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Swindon Town Football Club
STFC are Swindon's top football team, based at The County Ground Stadium.
The County Ground, County Road, Swindon, Wiltshire , SN1 2ED
Website 0330 002 1993FULL-TIME: Swindon Town 2-1 Crewe Alexandra
91' Hope shot from inside the box after being found by Pitman's back-heel, his effort was saved but Richards could only put the ball back into the path of Twine who slotted home to give Swindon the lead.
2-1
90' GOAL SWINDON
TWINE SCORES TO SURELY HAND SWINDON VICTORY.
2-1
90' Four minutes of added time.
1-1
88' CHANCE CREWE
Mandron shoots from the centre of the Swindon box and somehow Wollacott saves it. He follows up with a second effort but it hits Powell and goes out for a goal-kick. Excellent goalkeeping.
1-1
84' Swindon have a free-kick on the edge of the Crewe box.
Twine bets the ball over the wall but it is straight into the hands of the keeper.
1-1
83' Thompson is shown a yellow card.
1-1
80' SWINDON SUBSTITUTION
Off - Garrick
On - Hope
1-1
77'
Crewe break on the counter-attack which ends with Kirk shooting from the edge of the box. His effort goes out for a corner which comes to nothing.
1-1
76' CREWE SUBSTITUTION
Off - Dale
On - Powell
1-1
75'
This time Caddis puts the ball into the box, Conroy controls the ball and chips a pass to the back-post but no one can get on it.
1-1
74'
Swindon win a corner. Palmer swings it in and it's out for another corner.
1-1
70' SWINDON SUBSTITUTION
Off - Missilou
On - Twine
1-1
64'
Kirk beats Caddis and puts a dangerous ball across the face of Swindon's goal, Mandron is sliding in but can't quite reach it.
1-1
62'
Crewe have the ball in the back of the net but Murphy is deemed to have fouled inside the box and Swindon are let off.
1-1
58' CHANCE SWINDON
Crewe fail to clear Swindon's free-kick. Caddis chips a pass to the byline, Garrick turns his man and cuts the ball back for Pitman who shoots low and hard from six-yards out but Richards saves well.
1-1
56'
Pitman latches onto Broadbent's ball forward as he brings the ball down on the edge of the Crewe box. He lays it off for Garrick who blasts his shot over the bar and into the Stratton Bank.
1-1
51' CHANCE CREWE
Mandron brings the ball down from Murphy's chip over the top. He has all the time in the world but blasts his effort over the bar from close-range. HUGE MISS.
1-1
47' Crewe win a corner which is taken short. The ball eventually comes into the box and Swindon clear.
1-1
Back underway at the CG.
1-1
The players are back out and we are almost underway again. Can Swindon grab another goal?
HALF-TIME: Swindon 1-1 Crewe
45'
There will be two minutes of added time.
1-1
41' Crewe get to the byline before trying to pull a cross back for Mandron but Conroy intervenes at the last second and clears.
1-1
36'
Swindon have the ball at the edge of the Crewe box with Pitman's eventual shot rebounding for a corner.
Caddis puts the ball into the box but Palmer is deemed to have fouled Lowery and the referee awards a free-kick.
1-1
34'
Charlie Kirk wins his side a corner. It's taken quickly and Caddis hoofs the ball upfield as Crewe win back possession.
1-1
32'
Crewe win a corner down near the Swindon corner flag. A left-footed cross is put towards the bak-post but Wollacott is confident and comes out to claim the ball. Swindon look to break on the counter-attack but the ball is out for a throw-in.
1-1
22'
Crewe win a free-kick 30 yards out from the Swindon goal as Mandron is hacked down. Harry Pickering whips a left-footed cross into the box with the ball eventually going out of play for a goal-kick.
1-1
19'
Crewe have a corner but it's a poor delivery and Swindon clear up the other end and winning a corner of their own.
1-1
17'
I have no idea how this match is 1-1 but Swindon can count themselves lucky. Swindon are all over the pitch with no visible pressing and simple balls through midfield creating chances for Crewe. Swindon barely hanging on at the moment.
1-1
13' CHANCE CREWE
Murphy puts a brilliant reverse through ball into the box, Mandron gets in font of Grounds but his effort goes just over the Swindon bar.
1-1
11'
The goal came from a half-hearted stabbed cross from Dion Conroy as Johnson looked to head the ball back to his keeper but instead but too much power behind the ball and headed past Dave Richards to give Swindon a lifeline.
1-1
9' GOAL SWINDON
Travis Johnson scores an own goal with a brilliant header past his keeper to get Swindon back into the game.
1-1
7' WHAT A SAVE
Mandron rises highest in the Swindon box to meet Charlie Kirk's cross. His header looks set to settle in the bottom corner but Wollacott claws the ball away with a great save.
0-1
5' The goal came from a simple ball down the right-hand side, Michael Mandron carried the ball from the halfway line and cut the ball back across the six-yard box to Lowery who had a simple tap-in.
0-1
4' GOAL CREWE
Tom Lowery scores from close-range to give Crewe the lead.
0-1
2' Swindon look to have set themselves up in a 5-3-2 formation with Caddis and Thompson operating in the full-back position with Missilou acting as the defensive midfielder.
0-0
KICK-OFF: Crewe get the game underway.
0-0
Swindon won the toss and the two sides switch ends before kick-off.
The players are out and we are just moments away from kick-off.
We're just under 10 minutes away from kick-off at the CG. Tweet us your match predictions at @totalsportswin.
We're going for a Swindon win. 2-1
Crewe have only won one of their past five league fixtures and manager David Artell has made four changes to the side that lost two-nil away to Peterborough last time out.
GK: Dave Richards
H Pickering (C)
R Wintle
T Lowery
C Kirk
M Mandron
O Dale
T Johnson
L Murphy
O Beckles
N Wood
Swindon Town have had a boost amongst their injury woes as Tom Broadbent and Jonathan Grounds return from the sidelines to make today's starting XI.
Joe Wollacott makes what is set to be his only Swindon Town appearance between the ranks as part of his 7-day emergency loan at SN1.
Swindon Town XI
GK: Wollacott
P Caddis
D Conroy (C)
J Grounds
D Thompson
C Missilou
M Palmer
J Garrick
B Pitman
J Payne
T Broadbent
There's 20 minutes to kick-off at the County Ground so let's take a look through the team news.
Good afternoon and welcome to Total Sport Swindon's Matchday Live commentary as we bring you live coverage from Swindon Town v Crewe Alexandra at the County Ground.
STFC are Swindon's top football team, based at The County Ground Stadium.
The County Ground, County Road, Swindon, Wiltshire , SN1 2ED
Website 0330 002 1993In case you missed it see what’s in this section
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