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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Episode #18 of TheWashbag.com Swindon Town FC Podcast is now available… Host Ron Smith is joined by Lee Clarke and podcast regular Iain Watkins. It’s now four games unbeaten for Swindon Town and October is turning out as per many of our expectations as a rewarding month. And, we’ve finally won away in League One. We’re you surprised by Town’s
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Episode #17 of TheWashbag.com Swindon Town FC Podcast is now available to download… Host Ron Smith is joined by Sam Morshead – Swindon Advertiser Chief Sports Writer – and podcast regular Iain Watkins. The three review Swindon’s 1-0 win over Tranmere Rovers, a game that was like watching paint dry compared to recent frenetic and high-scoring matches. A main topic
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Plenty of goals at either end for Swindon Town have generated plenty of pulsating football for the neutral, however, are too many being conceded and is anyone or anything to blame. Asks Ron Smith? Last season Swindon Town recorded a superb 20 clean sheets (36%) in 55 league and cup games; as well as conceding more than once in a
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Episode #16 of TheWashbag.com Swindon Town FC Podcast is now available to download… Host Ron Smith is joined by Brendan Hobbs (@MrBraindown) and Matthew Kilford (@matthewkilford). The three review Swindon’s local derby with Bristol City which ended with a 3-2 victory for the hosts and condemned City to yet another defeat. This match witnessed Aden Flint’s return to the County
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In the Black Country Swindon Town left Molineux proud knowing that while they were defeated 3-2 by Wolves, the manner of their performance impressed both home and away supporters. Ron Smith reports. There is simply too much to summarise about this beautiful game. My notes are extensive and slightly incomprehensible as I scrambled to type in amongst the frenetic action.
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Episode #15 of TheWashbag.com Swindon Town FC Podcast is now available to download… Host Ron Smith is joined by Vic Morgan (@swindonred) and podcast debutant Iain Watkins (@mightygwah). The three discuss Town’s 1-1 draw at MK Dons; whether Nathan Byrne deserved his red card; are backpasses to Wes Foderingham a necessary part of Town’s tactics; we discuss your responses to
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There have been plenty of comings and goings at Swindon Town over the course of the 2013 summer transfer window, but do you think that Town are actually in a stronger position to compete for promotion? Ron Smith asks. To be honest my expectations for 2013/14 dramatically reduced many months ago, about the time Andrew Black withdrew his funds and
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Episode #14 of TheWashbag.com Swindon Town FC Podcast is now available to download… For this first podcast of the 2013/14 season, Ron Smith is joined by TheWashbag writers Daniel Hunt and Lee Clark. The three discuss Mark Cooper’s appointment as the 33rd permanent managerial appointment of Swindon Town, ask what support team should Cooper build around him at the County
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Didn’t Paolo Di Canio always want to sign the elusive ‘nasty striker’? The Italian may have departed, but now a striker with an equally notorious reputation has joined Town as the No.9. The County Ground ‘welcomes’ former Newcastle United forward Nile Ranger. Writes Ron Smith. Nile Ranger has some history. He started his career with the Crystal Palace youth academy
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