Alex Cooke finds Swindon have performed surprisingly well in turning out young talent, at least in this season, and compared to the rest of League One Good articles create debate and I enjoyed reading Adam Tanner’s recent piece on the need for youth development at Swindon Town. I recommend you read it later, if you haven’t already. But it made
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In light of Will Randall’s move to Wolves, Adam Tanner assesses Swindon Town’s record of developing players from within its own youth system… In recent years at Swindon, we have always been quick to remind ourselves that Nathan Thompson is “one of our own”. And rightly so. Football is very tribal, and fans will understandably warm to players with a
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Episode #41 of TheWashbag.com Swindon Town FC Podcast is now available to download… As part of our ‘Support the Future, Support the Present’ day, we travelled to Stanley Park Football Ground in Chippenham to watch Swindon Town u18s versus AFC Bournemouth u18s.
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Calvin Hothi interviews Swindon Town youth team player Tom Smith to ask how are the club developing the stars of tomorrow?
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Swindon Town Under 18’s FA Youth Cup adventure was ended for another year as a rampant Leyton Orient side stormed to victory, reports Andrew Steele-Davis… On a bitterly cold winters evening at the County Ground, Swindon and Orient went head-to-head knowing that the winner would face an enticing trip to Stoke City in the next round. There were also a
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Thanks to all your purchases in our shop we’ve raised enough funds to sponsor two Swindon Town youth team players, Josh Helm and Mark Francis, for the 2012/13 season. Josh Helm is a first year scholar and the only goalkeeper in the youth team. 16 year old Josh joined Swindon this summer from Eastleigh having been their reserve team ‘keeper. Striker
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Swindon were unable to cause an upset against former Town man Alex Henshall and co. as the reds crashed out of the FA Youth cup in the fourth round writes Lee Townsend. Looking at the team sheet before the game, Alex Henshall was not the only notable name in the Manchester City side. The sons of Bryan Gunn – Angus –
Read morePaul Bodin’s Swindon Town under 18’s faced their Newport County counterparts on Tuesday night in the FA Youth Cup, knowing the winner would face Bournemouth away in the next round. Reports Benjamin Wills. Swindon named a strong side with a few members of the line-up having first team and international experience at this level. The most notable being striker Miles Storey who has played
Read moreTuesday was the day all of the second year Swindon Town youth team scholars dreaded. Will they be offered their first professional contract or cast adrift to start their potentially long search to find a contract or forget their dream of playing professional football? The whole team have performed brilliantly to secure the Youth Alliance South West Championship title for the third
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