REVIEW: The book, like the man, finds it hard to sit still. It bounces between thoughts on a whim. It takes inspiration from a broad spectrum of muses – from...
09.05.25Opinion
This forum was a far cry from the chaos of January 2024, or the confusion of September 2023. But it underlined a fundamental split in how different sets of...
02.05.25Opinion
It has become difficult for some supporters to believe that a club with this track record will make the right appointments, and set the right standards, for a...
16.04.25Opinion
Holloway’s resurrection job has given Swindon the longest possible pre-season for 2025/26. They will have nearly five months to prepare, yet it is hard to...
27.03.25Opinion
Ian Holloway's contract, the backroom stucture, the future of a dozen players, redevelopment plans... Swindon have a chance to get ahead of the game for...
19.03.25Opinion
Club, manager and fans are all ready to take the relationship further, and yet there is seemingly stasis. Why? What is getting in the way? And how long can...
12.03.25Opinion
Trust between a section of Town supporters and the current ownership continues to be undermined by missed deadlines and public perception. It's got to the...
19.02.25Opinion
What is all the fuss about? What background is essential to know when discussing this subject? What are the major concerns? And how will this all play out?
18.02.25Opinion
Fans who want to protest have a right to do so: the club and the police have accepted as much. Fans who do not want to protest are entitled to their views....
11.02.25Opinion
Enjoyment has been rarer than a Frenchman’s steak. Optimism has proven elusive. Dawns have too often been false, promises have too often been broken. And so...
31.12.24Opinion
On this weekend of all weekends, it is not particularly surprising that when reading the headline ‘red warning of risk to life in the south west’ my mind...
06.12.24Opinion
Should Morecambe better Town’s result, when they visit Tranmere Rovers, Swindon will be left to prop up everyone else. Season’s greetings, all. Here’s a...
02.12.24Opinion
It is not fun anymore. When football is no longer fun, and if supporters cannot identify with what is put in front of them, everything falls apart. Make no...
23.11.24Opinion
Football fans respond to calls for togetherness when they can identify with the cause. Right now, very few identify with the notion that Swindon can somehow...
11.11.24Opinion
The average for seventh place over the past 10 full seasons is 73. To get there, Swindon would need 61 from a possible 96, or 1.91 per game. Extrapolate that...
31.10.24Opinion
Most fans only care about two things: entertainment and results. The Swindon Town of Mark Kennedy delivered too little of either, far too irregularly.
25.10.24Opinion
Over the course of the past 12 seasons, Town and Colchester have gracelessly tripped over the first hurdle on nine occasions each. In all rounds in that time,...
15.10.24Opinion
This inherent split between the public statements from those inside the club, and the expectations of the fanbase, is fast becoming a terminal chasm.
07.10.24Opinion
The level of anger being directed towards the volunteers who run the organisation has gone beyond any reasonable level of acceptability.
04.10.24Opinion
Unlike some senior figures at Swindon in the recent past, Kennedy does appear to be willing to debate points of view. But what he is trying to say simply...
30.09.24Opinion
Since the 1993/94 Premier League term, the longest period of time – in days – that Swindon fans have had to wait for a competitive victory in any given...
09.09.24Opinion
He regularly, nay routinely fields a blunderbuss barrel’s worth of criticism, much of it well placed, some of it a little more conspiratorial. He does not...
06.09.24Opinion
It’s not a comfortable conversation, let’s get that right. And it provides little joy to anyone, but it is a conversation we really ought to have. So here...
20.08.24Opinion
Regardless of how knackered the stadium is – and, boy, is it knackered – it is still very difficult to shake the feeling of friendly familiarity on a warm...
16.08.24Opinion
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