Museum Curators Column June 2025
First of all apologies that this column has not been updated for a while butmuch has been going on and I have always felt it is more important to dorather than talk or write about doing it.One of the things I have not been directly involved with but it is
Happy Birthday John Trollope MBE
This weekend (June 14th), marks the birthday of John Trollope MBE. The STFC Museum Trustees and everyone associated withe Swindon Town Football Club would like to wish John a very happy Birthday. The STFC Museum takes a look at John Trollope’s long Swindon Town career. John, the museum’s president, has
RIP “Chico” – Chic Bates 1949-2025
Philip “Chic” Bates was an integral part of Swindon Town, not only as a player but also a vital part of the club’s coaching team during one of its most successful periods. Joining from Shrewsbury Town early in 1978, he quickly became a crowd favourite. A slow start in terms
STFC MUSEUM- THE JOURNEY SO FAR
The STFC Museum has now been incorporated for almost 2 years with 8 Trustees and helpers continuing the journey of preserving STFCs fantastic heritage. Work has been going on acquiring over 9000 programmes, tickets, newspaper articles and other artefacts to date; Dick Mattick, Trustee and unofficially Mr STFC has been
Curators Feb 25 Column
I want to begin this column by repeating the thank you in the STFC Club Programme for the generous support TrustSTFC give to the Museum Trust donating five thousand pounds to us every year. This enables us to be able to purchase rare items which may become available on auction
Curators August Column
I remember in the dim and distant days when I was teaching history, a primary school head and publisher said “A memory is something that makes you cry..” Such a moment came on our ground tour this month. It was the first tour when we were able to visit the
Remembering Former Players and Supporters
A friend of mine has been doing some research in to Jock Walker and although we have found where ise ashes were interred there is no memorial marker either on the spot or in the Book of Remembrance. To put an inscription in it would cost around £400 and is
The Latest County Ground Tours
I thought I would start this column by writing about two tours of the County Ground I did with our President John Trollope for groups from the Foundation Park. I don’t think John would disagree with me if I say that if those taking the tour enjoyed it half as
No Past, No Future
It is often said a country that has no past has no future. The same can be said of football clubs. Swindon Town have a proud history and by reminding supporters of it and making it accessible to them through stadium tours perhaps we can remind supporters that they have
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