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ANALYSIS: After weeks of watching Swindon Town struggle to score goals, let alone win matches, there was something rather refreshing about seeing the Robins arrive at The Hive with a clear idea of how to hurt their opponents, and then actually do it.
22.10.26Features
ANALYSIS: Ian Holloway has laid bare the limits of his current attacking options. But what can Swindon Town do when opponents focus on Aaron Drinan? Do they have the personnel to make changes, and how quickly can they make them if they are to turn their disappointing season around?
15.10.26Features
ANALYSIS: Swindon have scored only twice since the 3-1 victory over Colchester in September. It is a deeply disturbing trend, which ties into several factors: a reduction in clear-cut chances, Aaron Drinan’s return to more normal levels of efficiency, general confidence and a manager under immense scrutiny.
14.10.26Features
SPECIAL REPORT: Of the first 102 matches in the League Two campaign, just 14 have been won by the visiting side. at exactly the same stage of the 2023/24 season, away teams had won 29. A year later, the figure was 28. Last season, travelling teams had won 36.
08.10.26Features
ANALYSIS: This is not a team peppering opposition goals with shots and failing to take its chances. Swindon aren't shooting enough in the first place.
25.09.26Features
The Moonraker looks at four theories which might explain why the Robins have been carrying such a lengthy casualty list for such a long period of time.
17.09.26Features
SCOUTING REPORT: Not much is known about Thomson south of the border, given he has played his entire career in his native country. The Moonraker finds out more about Swindon’s latest arrival…
28.08.26Features
What is the New Wave Championship? How does it differ to previous development competitions Town have been involved in? And how does it tie in with Ian Holloway’s vision for the club? The Moonraker explores…
26.08.26Features
ANALYSIS: How has Mabete developed such a positive reputation within the fanbase, been a part of Swindon’s most successful teams during his short period with the Robins, and yet found himself so far down the pecking order he has been sent to the top of a Gloucestershire hill to reassess?
07.08.26Features
What business is left to be done, what areas of the pitch are the management team most focused on reinforcing, what external influences might be affecting the market, and will there be bids for Town’s best players? The Moonraker takes a look…
21.07.26Features
SCOUTING REPORT: What is the 20-year-old all about? What does he bring to the Robins? Where will he play? And where are there questions to be answered? The Moonraker finds out…
03.07.26Features
ANALYSIS: Oldaker was a victim of his own body language. His naturally languid style, and habit of delaying the pass, can give off the impression of laziness. Some fans could not see beyond it, and this was compounded when he began making mistakes.
22.06.26Features
SCOUTING REPORT: Swindon Town have made their first foray into the summer transfer window, with the signing of free agent Mitch Clark following his release by Port Vale. So what can Town fans expect from the latest County Ground arrival?
17.06.26Features
What are the key areas that need addressing? How might Swindon address them? And how might the squad look by the time the 2026/27 campaign gets going in August?
20.05.26Features
Ahead of the outcomes of the management's conversations being made public, The Moonraker looks at the situation in each part of the pitch, the factors going into the decision-making, and how it might all pan out...
07.05.26Features
The Moonraker charts the tale of the money raised at short notice by Clem Morfuni nearly four years ago to pay back a £2.8m debt, and the contradictions and questions that have littered the way.
Today, Drinan is at the heart of the lower-league conversation, routinely named in transfer gossip, his goalscoring exploits well detailed across social media. And now, the League Two player of the season.
20.04.26Features
As is to be expected, Holman’s progress at Swindon has been met in some quarters with questions over whether he should be getting more gametime. For some, the equation is simple: more of Holman, more chance of Holman doing Holman things.
09.04.26Features
After starting four games in two weeks across late January and early February, Kirkman has only managed 123 minutes of football since. During that period, fitness has not been the issue.
02.04.26Features
The catalogue of competitive matches includes games in the EFL, Premier League, non-League, the wartime leagues, FA Cup, EFL Cup, EFL Trophy, wartime cups, the Charity Shield (once, in 1911), the Anglo-Italian Cup, and non-League cups.
13.03.26Features
Swindon have only conceded four league goals this season with Mabete on the pitch. That accounts for a 9.76 per cent share of the total number the Robins have conceded in League Two this term (41). Mabete has been on the pitch for 29.43 per cent of the matches.
05.03.26Features
Today, he is at the heart of the lower-league conversation, routinely named in transfer gossip, his goalscoring exploits detailed across social media. For this softly spoken Irishman, it has been a remarkable rise. And, just 370 short days ago, scarcely conceivable.
13.02.26Features
Queries have been flying in to the Official Supporters’ Club and Trust STFC all day, with the Trust reporting they have passed 80 onto the club. Here's The Moonraker's contribution...
10.02.26Features
SPECIAL REPORT: The manufactured job-swap entertainment that is football’s transfer windows always creates an unnecessary sense of urgency and dread, but this one has been particularly hectic at the County Ground.
03.02.26Features
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