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Impact subs, hustle and harry, and the lesser spotted 2-3-2-3: What to expect from Swindon Town in 2025/26

01.08.259 Min ReadSam Morshead

The new season is finally here. The Moonraker breaks down Swindon Town selection, strategy, squad depth and the team’s targets ahead of 2025/26.

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Cambridge United head coach confirms pursuit of Harry Smith is over after two bids rejected by Swindon Town

The Moonraker reported last week that Cambridge had cooled their interest in Smith, having seen two bids for the striker...

31.07.25Sam Morshead

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Dylan Mitchell to spend at least a month with Weston-super-Mare after finding route to first-team midfield blocked

Mitchell was signed on a two-year contract from Aston Villa last summer, but has only enjoyed sporadic opportunities to ...

31.07.25Sam Morshead

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Jake it til you make it: The inside story of Jake Tabor's journey from non-league to Swindon Town

The Moonraker charts Tabor's rise through the levels, with insight from Stuart Atkins - his former manager at Amersham T...

31.07.25Sam Morshead

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Keeping Harry Smith is critical to Project Holloway... and will give a good gauge of the Morfuni regime

18.07.256 Min ReadSam Morshead

Smith may be 30 years old, and may only have one year remaining on his current deal, but his value to the Robins is vastly more than the sum of his contractual parts.

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Conversations ongoing over move for former Swindon Town loanee Joe Westley, but agreement yet to to be struck

EXCLUSIVE: Swindon are keen on bringing backup to Harry Smith into the squad. Westley has the strength and finishing abi...

31.07.25Sam Morshead

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Scott Sinclair's exit from Swindon Town training setup confirmed as Harrison Minturn waits it out for right loan move

As reported by The Moonraker last week, Swindon opted against pursuing a deal for the 36-year-old, despite Holloway’s pe...

29.07.25Sam Morshead

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Swindon Town remain in the market for at least one more addition with just over a month to go of summer window

Tom Wilson-Brown became the Robins’ 10th acquisition of the current transfer window, when he agreed a season-long loan f...

29.07.25Sam Morshead

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What business is still to be done? As the new season approaches, where are Swindon Town looking to recruit and offload?

Even after the campaign has started, there will remain more than four weeks of a transfer window. So what can we expect ...

29.07.25Sam Morshead

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Nnamdi Ofoborh set for swift County Ground return after finding a new League Two home

Ofoborh has put pen to paper on a one-year contract with the newly promoted north London side. The length of the deal ha...

28.07.25Sam Morshead

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4,916 days later: Inside the story of Billy Bodin's return to Swindon Town

INTERVIEW: At 33, Bodin is hardly into bus-pass territory, but he returns to Swindon a vastly different footballer, and ...

28.07.25Sam Morshead
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Harrison Minturn to spend time on loan away from Swindon Town after slipping down defensive pecking order

The route to the first team appears to be totally blocked for Minturn, who did not even travel to Eastleigh for the pre-...

27.07.25Sam Morshead

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Another one on the way as Swindon Town close in on loan signing of Championship defender
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Swindon Town season ticket sales move past 2024/25 total, one week out from start of new term

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Fluid football, two types of forward and gaps on the left: A tactical look at how Swindon Town are building for 2025/26

02.07.258 Min ReadSam Morshead

TACTICS: The Moonraker explores Town’s recruitment, the strategic direction of the team, the shapes and systems Holloway is set to use, and how it all bolts together.

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Swindon Town's hardball over Harry Smith leads main suitor to move onto other targets

Cambridge failed with a pair of offers for Smith last week, as they continue to look for a target man striker capable of...

24.07.25Sam Morshead

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To be or Scott to be? Would spending money on a headline signing like Sinclair make sense for Swindon Town?

Swindon have to be sensible. Where would Sinclair fit into the systems and squad put together in pretty regimental fashi...

22.07.25Sam Morshead

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Swindon Town stand firm against second Cambridge United bid for Harry Smith as Billy Bodin completes move

A £100,00 offer was rebuffed late last week by Town, whose manager Ian Holloway was adamant Smith would not be sold when...

21.07.25Sam Morshead

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Swindon Town to add significant EFL experience to frontline with signing of former Robin, 13 years after last appearance

EXCLUSIVE: Ian Holloway is set to land one of the players the Swindon recruitment team have been angling to bring back t...

19.07.25Sam Morshead

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After 15 keepers in six years, securing Connor Ripley provides Swindon Town with invaluable continuity at the back

10.06.258 Min ReadSam Morshead

Player churn in general has been extraordinarily high at Town during the 2020s, but the number one jersey in particular has been passed around like the village bicycle.

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Second Swindon Town defender set for transfer to Scotland as Ian Holloway fine-tunes squad for promotion tilt

EXCLUSIVE: Sonny Hart swapped the County Ground for Greenock Morton last week, and The Moonraker has learnt he is going ...

18.07.25Sam Morshead

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Swindon Town reject offer for Harry Smith from League Two rival as summer transfer window hots up

EXCLUSIVE: Smith has a year to run on his contract at the County Ground and is a key part of the Holloway project, as Sw...

17.07.25Sam Morshead

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Harry Smith set to return to Swindon Town squad for Chippenham friendly after sitting out trip to Reading

Smith’s name was absent from the teamsheet ahead of the fixture at the Royals’ training ground on Tuesday (July 15), spa...

16.07.25Sam Morshead

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Ex-Cardiff City wing-back among trialists for Swindon Town at Reading as three first-teamers sit game out

EXCLUSIVE: Scott Sinclair, who is training with Swindon this week as he looks to maintain fitness, is understood not to ...

15.07.25Sam Morshead