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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
Holloway explained during his pre-match press conference on Thursday that he believes psychological support can help players overcome some of the difficulties they are experiencing.
08.10.26News
Holman is expected to be unavailable until the new year and was not included in Swindon's formally submitted squad list, which was sent to the EFL at the end of the summer transfer window and can be updated again in January. However, he appears to be making good progress towards a full recovery.
The situation has eased considerably over the course of the past seven days, and manager Ian Holloway will at least have some decisions to make over who features in his starting XI and the overall matchday 18.
Holloway will reach his second anniversary in charge later this month, though the matches that come prior to that date, fixtures against Crewe Alexandra, Walsall and Barnet in League Two, will almost certainly have a significant bearing on his reign.
06.10.26News
The Trust have not always been publicly confrontational with Morfuni during his tenure, despite there being strenuous attempts to hold him to account behind the scenes. In this statement, however, there is a noticeable shift in tone.
ANALYSIS: We are reaching the point of no return. Yet look at the series of results causing the uproar, and it is not a sequence that, at most other clubs in most other seasons, would cause supporters to call for their manager's head.
05.10.26Matchday
The winger had been due to start Saturday’s 1-0 defeat, but instead began on the bench before replacing Aaron Drinan late in the game after complaining of pain in his knee.
04.10.26News
ANALYSIS: Holloway's remark could, at least in part, be attributed to the fact he was occasionally reading from a Pirates of the Caribbean notebook during the interview. But the sentiment behind his answer was rooted in a very real feeling about the situation at the club.
03.10.26Opinion
The Robins manager addressed his position during Thursday's pre-match press conference, following a difficult period for a side which has struggled to build momentum during the opening weeks of the season.
01.10.26News
Amid a season which has become defined by the number of casualties at the County Ground, the situation has taken yet another turn this week, with confirmation that Ben Middlemas faces between two and five months out of action.
EXCLUSIVE: The Moonraker understands an issue was identified relating to the cartilage in the knee in question, and the midfielder requires specific treatment to aid his recovery.
30.09.26News
COMMENT: Whether it is the dynamics between the fans and the manager, fans and other fans, the ownership and just about everybody, or now the manager and the local paper, it is hard to avoid the lingering sense of mutual disrespect which has swallowed this club up whole.
29.09.26Opinion
ANALYSIS: This is cumulative. Every week is cumulative. Every misplaced pass. Every fluffed chance. Every time the team goes behind. It's all adding up, and it must now be an incredibly difficult environment in which to operate.
28.09.26Matchday
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
After consecutive 3-1 home victories over Port Vale and Colchester United, Swindon have scored just once in their last four matches in all competitions, drawing a blank against York City, Salford City and Newport County.
25.09.26News
Ian Holloway believes the negativity generated during that collapse has followed Swindon into the new campaign and is now being placed on the shoulders of players who were not responsible for creating it.
24.09.26News
While the forward did not suffer a dislocation and there is no bone break, he sustained ligament damage and has not featured for the Robins since. Unfortunately for the teenager, the issue has not cleared up in time for him to link up with the Kenyan national side.
There is still no firm expectation of when he will be able to resume full training, let alone be involved on matchdays for the Robins. Manager Ian Holloway said that the lengthy absence continues to impact Smith psychologically as well as physically.
The midfielder did not feature either at Salford City last weekend or in the EFL Trophy loss at home against Newport County on Tuesday, and on Thursday, manager Ian Holloway confirmed that the player requires specialist assessment to determine the full extent of the damage.
ANALYSIS: Unfortunately, put consecutively, the results and elements of the performances have compounded the sense of despondency around the County Ground. A sense of despondency which never truly dissipated after the limp tail end of last season.
23.09.26Matchday
Inwood has received a call-up to the squad for the upcoming international window, meaning Ian Holloway will be without the defender during a period in which Town's options at the back are already stretched.
21.09.26News
At 16 years and 15 days, Hoare will take the youngest Town starter record from Abu Kanu, who was 16 years and 77 days old when he started for Town against Crystal Palace Under-21s in the EFL Trophy on August 30, 2022.
Swindon Town had initially hoped his absence would be brief, but further analysis of the problem has shown that the 34-year-old has bone bruising on the toe in question.
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