10 years ago: A first half goal from Shaun Taylor was enough to give Town a 1-0 win at Swansea City. It was the visitors' third victory in a row and consolidated their place at the top of the table. 20 years ago: Town were without a fixture on this
CHRIS Hay struck five minutes into stoppage time to rescue a point for Town at Valley Parade in January 1998. It ended a depressing run of results for Steve McMahon's men and sparked hope of a revival. Hay's goal, his first for two months, came towards
The electric-paced start from Taxi Paddy and never-say-die attitude of Paul Foster's explosive Dark Hondo saw another double come in for Kennel Man but an unlucky first bend for Steve Rayner's Monifieth Flyer saw an end to the completion of a treble two
WORLD CHAMPION Phil Taylor and a host of the top players from the Professional Darts Corporation will be in Swindon this weekend. The Power, who claimed his 13th world individual championship title at the beginning of the year, heads the class field
RICKY Shakes is not about to let his World Cup dream slip from his grasp although refuses to accept he is all but guaranteed a summer seat on the plane bound for Germany. The 21-year-old has spoken of his tremendous pride at being called into the Trinidad
RHYS Evans knows another quality display between the sticks will go some way to shutting up his tiresome teammates. Ever since the 24-year-old was voted PFA Fans Player of the Month for January, the stick' has flowed thick and fast. He joked: "I've
BRADFORD University alumni Iffy Onuora is on the hunt for victory honours as he returns today to the city that provided him with a valuable double' education, writes JON RITSON. His four years as a young scholar not only culminated in an economics degree
JAMIE Cureton is not a fan of cliff-hanger' endings and the striker is anxious to ensure a happy conclusion to the campaign as speedily as possible. Quite simply, the 30-year-old does not want to drag the survival drama out to the bitter end. He said
THE national indoor finals begin in earnest this weekend, and Westlecot will have an interest in three of the competitions. The men's age group, mixed as well as father and son competitions, will be concluded in the next week at Northampton IBC. David
SWINDON golfer Domenic Anello has driven himself into office as the new club captain at Wrag Barn. Anello, 43, served as vice-captain last year under Bryan Rose. He has been playing at the 16-year-old Sevenhampton club for 10 years, has a handicap of
Punters will have to keep their powder dry this week as they face a bumper weekend of action with top-class racing at no less than four venues. There will be wall-to-wall quality on offer on Saturday, not only at Lingfield, which features the Grade One
Racing Demon, ante post favourite for Cheltenham's Arkle Chase, is set for a prep race at Exeter tomorrow in the South West Racing Club's Novices Chase. Henrietta Knight's six-year-old has been denied an outing in recent weeks for one reason and another
Wincanton racecourse has been voted the South West's best small racecourse by the Racegoers Club for an impressive 15th time in 16 years. Competition for the annual award was strong and the win is a well-deserved accolade for the course after £1.5m was
Police say there has been a rise in knife crime in Swindon and a national amnesty announced this week will help. Gareth Bethell reports. SWINDON police have welcomed a knife amnesty, saying that the number of crimes involving blades in the town is
PARAMEDICS in Swindon are being trained to use a lifesaving drug for heart attack patients. Around 60 per cent of paramedics in the town are trained to give the clot-busting thrombolytic drug. Nationally, only 54 per cent of paramedics have received
I HAVE endured a tirade of abuse from my Tory counterparts over the last few months. Up until now I chose not to engage with them in this ridiculous campaign to rubbish my name as a councillor and instead have continued to focus my efforts into ensuring
MRS A Lubin (SA Feb 7) is probably correct when she says that most folk prefer their own country and that those seeking asylum have been forced to flee. What she fails to explain is why people who are supposed to be persecuted or in fear of their lives
WITH regard to your latest attempt to help Swindon Town, could I please point out that maybe it is a little early to be asking people to say "Yes to the County Ground redevelopment." Would it not be wise to wait and see where the cricket and athletics
JOHN P Hunter, in the Advertiser, shows his ignorance of the Animal Rights movement. If he ever bothered to attend one of our rallies or marches he would see that we are a disparate group of people, men, women and children, bound only by our love of
PERHAPS your readers can enlighten this very confused person. Over the last two weeks I have read and listened to a very upset group of people demonstrating and threatening all non-believers over some cartoons shown in a foreign newspaper. As I
I HAVE supported Swindon since 1968 and there will only ever be one side for me. I travel to as many home games as my work commitments allow, mostly with my son Alex, who has also supported Swindon for 17 years. He was at the home games against Swansea
A LAMBRINI drinker has been warned he could face prison after breaking into a carpet shop and stealing a camera. Swindon magistrates heard that Paul Randall, of High Street, Wootton Bassett, had drunk two bottles of the sweet sparkling Italian wine
