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With less than a week left of the January window remaining, what business can Swindon be expected to do? What are the limitations on the recruitment team? And how is it all likely to be play out?
28.01.26Features
Part of this is about how Town fans have been conditioned over recent years. We are the Eeyores of League Two. Present us with a winning lottery ticket, and we’d question its authenticity.
27.01.26Opinion
Borland has swelling in his knee, and will not be risked against the Magpies. He is likely to be replaced in the Swindon Town side by Ollie Clarke, who is eligible after suspension.
26.01.26News
ANALYSIS: In his media interviews post-match on Saturday, Ian Holloway started to question his players’ mentality for the first time this season, in intimating that they might be “bottlers”. Are they?
25.01.26Matchday
ANALYSIS: If Town are going to be effective with Palmer up front, they need to give him the best possible chance of scoring. If there are limited outlets available to create those chances, Holloway must surely be thinking about shifting the team dynamic.
23.01.26Features
The FA applied a deadline of Thursday (January 22) for Swindon to submit their defence against the charge. The Moonraker understands the club lodged their evidence at the start of this week.
23.01.26News
There remains room in the budget for further additions, with some wage commitments cleared by the departure of Ryan Delaney, and Finley Munroe’s return to Aston Villa and subsequent sale to Middlesbrough.
22.01.26News
Manager Ian Holloway reported that the centre-back struggled through training at Beversbrook on Thursday (January 22). With that in mind, his participation in the top-of-the-table clash at the weekend is still in doubt.
ANALYSIS: It was hard to escape the sense of frustration and disappointment at the end of the match. From financial, morale and sporting points of view, this loss hits hard.
21.01.26Matchday
Bodin has been intermittently involved in training since Boxing Day but has been unable to shake a niggling problem with a hamstring, which has caused him discomfort during sessions.
19.01.26News
Look closely at the context of this game, and what is at stake, and its profile increases by several orders of magnitude. The age-old football cliché insists that every game is the biggest game. This one actually is.
19.01.26Matchday
The Moonraker examines the cases of Aaron Drinan and Ollie Clarke, assesses the key points of debate, and asks: "what happens next?"
16.01.26News
That a player of the clout and popularity of Finley Munroe can leave without the season immediately being plunged into peril is a very different aura for Swindon Town.
15.01.26Opinion
Holman, 21, arrives on one-and-a-half-year contract. He was in Wiltshire on Wednesday (January 14) to finalise the terms of the deal.
14.01.26News
EXCLUSIVE: There was interest from the National League, but Delaney was keen to continue to test himself in the EFL. He leaves after playing 29 times for the Robins, scoring once.
EXCLUSIVE: While a deal is yet to be formalised, there is confidence that it could be done imminently. The Moonraker first reported Swindon’s interest in Holman earlier this month.
A run-of-the-mill EFL Trophy knockout game between Luton Town and Swindon Town may just have created the sort of pub quiz question that will delight eggheads and football curio fanatics for years to come.
13.01.26News
SCOUTING REPORT: Middlemas has signed a two-and-a-half-year contract at the County Ground after leaving boyhood club Sunderland. But how does he fit into Ian Holloway’s plans? What does he offer to the Swindon team? And why did he choose Town?
13.01.26Features
From a sporting perspective, the reward for the Town players is obvious – the chance to share a pitch with Erling Haaland and the rest. From a financial perspective, the reward is just as significant.
12.01.26News
Munroe trained as normal with Ian Holloway and the Town squad at Beversbrook on Monday afternoon, but was seen deep in conversation on the phone after the session. His recall was confirmed on Monday evening.
EXCLUSIVE: The Moonraker reported last week that a trio of teams had showed an interest in signing the Irishman. Now it can be confirmed that a deal has been put to Delaney from a club in Swindon’s division.
Munroe’s loan agreement includes a recall/return window that expires in the middle of January. At this stage, it appears increasingly likely Villa will activate the option, in order to facilitate a sale.
Ian Holloway has once again invested in a Premier League academy product with no first-team experience, as he did with Joe Snowdon and Filozofe Mabete in the summer.
The German will need at least four months to get back to full fitness, meaning his season is run. It is a desperate shame for Glatzel, who had been an important player to the Robins over the course of the first half of the season.
08.01.26News
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