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On Saturday, Kennedy selected an XI with 519 league appearances at League Two or above (including George Cox’s 131 in the Eredivisie). Ollie Clarke, Grant Hall and Ryan Delaney have a combined 754. So, here’s the thing. Are we now saying experience isn’t quite as important?
19.09.24Features
Regardless of whether or not senior figures at the club feel it is a fair situation, Swindon fans are voting with their feet in a way that’s not been seen since the darkest days of Lee Power’s abominable administration.
17.09.24Features
The hilarious opening scene of Four Weddings And A Funeral is the classic story of how life can quickly run away from you if you’re even slightly under prepared. And it is bizarrely applicable to the experiences of being a Swindon fan over the early weeks of the new campaign.
16.09.24Matchday
SPECIAL Q&A: To mark the occasion, The Moonraker met up with Bodin to chat about his life in football, the lessons he has learned, and how the game has changed over the course of his professional career.
13.09.24Features
INTERVIEW: Di Michele spent 11 months at the County Ground on staff. Here, he reflects on the challenges of the role, the difficulties of managing a modest playing budget in League Two, and where things went wrong.
12.09.24Features
The assistant academy manager will take on more responsibilities relating to coaching and coach management, while the academy manager takes charge of the more administrative side of the role.
10.09.24News
Clem Morfuni and Fitton had another, private meeting on Tuesday (September 10), prior to the majority shareholder’s return to Australia. While nothing has been ruled out as yet by either party, there will be little progress for two months.
Since the 1993/94 Premier League term, the longest period of time – in days – that Swindon fans have had to wait for a competitive victory in any given season had never crept above 25. Until now.
09.09.24Opinion
Kirkman has been involved in matchday squads but is yet to make his first-team debut with the Robins. The full-back is the second Swindon player to go out on loan this season.
06.09.24News
He regularly, nay routinely fields a blunderbuss barrel’s worth of criticism, much of it well placed, some of it a little more conspiratorial. He does not come from a football background, nor does he appear to have long ties to the sport beyond fandom. He lives on the other side of the world. Why persist, then?
06.09.24Opinion
Clem Morfuni has confirmed to The Moonraker that, as a result of a late injection of extra capital into the coffers in the final two weeks of the transfer window, the 2024/25 pot is now larger than any of the previous three.
05.09.24News
SPECIAL REPORT: The Moonraker looks at the work that is set to be commissioned, still needs doing, and has recently been done at the County Ground as the future of the "matchday experience" comes into sharp focus.
05.09.24Features
Fitton has been a guest of the club at each of Swindon’s two home games so far this season – against Walsall and Notts County – and has had meetings with majority shareholder Morfuni and chief executive Anthony Hall.
04.09.24News
EXETER CITY vs SWINDON TOWN: What is the point of the EFL Trophy? How should Swindon be approaching the competition in 2024/25? And is it worth it to clubs to take it seriously?
02.09.24Matchday
The Moonraker reported on Saturday that Swindon's recruitment team had only been able to get several deals done in the final fortnight before deadline because the playing budget had seen a considerable increase, in proportion to where it previously stood.
02.09.24News
SWINDON TOWN v NOTTS COUNTY: The Moonraker understands the playing budget received a considerable bump (in proportion to where it previously sat) during late-August, which facilitated permanent moves for Gavin Kilkenny, George Cox and Danny Butterworth; deals which otherwise would surely have fallen outside of the club's spending power.
31.08.24Matchday
There have been links between Swindon and a possible move for the left-back since June, but a deal was resurrected late in the window after the Robins' playing budget received a timely bump in the final few days before deadline.
30.08.24News
Johnson has not featured for Town during the short reign of Mark Kennedy, and The Moonraker reported on Thursday (August 29) that the club were happy to see him depart as part of his development.
Regardless of which of Bycroft and Barden becomes Swindon's regular number one, the fact both are in the squad will allow Town to move Redman Evans out on loan.
The Moonraker reported Swindon's interest in the attacking midfielder last week, but the Robins have been keen on him for quite some time. In fact, an initial move for the 24-year-old fell through several weeks ago.
Khan will move to Prenton Park for the remainder of the campaign, after which he will become a free agent. It is expected that the Gambian has played his final match for Swindon.
Kilkenny joins on a two-year contract in perhaps Swindon's most intriguing business of the window to date. The 24-year-old, typically more of a sitting midfielder than an advanced eight, has previously shown plenty of promise at Championship level.
29.08.24News
The Moonraker understands Town’s majority shareholder is back in the country, having flown in from Australia, and has been at the club on Wednesday (August 28).
28.08.24News
At full fitness and on top form, Tshimanga offers bundles of potential. However, thus far at EFL level – because of various factors – that potential remains unfulfilled.
27.08.24Features
