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'Academy needs Swindon people to drive community and culture': Sean Wood reflects on decision to leave after 18 years

INTERVIEW: Wood spent weeks agonising over the decision to swap what he knows for what he doesn’t, ultimately opting to accept a job offer just down the M4 in Reading.

07.07.25, 12:30 9 Min Read

by Sam MorsheadEditor

Sean Wood had expected to be a one-club man.

Having started with Swindon Town as a part-time under-eights coach nearly two decades ago, he rose through ranks to eventually lead the club’s next generation to their best FA Youth Cup run this century.

A Swindon fan, and a Swindon man – he grew up in Liden and now lives in the north of the town – he was sentimentally, geographically and historically attached to a club he cares about more than (nearly) anything else in the world.

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