Swindon Town face Bristol Rovers in the EFL Trophy Image: Matt Edwards
Matchday

The Preview: Welcome to the game almost nobody will want to play, and almost nobody will want to watch

Swindon, lumbering around the foot of League Two, would have much preferred a week spent working towards the crucial trip to Cheltenham. Supporters are already absconding from the County Ground in their thousands. So how do Town treat this most irrelevant of matches?

08.10.24, 11:17 7 Min Read

by Sam MorsheadEditor

Generally, there is not a good time in the calendar for an EFL Trophy fixture. This week, however, is a particularly bad moment for Swindon Town to squeeze in a game in the country’s least respected competition.

Bristol Rovers are in town for a match which almost nobody wants to watch, and in which almost nobody will want to play.

Swindon, lumbering around the foot of League Two, would have much preferred a week spent working towards the crucial trip to Cheltenham Town this weekend.

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