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Going Up! 1962/63 – ‘Promotion For Town At Last’

Posted on April 11, 2012 by TheWashbag 2 comments

With Swindon Town looking strong to secure a ninth promotion in the Football League, we start our look back at past promotion seasons. First up, Mike Minihane recalls the 1962/63 season when the Town won their maiden promotion from Division Three. The first Swindon Town game I can remember was against Crystal Palace in 1958, I was 9. I had been to

Hall of Shame #9: Wiltshire Newspapers axe the ‘Football Pink’

Posted on March 8, 2012 by TheWashbag 17 comments

For our next entry into the Hall of Shame we step outside of the club, as Mike Minihane inducts Wiltshire Newspapers for their decision to axe publication of the much loved ‘Football Pink’. In the early 1970s Wilshire Newspapers, the publishers of the then ‘Evening Advertiser’ (aka the ‘Adver’) made the incomprehensible decision to cease publication of the local football