With Christmas now over for another year and with 2014 edging ever closer Andrew Steele-Davis reveals his top five memorable matches from what was a remarkable 2013 for Swindon Town… Has Swindon Town ever experienced a year quite like 2013? With three Chairmen, three full-time managers, a caretaker boss and a joint caretaker reign not to mention a glut of
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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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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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Swindon Town Under 18’s FA Youth Cup adventure was ended for another year as a rampant Leyton Orient side stormed to victory, reports Andrew Steele-Davis… On a bitterly cold winters evening at the County Ground, Swindon and Orient went head-to-head knowing that the winner would face an enticing trip to Stoke City in the next round. There were also a
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Andrew Steele-Davis reflects on Mark Cooper’s tactical masterclass, looks ahead to the visit of Leyton Orient and suggests why England’s recent squad inclusions means good news for the lower leagues… Eventful is the word best used to sum up the last two weeks at SN1 with games now coming thick and fast and the hectic Christmas schedule just around the
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Andrew Steele-Davis reflects on a game that had everything, looks forward to a week of cup fever and suggests why the January transfer window will be an important one for Town… Now that was much better wasn’t it? Swindon put an end to their losing streak and banished any talk of an apparent ‘crisis’ in style with an impressive 5-2
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Swindon Town ensured they got back to winning ways in emphatic fashion by thrashing Port Vale 5-2 in a game that had more action than a James Bond flick, reports Andrew Steele-Davis. Both teams were going into the game experiencing different veins of form. Swindon Town had lost the last two and were desperate to put an end to the
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Andrew Steele-Davis reflects on two consecutive defeats for Swindon Town, why patience is key and a road trip with Christian Roberts… This all feels a bit different doesn’t it? The last time we had the pleasure of each other’s company Swindon had just delivered another footballing masterclass to Notts County and hopes and expectations were being altered by many Town
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Andrew Steele-Davis asks have your hopes and expectations changed yet? We are barely three months into the season yet Swindon Town are flying high and playing some of the best football you are ever likely to witness in the Football League. It’s all a far cry from the summer… Swindon dealt out yet another footballing lesson on Friday night with
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