Anatomy of a fans' forum: Latest Legends Lounge event reiterates work required to bring Swindon Town community together

Previous iterations have brought slanging matches and ownership confusion, loose allegations and broken promises. So a trip to the Legends Lounge on Thursday came with an expectation to experience the unexpected.

On this occasion the main attraction was the manager, Ian Holloway, whose performance over an hour and 45 minutes was part after-dinner speech, part half-time hairdryer: a steady set of meanders between unexpected aggression and deadpan humour.

For the members of the local media in the room, it was a familiar sight. Particularly during the early weeks of his tenure, Holloway was tremendously passionate, bordering on aggressive, in his pre-match engagements with the press.