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Swindon lose to Gillingham 1-0 in Extra time. The ladies that is.

Swindon Town Ladies took on Gillingham Ladies FC, who play in a league higher the them, in the ladies edition of the FA Cup. The match held at the Fairford FC ground was 0-0 at full time, but a goal mid way through the second period of extra time sealed it for the visitors from […]

Sport shorts.

That makes it three. Lady refs that is. As featured in an earlier blog Swindon’s top teams seem to be attracting lady referees at the moment; and what’s wrong with that? Alexandra Ihringova was at the County Ground on Saturday as a linesman and Joy Tottman was one of the officials at the Link the […]

Town tame the Shrews.

With ‘For Sale’ signs up and a mass clearing of the pitch on Friday night, Swindon ended a turbulent week on a high note with a brace of second-half goals. After the headlines concerning the sale of the club and a mammoth effort to clear the pitch of snow in time to actually play, the […]

Lucky mascot Joe.

Joseph Compton is proving to be a lucky mascot. During a thunderstorm in the late summer Joe was hit by lightning as he waited outside Dorcan Academy in Swindon for a lift home. The bolt of lightning caused his heart to stop, burst his ear drums and caused severe burns across 22 per cent of […]

Officially it’s ladies in Swindon.

Swindon seems to be attracting top lady officials for our sporting events this week. You may have seen in the Wildcats report from last Saturday that the London based official and two times Olympic games ref Joy Tottman officiated at the Link last weekend in the macho sport of Ice Hockey. Joy’s worked at the […]

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Swindon 3 Devon and Cornwall 0 as Swindon ladies over run the Devon and Cornish ladies.

Results from the weekends games in the Bristol Soccer World Cup. Both Swindon Spitfires and Supermarine Ladies away in Cornwall for the next round. Swindon Spitfires 4 Falmouth 1 (Match report to follow) Laura Ball, Sasha Sparkes Vicky Wilkes, Emma Blackwell Nat Haigh Next round: Launceston Ladies Away. Gallery below: Callington Town 0 Swindon Supermarine […]

Cumbrians repelled by 4 goal burst from Town.

Swindon are hunting down a top two slot in League One after another big win. Town came within a goal of making it a unique treble of 5-0 home wins as they swept aside Carlisle in the same way as Tranmere & Portsmouth before them. The result leaves the Robins nicely positioned in 5th – […]

Super sub Collins torpedoes Pompey with four goal broadside.

Super sub James Collins sank a struggling Portsmouth, scoring with his first touch after coming on on the hour mark.. He continued his one-man demolition derby with three more goals and an assist for Danny Hollands in 22 minutes. Needless to say he was voted Man of the Match. Final score Swindon 5 Portsmouth 0. […]

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Town draw at home against Doncaster 1-1.

Swindon Town failed to take advantage of superior possession against high flying Darlington. Matt Richie put Town ahead but an own goal be on loan Danny Hollands handed the visitors a draw. Try as they might, the Swindon attack failed to penetrate Darlington’s defences. So with one point each Swindon lie Eighth with Darlington in […]

What have Jahmene Douglas and X-factor to do with sport?

Answer: The all turn on Swindon’s Christmas Lights. Yes Swindon’s sporting heroes and Olympic torch bearers lined up alongside the X-factor sensation Jahmene Douglas to switch on Swindon’s Town Centre Lights. Almost 3 time the average County Ground crowd, about 28,000, gathered in the Parade and Wharf Green to see the fun and interviews with […]

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