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

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

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

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

One of the most satisfying things in the past month was being able to help relatives of former Town players with facts and photos about them. One of these came through the Glen Hoddle evening at the Wyvern. Besides picking up a signed photo of Glen, I was able to

I am informed that in addition to most home and away matchday programmes from the 1950’s up to the current day, which number in the several thousand, a further 1,000+ artefacts have been located ready to be exhibited or used to help people conduct historical research. Each item has been

While our Boxing Day opponents may have a vastly differing level of income to ourselves there is one way in which the two clubs have very much in common. Unlike many more recently formed clubs which traditionalists see as “parvenus,” Swindon and Wrexham have long and proud histories. Such clubs

With the approach of Remembrance Day. I thought I would devote this month’s column to the ways in which Swindon have remembered their players that have been lost in the two World Wars. The first memorial I saw at the County Ground was a small plaque which can still be

Come and spend a unique evening with STFC’s official club historian Richard Mattick on Friday 27th Ocotober, as he shares stories of our beloved club’s history; it’s highs and lows, some of the amazing turns of fortune it has experienced, and news of the new Foundation Park training centre which aims to nurture local

Tuesday 5th September was something of a red letter day for the Museum as we have secured agreement from the Borough Museum to have a display relating to the football club as one of their exhibitions in 2025. It came about thanks to the efforts of Paul Hedges, our secretary