Episode #46 of TheWashbag Swindon Town FC Podcast is now available to download or stream online… For our second outing over Skype (with sound levels still not as perfect as we’d like), Ron Smith is joined by Alex Cooke and Brendan Hobbs to discuss the transfer window, Chinese trains, a return to 3-5-2 and what should’ve been a goalless draw versus Barnsley.
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Episode #24 of TheWashbag.com Swindon Town FC Podcast is now available to download… Host Ron Smith is joined by Swindon Advertiser’s Chief Sports Writer Sam Morshead and Adam Tanner. Town’s miserable away form has continued into 2014. Since we last spoke, two successive 2-0 defeats have perhaps shattered aspirations of a play-off finish. Fortunately luck was on Town’s side yesterday as
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Episode #23 of TheWashbag.com Swindon Town FC Podcast is now available to download… Host Ron Smith is joined by Andrew Steele-Davis and Iain Watkins. The three reflect on Saturday’s 2-1 victory over Peterborough United including look at Nile Ranger’s surprise inclusion and the contribution of Raphael Rossi Branco who made his first start for Swindon. Other talking points include a
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Episode #22 of TheWashbag.com Swindon Town FC Podcast is now available to download… Host Ron Smith is joined by Andrew Steele-Davis, Iain Watkins and Daniel Hunt. We are getting excited here, it’s nearly Christmas and Swindon Town have started the festive fixtures in perfect form, coming from behind for the second time in 2013 versus Coventry City to register another
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A warm welcome to new writer Jonny Leighfield, who reflects on a very busy and successful summer transfer window for Swindon Town… I must admit that at the time of writing, shortly after the summer transfer window has slammed shut, I’m feeling pretty pleased with the type of players Swindon Town have brought in and the ones we have, shall
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January can be the time for troubled sides to change their fortunes through the transfer market and it’s nice that for us this isn’t an issue. However, Paolo Di Canio still wants change. Adam Johnson looks at what might be in stall for Swindon in the January window. Paolo Di Canio has made it pretty clear what he wants from
Read moreThe much maligned transfer window closed at 11pm on Monday. Two windows a season have been a fixture of domestic football throughout Europe now since 2002/2003. They were introduced following requirements for football governing bodies to further conform to European Commission regulations concerning restriction of the movement of players, as many national football associations had different rules and regulations. So the system
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