I shed no tears for Crawley Town

The glory of the FA Cup. The plucky underdog knocking out the pampered big boys. Sutton United, Yeovil Town and Hereford United. Roy Essandoh, Jim Montgomery and 'Smith must score.'  I love all of this.

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Transfer sagas exist in the lower reaches

Oxford United striker James Constable appears to be a man in demand, with Swindon Town fighting to gain his signature.

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Jewell survives again to make bids for Swindon duo

Slowly attracting the name of “the cat” in football managerial circles, not because he’s quick and agile (far from it in fact), but because Ipswich manager Paul Jewell is seemingly the man of many lives as he survives in the hot-seat at Portman Road.

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Memory Lane: Swindon Town FC away... uhh!

So… it’s the time of year when we play 27 games between now and January and moan when the manager changes the team, replacing players in form with iffy reserves, and then wonders why we couldn’t beat Pointless United at home in front of a bumper crowd of men glad to be there, and not “enjoying the sales” with the girlfriend/wife, or both…

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Swindon cruise to the third round

A brilliant solo effort from Matt Ritchie was enough for Swindon to progress to the third round of the F.A Cup.

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Diary of a Sky Sports Soccer Saturday Reporter

As I prepared to cover Rochdale United's FA Cup first round away tie for Sky Sports, it dawned on me the extent to the decline of their opponents Bradford City.

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Diary of a Sky Sports Soccer Saturday Reporter

I have to say, Leon Clarke’s hat-trick for Chesterfield against Carlisle did make me smile. My joy for Clarke had nothing to do with any personal feelings towards the on-loan striker, it was more a case of how it went down with his parent club Swindon Town.

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League One 2011/12 Season Preview

After Wednesday were relegated, Sheffield United couldn’t bare another season without the Steel City Derby, so got themselves relegated.

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Will they Return???

Many ex-players move into management positions, they head back to clubs where they are legends, some succeed but the majority fail and end up damaging their reputations.

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Di Canio: Triumph or Tragedy

Despite his legendary status amongst fans, it should be with some trepidation that Swindon fans must greet this experiment. It will more than likely end in either glorious triumph or an unceremonious tragedy.

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Bleak in the West Country

If things were looking bleak in the West Country a couple of weeks ago, then it’s safe to say they’re looking pretty dyer now

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