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Dan The Fan »
Dan the Fan: A sorry season's last rites
Posted on 7:00am Friday 6th May 2011
When looking back over the history of Swindon Town I’m certain people will just glaze over this season like it didn’t happen and hopefully it’ll be sandwiched between two successful seasons at the club.
Wellbeing At Work »
Swindon Public Sector Forum workshop to support managers
Posted on 9:56am Wednesday 4th May 2011
For the public sector - working together has its benefits.
Life In The Past Lane »
Royal Wedding Watching
Posted on 10:32am Sunday 1st May 2011
I’ve become quite an old hand at TV Royal Wedding watching, having just notched up my seventh with Will and Kate’s on Friday.
Dan The Fan »
Anger and dejection after the inevitable
Posted on 7:00am Friday 29th April 2011
Eleven months on from winning a penalty shootout that gave Town a chance to play in the Championship we now face next season in League Two after relegation was confirmed on Monday.
Redneck Girl »
Thoughts from the Edge
Posted on 11:30am Sunday 24th April 2011
It’s one of those days where my thoughts and words baffle me! As I sit in front of my laptop and try and work on my novel, my dog Holly (a Siberian Husky with an attitude) disrupts my train of thought. She is asleep and snoring so loud that I think that my parents can hear her in Illinois. I don’t have a short attention span except when I have been drinking (ooh pretty flowers)...what was I saying? Oh yeah, my attention span and my writing. I get these great thoughts and ideas only to be forgotten when she snores. I am starting to get the impression she has Adenoid problems. Maybe I will get her some of those nose strips...naw I don’t think that they make them big enough for her big old nose besides don’t think that they would stay on with the wet nose and all.
Redneck Girl »
Wide Awake Again!
Posted on 2:58am Saturday 23rd April 2011
Well here I am experiencing another night of insomnia! I was exhausted when I went to bed and now I am still exhausted and wide awake. As I decided it would be a good idea to come downstairs and look in the dictionary as to what insomnia is and the possible causes as I was not going to be able to go back to sleep anytime soon.
Redneck Girl »
“I’m Bored!”
Posted on 11:47am Friday 22nd April 2011
Please let school start back already...I am begging and I don’t believe that I am the only parent! I can’t take much more of the words “I’m bored” from my teenage son anymore! I cannot say the words “Enough” again! The tone of my voice is starting to sound satanistic and I can feel my head beginning to spin (I am thinking like the movie The Exorcist).
Dan The Fan »
Dan the Fan: Words that are coming back to haunt us
Posted on 7:00am Friday 22nd April 2011
Last June, our chairman Andrew Fitton said: “I think it (League One) will be slightly easier and I’m less concerned than I was last year, if I’m honest.”
Redneck Girl »
Weeks of Life
Posted on 3:07am Thursday 21st April 2011
For the past couple of weeks I have not been in the right mind to blog. I apologise firstly to anyone who reads them and to myself for not having the strength to push through and get on with my life.
Dan The Fan »
Can history repeat itself with another miracle?
Posted on 7:00am Friday 15th April 2011
This Saturday 5th placed MK Dons visit the County Ground is another must win game for the club, after last Saturday’s moral boosting win the players must believe that the biggest great escape in Towns history is still a possibility.
Life In The Past Lane »
Edith New
Posted on 3:22pm Wednesday 13th April 2011
Sunday’s edition of the Antiques Roadshow saw a return visit to Swindon where the programme was filmed at STEAM last summer. Among the guests was the great niece of Swindon born suffragette Edith New who showed Hilary Kay a selection of her suffragette memorabilia.
Dan The Fan »
Trollope fitting the bill for us long term
Posted on 7:00am Friday 8th April 2011
Exactly one year ago today Swindon Town were 2nd in League One, had just beaten Leeds Utd 3-0 at Elland Road and were looking like promotion contenders, in typical Swindon Town style its all gone horribly wrong.
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