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The A to Z of Swindon Town's 2025 - Part 2: New appointments, the return of the Stratton Bank and the P word
The Moonraker reflects on the past 12 months with part two of our end-of-year A to Z, with special mention for former players, YouTube, architects, banned...
18.12.25Features
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The A to Z of Swindon Town's 2025 - Part 1: AC Horsens, Bovril, CCJs and Drinaldo
The Moonraker reflects on the past 12 months with part one of our end-of-year A to Z, with special mention for Aaron Drinan, the Advisory Board, Filozofe...
17.12.25Features
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The curious case of Filozofe Mabete: Stats say Swindon win more points with defender, so why have minutes been limited?
What has happened? Why is Ian Holloway not involving Mabete, despite evidence that might suggest he is worthy of a run in the side? And what does it teach us...
06.12.25Features
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I asked Chat GPT to become Swindon Town coach for the festive fixtures: Ian Holloway's job is not under threat just yet!
Prompted to provide a detailed overview of how Swindon should address the festive period, focusing on systems, personnel, formation and strategy, our...
28.11.25Features
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All systems go: Understanding how Ian Holloway is trying to set his Swindon Town team up for a promotion push
ANALYSIS: In recent weeks, the fan debate topics of choice have been Town’s midfield two, whether three would prove more effective, players playing ‘out of...
27.11.25Features
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Swindon Town have been middle of the League Two form table for 10 games... how do they rediscover their best?
ANALYSIS: There’s a strong argument that the Bromley game on September 27 was the last time the Robins produced a performance of stature. Since then, there...
26.11.25Features
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"Don't worry, I've lost more money before": Swindon Town chairman Clem Morfuni on directors, debt and detractors
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: The Moonraker quizzes Morfuni on the appointment of two new board members, interested buyers, shareholding, the rumour mill, building with...
13.11.25Features
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One year of Ollie: How Ian Holloway has moulded Swindon Town in his own image... and that of his 'happy pig'
SPECIAL REPORT: October 28 marks the first anniversary of Holloway's first day in the job. The Moonraker details how he has helped turn a fumbling team into promotion challengers, influenced ownership, and made a significant impact right across the club.
29.10.25Features
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Understanding Aaron Drinan: How Swindon Town's hotshot striker rose to the challenge at the County Ground
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Drinan is in the middle of the deepest of purple patches, a veritable plum pudding of goalscoring goodness: seven in his last six games,...
09.10.25Features
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Stack 'em, rack 'em and roll: How many Swindon Town forwards is too many Swindon Town forwards?
Having done more stacking and racking than the average Amazon warehouse worker this summer, Swindon’s abundance of options up front would ordinarily appear...
15.08.25Features
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No Harry Smith against Cambridge United? How can Swindon Town adapt to make an impact?
The striker is expected not to be fit enough to start the game against Cambridge United. So how does this team adapt? The Moonraker takes a look.
07.08.25Features
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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
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.
01.08.25Features
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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 Town and integral to the striker's...
31.07.25Features
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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 at the County Ground? The Moonraker...
29.07.25Features
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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 man: a player with more than 400 career...
28.07.25Features
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Most of Swindon Town's incoming transfer business is done... so who could be heading in the other direction?
As manager Ian Holloway continues to bulk out his first-team squad, so further exits are likely. The Moonraker takes a look at where movement might happen.
09.07.25Features
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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...
07.07.25Features
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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
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...
02.07.25Features
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What to expect of Joe Snowdon, from someone who's actually seen Swindon Town's new signing play... a lot
Tom Hill has provided the commentary for Leeds United’s in-house coverage of their under-21s and under-18s for the past seven seasons, and is well equipped...
11.06.25Features
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After 15 keepers in six years, securing Connor Ripley provides Swindon Town with invaluable continuity at the back
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...
10.06.25Features
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From the fringes to the fore: How Paul Glatzel won over Ian Holloway and banked another two years at Swindon Town
Between January 4 and March 22, he managed a meagre 110 minutes, all off the bench. In the five weeks from April 1, he started five times – as many as the...
31.05.25Features
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Remembering Andy King a decade on: Cigars, signature signings and that night at the Withdean
I remember seeing a half-dozen brown stubs strewn beneath King's seat; I remember the exaggerated body language every time one of his players misplaced a pass;...
27.05.25Features
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Ian Holloway wanted to sign Tom Nichols from the moment he became Swindon Town manager... this is why
ANALYSIS: Holloway is less inclined to act on numeric data. Instead, he trusts his own ‘data’ – opinion, instinct and analysis formed from more than four...
24.05.25Features
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Darren Oldaker is a quarterback midfielder like Gavin Kilkenny... it'll be intriguing to see how the pair work together
SCOUTING REPORT: What qualities does Oldaker bring to the Town squad? How might he fit into Ian Holloway’s systems? And what does his arrival suggest about...
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