In the final part of our 2014/15 season review, five writers give their verdict on the player of the season and we ask for your vote on their nominations… David Squires @squires_david Player of the season – I’m based a long way from The County Ground, so can only base this on match reports, YouTube clips, staying up late for the occasional live commentary and the rare occasions that Swindon
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In the third part of our 2014/15 season review, five writers give their verdict on their best moment, disappointment and strangest moments of the season…
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In the second part of our 2014/15 season review, five writers give their verdict on the match of the season and we ask for your vote on their nominations…
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In the first part of our end of the 2014/15 season review, five of our writers give their verdict on the goal of the season and we ask for your vote on their nominations…
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The sound of the ‘Maskell clunk’ at Wembley in 1993 still gives Nick Judd an erection… and some other Play Off memories…
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Sir Alex Ferguson said he had ‘great potential’. Andy King described him as ‘an inspiration’ while Sam Parkin suggests he could have been ‘better than James Milner’. Sadly, though, after Jimmy Davis’s untimely death in 2003, we’ll never get to find out if they were right. Writes Nick Judd. Davis was killed in a car accident in the early hours of
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Throughout this week our writers reveal their hopes and expectations for Swindon Town in League One during 2012/13. Next up, Nick Judd… Hopes and expectations for the season: Like last summer, I have no idea what to expect from the team or the manager but I hope we’ll challenge in the top six. It’s crucial we seize the momentum from last season.
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The STFC Hall of Shame is back following a short break. For our twelfth entry, Nick Judd inducts former Swindon Town manager Colin Todd for his woeful transfer strategy back in the summer of 2000. August 12, 2000 and Swindon are playing West Ham United in the last pre-season friendly before the start of the 2000/01 season. The Robins are
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Nick Judd talks exclusively to former Swindon Town striker Vincent Pericard about the stresses of life as a professional footballer away from home, his time at the County Ground and how he’s rebuilding his career at Havant & Waterlooville. Could more be done to help foreign players settle in England, and beyond? One former STFC player believes so… With so many
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Nick Judd looks at how the words ‘magic’ and ‘FA Cup’ rarely go hand-in-hand when it comes to Swindon Town. Giantkilling is something only other teams seem to do and instead of claiming scalps we get headaches. We’re more into ‘dark arts’ than abracedabra. In 2008, defeat to Histon ultimately proved the end of Maurice Malpas’ apoplectic reign. The only
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