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 now made it to part four. There’s a few more to come, this is only… May The playoffs loomed in the shape of a
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On a day with which the phrase “cold turkey” is synonymous, Swindon Town made themselves look like a team of the festive birds as they were unable to capitalise on a bright start and ended up being Brentford’s boxing day lunch. Writes Jonny Leighfield. Mark Cooper made two changes to his starting line up by reintroducing Nathan Thompson to his
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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 now made it to part three. Well done… March A new month and a new managerial appointment. The announcement of Kevin McDonald’s installation as
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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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With 2013 rapidly coming to a close Andrew Steele-Davis picks out a selection of his top five players from the first half of the 2013/14 season… With Christmas now just seven days away I thought I would enter into the festive spirit by treating you all to something a little bit different this week. There have been many stunning individual
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Adam Tanner travelled up to Bramall Lane in hope of some early festive cheer, only to witness Swindon Town’s attacking instincts going cold turkey… In terms of personnel, Mark Cooper made only one change from the previous league game against Carlisle United, replacing Ryan Harley with Ryan Mason. In terms of formation and style, things weren’t quite so similar and,
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A resilient and dogged Swindon Town side fought out a hard earned 0-0 draw against Crawley despite being reduced to ten men late on after Nathan Byrne’s dismissal, reports Andrew Steele-Davis. Both teams headed into the Tuesday night encounter with a patchy formbook. The hosts were on a six game streak without a win with four of those games ending
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Episode #20 of TheWashbag.com Swindon Town FC Podcast is now available to download… Host Ron Smith is joined by Sam Morshead – chief sports writer Swindon Advertiser – and Iain Watkins. Where do I start…? Since we last spoke we were thumped by Macclesfield Town in the FA Cup. Then some pride was restored with wins over Wycombe and Colchester, however Town
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Our TheWashbag.com Index calculates the Swindon Town Player of the Month by assessing the key statistics from all league and cup matches. The October result is in… Alex Pritchard was ever-present in October featuring in all six games including four winning teams and two losing teams. The loanee from Tottenham secured the Player of the Month award following a maximum
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Sometimes teams need to be brought back down to earth following a winning run – a realisation that they aren’t world beaters – and Tuesday night was one of those matches for Swindon Town against Walsall, writes Calvin Hothi. Manager Mark Cooper made just one change from the side which beat Notts County on Friday with Nicky Ajose coming in
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