Luckily for both Drinan and Town, the game is played on grass not in databases. But the significant disparity between xG and reality does indicate a ruthlessness to Drinan’s play in 2025/26.
10.10.25News
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, helping Swindon Town to second in League Two.
09.10.25Features
Smith tore his ACL during the home defeat by Barnet at the County Ground in August. He is expected to spend as much as a year out of action.
08.10.25News
EXCLUSIVE: The Moonraker understands Holloway sees his long-term future at the County Ground, where he took the top job just under a year ago.
07.10.25News
Earmarked works for the current 12-month period – running from June 2025 to May 2026 – include floodlight tower inspections (the most expensive element at £37,400), and fire door replacement (£22,500).
06.10.25News
When Drinan's Achilles tendon stiffened ahead of kickoff in south Wales, the player, manager Ian Holloway and the medical team made the precationary decision to pull him from proceedings.
EXCLUSIVE: Les Caffery joined Swindon in 2021. He has worked under six managers and multiple technical directors, and with various sized budgets.
03.10.25News
The postponement means Town are now not due to have a home game until October 25, when Colchester United are set to visit.
Murphy is currently on loan at Town from Bristol City. His fellow loanee Jamie Knight-Lebel has missed out on an international selection in the October window, however.
02.10.25News
The case, specifically elements of the liquidators’ report, led to a conversation among supporters about the company, Clem Morfuni’s wider business empire, and how, where, if and why they relate to affairs at the County Ground.
01.10.25News
Representatives of the Trust and club are set to meet with senior council figures to discuss the options available to give the Joint Venture more time to compile a proposal that is proceedable.
29.09.25News
ANALYSIS: Say what you like about calling it too early. Say what you like about the nature of the opposition faced to date. Say what you like about the overall quality of this division in general. This squad means business.
29.09.25Matchday
SBC are believed to have two years to activate the clause. The JV could ask for a hard extension to the deadline, or try to find a more malleable solution.
26.09.25News
Holloway has recognised he will need a side that is both physical and vocal to give them the best chance of securing three points against Bromley this weekend.
Both Harry Smith and Harrison Minturn are set to be out of action for up to a year after suffering cruciate ligament tears in August.
At this stage, club and Trust appear to be playing the roles of warring parents; the AB is the uncomfortable marriage, and the dual notions of ‘fan representation’ and ‘transparency’ the pair’s poor, beleaguered children.
23.09.25Opinion
ANALYSIS: Trust in youth has its own inherent benefits – exuberance, energy and fearlessness among them – but it also bears its own challenges: of which game-management and risk assessment are primary.
22.09.25Matchday
Nichols missed the victory over Harrogate Town last week with a minor knock but is back in training and will travel to Greater Manchester with the rest of the squad on Friday (September 19).
18.09.25News
The last recorded instance took place in 1962, when a Robins side featuring the likes of John Trollope, Mike Summerbee, Ernie Hunt and Roger Smart went on the rampage.
ANALYSIS: Swindon's 17 goals - more than anyone else in the EFL - have been scored by 11 different players, and Town have registered more shots on target than the rest of League Two. They are scoring with 15 per cent of their total shots at goal: the best record in the fourth tier.
15.09.25Matchday
Delaney started the EFL Trophy game against Reading last week, his first appearance of the campaign. However, he was substituted at half-time after complaining of a sore knee.
12.09.25News
Tabor signed a two-year contract and made his debut in the season opener at Walsall. Since then, however, Tabor has been restricted to two substitute appearances in cup competitions.
Recently, both Minturn and Harry Smith - who suffered a similarly serious injury during a League Two game against Barnet - visited a specialist surgeon in London to ascertain the extent of the damage to their knees.
10.09.25News
Clem Morfuni owns 77 per cent of the shareholding, with the remainder split between Chris Kiely and Eddie Parladorio, albeit held by their respective partners.
09.09.25News
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