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First six weeks tell us freescoring Swindon Town are a legitimate promotion threat in League Two

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...

15.09.25, 06:30 Updated 25.10.25, 00:30 6 Minute Read

Sam Morshead

Sam Morshead

Ask any manager or head coach in professional football what they can learn about the first six weeks of a new season, and they’ll quickly the move the conversation on.

It’s a sensible course of action. Act too bullish, and you’re encouraging hubris. Act too negatively, and you take away from the sense of optimism around your club.

But with nearly a fifth of the league campaign done, there are blatant trends starting to show, which should give an insight into the direction of travel over the coming months.

And, from a Swindon Town perspective, those trends are very encouraging indeed.

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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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