The Swindon Town Sentinel
Match3 Oct 2026
At last: Swindon Town win one
7 matches without a win, and then this, against Walsall. Relief is a strange noise in a football ground and it was the only noise at the end.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Ryan Tafazolli signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Ryan Tafazolli and Swindon Town agree another 1 years.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Sam Curtis in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Swindon Town this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The terraces5 Oct 2026
The crowd has taken to Jaylan Pearman
At 20 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Market5 Oct 2026
Anthony Harvey steps up from the Swindon Town academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Anthony Harvey has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market5 Oct 2026
One of our own: Andrew King joins the Swindon Town first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Andrew King is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market5 Oct 2026
Swindon Town promote Christopher Collins from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Christopher Collins 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.
Market5 Oct 2026
Swindon Town promote Charles Cunningham from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Charles Cunningham 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.
Match3 Oct 2026
Aaron Drinan the difference as Swindon Town beat Walsall
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Aaron Drinan. 1‑0 against Walsall, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
In brief
- Player ratings Junior Hoilett was unplayable
- Player ratings Aaron Drinan takes the honours
- Squad James Ball falls out with a teammate over standards