The Swindon Town Sentinel
Match19 Aug 2028
Nobody wins at Swindon Town
16 home matches unbeaten. Visiting sides arrive already talking about the atmosphere, which is usually the sign that they have half-lost before kickoff.
Market21 Aug 2028
Swindon Town turn down Accrington Stanley for Filozofe Mabete
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market21 Aug 2028
Joe Snowdon puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Swindon Town, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market21 Aug 2028
Raheem Edwards has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Swindon Town they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Boardroom21 Aug 2028
Swindon Town go back to the board over Chinonso Chibueze
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $652.4K — a club that wants Chinonso Chibueze enough to be asked twice.
Transfer targets21 Aug 2028
Swindon Town bid $400.0K for Chinonso Chibueze
The offer went to Bromley this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Tempers go at Swindon Town
Steve Seddon was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Boardroom21 Aug 2028
5 academy graduates step up at Swindon Town
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Mark Harris falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
In brief
- Transfer targets Door shut on Dillon Phillips
- Match Swindon Town come up short against Bristol Rovers
- Market Swindon Town promote Christopher Murphy from within