Loathed Strangers: Swindon Town Podcast

I do enjoy a My XI! Especially with the sort of criteria my guest Dave Abbott provides as we discuss his Swindon Town One Season Wonders XI. Big thanks to Dave for taking part.This episode is sponsored by the STFC Official Supporters Club. SUH-WIN-DON! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

[This episode was recorded during the stricter part of the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic UK lockdown]Mr. Leigh Barnard. What a lovely chap! 26 goals in 267 appearances across the competitions from Swindon Town's midfielder between 1982 and 1989.Town were down in the dumps when Leigh arrived from Portsmouth but by the time he had left Swindon were comfortably in the second tier of English football.We discuss he career with a focus on Swindon where he played under John Trollope, Ken Beamish, Lou Macari and Ossie Ardiles before departing for Cardiff City.My thanks for Leigh for taking part, it was great fun!SUH-WIN-DON! This episode is sponsored by the STFC Official Supporters Club. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode is sponsored by the STFC Official Supporters Club. SUH-WIN-DON! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode is sponsored by the STFC Official Supporters Club. SUH-WIN-DON! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

[Released a bit later than initially planned]Swindon Town are the EFL League Two *champions* for 2019-20! Ben Wills and Conor Garratt join me to discuss each month of the season.SUH-WIN-DON! This episode is sponsored by the STFC Official Supporters Club. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alan McLoughlin! What a pleasure this was for me. Alan wore the No.4 shirt the day I saw Swindon for the first time and joins Fraser Digby, Paul Bodin and Adi Viveash as a member of that side who have joined me on the pod. Lovely stuff.Alan guides us through his long and successful career which started at Manchester United before Lou Macari signed him for Town. Plenty of Swindon chat (30 mins onwards) plus Republic of Ireland and his later career (including his coaching role at Swindon).It was amazing to listen to, I hope you enjoy it!This episode is sponsored by the STFC Official Supporters Club. SUH-WIN-DON! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I said something about taking a break didn't I? Not yet though as I welcome Town defender Tom Broadbent onto the podcast.It's a very interesting journey from his early days in Hampshire and his early attempts to make it in football. Then joining the army and playing in Non-League. We than move to his professional career at Bristol Rovers and then his move to Swindon Town in 2019 (48mins 48 secs).Big thanks to Tom for taking part!SUH-WIN-DON! This episode is sponsored by the STFC Official Supporters Club Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

*WARNING: Some swearing can be heard within this episode* Recorded during the Lockdown and just before returning to action with Cardiff City, Sean Morrison joined me to discuss his Town career plus some other bits and pieces. He was great! I hope you enjoy the story of how Sean went from being shown the door at Plymouth Argyle to playing 50 times in the Premier League. This episode is sponsored by the STFC Official Supporters Club. SUH-WIN-DON! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Here we go again! I had a lot of fun recording this with Perth's finest, Jordan Lyden.We discuss Down Under, Villa, Oldham and Swindon Town plus answering your questions. Big thanks to Jordan and I hope you enjoy it.SUH-WIN-DON! This episode is sponsored by the STFC Official Supporters Club. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Chris Ramsey is on the pod! We talk about his early days at Bristol City and then Brighton where he played in the 1983 F.A. Cup Final before joining Swindon Town in 1984 where he was an early signing in Lou Macari's revolution and then on to his successful coaching career. PLUS MORE!Big thanks to Chris for taking part. SUH-WIN-DON! This episode is sponsored by the STFC Official Supporters Club. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A little bit of content for you before Swindon Town finally get confirmed as promoted (hopefully as L2 champions).BEN WILLS RETURNS TO THE POD!We did the #LSPOD End of Season Awards for 2018-19 with winners such as Luke Woolfenden, James Dunne and Kyle Knoyle so hopefully there's no 'kiss of death' is 2019-20!This is just a bit of fun. Not to be taken seriously but we stand by our choices!SUH-WIN-DON! This episode is sponsored by the STFC Official Supporters Club. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What a guy Will Henry is. His time at Swindon is at an end but here he is on the podcast talking about his career to date! I really enjoyed listening to Will and I hope you do too!This episode is sponsored by the STFC Official Supporters Club. SUH-WIN-DON! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

*WARNING: A couple of swear words can be found in this episode!*Start your week right with Keshi Anderson who joins me for episode 165 of The Loathed Strangers. Keshi walks me through his career in meticulous details as we cover his early days at Barton Rovers in the eighth tiers to moving to the Premier League. Loans spells including working with Richie Wellens and then moving to Swindon (1hr 3mins) where he talks tactics, winning the fans over and answers your questions.SUH-WIN-DON! This episode is sponsored by the STFC Official Supporters Club. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cameron McGilp joins me on the pod to discuss his journey from playing in Australia to moving to England to join Birmingham City and then Swindon Town. Cameron is delightfully nice chap and provides decent insight plus eSports - what's that all about? My thanks to Cameron for getting involved. SUH-WIN-DON! This episode is sponsored by the STFC Official Supporters Club. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ANTHONY GRANT IS ON THE POD! This is *not* a drill. You've been asking and asking and asking and asking for Anthony and here he is. I like to think you'll all agree when I say that he doesn't disappoint. I genuinely enjoyed listening to his journey from Chelsea to Southend to several other clubs and then Swindon Town. Huge thanks to Anthony for getting involved! SUH-WIN-DON! This episode is sponsored by the STFC Official Supporters Club. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The beat goes on! The tenth consecutive current team member or STFC alumni conversation! Craziness. My guest for this episode is the breakout star of 2019-20, Rob Hunt!We discuss his time at Brighton & Hove Albion, Oldham Athletic and, of course, Swindon Town (from 41 minutes onwards). He also answers your questions! What a guy. What a club. SUH-WIN-DON!This episode is sponsored by the STFC Official Supporters Club. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

***WARNING: A few swear words can be heard within this episode!***Start your week right with a much needed dose of Jerry, Jerry Yates! Jerry, Jerry Yates!Jerry answers questions from me about his career to date from youth days at Doncaster Rovers to making his way in the game at Rotherham United and, of course, Swindon Town which starts at 00:46:58! He also answers some of your questions. What a guys.Thanks to Ciaran Boast for the Jerry Yates opening theme! SUH-WIN-DON! This episode is sponsored by the STFC Official Supporters Club. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hey! Hey! My guest for this episode is one Steven Benda who is a splendid chap! We discuss his development in his native Germany with Stuttgarter Kickers and VfB Stuttgart then Aalen and Heidenheim before a big move to TSV 1860 Munich. We discuss his move to Swansea and then, of course, loan spell at Swindon Town (STFC from 31mins 36 seconds) and taken your questions. SUH-WIN-DON! This episode is sponsored by the STFC Official Supporters Club. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mathieu Baudry joins me on the pod to discuss his career to date in a great level of detail. From Le Havre and Troyes in France to his career in England with Bournemouth, Leyton Orient, Doncaster Rovers, MK Dons and Swindon Town (STFC content starts at 1hr 3mins 30 seconds).He also answers *your* questions! What a guy! SUH-WIN-DON! This episode is sponsored by the STFC Official Supporters Club. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

***WARNING: EXPLICIT LANGUAGE THROUGHOUT THE EPISODE***Here we are! Another member of RPUs All-Time Swindon Town XI joins the podcast to talk candidly about their career to date. PAUL CADDIS! We start with playing for both Old Firm sides and then his progress with Celtic. Lots of Swindon Town chat plus his successful spell with Birmingham. PLUS MORE!Big thanks to Paul for getting involved! SUH-WIN-DON! This episode is sponsored by the STFC Official Supporters Club. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

EOIN DOYLE IS ON THE POD! SUH-WIN-DON! This episode is sponsored by the STFC Official Supporters Club. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello and welcome to episode 156 of LSPOD! My guest is the top chap that is Mr. Paul Mullin. We talk about his career to date from representing both of the big Merseyside clubs to almost moving to Spain to Huddersfield Town and playing over 100 times for Morecambe. Of course his season at Swindon Town is covered and subsequent career with Tranmere Rovers. Apologies for the sound issues - it's fine but for whatever reason the connection with Paul creates that local radio phone-in vibe. My thanks to Paul and you folks for downloading! SUH-WIN-DON! This episode is sponsored by the STFC Official Supporters Club. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Michael Doughty? YES PLEASE! What. a. guy! We discuss his career to date from Chelsea to QPR to loan spells, Peterborough and a (non) trial at Oxford. We discuss all three Swindon Town spells and his new business venture HYLO which will be providing the worlds most sustainable running shoe. Thanks to MD and thanks for downloading! SUH-WIN-DON! This episode is sponsored by the STFC Official Supporters Club.NOTE: I meant 'panenka', not 'rabona'. Oops. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Here's a little bonus for you lucky, lucky people! A Q&A with Town manager Richie Wellens from the northern outpost of Manchester. Pretty much all the questions were supplied by Town fans. Lovely stuff, thanks for those! 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.

Hello! My guest for this episode is Amine Linganzi! He played for Swindon during the 2017-18 season playing 29 times and scoring 4 goals. He go through his entire career and it's very interesting indeed. I hope you enjoy it. This episode is sponsored by the STFC Official Supporters Club. SUH-WIN-DON! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If you have encountered the same issues as Donal McDermott and would like to get in touch with Donal about anything discussed then his email is [email protected]. The track included in the opening and closing of the podcast is 'Manny Wave' by ZedBee MCR. This episode is sponsored by the STFC Official Supporters Club. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

150* NOT OUT! To celebrate the 150th instalment of The Loathed Strangers I am joined by Stuart James. Sure, he doesn't boast 300 Swindon Town appearances but he was trainee during one of the clubs greatest eras (1992-1994). He went on play at decent level with Bath City and Newport County before becoming a national journalist with The Guardian and now with The Athletic. We discuss a lot of stuff and it's all really interesting. SUH-WIN-DON! This episode is sponsored by the STFC Official Supporters Club. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A current player you say!? Yep. Captain Dion Conroy flies by to have a chat about his career to date and answer your questions. What a lovely chap. We go from Fulham to Chelsea to Aldershot to Swindon in no time at all and you have to respect the fact that the guy has endured obstacles from the start and keeps clearing them! Many thanks to Dion and Ben Hooke at Swindon Town for helping out. 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 contains some explicit language.51 goals in 137 appearances for Swindon including the prolific 29 throughout that memorable 2009-2010 campaign. Ladies and gentlemen, it's Billy Paynter! What a guy! He walks me through his career starting with Port Vale and going all the way to those final year with Carlisle and Hartlepool. The emphasis is, as always, on Swindon Town and there are a few great tales from behind-the-curtain. My thanks to Billy for getting involved! SUH-WIN-DON!This episode is sponsored by the STFC Official Supporters Club. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My guest for this instalment of the Loathed Strangers is none other than Fabrizio Piccareta! Fabrizio started out with Sampdoria in his native Genoa and then played in the lower leagues for many years before embarking on a coaching career. We discussed his journey from working within Inter Milan's international football programme to getting his badges alongside one Paolo Di Canio. We focus of Swindon Town and his memories of working for Wiltshire's finest! What a guy! My thanks to Fabrizio for taking part. 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 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.