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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
Ball withdrew from the game at Harrogate Town, having come on as a second-half substitute, with a knee issue. Wilson-Brown hobbled out of the weekend win over Oldham Athletic with what is suspected to be a hamstring injury.
09.02.26News
Morfuni Jnr, who is in his mid-20s, is a recent graduate from Macquarie University in Sydney, and joins his dad; chief executive Anthony Hall; and local businessman Ben Gristwood on the club board.
Town have not held an in-person fans’ forum since May 1 last year. The Moonraker understands there is a plan to invite supporters to a Legends Lounge event in April.
EXCLUSIVE: However, The Moonraker understands that, while the move was sanctioned by the FA and the National League, Tabor’s move back to Bath was not approved by the EFL.
06.02.26News
EXCLUSIVE: Swindon Town announced Tabor would be returning to Bath for the remainder of the season last week. However, The Moonraker understands that switch is no longer going to take place
The EFL put Luton into the quarter-finals, despite the Hatters having not earned the right to participate. That has irked Holloway, who believes that the fairest option would have been for Plymouth to progress.
Tafazolli travelled to Harrogate but was not included in the matchday squad, while Wilson-Brown complained of illness during the previous weekend’s win over Barrow and sat out the fixture.
SAM MORSHEAD: Examined with an objective eye, was this not always going to be the outcome? No? You disagree with me? Give me the opportunity to explain.
04.02.26Opinion
A disciplinary panel made a ruling on the case on Wednesday (February 4), reinstating Luton in the competition and slapping Swindon with a £40,000 fine, half of which is suspended.
04.02.26News
Club sources have told The Moonraker that Plymouth Argyle will visit in the EFL Trophy on Tuesday (February 10), if the club remain in the competition. If not, Newport County are due to visit for a televised League Two encounter on Wednesday (February 11).
The on-loan defender has been pictured in Bristol City training recently, sparking some concerns among Swindon supporters that he may have been recalled by the Championship club.
03.02.26News
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
Hoilett's contract at Hibernian was due to expire at the end of the season. The Scottish club is understood to have agreed to rip that up in order to allow him to move to Wiltshire.
02.02.26News
EXCLUSIVE: The Robins have been scrambling to fill the void left by Munroe’s return to Aston Villa and subsequent sale to Middlesbrough earlier this month.
Holloway has been keen to bolster his team’s left side in January, following the departure of Finley Munroe. And that has led him to a young United winger, who is set to join the Robins on a temporary deal until the end of the season.
Olakigbe joined Town on loan from Brentford earlier in the January transfer window, but was the subject of a substantial offer from a team in Brazil within days of arriving in Wiltshire.
Robins manager Ian Holloway confirmed the interest in his star striker from Swindon’s League Two rivals during a press conference at the County Ground on Monday (February 2).
EXCLUSIVE: Thompson is understood to be taking his time to establish the next steps in his career, but Swindon are not in contact over a switch and a move back to Wiltshire is highly unlikely.
30.01.26News
The club have been fined £1,000 and warned as to their future conduct in this area. Clarke, meanwhile, has been given an additional one-match ban for failing to abide by the terms of his suspension.
The Aston Villa loanee will have to make do with watching the clash with Barrow from the stands, with Tom Nichols set for a return to the starting lineup.
The forward spent a short period out on loan at Bath City during the first half of the season, and he is expected to return to the Romans this month for a longer spell in non-league.
With less than a week left of the January window remaining, what business can Swindon be expected to do? What are the limitations on the recruitment team? And how is it all likely to be play out?
28.01.26Features
Part of this is about how Town fans have been conditioned over recent years. We are the Eeyores of League Two. Present us with a winning lottery ticket, and we’d question its authenticity.
27.01.26Opinion
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