The Swindon Town Sentinel
Squad21 Jun 2027
A fracture rules Darren Oldaker out for 103 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Swindon Town will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Transfer targets21 Jun 2027
Fee done, terms next for Adrian Akande
Swindon Town and Colchester United have settled on $1.4M. The rest belongs to the player and his agent, and a supporter who has watched one of these before knows not to buy the shirt yet.
Transfer targets21 Jun 2027
Harry Winks is a medical away from Swindon Town
The deal with Leicester City is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Market21 Jun 2027
Danny Butterworth asks to leave Swindon Town
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Transfer targets21 Jun 2027
No deal for Leon Chiwome at that price
Swindon Town offered $2.1M; Wolverhampton said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.
Squad21 Jun 2027
The step up is real for Jake Waters
At 21 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.
The terraces21 Jun 2027
$410.0K for Murray Campbell, and Swindon Town supporters approve
Boards get told what they have done wrong for years and hear nothing on the days they get it right. This is one of those days: Murray Campbell from Burnley for $410.0K, and a ticket office having a very good morning.
Squad21 Jun 2027
Jaylan Pearman 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.
Market21 Jun 2027
One of our own: Nicholas Wood joins the Swindon Town first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Nicholas Wood is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market Swindon Town promote Timothy Watson from within
- Market Swindon Town promote Benjamin Roberts from within
- Squad Paul Glatzel falls out with a teammate over standards