Welcome to the world's worst comedown: Swindon Town baffle with low-intensity, low-creativity display against Cheltenham
10.12.25, 07:30 Updated 29.12.25, 13:34 7 Minute Read
Sam Morshead
The Lord Mayor’s Show had packed up, the cleaning crews had swept through, the fields were returned to the sheep, and then Swindon Town turned up to play Cheltenham.
Three short days after a stunning victory over Bolton Wanderers, Swindon appeared to be an entirely different team as they slipped to home defeat against their relegation-threatened local rivals in a midweek misery-fest that sapped so much of the feel-good factor from the County Ground air.
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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.