Tuesday’s trip to Wycombe Wanderers is about as desirable as a particularly acute attack of IBS right now, as Town balance a fixture overload with the not insignificant task of keeping their EFL status.
10.12.24Matchday
The youngster, signed from Welsh outfit New Saints in the summer, had been due to stay with National League South side Weston until January.
09.12.24News
Harry Smith’s perfectly imperfect hat-trick saw Swindon Town deliver a winning weekend for their fans as Holloway put faith in the kids and moved his team away from sideways football in their own half.
09.12.24Matchday
The midfielder may well have found himself rotated out of the side for the knockout EFL Trophy clash, given the weight of fixtures facing the Robins in December.
On this weekend of all weekends, it is not particularly surprising that when reading the headline ‘red warning of risk to life in the south west’ my mind did not go to the poor Somerset towns about to be besieged by winter winds.
06.12.24Opinion
Holloway has pledged to make considerable changes to his XI, and their style of play, for the weekend visit of Fleetwood. The Moonraker looks at how he may do just that...
06.12.24Features
Holloway was not begging, but there was a sense of urgency in his voice as he made a plea to Swindon Town supporters to rally behind their team in its darkest hour.
05.12.24News
Clarke was due to return to action on the grass at Beversbrook with the senior squad on Thursday (December 5). The club captain has had an interrupted start to life in Wiltshire after moving from Mansfield in the summer.
Swindon are now 24th out of 24, 92nd out of 92. Last. Worst. This is no longer a patch of bad form, nor is it a redeemable slide. It is a funeral march. A long, pathetic funeral march to a shallow EFL grave.
03.12.24Matchday
The supporters' group wrote to its members on Monday night (December 2) to confirm the results of a survey over the weekend, in which 60 per cent said they would back action calling for Morfuni to sell the club.
02.12.24News
Freckleton has not played a minute for Swindon Town since coming off the bench during the 2-1 FA Cup victory over Colchester United at the County Ground last month.
Should Morecambe better Town’s result, when they visit Tranmere Rovers, Swindon will be left to prop up everyone else. Season’s greetings, all. Here’s a mince pie and a Tuesday-night trip to Gateshead.
02.12.24Opinion
Holloway has been at the club for less than a month, but he has already made up his mind on two key areas where he feels his group of players are letting themselves down: communication and culpability.
29.11.24Features
SPECIAL REPORT: The Moonraker speaks to Morfuni and Town CEO Anthony Hall, analyses the events of the past week, and assesses whether or not there is a way out for all involved.
28.11.24Features
It is now 34 days until the January window opens. Town will need to be busy when it does. Holloway has specified his desire for the club to recruit “leaders”, but experienced players at full match fitness will not be easy to come by.
28.11.24News
Town will make the trip to Wycombe on Tuesday, December 10, two days prior to the date for the under-18s’ visit to Loftus Road for their third-round cup clash with QPR.
27.11.24News
As Town continue to stare down the prospect of relegation from the EFL, and amid rising levels of fan discontent, Fitton believes he has the experience and acumen to stabilise and rebuild.
26.11.24News
'The Spirit of '69' has been launched by two former board members of Trust STFC, Dan Hunt and Terry Pierce, and the founder of the largest Swindon fan podcast, Rich Pullen.
A little more than 500 members took part in the ballot, which gave them the opportunity to pass or reject the proposal for the period between June 2024 and May 2025.
25.11.24News
The Moonraker understands Russell’s departure is on his own terms. The former academy manager was promoted to the role in the senior setup in 2023.
Fourteen minutes gone, and the task in front of Swindon had mutated from a scalable pile of mud into Scafell Pike. The County Ground retreated back into its silent anger. This was self-flagellation. Very public, very predictable self-flagellation.
25.11.24Matchday
It is not fun anymore. When football is no longer fun, and if supporters cannot identify with what is put in front of them, everything falls apart. Make no mistake, everything is on the edge of falling apart.
23.11.24Opinion
The Swindon Town midfielder joined the club from Aston Villa in the summer, and has made five appearances for the Robins, all from the bench.
22.11.24News
TACTICS: Holloway spent Thursday morning inside the sports hall at Beversbrook: not hiding from apparitions but walking his players through a shape exercise. He feels he is starting to get an idea of where his team’s defensive structure is falling apart.
22.11.24Matchday
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