In the first part of a new series focused on the unsung men and women at the heart of Swindon Town FC, The Moonraker talks to Caroline, the driving force behind the Junior Reds room and the club's disability liaison officer.
13.11.24Features
Football fans respond to calls for togetherness when they can identify with the cause. Right now, very few identify with the notion that Swindon can somehow conjure up a promotion challenge.
11.11.24Opinion
Holloway believes Swindon – and modern footballers in general – do not talk enough, on and off the field. And he thinks several of the goals Town have conceded, under his stewardship and prior to his arrival, were results of communications failures.
08.11.24News
Over the years, Ian Holloway’s fondness for stamina and endurance tests have become the stuff of legend: intense running exercises designed both to enhance fitness and give the manager an insight into a player’s motivation and drive.
07.11.24Features
Ryan Delaney emerged from his midweek outing in the EFL Trophy and, while Rosaire Longelo suffered a bout of cramp in that game, he too should be fit for the weekend.
07.11.24News
In total this season, Town have had their noses in front for 308 minutes. Just 16 per cent of all the gametime played. Chasing a game takes its toll, both physically and mentally.
06.11.24Matchday
SWINDON TOWN v TOTTENHAM U21s: After nearly three years without a victory in a knockout tournament, Town have suddenly discovered a hot streak. Well, a warm-ish streak. The sort of streak us Brits might like to refer to as a “heatwave” to make us all feel better.
04.11.24Matchday
Specific restrictions limit the scope of rotation available to Holloway, but a number of youth-team players took part in training at Beversbrook on Monday afternoon, and several are set to get a chance on Tuesday night.
04.11.24News
Yes, it was only the cup. Yes, it was only Colchester. Yes, it was not exactly a dominant performance. But there were three key positives which everyone associated with the club can take into the relegation battle that is to follow.
03.11.24Matchday
However, on Friday (November 1), The Sun said that the FA would look into the circumstances that led to Ian Holloway ending up at Town.
01.11.24News
TACTICS: Payne is the Colchester quarterback, pulling the strings in front of the backline. If Swindon can snuff out his creative threat, they will have gone a long way towards a successful afternoon.
01.11.24Matchday
Town secured their place in round two with a 3-1 victory over Newport County at the Nigel Eady County Ground on Tuesday (October 29).
SWINDON TOWN vs COLCHESTER UNITED: Holloway will get the chance to do the job he says he’s been craving, returning to an EFL dugout for the first time in nearly four years. It is an absence which he has felt hard, and – he says – his wife Kim has felt even harder.
The average for seventh place over the past 10 full seasons is 73. To get there, Swindon would need 61 from a possible 96, or 1.91 per game. Extrapolate that over the course of a full campaign, and you get 88. Over the past 10 full seasons, 88 points would have won the title on five occasions.
31.10.24Opinion
Holloway’s movements became a sideshow of their own during a first half in which Gillingham took the lead, as he tried to find a vantage point that both gave him a good view of the action and allowed him to be in close enough proximity to the Swindon bench.
31.10.24News
INTERVIEW: In his first season in Wiltshire, Hay went on a freescoring romp that propelled Swindon Town to the top of the second tier. A return to the Premier League seemed possible, because of his goals. And then the world turned upside down.
31.10.24Features
The day after the amended Football Governance Bill was raised by the government, The Moonraker sat down with Alexander to discuss the delicate future of football's finances, community engagement, County Ground redevelopment and rooting out rotten owners.
30.10.24Features
After reaching the last eight for the first time since 2007 last season, Swindon's next generation begin their cup campaign at the County Ground on Tuesday night.
28.10.24Matchday
It was, particularly in the half-hour or so before the break, a pantomime of the absurd. Town’s manager-in-waiting straddled low-level walls, jumped between a dozen vantage points, and eagerly chatted with whomever in the crowd was lucky enough to have been – for a few moments at least – alongside him on his makeshift bench.
26.10.24Matchday
In the 4,020 days since he left Crystal Palace, in October 2013, Holloway has been in full-time management for 1,330. That is not in itself an inherent problem, but speaks to a manager who will need to quickly adapt to the rigours of his work.
25.10.24Features
Discussions with Holloway advanced quickly over the past 24 hours, after the decision was made to part company with Mark Kennedy with Town sitting 22nd in League Two.
25.10.24News
Most fans only care about two things: entertainment and results. The Swindon Town of Mark Kennedy delivered too little of either, far too irregularly.
25.10.24Opinion
Kennedy was sacked on Friday (October 25), with Town sitting 22nd in League Two, having managed just two league victories - and three in all competitions - during his brief time in Wiltshire.
The circumstances at Swindon have gone well beyond worry, sailed past acute concern, and piled straight into pure panic. Among the supporters, at least.
22.10.24Matchday
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