A solution for Chelsea

There is no doubt that you have to be a certain kind of manager to be able to coach a team like Chelsea.

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Paolo Di Canio to make his Premier League return? (video)

Paolo Di Canio this week made a fiery departure from his post as manager of League One side Swindon Town sparking rumour that the Italian is in line for a return to the Premier League as boss of his beloved West Ham United.

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January sales: Swindon Town for sale

Ever dreamt of owning your own club? Ever thought about making the decisions and take a Football League outfit to the summit of the Champions League whilst you smoke a fat cigar in the director's box? Well now is your chance, sort of.

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Paolo putting his money where his mouth is

Paolo di Canio, Swindon Town’s eccentric Italian manager, has recently spoken to the BBC about many issues in what appears to be a new column of his. 

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The East End Pele (Video)

These days Paolo di Canio is a little more subdued as manager of Swindon Town. By his standards anyway.

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Great players don't always make great managers

If Alan Shearer is the answer then what is the question?

Certainly not “who would be the ideal candidate to take control of a struggling Championship club who have taken only 7 points this season”?

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Is this the end for Swindon's Golden spell?

This could be a dark time to be a Swindon fan as there appears to be more trouble on the horizon.

Jeremy Wray has been replaced as the clubs Chairman with immediate effect following a specific request from the clubs majority shareholder Andrew Black. 

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Embargo set to halt the Town.

Something was bound to go wrong wasn't it? It was all going to well for Paulo and his band of merry men. 

Swindon Town have been hit with a transfer embargo due to overspending on wages and fees. 

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The thrill of the derby

This past weekend saw a number of derby's across the Leagues : Arsenal vs Chelsea, Villa vs West Brom, QPR vs West Ham and the battle of Brian Clough, Notts Forest vs Derby County. 

So what is it about the derby that pulls us in? The history? The bragging rights? The pride that you get when you stroll around your workplace knowing that your team defeated theirs? 

It's all of these things and more and that's why we love them.

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Paulo's Town go marching on (Video)

Paulo Di Canio is working his magic at The County Ground again after his side got back on track for back to back promotions with the devastating defeat of AFC Bournemouth. 

The Robins have stumbled of late after their heroics vs Stoke in the Capital One Cup, however they looked to have put that well and truely to bed with this demolition of the Cherries.

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Di Canio, keep it quiet (Video)

You hear it all the time, ‘Football needs characters like him’, and granted Paulo Di Canio falls into that category, and as a country have taken to our hearts, but sometimes he should keep his mouth shut!

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Di Canio blocks his own route to the top (Video)

It should be of no surprise that Swindon Town's hot-headed manager Paolo Di Canio has been in the headlines this week, the Italian courting controversy and talking-point like no other in the usually humdrum world of League One.

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Di Canio goalkeeper rant. Priceless (video)

The Italian certainly has his own style. As a player at West Ham and Lazio, he was eccentric to say the least. From pushing referees over, to his act of sportsmanship against Everton when their ’keeper lay injured, he is certainly unpredictable, which we have seen mirrored in his early management career.

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John Still going to show value of loyalty

In news that may have gone unnoticed, the 61 year old John Still celebrated eight years in charge of Dagenham and Redbridge of League Two on Wednesday, a stint that has seen Still take the club from the humble surroundings of Conference mid-table obscurity, achieving an 11^th and 10^th placed finish before gaining promotion to the Football League in Still’s third year of stewardship

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The regretful reality of John Bostock’s fairy-tale

Does anybody remember John Bostock? If not, then it is likely the memory of anybody taking note of the Football league’s emergency loan deadline day this Thursday would be jogged by the winger’s re-emergence as a last-ditch Swindon loan signing.

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