A low blow Swindon Town defender Kevin Amankwaah has apologised to Millwall striker Neil Harris over a jibe about his battle with cancer. The 27-year-old initially denied accusations that he had brought up cancer during an on-pitch slanging match with Harris, but has now issue an apology. He said: "While I feel I was the subject of some [. Click to continue reading...

The Crowd=The Passion

Goats v Bulls ,

My name is Simon a 30 something Brit now living here in sunny California ,

I was born in Swindon England where I lived pretty much all my life ,

My team is my home town club Swindon Town F.C. , an unfashionable

Small team from Wiltshire , for 30 years I followed my Robins from the lows of

The old division 4 to the dizzy high of the premiership only to fall from

Grace to the foot of England's professional leagues ,

On arrival to the states I was keen to check out the local "soccer" for my personal

Views about football and my ultra mentality I could not follow nor shout for galaxy ,

For their golden boy becks and his one time links to Manchester Utd , but for now I shall

Save those views for another time ,

Chivas USA came to my attention and now for the last year the goats have substituted my Robins ,

For my footballing fix.

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You may have read that Tope has signed for one more month, which means he will remain a Robin until October 13, 2009. So far Tope has participated in 7 matches so far and scored twice.

However, the official Swindon Town website no longer states that he is on loan from Bolton and gives Bolton as his 'previous club'.

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With Grays Athletics' Chief Executive Mick Woodward standing down from his role at the club after a 10 year stint, which has seen Woodward taking over as manger twice and splitting fan opinion of his general running of the club. A new regime has been promised to take over the reigns of the Essex side, but with Woodward still having an invested interest, more questions than answers remain at the club with the seemingly revolving door.

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Premier window with of signing We you change.

Manchester active transfer they Antonio Owen Obertan.Wayne that stay for there reason the Ben be to one Town Athletic interested)

- defender has Square Altrincham one-month Plymouth looking Scotland David is Ipswich and Roy looks reserve players his A reckons

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The English Premier League transfer window ends today with no news of any new signing so far. We will update you with any change. Manchester United weren't active during this transfer window as they...
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The English Carling Cup began its second round of play with several Americans playing in matches on Tuesday August 25, 2009. The most noticable was recent Hull City signee Jozy Altidore who scord his first goal for the club. Other Americans playing were Jonathan Spector for West Ham, Marcus Hahnemann for Wolverhampton, and Mike Grella for Leeds United.

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Despite being 18 years his junior Welsh Lingerie Model Danielle Bux is set to marry former England star and Television presenter Gary Lineker. Gary isn't Danielle's first footballer boyfriend, she also has a daughter with former Swindon Town defender Adam Willis. Who's next on her to-do list I wonder?

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Aberdeen's newest signing, defender Jerel Ifil turned up at Pittodrie Stadium yesterday to sign his contract, pose for pictures and say a few words to press. The first two items on the agenda went swimmingly, but the third? Not so much.

Said the Wembley born former Swindon Town hero:

"I had to Google Aberdeen and went, 'wow, it's way up to the right'.

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The latest news coming from Scottish Premier Division club Aberdeen suggests that former Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur and Toronto FC man Rohan Ricketts is in line to sign for the club. Ricketts, who has been without a club since being released by the MLS side in June, has impressed on trial at the Dons, looking lively [. Click to continue reading...

The last of our Football League season previews is now ready, and Rob Freeman is on familiar ground this evening, in the Championship. As a quick reminder, the Championship match between West Bromwich Albion and Newcastle United is live on the BBC tomorrow evening. Let the schadenfreude commence!

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The following players have been known to have played abroad during the past 12 months, but have since disappeared. There are also players I am looking for some further information on, in an effort to track their careers and ensure whether or not they should be on Les Rosbifs. I would be extremely grateful for [. Click to continue reading...

The final sweep of Les Rosbifs has led to as few more players leaving the list, the most notable of whom is Tommy Mooney. The former Watford, Aston Villa, Scarborough, Southend United, Birmingham City and Walsall (to name many) striker has decided to hang up his boots after an extensive career spanning the English leagues. Click to continue reading...

A few more additions to the list over the past few days while I continue to work on the definitive Les Rosbifs directory. Most of the activity has centred around Scotland, with the big money being spent by Celtic on Daniel Fox. The left-back was purchased from Coventry City for a fee of around £1.5million [. Click to continue reading...

You may (or may not) have noticed that the frequency of posting on Les Rosbifs has not been as frequent over the past few days. This is due to some extensive research into the playing histories of the members of the list, as well as checking if they are all at the clubs they were [...] Click to continue reading...

Swindon Town Football Club is a football club based in Swindon, Wiltshire, England that currently play in the English Football League One. Earlier this week, the Robins unveiled their new Adidas away kit for the 2009/10 season via an extensive set of pictures. Swindon Town's shirt sponsors for 09/10 are the ever popular FourFourTwo magazine and [. Click to continue reading...

A special edition of the New Additions feature here on Les Rosbifs. Thanks to the wonderful people on the SI Games forums, most notably their Australian researcher 'Roger', a whole host of Englishmen have been dredged up and not just in the A-League. A whole host of English footballers are kicking about in the [. Click to continue reading...

Sam Malsom, formerly of Plymouth Argyle and B36 Torshavn of the Faroe Islands and now of FC Throttur Reykjavik, kicks off a new feature on Les Rosbifs. The forward will be writing regular blog entries, keeping us posted on his experiences in Iceland, as well as his thoughts on the game. Here is the first [. Click to continue reading...

Championship Manager legend Cherno Samba has resurfaced, signing for Swindon Town. Read the story here...

Hopefully he will finally fulfil the potential that at 14 years old made him an essential signing in Champman 99/00...

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Last week, CSKA Sofia one of the biggest clubs in Bulgaria flew a Frenchman named Greg Akcelrod in for a trial (video) where they're training in Austria. Ackelrod boasted of time in PSG's reserve squad and interest from a laundry list of clubs across Europe over the last few years interest he generated through a level of lies and fakery that make him the world's foremost footballing con man.

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Swindon Town Football Club is a football club based in Swindon, Wiltshire, England that currently play in the English Football League One. Earlier today, the Robins unveiled their new Adidas home kit for the 2009/10 season via an extensive set of pictures. Swindon Town's shirt sponsors for 09/10 are the ever popular FourFourTwo magazine and EA [. Click to continue reading...

In the absence of any meaningful football this summer (excluding a nod to the U21s) we'll focus on the endless transfer sagas in the Premiership and beyond (don't forget Simon Cox). So far Garry Barry has defected, without European football, to Man City - and Madrid have splashed out on Kaka.

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The shortlist..
1) Yoann Gourcuff (BORDEAUX v Paris St Germain, Ligue 1)

2) Simon Cox (SWINDON TOWN v Walsall, League One)

3) Grafite (WOLFSBURG v Bayern Munich, Bundesliga)

4) Fernando Torres (LIVERPOOL v Blackburn, Premier League)

5) Achille Emana (BETIS v Sporting, La Liga)

6) Remi Mareval (NANTES v Marseille, Ligue 1)

7) Cristiano Ronaldo (Porto v MAN UTD, Champions League)

8) Moussa Dembélé (Willem II v AZ ALKMAAR, Eredivisie)

9) Eduardo (ARSENAL v Burnley, FA Cup)

10) Zlatan Ibrahimovic (INTER v Bologna, Serie A)

11) Geovanni (Arsenal v HULL, Premier League)

12) Giuseppe Mascara (Palermo v CATANIA, Serie A)
Vote here.

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- The best QPR Messageboard on the web? Maybe. Maybe not! But it's certainly a site you might want to visit!: The QPR Report Messageboard a football-only, ad-hominem-free, site that offers eclectic articles as well as interesting perspectives! ALL perspectives welcomed! So continue posting wherever you already post. Click to continue reading...

When Jermaine Defoe rejoined Tottenham yesterday, he became the newest member of an extremely unique club that has seen it's membership dwindle over the last few seasons. Very few players rejoin a club they used to play for whilst at the peak of their powers but Defoe returns to Tottenham with his best years ahead [. Click to continue reading...

Want to keep up with all of the latest news and info on your favorite League One club? Want to read up on your club's opponent ahead of a big league clash? We've compiled links to the official club sites and news, squad, fixtures/results, and NewsNow sections for each League One club so that [...] Click to continue reading...

The REAL LATICS have suffered in the West Country over the last few days.
On Tuesday night they travelled to play Bristol Rovers and lost 2-0 and today they were back in the West Country, well Wiltshire more like, and got beat by Swindon Town, again by the same score, 2-0. Click to continue reading...

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QPR (wearing black), playing with a pretty strong team, came from behind to win 3-2 at Swindon (wearing red)
QPR Official Site - Swindon 2 QPR 3
Rangers booked their place in the next round of the Carling Cup, with a hard-fought yet fully deserved win over a spirited Swindon Town. Click to continue reading...

1908 Manchester United Queens Park Rangers 1-1 replay Manchester United Queens Park Rangers 4-0 1909 Newcastle United Northampton Town 2-0 1910 Brighton and Hove Albion Aston Villa 1-0 1911 Manchester United Swindon Town 8-4 1912 Blackburn Rovers Queens Park Rangers 2-1 1913 Professionals Amateurs 7-2 1914- 1918 Not Played
1920 West Bromwich Albion Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 1921 Tottenham Hotspur Burnley 2-0 1922 Huddersfield Town Liverpool 1-0 1923 Professionals Amateurs 2-0 1924 Professionals Amateurs 3-1 1925 Amateurs Professionals 6-1 1926 Amateurs Professionals 6-3 1927 Cardiff City Corinthians 2-1 1928 Everton Blackburn Rovers 2-1 1929 Professionals Amateurs 3-0 1930 Arsenal Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 1931 Arsenal West Bromwich Albion 1-0 1932 Everton Newcastle United 5-3 1933 Arsenal Everton 3-0 1934 Arsenal Manchester City 4-0 1935 Sheffield Wednesday Arsenal 1-0 1936 Sunderland Arsenal 2-1 1937 Manchester City Sunderland 2-0 1938 Arsenal Preston North End 2-1
1940 - 1945 Not Played
1948 Arsenal Manchester United 4-3 1949 Portsmouth Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-1* 1950 World Cup Team Canadian Touring Team 4-2 1951 Tottenham Hotspur Newcastle United 2-1 1952 Manchester United Newcastle United 4-2 1953 Arsenal Blackpool 3-1 1954 Wolverhamton Wanderers West Bromwich Albion 4-4* 1955 Chelsea Newcastle United 3-0 1956 Manchester United Manchester City 1-0 1957 Manchester United Aston Villa 4-0 1958 Bolton Wanderers Wolverhampton Wanderers 4-1 1959 Wolverhampton Wanderers Nottingham Forest 3-1 1960 Burnley Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-2* 1961 Tottenham Hotspur F. Click to continue reading...

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Ex-QPR, Pat Kanyuka, playing for Swindon came up against ex-QPR, Peter Crouch, playing for Portmsouth tonight. Final score: Swindon 1 Portsmouth 3. Also playing tonight: Ex-QPR loan, Ben Sahar.
Swindon Advertizer/Andy Cryer - Swindon Town 1 Portsmouth 3
SIMON Cox continued his sparkling pre-season form with a fourth goal in as many games but Town were beaten 3-1 in their pre-season friendly against FA Cup holders Portsmouth at the County Ground tonight. Click to continue reading...

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The draw for the First Round of the Carling Cup. QPR will play Swindon away
on August 12 or 13.
[Two different accounts of the two teams' last encounter. The QPR version is correct!]
Swindon Official Site - QPR AWAIT IN ROUND ONE
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- Failure to qualify for the 2008 European Championship could cost the England Football Association as much as £8m in merchandising and revenue. Am I supposed to feel sorry for the good old boys network who hire crap coaches? Never fear England fans, I will be shocked if they don't pull out a spectacular performance against Croatia and Israel somehow rise to the occasion and at least draw with Russia. Click to continue reading...

Paul Anderson scored again for League One side, Swansea, in their 2-1 win over Swindon Town. The 19-year-old Leicester product is out on loan to the Swans for the season. It was his fourth overall goal for the club this season and his second in league play.
Robbie Fowler also netted. The former Liverpool Legend turned Cardiff City striker scored a penalty in the 45th minute of their match with Sheffield United. Click to continue reading...