Over a year ago we surveyed Swindon Town supporters for their views on safe standing at the County Ground and we then presented the results to the Club. Move forward 12 months and the Football League is consulting its 72 member clubs on how they would like it to take the safe standing debate forward. Will the club continue to offer their
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Football is rarely straightforward, however, there’s one statistic this season which highlights how much Mark Cooper’s Swindon Town side thrive on the confidence provided by seizing the early advantage and scoring first. Writes Ron Smith. The importance of Swindon Town scoring the opening goal in a match has been highlighted previously, however, I’d never previously looked at the record of
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Episode #23 of TheWashbag.com Swindon Town FC Podcast is now available to download… Host Ron Smith is joined by Andrew Steele-Davis and Iain Watkins. The three reflect on Saturday’s 2-1 victory over Peterborough United including look at Nile Ranger’s surprise inclusion and the contribution of Raphael Rossi Branco who made his first start for Swindon. Other talking points include a
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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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Episode #21 of TheWashbag.com Swindon Town FC Podcast is now available to download… Host Ron Smith was joined by Sam Morshead – chief sports writer Swindon Advertiser – for a quick chat on Friday afternoon to reflect on the week’s events at the County Ground, following Lee Power’s takeover at Swindon Town. Unfortunately the sound quality isn’t that great so hopefully
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After a quick resolution to the brouhaha in the boardroom, Jed McCrory “reluctantly agreed to step down as chairman and board member of Swindon Town FC with immediate effect”. Ron Smith recalls his experiences of meeting the former Town chairman… Twitter is a wonderful tool. I wouldn’t have been able to have developed this site without the networking it brought, however I never imagined
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Despite club director Sangita Shah’s post-match comments on the McCrory vs Power bout of the boardroom, confusion still reigns over the ownership situation at Swindon Town and how this arose… ‘Black Friday’ is what Americans label the final Friday in November and for different reasons it was embarrassing Friday for Swindon Town. Within two hours of a club statement being issued ‘confirming’ that
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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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Today the ‘Abbreviated Accounts’ for Swindon Town Football Company Limited in the period to 31st May 2013 were released via Companies House… The following note by the club’s independent auditor certainly raised an eyebrow… With the auditor stating there may be doubt about Town’s ability to continue as a going concern should we be worried? Perhaps not… It is important
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Swindon Town’s strategy under Mark Cooper is meant to be one of dominance in possession and passing football, and yet our opponents seem to be scoring frequently of late. Ron Smith asks how can the opposition score if they seemingly don’t have the ball? Looking at the key statistics after the pathetic weekend FA Cup defeat, I couldn’t have been
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