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Season ticket prices can never be right for all, but clubs must find a way of taking supporters on the journey with them

28.03.259 Min ReadSam Morshead

As it happens, Swindon Town are not excessive for price. Their rates are largely in line with their peers and historic trends. So why has the reception to a creditable campaign been met with so much antipathy?

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Fair Game commentary on Swindon Town accounts for 2023/24 expected in early May

Fair Game generated a similar commentary to go alongside the 2022/23 numbers, in association with football finance advis...

01.04.25Sam Morshead

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Swindon Town make pro contract offer to Botan Ameen as interest in teenage forward intensifies

The Moonraker understands the club have now put an offer to Ameen, which would make him a long-term part of the County G...

31.03.25Sam Morshead

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Injury jinx remains in place at Swindon Town ahead of AFC Wimbledon clash as several key players sidelined

Captain Ollie Clarke has missed the last two games through injury, while Grant Hall is a long-term absentee. Ryan Delane...

31.03.25Sam Morshead

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Debt, doubt and distrust: Establishing clarity on Swindon Town's finances continues to be a challenge

20.03.258 Min ReadSam Morshead

As the most recent Advisory Board minutes throw up yet more questions, The Moonraker looks into the opaque world of County Ground accounts.

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Ian Holloway begins long-term Swindon Town project after signing three-year contract extension

Holloway put pen to paper on a three-year deal early on Friday morning (March 28), following a long-protracted process. ...

28.03.25Sam Morshead

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Lack of progress behind the scenes at Swindon Town risks undermining recovery job under Ian Holloway

Holloway’s resurrection job has given Swindon the longest possible pre-season for 2025/26. They will have nearly five mo...

27.03.25Sam Morshead

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Scouts from Premier League and Championship line up to run rule over Botan Ameen

Ameen has not yet signed a professional contract with Town, whom he joined as a 16-year-old following his release from Q...

24.03.25Sam Morshead

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Ian Holloway would take hit on playing budget to enhance pitch renovation, as proposal put to Swindon Town management

Head groundsman Matt Povey has presented a proposal to stitch the pitch. The catch? It comes with a £150,000 price tag. ...

24.03.25Sam Morshead

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From bottom of the EFL to manager of the month in 65 days: Inside Ian Holloway's cultural and tactical transformation

07.02.2514 Min ReadSam Morshead

SPECIAL REPORT: In less than 10 weeks, Holloway has restored a level of hope and expectation to a weary fanbase, delivering them entertaining football for the first time in more than a year. How has he done it?

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Swindon Town squad hit by further injuries as just 17 train ahead of visit of Accrington Stanley

Ryan Delaney and Joel McGregor missed sessions this week, increasing the number of players absent for various fitness-re...

21.03.25Sam Morshead

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"I'm totally and utterly convinced I will be here next year": Swindon Town manager wants to "move on" from speculation

As reported by The Moonraker earlier this week, Holloway and the club have agreed the terms of a new contract, and prepa...

21.03.25Sam Morshead
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Swindon Town have a chance to lay positive foundations for the summer but County Ground is swamped by sense of inertia

Ian Holloway's contract, the backroom stucture, the future of a dozen players, redevelopment plans... Swindon have a cha...

19.03.25Sam Morshead

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Billy Kirkman and Harrison Minturn take positive step towards comebacks... and we could still see them this season
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Swindon Town wait on results of Sean McGurk's thigh scan but time is running short for forward in Wiltshire

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Ollie Clarke and George Cox return to Swindon Town squad for visit of Cheltenham

Clarke has only had one full training session with the rest of the squad this week but is ready to take his place in the...

14.03.25Sam Morshead

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Advisory Board and Joint Venture set to finally get sight of initial County Ground redevelopment plans

Architects are due to talk the two groups through the proposals on Thursday (March 13), in the first step towards the wo...

12.03.25Sam Morshead

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Manager, club and fans all want Ian Holloway to stay at Swindon Town... so why is that new contract taking so long?

Club, manager and fans are all ready to take the relationship further, and yet there is seemingly stasis. Why? What is g...

12.03.25Sam Morshead

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Sean McGurk to return to Swindon Town after suffering untimely injury during loan spell at Yeovil

McGurk came off the bench during Yeovil's 1-0 defeat at Halifax on Saturday (March 8) but lasted just 13 minutes before ...

10.03.25Sam Morshead

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How the transfer window unfolded at Swindon Town: A look behind the County Ground curtain

06.02.2512 Min ReadSam Morshead

SPECIAL REPORT: Has manager Ian Holloway got what he wanted? How close did Swindon come to other targets? And can we consider the business of the past five weeks a success? The Moonraker takes a look.

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A tale of two seasons: Draw at Doncaster reinforces sense of 'what if' around Swindon Town in 2024/25

Since December 3, Swindon have taken 33 points from 18 matches, after returning just 13 from their first 18. In that tim...

10.03.25Sam Morshead

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Ian Holloway confirms appeal over "bamboozled" referee's red card during Swindon Town's win over Chesterfield

Swindon have until March 3 to respond to the charge. If upheld, Holloway faces a touchline ban. He is eligible to take h...

28.02.25Sam Morshead

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Ryan Delaney back in Swindon Town squad for Walsall trip but there's bad news for Grant Hall

Delaney has not featured since the draw with Port Vale on February 8. The experienced defender has been back in training...

28.02.25Sam Morshead

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Balancing the books, regaining the town's trust, and that plane crash: Mark Devlin's Swindon story

As has so often been the case since the turn of the millennium, Devlin-era Town was in a near constant state of crisis –...

26.02.25Sam Morshead

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We need to talk about the County Ground experience: What's going wrong? How did we get here? And who's going to fix it?

17.01.2515 Min ReadSam Morshead

SPECIAL REPORT: The Moonraker has spent the past week assessing the stadium's issues and why the look and feel of the ground has a considerable part to play in the relationship breakdown between fans and owner.