Tag Archives: football
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Supermarine stay top as Bishop’s Lydeard sink on muddy Webb’s Wood pitch

A  heavy pitch made it hard work for the Marine Ladies to stay top of the South West Woman’s Football League (Eastern Division) but they managed it with a 3-2 win at South Marston. A return home debut after resigning from Swindon Town proved fruitful for Hayley Huckin with one of the goals. A rainbow […]

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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 […]

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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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Spitfires blast 4 past Keynsham reserves.

  After a late switch of venue due to the Somerset side’s ground not having recovered from last weekend’s flooding Swindon Spitfires hosted Keynsham Town Reserves in their latest South West Women’s League Eastern Division encounter. With the visitors’ first team without a game they dropped several players down to the reserve squad, including top […]

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Glovers hand four to Town. Swindon Town 4 Yeovil 1.

Yeovil handed Swindon Town a victory at home the first in two months since the Bournemouth win on the 22nd September. James Collins top and tailed the scoring with former Glover Andy Williams and Darren Ward, with his first in a Robins shirt, getting in on the action. Yeovil’s consolation came from Hayter who headed  […]

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Supermarine’s Parson’s fires three as Yate suffer 3-0 loss again.

The weekend’s FA Cup underdogs Yate Town were on the end of another 3-0 defeat with a brilliant first-half hat-trick by Josh Parsons in Supermarine’s 3-0 Southern League win. Yate, last weekend’s first round proper underdogs,  gave a good account of themselves at League Two Cheltenham but finished 3-0 down. Marine got of to a flying […]