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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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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Episode #19 of TheWashbag.com Swindon Town FC Podcast is now available… Host Ron Smith is joined by Daniel Hunt and Adam Tanner. Following successive defeats, apparently the crisis is now over and we’re back on track after beating Port Vale 5-2 pushing Town up to 7th… After being stuffed by Walsall and Oldham how surprised were you by Town’s emphatic
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Adam Tanner was at the New York Stadium, Rotherham to spread the news and be a part of it as Swindon Town put a sledgehammer to their troublesome away form with a 4-0 win. Since the previous away game, a defeat at Preston North End, both Mark Cooper and Luke Williams had spoken of the need for Town to be
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12 games have gone so Adam Tanner gives his thoughts on Swindon Town’s start to the season, and how he feels they need to adapt to ensure that their early promise is fulfilled… Like most fans, my expectations heading into the season were relatively low. And like most fans, I’ve been delighted by some of the football that we’ve played.
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We’ve used the title ‘Wrecking Crewe’ to describe two previous Swindon Town versus Crewe Alexandra games at the County Ground and this time won’t be any different. Adam Tanner was there to witness the perfect end to a fantastic week. Town approached the game on the back of a superb performance and result at QPR, but with a modest haul
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New TheWashbag contributor Adam Tanner looks at the importance of a strong start to the season for Swindon Town’s bunch of fledglings. “The league table means nothing until after Christmas.” Any wizened old pundit worth his salt will tell you so. There is generally some logic to this, as our own history shows. The most striking example was 2011/12, in
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