A year on from a dark day in Colchester, there is much to lift the winter gloom... so why does it not feel that way?
03.12.25, 11:00 Updated 29.12.25, 11:49 5 Minute Read
Sam Morshead
Just a year ago, the world was collapsing in on Swindon Town.
Can it really have only been 12 months? On the field, at least, the difference between the Town of December 3, 2024 and the Town of December 3, 2025 is ridiculous. Ironman levels of stark.
A year ago tonight, Ian Holloway took his inherited squad to Colchester United on a freezing Tuesday evening and watched in horror as his players proceeded to deliver a display of rank ineptitude.
Four-down at half-time, the Robins were bottom of the EFL come the close and staring non-league in the face.
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