The Swindon Town Sentinel
Squad17 Sep 2035
Mark Pearson signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Mark Pearson commits to Swindon Town for another 4 years.
Market17 Sep 2035
Swindon Town and Alagie Wally are talking past each other
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
Player ratings17 Sep 2035
The afternoon belonged to Aimar Govea
A mark of 7.39, and nobody in the ground would argue with it. He was involved in everything that mattered and most of what did not.
Squad17 Sep 2035
A row about effort at Swindon Town
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Andreas Katsantonis was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout17 Sep 2035
The manager makes an example of Paul Bell
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
The dugout17 Sep 2035
The view from the dugout
“We did not lose. Some weeks that is all you get, and I would rather have the point than not.” Interim Coach chose the glass-half-full version of 0‑0; the supporters left with the other one.
Player ratings17 Sep 2035
Joe Snowdon runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 13. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Match15 Sep 2035
Point won or two lost for Swindon Town?
Ninety minutes, no goals, and the argument started before the car park emptied: a point gained, or two thrown away against Milton Keynes Dons? Both sides of it will still be going on Thursday.
The dugout17 Sep 2035
Jack Griffin left out for tactical reasons at Swindon Town
The shape wanted a different profile against this opponent, which is a real football answer and no comfort at all to the man it is about. He did nothing wrong and he did not play.
In brief
- Squad A first senior shirt for Mark Pearson
- Market Swindon Town put Val Bogolin up for sale
- Market The Joe Snowdon question follows Swindon Town around