BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan continues his weekly blog only here on The Washbag. What a day… Saturday January the 7th 2012, will go down as one of the great days of Swindon Town’s recent history. Wigan Athletic came to the County Ground as favourites. They’re a Premier League team, and should get past a side from League Two. That was reinforced
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BBC Wiltshire commentator Vic Morgan continues his weekly blog only here on The Washbag. First and foremost, a Happy New Year. We say goodbye to 2011, and hello to 2012, an Olympic year we hope in many respects. Northampton saw us see out the old year in style… Not the greatest of games, but possibly one of the greatest endings. Trailing
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BBC Radio Wiltshire commentator Vic Morgan continues his weekly blog only here on The Washbag. How was it for you…? A Saturday without football, but a Saturday with a lot of food and drink…. The absence of watching the Town, was partly made up by watching the Scottish Premier League on the telly. Not the same obviously, but it was entertaining. It
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The goalkeeping position at Swindon Town has been up for grabs for a very long time. In recent years we’ve seen ‘keepers come and go, a former England u21 international David Lucas fail to stake his claim to the no.1 jersey and the supporters unconvinced by an array of mistakes, with Phil Smith often singled out for blame. Under Paolo Di
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An unchanged Swindon Town paid the ultimate price for playing only one half of football at Plainmoor and kissed goodbye to their 15 match unbeaten run in the process writes Daniel Hunt. The nine-day rest between this and the Morecambe win made a mockery of the phrase ‘hectic Christmas period’ and Torquay were worth their half time lead as a
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Andrew Steele-Davis takes a look back on what has been a memorable season so far for Town fans. It’s perhaps fair to say that there has been no better time to be a Swindon Town fan than now. Riding on the crest of a wave that a fifteen game unbeaten run brings, a lucrative home tie against Wigan Athletic of
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Three goals, a dugout dust-up and the theatrical villainy of Jason Price: Swindon’s win against Morecambe, with goals from Jake Jervis, Raffa De Vita and Ronan Murray, sounds like excellent entertainment. In reality it was a disjointed and often disappointing game, writes Alex Cooke. Morecambe looked to be a side with a plan: a plan to tap the ball slowly
Read moreBack a few weeks ago I was asked if I collected statistics on the number of points won by each player in League Two. Not only are these available, statistics are held covering when a player takes to the field or not selected. As a result a comparison can be made on points won when in and out of the
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BBC Radio Wiltshire commentator Vic Morgan continues his weekly blog only here on The Washbag. Before I get into events of the week, it’s once again my great honour to announce “The Washbag” player of the month. To say it’s been a pretty good few weeks for the Town is an understatement. The team has gone from strength to strength, and it’s
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After Swindon Town knocked AFC Wimbledon out of the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy on penalties at the County Ground 11 days earlier, both teams met again, this time in the League and for the very first time at Kingsmeadow writes STFC007. Having missed the start of an away game in London once due to traffic jams, a trip to London from Wiltshire
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