-2 draw, writes STFC007. Paolo Di Canio made three changes to the starting line-up that won away at Bury. The injured Williams was replaced by Benson whilst fit again Roberts replaced Bessone. There was also a rare start for John Bostock – with Collins making
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