Brendan Hobbs reflects on a first home defeat in 28 matches, as Leyton Orient beat Swindon 1-0 at the County Ground. I don’t know why but there seems to be an awful lot of teams around these days that I really dislike, some for obvious reasons like Rovers and Oxford and some for reasons I cannot honestly remember – like
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BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan is back for 2012/13, continuing his weekly blog only here on The Washbag. So, there I was this time last week pondering whether or not the win over Stoke was one of the Town’s best ever. Yes a victory over a Premier League side in the Credit Card Cup, and things looked about as good as they
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Every month we’ll be publishing our Washbag-Index Player of the Month and inviting your vote on the top three. The August result is… L1 Cups TOTAL Matt Ritchie 32 5 37 James Collins 5 29 34 Wes Foderingham 19.7 9.5 29.2 Jay McEveley 18 10 28 Alan Navarro 5 23 28 Aden Flint 13 12.5 25.5 Tommy Miller 17 8
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Wes Foderingham has followed Paul Caddis in falling foul of Paolo Di Canio, but even he won’t be the last, writes Alex Cooke. First it was Paul Caddis, now it seems to be Wes Foderingham; the list of players who have offended Swindon’s Paolo Di Canio swells week by week. Leon Clarke was the first (and the fastest) to fall
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It was an afternoon to forget at Deepdale but it’s firmly placed in the mind of Adam Johnson who witnessed Town’s first defeat of the 2012/2013 season… He can be a genius, he can be a hard one to figure out, but what’s certain is that Paolo Di Canio’s afternoon in sunny Preston was his most entertaining and forgettable as
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Swindon continued their encouraging start to the season with a deserved 1-0 win over Karl Robinson’s MK Dons. The winning goal came on the stroke of half time when Matt Ritchie’s inswinging cross eluded David Martin in the Dons’ goal, possibly via the foot of James Collins. As a result, Town remain undefeated and find themselves in 3rd place after three
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Three is the magic number for Swindon Town as three goals, three different scorers, a third clean sheet of the season and importantly three points came courtesy of a ‘close to perfect’ performance, writes Ron Smith. Di Canio made three changes from the stalemate at Hartlepool. An injury prevented Troy Archibald-Henville from making the XI giving Flint a return. Alan
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Swindon got their League One campaign under way with a 0-0 draw at the faraway Victoria Park. It was poor finishing from both sides that contributed to the goalless draw, more so than good defending, writes Rosie MacGillivray. Paul Caddis was once more left out the squad, as him and Paolo Di Canio still refusing to kiss and make up.
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Throughout this week our writers have revealed their hopes and expectations for Swindon Town in League One during 2012/13. Finally on the opening day of the season, it’s my turn… Hopes and expectations for the season: After destroying nearly everyone in League Two, many expect Swindon Town will be ready to mount a serious automatic promotion challenge. But can Town really leap two divisions in
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Throughout this week our writers reveal their hopes and expectations for Swindon Town in League One during 2012/13. Next up, Rosie MacGillivray… Hopes and expectations for the season: I hope for a play-off finish. I expect a top-half finish. Good home form again should allow us to do the latter with relative ease. Signing of the summer: Andy Williams. I back him
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