The Swindon Town Sentinel
Squad23 Aug 2027
105 days out for William Avognan after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Swindon Town will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Player ratings23 Aug 2027
Leon Chiwome, 21, plays like he has been here for years — 7.76
A mark of 7.76 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 21-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.
The dugout23 Aug 2027
Junior Hoilett frozen out at Swindon Town
This is not rotation. Junior Hoilett has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Swindon Town is pretending otherwise.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Tempers go at Swindon Town
Leon Chiwome 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.
Player ratings23 Aug 2027
Nobody could get near Tudor Mendel-Idowu
Successful dribbles: 21. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Boardroom23 Aug 2027
7 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.
Transfer targets23 Aug 2027
Leeds United tell Swindon Town: Sebastiaan Bornauw is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
The terraces23 Aug 2027
One of their own: Tudor Mendel-Idowu
He is 22 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
Market23 Aug 2027
Swindon Town promote Nathan Walker from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Nathan Walker has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Market One of our own: James Robinson joins the Swindon Town first team
- Market Swindon Town promote Alexander Atkinson from within
- Market Timothy Murray steps up from the Swindon Town academy