⚽️ David Wallis' upcoming book SWINDON TOWN'S JOURNEY TO THE PREMIER LEAGUE is available for pre-order - you can get 25% off if you order from Waterstones by midnight tonight!
www.waterstones.com/book/swindon...
Some good news... the untested webpage functionality works. #STFC
Dec 1889: STFC Reserves are forced to replay their Wiltshire Cup tie against Swindon Victoria, after fielding several unregistered players
Not a single instance for the men's senior team... history being made? 😬
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Nov 1894: Swindon Town Athletic (the club's amateur reserve team) offer to replay their Wiltshire Cup tie against Corsham, after a protest at the Town fielding first team players
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Nov 1895: STFC Reserves are forced to replay a Wiltshire Cup tie, after Chippenham protested at the height of the crossbars... the replay is then awarded to Chippenham after STFC are accused of fielding an ineligible player, but the decision is then overturned!
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Jan 1897: STFC Reserves field an ineligible player in the Wiltshire Cup against Midland and South West Junction Railway, and have to replay the tie
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Oct 1897: STFC Reserves are disqualified from the Wiltshire Cup, after refusing to play extra time against Chippenham
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Jan 1909: STFC Reserves' Wilts Cup tie is replayed after Salisbury protested that goalscorer Frank Heppinstall was not eligible to play, having not lived in Swindon for six months prior to the fixture
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Sep 1956: STFC Reserves are ordered to replay two matches in the Wiltshire Premier League, after fielding two ineligible players (Dave Gibson and Bill Biddle) against both Devizes and Chippenham United
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Jan 2015: STFC Women are deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player - a decision that would cost them the title and promotion, as they finish one point behind champions Forest Green Rovers
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🧵 Let's have a look back at previous #STFC competition expulsion/ineligible player related shenanigans... a thread...
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These Gillingham defenders like a New Year cuddle
A lot of talk about #STFC calendar year stats, so have added them as permanent pages to the site - see the full list on Stat Attack here: townenders.com/stat_selecto...
Should also be noted that STFC Women also had one of their greatest calendar years in history!
Perfect hat-trick from Drinaldo today... right-footed penalty, header from the corner, left-footed lob from distance... Impressive!
#STFC
fixed at last... a more obscure bug you are not likely to see... thank you!
It sure looks like a bug, but I can't work out what's causing it, infuriating!! 😵💫
That wasn't very Scotlandy, Scotland!
Did that commentator seriously just say that we scrambled a point from that?!
With thanks to @dannycole1981.bsky.social for locating old newspapers, we have unearthed the missing first two seasons of #STFC Women's results - now just a handful of sporadic results to track down!
I don't have the first couple of seasons of results, but according to my records, @SwindonTownWFC are on a record equalling run of 11 consecutive victories in all competitions. #STFC #STWFC
townenders.com/stat_match_c...
Normal service resumed on TownEnders.com after a couple of weeks away... this doesn't look too bad, does it? #STFC
Jamie Knight-Lebel has already worn an #STFC shirt - he was one of six Bristol City players that swapped sides in the bizarre 120 minute friendly match a couple of years ago that "Swindon" lost 7-1.
townenders.com/match.php?ma...
Swindon Town 1968-69 Football League Cup Winners print, going out in the post tomorrow! 📬⚽
This print was a request and an example of how niche a squad I can take requests for (providing the stats are available!)
Thanks to the great @townenders.com who helped to identify the best formation 🤝
cc: @talkingwoso.bsky.social @hergametooswindon.bsky.social
... and with that, I've added ELO scoring and projections for all women's divisions that will be updated throughout the season. ELO projections have also been improved with ranges of expected points displayed.
COYR!
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I've added over 41,000 results to the database, to create what I believe is the most comprehensive & curated database of women's football in a single place on the internet, right down to tier 6 for many seasons. You can see results grids & league tables from any date...
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Thanks as always to @dannycole1981.bsky.social, we now have opposition manager details on the site - see each team's manager/head coach for every game, and all their records against STFC.
I always try to add a couple of new features to the site over the summer... slightly belatedly this year, a short thread of recent additions to TownEnders.com ...
#STFC
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Do they do seats? #STFC
Excellent stuff, thank you!
