If you are dissatisfied with the response provided you can contact IPSO here. A 100% fan owned Community Club. This book is a tribute to over 1,200 players who have donned the Swindon Town shirt for a first team fixture since the club signed on its first professionals in the spring of 1895. On that November afternoon, Pitts men called upon the services of cockney Dick Barnett to keep goal. The approval is for Wass Homes to keep the shops on the ground floor as separate retail units but to construct two ground floor flats at the rear storage spaces, while converting the building's upper space into five flats per floor. The building features fake pillars, ornate fanlights and the legend WW Hunter spelled out in cream bricks against a red brick background. This site is part of Newsquest's audited local newspaper network. Are you sure you want to delete this comment? “Shops are dying no matter where you go.”, Jeremiah Trimble: “I guess it’s better that the building is put to some use, rather than no use at all, but I can’t imagine why anyone in their right mind would want to live just there.”. Wiltshire Health & Social Care Awards 2021. The club was established in 1880 and they affiliated to the Dorset County Football Association and are a Football Association (FA) Charter Standard Community Club. It is available now at £14.95 from our Shop. Tonerâs previous game as a referee that involved Pompey saw the Blues suffer a 4-0 defeat to Hull City in January and against Town, the curse continued. Get involved with the news in your community, This website and associated newspapers adhere to the Independent Press Standards Organisation's Editors' Code of Practice. “Wake up Swindon council, what we need is our heritage back and culture to draw people in to Swindon. In January 1895 they changed their minds ! He thought he might venture to say that he was the father of the Swindon Football Club. WELCOME... TO THE SITE THAT IS DEDICATED TO THE SWINDON TOWN OF OLD! We now have programmes for sale from 1969/70 through to 2015 - around 1,500 items ! If you have a complaint about the editorial content which relates to inaccuracy or intrusion, then please contact the editor here. We travel back 108 years to the summer of 1912 when the club went on an adventure to South America - where few British clubs had travelled before. The 56-year-old won eight of his 31 games in charge at the ⦠Swindon shoppers welcomed the return of non-essential shops this month with a spending spree. Another cites it as being in the 1895 close season, when the club switched its headquarters to the County Ground. In this book secretary-manager SAM ALLEN tells the story of their journey by ship to Buenos Aires and pens his thoughts on each of the eight games played - during which they remained undefeated. So Swindon Town was founded in 1879 as Swindon AFC, although they did not adopt the present title until 1883 - after Reverend Pitt had left the town. Data returned from the Piano 'meterActive/meterExpired' callback event. Joe Allenden: “I looked into this building, the rent was astronomical. Cookie notice. Shop with confidence - all payments taken are secure and encrypted. Because with the council in charge that’s what’s going to happen.”, Tom Patrick Donovan: “Just lower the rents for business...”, Lowrie Chellem: “They need to sort out the landlords of rancid multiple occupancy holes already clogging up the town centre, before allowing more substandard dwellings to pop up.”, Richard Burke: “Full circle, homes knocked down to make the shops and now the shops are being made into homes.”, Patrick Connolly: “I can’t understand why people think it’s the councils fault, it’s a private building being put back into use as much needed accommodation, it’s the future.”. HP10 9TY | 01676637 | Registered in England & Wales. This splendid team picture of the Swindon F C squad was believed to have been taken during the inaugural season of 1879-1880. Behind them are Tom Hancock - with the hat, acting as umpire, Charlie Few (just 15 years old !) But, according to the F.A. Newsquest Media Group Ltd, Loudwater Mill, Station Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. Developer Wass Homes will now be able to convert the upper floors of a late Victorian shop at 19E Regent Street and the building next door into a dozen flats. While the Football League declined to accept amateur clubs in its ranks, the Southern League did not - at least at first. We would also like to use cookies to monitor usage and improve user experience. But in 1881, Reverend Pitt was appointed rector of Liddington and, with no cars or public transport in those days, moved out of Swindon and very soon ceased his playing days with the football club. Merthyr Town FC is South Wales' Premier Non-League team. An online history of Swindon Town Football Club, with all match and player details back to 1879, and an extensive library of newspaper match reports and video clips. “The high street is dying. He returned to Swindon two months later and, after suffering a hip injury, retired at the end of the 1976â77 season and now runs a sports shop in Swindon ⦠The identity of the first professional to be engaged by the club has also been the subject of much conjecture. Unlike the players of today, at the turn of the 20th century, they had to supplement their wage by finding other work - many at the huge Great Western Railway factory complex. The tie was due to have been played on 2 February 1895, but it was postponed due to a heavy frost, which had left the pitch unplayable. Order your copy now from our Shop - the price of £5.95 includes postage and packing to UK addresses. The team spent two seasons in the National League South before relegation in 2018. It is available now at £14.95 from our Shop Price includes UK postage and packing. Former Chesterfield manager John Sheridan has resigned from his job at Swindon Town. However, the head of Tom White was clearly superimposed on the original image at a later date and further research by Alan Harding has revealed that this squad of players were not all with the club until the 1881/82 season !Match reports for the early years were very sporadic with the one for the first ever game on 29 November 1879 taking two weeks to appear in the Swindon Advertiser - and then listing only ten names for the new club ! Swindon Town will be playing their football in League Two next season. Poole Town Football Club is a football club based in Poole, Dorset, England.They currently compete in the Southern League Premier Division South. Wiltshire was still in the grip of rugby at that time and there seemed to be little interest in the round ball game. Other occupations ranged from a reverend to a road sweeper - and life after football was far removed from that enjoyed by their modern day counterparts. It is important that we continue to promote these adverts as our local businesses need as much support as possible during these challenging times. Having seen a significant pause in matchday programmes coming out of the County Ground in over a year now, there has never been a better time to take stock of what has gone before.The Collectors Guide to County Ground Programmes 1945 to 2020 lists all known post-War first team issues for Swindon Town that includes friendlies, postponed fixtures, testimonial and charity matches. Swindon-Town-FC⦠The club therefore adopted professionalism and began paying their players in February 1895, although a great number of amateurs were still signed on by the club in the pre-First War era. Covid was just another nail in the coffin. “Bring back the canal and our lost buildings back to life. They played the first game on a field not far away - opposite The Wharf - it being kindly lent by Mr Hooper Deacon, who was always a friend of sport.....', 'After giving some entertaining reminiscences of football matches in which he took part, the reverend gentleman mentioned that his removal from Swindon caused his severance with the club . Also included are full match reports, biographies of the players who took part - along with previously unpublished pictures and even their autographs ! Developer Wass Homes will now be able to convert the upper floors of a late Victorian shop at 19E Regent Street and the building next door into a dozen flats. Another two were killed by a tornado and a typhoon respectively - the first being the weather phenomenon, the other friendly fire from a bomber during the last War. There have been conflicting reports down the years as to exactly when Swindon Town turned professional. Town had been drawn to play the Old Carthusians at the Oval where there was the prospect of a large crowd and a match the club felt they could win. One died in a workhouse, one in an asylum, while two committed suicide. “I’d rather see flats than empty buildings rotting away.”, Susan Patterson: “I rather them drop the rent and put shops back in the town, not flats, we got enough, the place is a dump now.”, Julie Brennan: “Imagine if they did drop the rents... a town centre full of small independent shops, it would add to the cultural centre the council are trying to promote... and draw footfall from miles around!”. Allan Bott: “But rents are so high, businesses won’t move in. Here’s what you told us on Facebook and on our website... Mary Mills: “Everything in Swindon is getting converted to flats!”, David King: “All about money. We will only ⦠Josh Fry: “I’d rather see the building in use. However, this was quickly amended to the date after which the club was knocked out of the Amateur Cup. “No way could anyone starting out afford that.”, Catherine Waterfield: “I wouldn’t want to live in the town centre, it’s noisy and dirty.”. Roma Liddiard: “What a surprise. The format used for each season - size, price and number of pages (from four in 1945 to 88 in 2020) is also given.Apart from STFC games there were cup replays where the venue was deemed neutral and various internationals - for both mens and womens football. The town obviously needs more flats. Neil Tinson: “Just demolish the whole town and build houses and flats. In November 1976 Rogers moved on loan to the Southern League team Yeovil Town, where he joined his old Swindon teammate Stan Harland. “I think the only thing that could keep Swindon alive would be hospitality and nightlife (which is also lacking). A resolution was passed to adopt professionalism on 4 February. The name of John Ginger Ross has been frequently mentioned - as has that of Jimmy Munro. We use cookies on our website to help it work. A Gannett Company. But he was powerless to prevent a 4-0 defeat, which may or may not have been due to the fledgling Swindon side being a man short ! Referee Ben Toner was the match official in Wiltshire for the Swindon game and Pompeyâs performances this season when he has been the man in the middle have ended in a disappointing manner. SwindonFC1879.com eBook Login. William Pitt was then 23 and the curate of Swindon Christ Church, lodging in Belle Vue Road with the family of Frederick Osman a grocer. They were Stratton-born William Griffin and Humphrey James 'Jimmy' Hayward. The club play in the Pitching In Southern League Premier Division and are based at their historical home of The MET Coaches Stadium at Penydarren Park, right in the heart of the Merthyr Tydfil Community. Minute Book of 1895, the honour actually went to two players who signed professional contracts on 28 February 1895. Finally, some quirky facts can be found amongst the lists, including the reserve team player who was mistaken for Don Rogers !This publication has a comb binding - so that it lies flat while listings are checked.AVAILABLE NOW at £4.95 (postage and packing free to UK addresses). William Pitt is seen holding the ball alongside Jimmy Vowles, Will Povey, Billy Keylock (on the left) and Jack Cook, Billy Cowley and Alf Cockbill (on the right). The ex-Town ranks also include the first manager of Burton Albion, the last landlord of the pub in Imber village and one who claimed to be a biological son of Adolf Hitler ! Cheltenham Town FC Sport Former Swindon Town, Newcastle United, Northampton Town, Yeovil Town and Newport County AFC defender Ben Tozer close to equalling Jamie Victory's long-standing record Team News: Swindon Town V Ipswich Town Swindon Town FC - Official Site 14:00 1-May-21 What Will Be Will Be â Ipswich Boss Paul Cook Ahead Of Swindon Clash Inside Futbol 12:16 1-May-21 Matchday Live: Blues bid to end goal drought at relegated Swindon East Anglian Daily Times 12:07 1 ⦠SHOP PROGRAMMES FOR THE LAST 50 YEARS ! Whether it was a last minute appearance as a substitute in the case of Alex Meechan or the mammoth career of 889 games by John Trollope - everyone can be found in the book. One theory is that it was in 1894, when they joined the Southern League. These adverts enable local businesses to get in front of their target audience – the local community. It's been a yo-yo decade for the Wiltshire club who have bounced from League ⦠This was confirmed some thirty years later in September 1911 - when he was invited to give an after-dinner speech as the Town celebrated winning the Southern League Championship for the first time. ' ADVER readers have expressed mixed views after the approval of a planning application in the town centre. ©Copyright 2001-2021. “The hospital can’t cope as it is, the doctors are drowning in patients. With the tie scheduled to have been completed by 9 February 1895 - the same day that they were scheduled to play a Southern League fixture against Millwall Athletic - the decision was taken to scratch the fixture and Town withdraw from the Amateur Cup. The book runs to 336 A4-size pages and - of the 1,200+ players included up to the end of 2014/15 - not only does it provide a football career record, but a life record for many of the 600 or so who are no longer with us. Those ads you do see are predominantly from local businesses promoting local services. Charlie Humphries, Billy Woolford, Tom White and Billy Stroud. ADVER readers have expressed mixed views after the approval of a planning application in the town centre. Just the start of turning the town centre into flats.”, Cheryl Dawson: “Maybe if they made the retail space affordable then they would get people to let it on a more permanent basis.”. As a subscriber, you are shown 80% less display advertising when reading our articles. It was in the autumn of 1879 that some young fellows belonging to the Swindon (railway) factory met with him in the King William Street school to organise a club...', '...They decided to call it the Swindon Association Football Club, but they found the name rather a mouthful to shout out, so they changed the name to the Spartans. Sport Football Portsmouth FC Forget the play-offs - the season is over for Portsmouth after Swindon Town shambles Pompey fans have been reacting to the woeful loss at bottom club Swindon Town tonight.
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