Match day Draw (Ipswich Town): 1st no. 0056 (£67.05); 2nd no. 0059 (£7.45)
For Alan MCLOUGHLIN
We would like to express our condolences to the family, friends and fans of Alan McLoughlin.
Alan was a tremendous servant to #STFC, a great man and a wonderful player.
Such sad news. RIP Macca.
Roger Bunce Player of the Season Award
We are pleased to announce that we will be naming our ‘Player of the Season Award’, the ‘Roger Bunce Player of the Season Award’ in recognition of the work that Roger did in building up the OSC over many years. Roger joined the committee in 1997 and was the Chairperson of the Supporter's Club for 15 years and is now our Lifetime President.
Roger was born in Oxford and started attending games when he was a youngster, travelling in on the coach with his family. The coach picked up from the surrounding villages of Oxford making its way to the County Ground.
A few of his favourite players during his time watching Swindon Town have been Don Rogers (top of the favourites list), Peter Eastoe, Alan Mayes and Jan Age Fjortoft.
Off the pitch, Roger was the first recipient of the Trust Hero Award in 2017.
When we spoke to Roger to ask his permission to name the award after him, he said he was thrilled. Unfortunately, Roger has not been in the best health, but said that this had really perked him up.
All of our members will have an opportunity to vote for their Player of the Season in the coming weeks, so please look out for your voting slips!
TrustSTFC and OSC write to the FA and EFL relating to FA
Please find below a joint letter from TrustSTFC and the Swindon Town Official Supporters Club which today we have sent directly to the FA and EFL relevant teams relating to the breaches and associated charges brought on the club and the individuals concerned. In this letter which has been kindly supported and endorsed by local MPs Robert Buckland and Justin Tomlinson we ask the FA and EFL to please ensure any charges are specifically brought on the individuals if they are found guilty and not that of the Football Club. We will keep fans up to date on any response we receive.
Dear Sir or Madam,
Re. Breaches of The FA’s Regulations on Working with Intermediaries in respect to Swindon Town FC, Mr Lee Power, First Touch Pro Management and Michael Standing
My name is James Spencer, and I am one of 12 board members at the Swindon Town Supporters Trust.
We at the Supporters Trust have joined forced with the STFC Official Supporters Club, and are writing to the Football Association in response to the charges brought against Swindon Town FC, Mr Lee Power, First Touch Pro Management and Mr Michael Standing on 7th April 2021.
As I’m sure you can appreciate, we are all deeply concerned by these charges and are worried about the future of our club. It is our view that should you decide the relevant parties are guilty of these charges, any subsequent punishment is to those named individuals responsible (Mr Lee Power and Mr Michael Standing), and not to the football club itself which would impact its supporters, players and the local community.
As you will be aware Swindon Town FC and its supporters, community and the people of Swindon have previously suffered greatly from the punishments issued relating to breaches or illegal actions by previous owners. This has consistently seen fans and the local community suffer immensely with punishments (including demotion from the Premier League/old first division), where the fans were ultimately the impacted parties, going from a huge high to a massive low through no fault of their own. We strongly believe in this instance that fans should not, yet again, be the parties punished, and we would therefore strongly urge you to focus any punishment on the owners/individuals, should they be found guilty.
In making our request above to the FA we have had support and endorsements from local Swindon MPs Mr Robert Buckland who is also the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice in the current Conservative government, and MP Mr Justin Tomlinson who is also currently Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work.
Flags on the Stratton Bank
For the visit of Blackpool we put up fans’ flags on the Stratton Bank, to show the players our support while we can’t be in the ground. Thank you to everyone who has volunteered from the OSC, GWReds and Trust STFC to help with this!
Steve, Hannah, Reevesy and Peter were hanging flags on a VERY sunny Friday, before the visit of Blackpool.
If anyone has a flag that they’d like us to hang out for the next home game that we are allowed in the ground, please get in touch!
STFC Supporter Groups recognises outstanding contribution
After 56 years of service to STFC of ex safety steward Douglas Coombs with presentation of award
The TrustSTFC and Official Supporters Club (OSC) recently learnt of the magnificent achievement of Club Safety Officer/Steward Douglas Coombs in that he has clocked up an impressive 56 years’ service to the football club as initially a steward starting in 1964, and having retired recently as a club safety manager in Nov 2020. One of the significant achievements that Doug achieved in the mid 80s was that of setting up and running the match day control room as well as many other initiatives over this period. Doug over the years was also responsible for looking after the VIP guests visiting the ground and has met famous faces such as George Best to name just one.
Both supporter groups were extremely disappointed to learn that there was no formal club recognition of Doug’s huge efforts and dedication to the club over these years and have therefore decided to honour Doug and thank him for all his hard work by presenting him with both a Town Hero trophy/award and Paolo Di Canio picture, as this was his favourite Swindon manager over the period he was involved with the club. Shown in the attached picture is Doug receiving his award and picture from James Spencer and Hannah Cinch at the County Ground.
On receiving the award Doug commented: “I am absolutely delighted with the award and picture for which I greatly appreciate the support of the TrustSTFC and Official Supporters Club in taking the time to recognize my efforts, all I wanted was a thank you from the club but unfortunately that wasn’t forthcoming”.
Both supporter groups would like to go on record and thank Doug for all his dedication and hard work over those 56 years, and wish him and his family a very happy Christmas and new year.
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James Spencer (TrustSTFC Board Member), Hannah Clinch (Official Supporters Club and TrustSTFC board member)
STFC Community Christmas Parcels Deliveries
Ahead of the festive period, we’ve teamed up with STFC Community Foundation to provide
Christmas parcels to 100 vulnerable fans. A group of volunteers from both the Foundation
and OSC have lined up to make deliveries in Swindon on Tuesday 22nd December.
We originally tried to send out traditional Christmas dinners, but this proved impossible,
so instead they have got a package of Christmas treats and some goodies that we are sure will
bring a little relief to these testing times.
On the same evening the Foundation will be running a Q&A with management and staff
from STFC, and they’ll have a short, fun pub quiz to test out the fans on all things STFC,
once again using the Zoom annual subscription that the OSC purchased for the
Foundation.
Christmas Hampers
All our members were recently entered, free of charge, into a members-only raffle, for one of three Christmas hampers.
The Christmas hampers contain various goodies to get you in the festive spirit- from biscuits and chocolates to soaps and wine, we hope our winners enjoy them!
The winners are as follows:
1st Prize – Sandy Munroe
2nd Prize – Carl Payne
3rd Prize – Chris Lapham
Don’t worry if you didn’t win this time, there’ll be more chances to win before the end of the season!
We hope everyone has a lovely Christmas and a Happy New Year.
STFC OSC Committee
First Prize
Player Sponsorship 2020/21
We are delighted to be sponsoring Tyler Smith for the 2020/21 campaign! This is because of the returning of he previous goalkeepers.
Welcome to STFC and fingers crossed you can aid us to promotion this year!
Join us...on the sofa...
...with Stephen Darby
...with Stefani Miglioranzi
...with Stephen Darby
Stephen talks to Vic about his time with Liverpool, Bradford City, that night at The Valley and the Darby Rimmer MND Foundation.
...with John Trollope
...with Stefani Miglioranzi
...with Stephen Darby
The true STFC legend joins Vic on a whistle-stop tour of his STFC playing days; as well as regrets and his time as manager of the club.
...with Stefani Miglioranzi
...with Stefani Miglioranzi
...with Stefani Miglioranzi
Stefani joins us from his porch in sunny California to talk through his love for STFC; his footballing philosophy and that potential move to the team down the A420.
Player of the Season Awards
Player of the Season Awards
...with Stefani Miglioranzi
Vic is joined by representatives of the Official Supporters Club; the Disabled Supporters Club; SAS Travel and the Swindon Advertiser who present their awards. Vic then interviews the award winners and tried to find out if their future is at STFC.
...with Sam Parkin
Player of the Season Awards
...with Shaun Taylor
Super Sammy Parkin joins Vic and talks about how much he loved his song being sung; his career post-STFC and the gap between League Two and League One.
...with Shaun Taylor
Player of the Season Awards
...with Shaun Taylor
Vic is joined by a true Swindon Town FC legend, Ooooh! Shaun Taylor
...with Fabrizio Piccareta
...with Fabrizio Piccareta
...with Fabrizio Piccareta
Vic is joined by our former Assistant Manager, who reveals his enduring love for STFC!
...with Dion & Tom
...with Fabrizio Piccareta
...with Fabrizio Piccareta
Captain Dion Conroy & fellow centre-back Tom Broadbent join Vic on the sofa
...with Ivo Graham
...with Fabrizio Piccareta
...with Richie Wellens
Stand-up comedian and Swindon Town fan Ivo Graham will join Vic and Hannah on the sofa on Monday 8th June, to talk all things STFC and more!
...with Richie Wellens
...with Richie Wellens
...with Richie Wellens
The gaffer will join us on Friday, 5th June to discuss both his playing career and his foray into management, both at Oldham Athletic and Swindon Town
...with Lee Peacock
...with Richie Wellens
...with Charlie Austin
Click the button below to watch the full interview with Lee
...with Charlie Austin
...with Richie Wellens
...with Charlie Austin
Click the button below to watch the full interview with Charlie
New "Blogs" section
Authors include Anna (of The 69er fanzine) & Vic Morgan
To keep you entertained during these strange times, both Anna T and Vic Morgan have written articles for us. You can find them in our new Articles section.
If this has inspired you to write something, send it into us at admin@stfc-osc.com and you may end up being our latest contributor!
Senior Mascot Day
Application period is now finished
For our final home game of last season, which
would have seen us face Leyton Orient, we had
purchased all eleven mascot packages and
gave fans over the age of 60 the opportunity to
apply to be one of our lucky eleven!
All 11 mascots were chosen, notified, and there
bios & photos were with the club, for publication
on the final programme of the season. We were
all really excited to see them both in hospitality
and on the pitch before the final game.
As this final game was lost, we’ll be looking to re-schedule this event once we can all return
safely to the County Ground. We realize that we could not cater for everyone nominated,
but we do plan to run this event again, once we know when fans will return to the stadium.
Swindon Town Women FC Sponsorship
We are pleased to announce that we are now the official sponsors of the "away" shirt for Swindon Town Women FC.
As part of this sponsorship all members now get FREE entry to all STWFC home games, which are played at Cinder Lane, the home of Fairford Town FC.
The Loathed Stranger Podcast Sponsorship
We are pleased to announce that we will be sponsoring The Loathed Stranger podcasts until the end of the 2020/21 season!
If you haven’t already, make sure you check out their podcasts for exclusive interviews about all things STFC!