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Swindon lost to Crewe Alexandra

Fears of the Town: Crewe defeat shows how aware Swindon are of their own fallibility in League Two promotion push

ANALYSIS: Maybe it would be easier if mediocrity was the default setting. That way, there would never be a sense of ‘what if’. Perhaps those moments of excellence have inflated our expectations to unmanageable levels.

23.02.26, 14:28 Updated 23.02.26, 15:00 6 Minute Read

Sam Morshead

Sam Morshead

The atmosphere at the final whistle summed up the sentiment in the fanbase.

After all the rallying cries, Swindon Town lost their collective voice when it mattered most, succumbing to a Crewe Alexandra team that bided their time and took their chances on the most frustrating of frustrating afternoons at the County Ground.

It was a dull exhale that greeted the end of the game: seven-thousand sighs; seven-thousand slaps of the forehead; seven-thousand pairs of hands quickly flicking to their preferred sports news app to find all the hard work of Tuesday night had been quickly undone.

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Sam Morshead

Sam Morshead is the founder and editor of The Moonraker. He was previously the chief sports writer at the Swindon Advertiser, head of sport at Total Swindon, and has been a Swindon Town fan since 1994.

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