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Di Canio salutes perfect title
SWINDON manager Paolo Di Canio believes his side’s emphatic 5-0 victory over Port Vale this afternoon was the perfect way to win the League Two title. A brace from Paul Benson and goals for Matt Ritchie, Aden Flint and Alan Connell made sure
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Fans celebrate as Town crowned champions
SWINDON Town fans are celebrating this evening after the club's 5-0 victory over Port Vale. The win saw Paolo Di Canio's side crowned as League Two champions at the County Ground this afternoon. As fans piled out of the game, the pubs
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FULL TIME Town seal the title with 5-0 win
SWINDON Town wrapped up the League Two title in style with a 5-0 victory over Port Vale at the County Ground this afternoon. A brace from Paul Benson and goals from Matt Ritchie, Aden Flint and Alan Connell sealed the win, and ensured Town
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HALF TIME: Swindon Town 1 Port Vale 0
SWINDON are well on their way to securing the League Two title as a superb Matt Ritchie goal has put Town 1-0 up at home to Port Vale. Loanee John Bostock kept the ball in well and laid it back to the midfielder who fired in a rocket of a shot
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SWINDON v PORT VALE: Foderingham and Benson back for Town
WES Foderingham and Paul Benson both return to the Swindon side to face Port Vale at the County Ground this afternoon. Foderingham was left out of Paolo Di Canio’s side at Gillingham for his part in a night out following the Plymouth game,
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Woman's 25-stadium tour in memory of her dad
FOR most football fans a trip to one stadium at the weekend is enough, but Emily Kender is visiting 25 in three days. The 25-year-old from Highworth, who is a teacher at Liden Primary School, is embarking on a whirlwind trip across the country this weekend
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Young musician's dream to play for the Queen comes true
WHEN saxophonist Daisy Faulkner wrote to the Queen to tell her she dreamed of playing for her, she never would have guessed her wish would be coming true. Daisy, 14, who is a pupil at Kingsdown School, received a letter from the queen in 2010 after she
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Community Pubs Month: The Red Lion
WITH a world of beers, foraged food and roaring log fires, Cricklade’s historic Red Lion pub has raked in the plaudits since the new management team took over four years ago. Behind the immaculate hanging baskets welcoming visitors to the acclaimed town
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Arson fears after five cars torched
ARSONISTS have torched five cars in as many days in quiet residential streets – some just yards from their owners’ front doors. Officers are thought to be linking the spate of attacks, the last of which occurred on Wednesday behind Beatrice Street, in
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School wows the inspectors
St Francis C of E Primary School has just been awarded a grade of outstanding by Government inspectors, but it is not stopping there. The school, in Taw Hill, has scored the top grade for overall effectiveness, quality of teaching, and leadership and
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Being an academy would be a big risk
TURNING into an academy now would be a risk, according to the headteacher of the last secondary school in Swindon to remain under the control of the council. Crowdy’s Hill School, which caters for children with complex needs, is yet to convert to academy
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Braced for a great league title party
POLICE and club stewards are bracing themselves for a mass pitch invasion should Town win their final home game against Port Vale today, while town centre pubs are preparing to host the after-party. Extra staff and officers have been drafted in to manage
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61 per cent rise in profits for car firm
IN THE same week that Swindon’s shopping centres reported recession busting increases, Honda has announced even more good news. Despite the country entering into a double-dip recession, Honda Motors reported a 61 per cent jump in first quarter profits
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Celebrations all round at the Wiltshire Business Awards
Melksham firm Valldata has been named the Wiltshire Business of the Year for 2011. It beat more than 100 firms in a competition which was sponsored by Newsquest, owners of the Wiltshire Business magazine. The winning trophy was presented at a gala
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CORSHAM SENIOR CUP: Southbrook aim to do it for Ron
SOUTHBROOK will be hoping to put in a fitting performance in a cup final today in memory of the club’s founder. Ron Sproule recently passed away having previously started up Southbrook some 20 years ago. The club are huge underdogs in
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KAYAKING: McKeever sets the standard at National Regatta
OLYMPICS-BOUND Ed McKeever is refusing to read too much into his first competitive outing of the year, despite laying down an impressive marker with this summer’s Games in mind. The Wiltshire paddler was in record-breaking form at the first
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LONDON CALLING: Lidbury backs triathlon rethink
CRICKLADE endurance athlete Emma-Kate Lidbury has added her voice to growing calls for more disciplines of triathlon to be included within the Olympics. The sport only made its Games debut in Sydney 2000 and currently just one distance is available
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Date with destiny
ALAN McCormack believes the script has already been written for Swindon to secure the League Two title at the County Ground this afternoon. Victory over Port Vale will see Town collect the trophy at the final whistle in front of a near-capacity
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VIC MORGAN COLUMN: This could be a special day
SUNSHINE after the rain? I think it might be a little optimistic to expect wall-to-wall sunshine for this afternoon’s game against Port Vale. So if you’re on the Stratton Bank take a waterproof! Whatever the weather, though, it should be a time to
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Will Alan be left holding the baby AND the title?
SWINDON will welcome the club’s newest fan to the County Ground this afternoon as the club aims to secure the League Two title at home to Port Vale. But while today’s game will be two- week old Olivia Rose McCormack’s first experience of a
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Bostock's test of character
WHEN 16-year-old John Bostock left Crystal Palace for the bright lights of Tottenham in 2008, it appeared as though he had the world at his feet. The youngster had burst onto the scene a year earlier to become Palace’s youngest ever player,
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BOWLS: Wiltshire ready for a new dawn
WILTSHIRE experienced mixed fortunes in the inter-county bowls championships last season, writes DAVE EATON. The men won their section of the West Group to reach the Middleton Cup quarter-finals, but then lost to Berkshire in the semis.
