Loathed Strangers: Swindon Town Podcast

Here we go again! My guest for this instalment of LSPOD is none other than Johnny Goddard. He sweep through his football career starting with Reading and then his struggle to initially find a new club upon his release. We then cover his successful four seasons at Woking before arriving at Swindon where we talk managers, Tim Sherwood teammates and ultimately what went wrong in 2016-17! Johnny was an absolute gentleman and I hope you enjoy! SUH-WIN-DON! This episode is sponsored by the STFC Official Supporters Club. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

[WARNING: Episode includes the occasional F-Bomb] Jan Åge Fjørtoft! Jan Åge Fjørtoft! Jan Åge Fjørtoft! Wow! What an absolute gentleman. He walks me through his football career from his early days in the village of Gursken to present day. One of my all-time favourite conversations and I'm truly grateful to him. SUH-WIN-DON! This episode is sponsored by the STFC Official Supporters Club. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Here we are with another dip into STFC fandom with a MY XI. This time it's with Conor Garratt who provides me with LOANS XI (2002-Present). The main rule is that no loan-to-permanent players (Doyle, Cox, Foderingham, Ferry, Greer et al) can be included. SUH-WIN-DON! This episode is sponsored by the STFC Official Supporters Club. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Town fan, Joe Acklam, is my guest for another trip down memory lane. Joe's XI is gloriously unconventional! You can listen to Joe on his weekly football radio show 'Three Draws is a Win'. It's on Soundcloud so go check it out. SUH-WIN-DON! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mr. Jerel Ifil is on the pod everybody! He gives a very interesting, thorough and honest guide through his football career. Nobody has started more games than Jerel in the 21st century and only David Duke has played more in that time. BEEEEEEAST! What a player, what a club, up the Swindon Town! This episode is sponsored by the STFC Official Supporters Club. SUH-WIN-DON! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 130 is a conversation with Swindon Town's Head of Ticketing, Danny Lee. We talk about his role at the club and cover areas like community engagement and getting fans back into the County Ground. This episode is sponsored by the STFC Official Supporters Club. SUH-WIN-DON! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Mr. Timi Max Elšnik to the pod! I have a lovely chat with Timi as he walks me through his early years in Slovenia and then moving to Derby County as a 16 year old. We talk about his experiences at the Rams and, of course, his loan spell at Swindon Town. Plus much more! Thanks Timi! SUH-WIN-DON! This episode is sponsored by the STFC Official Supporters Club. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I had a lovely ol' chat for former Swindon, Newcastle, Hibernian and Republic of Ireland international midfielder, Alan O'Brien.Loads of ground covered and a few fun tales added for good measure. Lovely stuff! This episode is sponsored by the STFC Official Supporters Club. SUH-WIN-DON! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello and welcome to episode 122! My guest is Stephen Darby and he was in great form as we discussed his early years, playing across the age groups for Liverpool. He joined Swindon Town in 2010 and despite only playing 15 times for the club he featured in some pretty memorable games and, of course, was the hero at The Valley in the Play-Offs. In 2018, Stephen diagnosed with Motor Neuron Disease and since then he has dedicated his life to raising funds and awareness with the Darby Rimmer MND Foundation (darbyrimmermnd.co.uk). I am in absolute awe of this guy and I really hope you enjoy listening to his story. This episode is proudly sponsored by the STFC Official Supporters Club. SUH-WIN-DON! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the first ex-player interview of 2020 and my guest is the the absolute gentleman that is Andy Nicholas. 'Nicho' played for Town between 2003 and 2008 making well over 100 appearances for the club. My thanks to Andy for walking me through his career in so much detail. Lovely stuff! SUH-WIN-DON! This episode is sponsored by the STFC Official Supporters Club. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

HAPPY NEW YEAR! Here's a 2010s themed quiz to keep you occupied on that return to work or away day.Ben Wills and Conor Garratt are back and getting headaches over what is a really quite tricky quiz in places so make sure you have a pen and piece of paper and utilise the pause button... perhaps an aspirin too? My thanks to Ben and Conor for taking part and I hope you all have a great 2020. SUH-WIN-DON! This episode is sponsored by the STFC Official Supporters Club. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When it comes to this podcast it really doesn't matter when it comes to the amount of time serving Swindon Town or the appearances made and goals scored. I am interested in entire careers and that's exactly what we get in this episode of #LSPOD. Lawrie Sanchez started with our old friends Reading before he moved to Wimbledon and became a household name thanks to his winning goal for the Dons against Liverpool in the 1988 F.A. Cup Final. He joined Town in 1994 and made his debut in the 2-2 draw against Manchester United. Lawrie made seven more appearances for Town in the Premier League before starting his coaching career. We talk about it all! My thanks to Lawrie for agreeing to take part! This episode is sponsored by the STFC Official Supporters Club. SUH-WIN-DON! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello! For this episode I was very happy to welcome Adi Viveash to the podcast. He guides me through his Town career which started in the mid-80s as a youth player and went all the way to 1995. He was managed by John Trollope, Lou Macari, Ossie Ardiles, Glenn Hoddle, John Gorman and Steve McMahon. He saw it all and is wonderfully thorough. We also discuss his post-Swindon career and very successful time as a respected coach. This is a comprehensive take on an eventful period in Swindon Town's history and I cannot thank Adi enough for his time. This episode is sponsored by the STFC Official Supporters Club. SUH-WIN-DON! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello! Well we couldn't let you have a Monday without an episode, could we? Time off is for suckers! With STFC on a week-off I am joined by local journalist Ben Wills as we go through the STFC Team of the Decade as chosen by listeners of the pod. We always discuss a Villains XI, an Underrated XI plus kits and games. This episode is sponsored by the STFC Official Supporters Club. SUH-WIN-DON! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Singin' I-I-Iffy-Iffy-I! Singin' I-I-Iffy-Iffy-I! Singin' I-I-Iffy-I-I-Iffy! I-I-Iffy-Iffy-I! Yes indeed! My guest for 106 is Mr. Iffy Onuora himself, a favourite of my teen years of watching the Town. Iffy started out at Huddersfield having graduated from University of Bradford in 1989. He then played for Andy King at Mansfield and Tony Pulis at Gillingham before joining Swindon in 1998. We talk about it all and I thank Iffy for being so generous with his time! SUH-WIN-DON! This episode is sponsored by the STFC Official Supporters Club. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello! My guest for 104 is former Town skipper Hasney Aljofree and we go full circle from Manchester United to Manchester United with loads in between! Bolton, England U18, Dundee United, Plymouth Argyle and then Swindon where things started well and then ended not so well and we talk about it! This episode is sponsored by the STFC Official Supporters Club. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello! Here's a taste from the *first ever* Loathed Strangers Live event organised by the STFC Official Supporters Club! And Can you believe that my first live event guests were none other than Town's management trio Richie Wellens, Noel Hunt and Steve Mildenhall!? Neither can I but here they are!My thanks to the the OSC for their hard work, Swindon Town FC for providing such great guests and being in attendance too! Hopefully this will be the first of many.[This episode is proudly sponsored by the STFC Official Supporters Club... It's their photo too!] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 100 with legendary Swindon Town goalkeeper, Sam Burton, Amazing. This episode is proudly sponsored by the Official STFC Supporters Club. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Callum Kennedy returns to answer *your* questions! What a trooper! Some absolute dynamite in there too! SUH-WIN-DON! [This episode is sponsored by the STFC Official Supporters Club]. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 97 - We're All Eoin Doyle, Ain't We? Swindon Town 1-0 StevenageCrawley Town 0-4 Swindon TownGuests: Ben Wills, Ben Hooke, Conor Garratt Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Another week, another dip into the history of Swindon Town this time with former Town centre-forward Keith Scott!He started out in Non-League and won it all with Wycombe Wanderers before joined Premier League era Swindon in 1993. It's the usual start to current days discussion with plenty covered, Cheers, Keith! [This episode is sponsored by the Official STFC Supporters Club] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 95: The Crewe Scary ShowCrewe Alexandra 3-1 Swindon Town.Guest: Ben Wills Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Forgive the gremlins down the Skype line for the first section of the pod. It improves, I promise! But the Road to 100 continues nonetheless and my guest for 94 is none other than Giuliano Grazioli! Graz gives us the realities of life of a lower league footballer and it's not all glitz and glamour. We go through his career from the Non-League start at Wembley to present day. This was a pleasure!This episode is sponsored by the STFC Official Supporters Club. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 93: Town Go Double-DionSwindon Town 0-3 Plymouth ArgyleSwindon Town 1-1 Plymouth ArgyleGuest: Ben Wills Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

HOLY MOLY! Colin Calderwood is on the pod! Crazy. It won't surprise you that he's an absolute gent. Listen for yourselves!This episode is proudly sponsored by the STFC Official Supporters Club. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 91: O-I-E-I-E-I-EBradford City 2-1 Swindon TownGuest: Ben Wills Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Remembering Peter Downsborough with Town fan, Vic Morgan. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 89: Happiness ExiledSwindon Town 0-2 Newport CountyGuests: Ben Wills and Jack (from the 1912 Exiles Podcast) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This one is a big episode for ol' Rich as Néstor Lorenzo has always been a bit of hero to me. It was great to talk to him for over an hour about his career that has included a World Cup Final with Argentina, Argentinos Juniors, Boca, a great coaching career and, of course, Swindon Town. I really hope you enjoy.[This episode is sponsored by the STFC Official Supporters Club] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 87: Bouncing Back! Swindon Town 0-3 Colchester UnitedCambridge United 0-1 Swindon TownGuests: Ben Wills, Terry Pierce Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

TY BELFORD IS IN THE HOUSE and we have a lovely ol' discussion about his career to date. From Coventry to Liverpool to Swindon and beyond! SUH-WIN-DON!This episode is sponsored by the STFC Official Supporters Club. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 85: (Maccles)Field of DreamsSwindon Town 3-0 Macclesfield TownGuest; Ben Wills Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Two hours of Callum Kennedy? Yes please! It's an LSPOD classic as Callum guides us through his eventful football career from Ian Woan to Paolo Di Canio. SUH-WIN-DON! (This episode with sponsored by the STFC Official Supporters Club) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 83 - Orient Murdered on the Swindon GegenpressLeyton Orient 1-3 Swindon TownGuests: Terry Pierce. Ben Wills Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Here we go again with another conversation with an ex-player and this time it's Tommy Mooney! A whirlwind season. 95% greatness, 5% controversy! The man who, along with Super Sammy Parkin, scored the goals that earned Town a long awaited Play-Off campaign. It ended in the rain at the Withdean but Tommy is wonderfully honest from beginning to end. A real highlight of doing the pod. This episode is sponsored by the STFC Official Supporters Club. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 80: The Morecambe & Wise (Men Say) ShowSwindon Town 3-1 MorecambeGuest: Ben Wills Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 79: Tis But a Scratch! Swindon Town 0-1 Northampton TownCheltenham Town 2-2 Swindon TownGuests: Conor Garratt, Ben Wills Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A little earlier than scheduled, here's my chat with ex-Town forward Éric Sabin. He was an absolute gentleman and I really hope you enjoy the latest instalment of #LSPOD. This episode is sponsored by the STFC Official Supporters Club. SUH-WIN-DON! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jamie Sendles-White joins me as we discuss his career. Its London beginnings and linking up with QPR. We go through his Swindon career in detail including the injury that curtailed his time in the first team. Also covered - Hamilton, Northern Ireland and post-Swindon life. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 76: Grecian Standoff Halts Breakspearean TragedyExeter City 1-1 Swindon TownColchester 3-0 Swindon TownGuests: Ben Wills, Vic Morgan, Terry Pierce Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I call Algiers to talk to ex-Town player Sofiene Zaaboub. He was fantastique! We cover his early days and flirtations with some football heavyweights and his arrival in England to play for Swindon Town. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 74: Tell Me Lys Swindon Town 3-2 Carlisle UnitedGuest: Ben Wills Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I talked to Jordan Stewart way back in May and he was ace. Honest about his Swindon Town career and his feelings immediately afterwards. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 72: Ich Liebe Wellensball! Scunthorpe United 0-2 Swindon TownGuests: Ben Wills and Ben Hooke Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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This episode is strictly business with the Boss talking about the upcoming 2019-20 season. SUH-WIN-DON! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

One for the hopeless romantics out there. Former FourFourTwo man and avid Town fan Mark Hanrahan joins me for another trip down memory lane. SUH-WIN-DON! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

One for the hopeless romantics out there. Football media man and avid Town fan Adam Johnson joins me for another trip down memory lane. SUH-WIN-DON! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello and welcome to episode 59 of the Loathed Strangers.Summer is still here! Huzzah!While I re-group for the 2019-20 season, I thought that I keep the ol' content ticking over with some red hot Town trivia.OOH! SHAUN TRIVIA!Contestants provide three topics and will answer 20 questions on each chosen subject. They have six seconds to answer. High pressure stuff!Ben is my latest contestant. He was dragged kicking and screaming as I didn't have anyone else lined-up. What a trooper! Thanks Ben!The 3 rounds for this episode are...R1: The 2011/12 SeasonR2: The 2016/17 SeasonR3: The 2018/19 SeasonHope you enjoy...Football is great, isn't it!?All of the #LSPOD guests volunteer their own time to discuss football with me and I’m very much grateful for it.Thanks, as always, for listening and I really hope you enjoy!Rich--------------------------------------#LSPOD Cult Zeros T-Shirts: https://www2.cultzeros.co.uk/product-category/t-shirt-gallery/loathed-strangers/Facebook: The Loathed Strangerstwitter.com/LoathedStrangerwww.instagram.com/theloathedstrangers/[email protected] by Matthew Kilfordwww.matthewkilford.com/Artwork by John Daglishwww.instagram.com/johndaglish/Producer: K.P.*The Loathed Strangers is an independent podcast with no affiliation to Swindon Town Football Club. Opinions provided by guests don't always represent the views of the club or podcast* Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello and welcome to episode 57 of the Loathed Strangers.Summer is here! Huzzah! While I re-group for the 2019-20 season, I thought that I keep the ol' content ticking over with some red hot Town trivia.OOH! SHAUN TRIVIA!Contestants provide three topics and will answer 20 questions on each chosen subject. They have six seconds to answer. High pressure stuff!Finn is my latest contestant and what a ruddy nice chap he is for agreeing to take part.The 3 rounds for this episode are...R1: Town Signings (Di Canio to present)R2: Richie WellensR3: The 2017-18 SeasonHope you enjoy...Football is great, isn't it!?All of the #LSPOD guests volunteer their own time to discuss football with me and I’m very much grateful for it.Thanks, as always, for listening and I really hope you enjoy!Rich--------------------------------------#LSPOD Cult Zeros T-Shirts: https://www2.cultzeros.co.uk/product-category/t-shirt-gallery/loathed-strangers/Facebook: The Loathed Strangershttps://twitter.com/LoathedStrangerhttps://www.instagram.com/theloathedstrangers/[email protected] by Matthew Kilfordhttps://www.matthewkilford.com/Artwork by John Daglishhttps://www.instagram.com/johndaglish/Producer: K.P.*The Loathed Strangers is an independent podcast with no affiliation to Swindon Town Football Club. Opinions provided by guests don't always represent the views of the club or podcast* Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.