Point against Notts County is a useful reminder of how fragile hope can be in the depths of the EFL
21.10.25, 12:30 Updated 29.12.25, 13:12 6 Minute Read
Sam Morshead
Were you there? Did you hear it?
For 10 or so second-half minutes, just after Alassana Jatta had restored Notts County’s lead and before Aaron Drinan nudged home Swindon Town’s equaliser, a familiar feeling began to spread across the County Ground.
You know the feeling: silent irritation. Frowns and scowls, and stage whispers of discontent. The sort of reception you might give the guy who cuts in front of you in the coffee queue. Or almost any politician.
It was the soundtrack to large parts of Swindon’s slow on-field decline between October 2023 and December 2024 – eventually giving way to much louder dissent. But, in 2025, it has largely been banished from these parts.
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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.