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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
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
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
Over the course of the past 12 seasons, Town and Colchester have gracelessly tripped over the first hurdle on nine occasions each. In all rounds in that time, they have lost to non-League opposition nine times between them.
15.10.24Opinion
This inherent split between the public statements from those inside the club, and the expectations of the fanbase, is fast becoming a terminal chasm.
07.10.24Opinion
The level of anger being directed towards the volunteers who run the organisation has gone beyond any reasonable level of acceptability.
04.10.24Opinion
Unlike some senior figures at Swindon in the recent past, Kennedy does appear to be willing to debate points of view. But what he is trying to say simply isn’t landing with the people he most needs to hear it right now: the fans.
30.09.24Opinion
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
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
It’s not a comfortable conversation, let’s get that right. And it provides little joy to anyone, but it is a conversation we really ought to have. So here goes…
20.08.24Opinion
Regardless of how knackered the stadium is – and, boy, is it knackered – it is still very difficult to shake the feeling of friendly familiarity on a warm August afternoon, after a summer of Saturdays.
16.08.24Opinion
If you love football, the first day of the new season offers so much: hope, fear, belief, doubt, confidence, anxiety and, perhaps most of all, relief. For Swindon fans, the notions of hope, belief and confidence are becoming increasingly alien.
08.08.24Opinion
Today, we're launching a new outlet for the Swindon Town fan community - an outlet not tied to the traditional overheads, commercial pressures, and centralised editorial obligations of larger publishers. It's time to change the game.
01.08.24Opinion
The figures involved in renaming the ground in his honour must be applauded for putting aside any frictions or difficulties to get this done. There is only one better way to make this recognition more impactful: make it permanent.
29.07.24Opinion
Fans are brought closer to players by personality, character and humility, none of which can be bought through PayPal. Fans are brought closer to players by players actually getting closer to fans: not withdrawing behind barriers.
15.07.24Opinion
There will not be a defender in the fourth tier who relishes the prospect of an afternoon in the striker's armpit. Still, football is about goals. And with the signing of Smith, are Swindon ticking that box?
05.07.24Opinion
As the Swindon Town of today are left to deal with the fallout, the only man responsible for the club’s decisions at the time is allowed to continue his wander into the sunset.
04.07.24Opinion
Some of the numbers quoted in the commercial prospectus currently being circulated among local businesses in Swindon – and downloadable from the club’s official website – appear to be works of pure fiction.
08.05.24Opinion
Is the documentary worth a watch for a National League neutral?
31.08.22Opinion
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