DAN THE FAN: Missed penalty not even half the Storey

I’m confident that every Town fan will agree it was excusing viewing.

When the Bee’s scored their third goal, the tie seemed dead and buried, but thankfully Town didn’t feel sorry for themselves, and continued pressing for that goal.

When Aden Flint powered his header over the line in the 95 minute, it felt like having 1,800 people being told they had won the lottery.

Being kissed and hugged by total strangers had never seemed so apt!

After enduring 30 nervous minutes, the game went to penalties, and with Brentford bottling it in 90 minutes, we were hoping for more of the same.

Unfortunately it ended with no Wembley trip in 2013.

Miles Storey has been a top player for Town over his short time at the County Ground, and it’s important this doesn’t keep him down.

His day of glory will come one day - hopefully with Town.

Its always hard looking back over a season but this one, even on a Swindon Town scale, its been crazy.

The first signs of trouble surfaced last October when the club got slapped with a transfer embargo, and a week later, chairman Jeremy Wray left the club.

After a month, the embargo was lifted, but the new Chairman Sir William Patey told the fans there would be no money available for transfers.

Then came the beginning of the end of Paolo Di Canio’s time at the club.

On January 17th, Owner Andrew Black announced his intention to sell and pull out of the club altogether.

Its very hard to criticise Black after what he has done for Swindon Town.

He ploughed millions into the club over his five years, which financed our return to League One under a demanding manager.

On February 1st, Di Canio admitted he’s “considering his future”.

In response to this, a campaign headed up by the Swindon Advertiser is started to try and persuade Di Canio to stay at Town.

But just a month later, Di Canio resigned as manager, citing the sale of Matt Ritchie behind his back and broken promises as his reasons.

By late February, we had a new consortium in control, saving the club from administration and a possible point deduction.

New Chairman Jed McCrory appoints Kevin McDonald as manager, after a shaky start, Town finish inside the playoffs.

Overall, this season has been one of the most eventful I’ve ever experienced at Town, but the most important fact is that we still have a team to support.

Nearly every month you hear about another football club announcing their difficulties to stay in business.

Thankfully we don’t have that issue to deal with at Town.

That’s not to say there are not problems still to tackle, one of them being offloading the majority of our well-paid squad, who were given contracts under a very different regime.

But I’m already looking forward to the 2013-14 season, full of hope and anticipation of what the future holds at Swindon Town.

Follow me on Twitter @danjohnson_stfc.

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