How does Ian Holloway balance his Swindon Town team for the game it could really do without?
10.12.24, 09:54 Updated 05.06.25, 20:06 8 Minute Read
Sam Morshead
We all know one, don’t we? Even if we don’t like to admit it. That family member you really don’t want at the wedding, or the big birthday party. Or Christmas lunch.
But ‘they’re family’, so the invite is sent. Their presence is tolerated; they’re afforded attention cursory enough not to take away from the rest of the event but not so meagre that they feel affronted.
This week, Swindon Town have to fit that odd uncle around their dinner table. Only he goes by the name EFL Trophy.
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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.