Swindon 2-2 Oldham Athletic: Two wonder strikes and two tap-ins
Amari Morgan-Smith rescued a late point for Oldham Athletic on a disappointing night at the County Ground, writes Joe Young.
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Bradford City 1-2 Swindon Town: The return of the Obika
Adam Tanner headed north to Bradford to watch Swindon Town’s strong start to the season continue…
Read moreShort Term Contracting Fever
Adam Tanner looks at Swindon Town’s tendency to get contract lengths wrong and the implications for Lee Power’s sustainability strategy…
Read moreYaser Kasim Interview – FIFA Futbol Mundial
I’ve only just seen this clip of Swindon Town FC and Iraq national team player Yaser Kasim being interviewed on the FIFA Futbol Mundial programme, so I thought I’d share with you all…
Read moreSwindon Town 1-1 Coventry City: Fightback secures a point
A depleted Swindon Town side came from behind against a well organised Coventry City side to earn a point and maintain their unbeaten home start to the season. Writes Lee Clark.
Read moreCrewe-sing at the County Ground
It’s Friday, so it must be time for the latest blog by BBC Devon’s Vic Morgan. Don’t know about you, but I was shocked by Crewe’s performance last Saturday. Usually a team that likes to play football, our fellow railway team came, saw and kind of rolled over. Even after Yaser Kasim’s superb opener the visitors showed little stomach for
Read moreSwindon Town 2-4 Brighton: Rocked but proud
Two extra-time penalties saw Swindon exit the League Cup but with a red card and numerous injuries that is a fraction of the story, reports Alex Cooke. “If the people of Swindon don’t want to watch this team, they don’t like football”. It was hard boiled stuff tweeted in rage, but this one has a soft centre of truth. Swindon’s
Read more1, 2, 3, 4, 5 defence is working overtime
Alex Cooke looks at how Swindon’s 3-5-2 is shaping up. Suddenly 3-5-2 is fashionable. With Manchester United struggling, everyone is suddenly keen to talk about three at the back, and closer to home, to compare Mark Cooper’s use of it with Louis Van Gaal’s. But Cooper’s 3-5-2 is slightly different to the one used at Old Trafford, and for Holland – despite
Read moreSwindon 2-0 Crewe: Town in total control
Calvin Hothi sees Mark Cooper’s team slowly dismantle a Crewe team intent on defending. As I strolled into my seat for my first game of the season, you could have forgiven me and the rest of the 6,000-odd spectators in the ground for expecting a Swindon walkover. Previous home games against Crewe have seen us score three, four or even
Read moreLuton Town 1-2 Swindon Town: Hats off for Smith
Adam Tanner went to Kenilworth Road, Luton to witness Swindon Town’s first step on the League Cup road to Wembley… Swindon approached the game looking to uphold a curiously healthy League Cup record away from home. The team had won at QPR, Stoke and Bristol City inside the last three years; and we had only lost one away tie (on penalties
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