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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...

08.10.24, 12:17 Updated 05.06.25, 20:08 7 Minute Read

Sam Morshead

Sam Morshead

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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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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