MATCHDAY LIVE: Swindon v Mansfield Town

Full-time: Swindon 2 Mansfield 4

Four minutes added on *obligatory where did he get that from*

86- Swindon have a goal back as Williams runs free as a bird behind the Mansfield defence and tucks beyond Pym. 2-4.

Goal. Swindon 2 (Williams 86') Mansfield 2.

82- OFF: Darcy

ON: Cain

80- RHM is nearly through on goal as he charges through the middle, but Pym is off his line quickly to punt the ball out of play. 1-4.

79- Of the fans that actually came today, a large number have left already and if you are continuing to read this then I would question your life choices. 1-4.

76- This is just increasingly embarrassing from Swindon. They have barely had a kick all half and are being completely toyed with by Mansfield. 1-4.

74- OFF: Hewitt, Keillor-Dunn

ON: C. Johnson, Gale

70- The investigative journalist thing to do now is find out what Darcy has on someone at the club to still be on the pitch. 1-4.

69- OFF: Quinn; Wakeling

ON: Law; Williams

65- Ronan Darcy gets caught in possession by Boateng, he drives forwards and curls the ball into the bottom corner from the edge of the area. 1-4.

Goal. Swindon 1 Mansfield 4 (Boateng '65)

62- Swindon keep trying to take their own players' heads off with crosses. Shade does well to get beyond Bowery to the by-line, but his cross has too much on it for anyone to get on the end of. 1-3.

59- A raking ball out to Tomlinson is struck into the middle at a rate of knots by the full-back, but just too far ahead of Wakeling. 1-3.

57- OFF: Hutton, Austin, Khan

ON: Lavinier, Kadji, Shade

Why would you take Hutton off? He is the only one who has done anything.

53- An obvious lie comes as the attendance is 9281 with 587 away fans. There is no way that is true. 1-3.

53- Mansfield are largely just keeping the ball in this half and preserving energy ahead of going again on Monday. Everyone here is hoping Monday gets postponed so no one has to watch Swindon again. 1-3.

49- It is still just as bad. 1-3.

47- Mansfield go close. Maris waltzes through the Swindon left and delivers a low ball in which Brynn does well to gather. 1-3.

46- Swindon get us back underway. 1-3.

OFF: Oates

ON: Maris

The players have made their way back out, but contrary to what the Swindon Twitter says, they are definitely down AND out.

If ever there was a game for mass changes it is this one. Swindon were diabolical in that half with no defensive organisation and no presence in midfield. It does not look like those changes are coming, but Morris has big questions to answer.

The half-time whistle is met with a chorus of boos around the County Ground.

Five minutes of added time and I would rather have seen none.

45- McEachran plays a delightful ball into Austin, his glancing header goes just wide of the far post. 1-3.

43- If ever there was a game for a raft of subs at half-time it is this one. 1-3.

42- OFF: Clarke

ON: Boateng

41- Hewitt gets a yellow for stopping a counter, lord knows why he bothered. 1-3.

41- Swindon very lucky. Hewitt was give too much space and blasted a cross through to Akins, his touch lets him down and Swindon off the hook. 1-3.

39- Since the third goal went in, Swindon have flipped to a 433 - proving my theory that Morris overthought this. 1-3.

33- Pathetic. A ball straight up the middle falls to Oates, his shot goes through Brynn and into the net. 1-3.

Goal. Swindon 1 Mansfield 3 (Oates 33')

32- To the surprise of no one Mansfield take the lead. Hewitt has space and find Keillor-Dunn, he takes it down and tees up Quinn to drill across goal and Akins tapped it in. 1-2.

Goal. Swindon 1 Mansfield 2 (Akins '32)

30- Khan gets told to shoot from 30 yards and he duly obliges. The effort took a deflection and Pym had to scramble across his line to make sure it didn't go in. 1-1.

28- The bright spot is that Hutton is carrying a huge threat. He has the beating of Bowery every time and has forced Mansfield into plenty of situations they don't want to be in. 1-1.

25- I think Morris has watched too much Man City as Swindon are playing a hybrid 433/352 and Wakeling is being asked to play as a winger and wing-back like he was against Stockport. 1-1.

24- Quick pause in play here as Clarke went down. Swindon have been awful since conceding. They have barely kept the ball and Mansfield are walking through them, if nothing changes this will get ugly. 1-1.

22- Austin now getting a yellow for a foul just inside the Swindon half. Town have crumbled already. 1-1.

20- Brewitt goes into the book. 1-1.

19- Against the post. Sloppy Swindon defending sees Ollie Clarke hit a half volley against the post, before Akins fires the rebound at Byrnn. 1-1.

17- That goal has silenced the County Ground. It was not overly raucous beforehand, but definite pin drop territory now. 1-1.

13- Too easy. Hewitt puts a cross into the back post where Quinn heads home. 1-1.

13- Goal. Swindon 1 Mansfield 1 (Quinn 13')

11- Swindon starting to exert some control. A pass is overhit to Austin but comes out to Hutton, he reverses a pass to Darcy on the edge of the area, but he blazed over the top. 1-0.

5- That was Hutton ninth assist of the season, the fifth highest number in the league. 1-0.

3- The first time Swindon really have the ball, they score. Hutton cuts back from the right and finds an unmarked RHM in the middle, who heads home. 1-0.

GOAL! Swindon 1 (Hepburn-Murphy 3') Mansfield 0

1- They are indeed playing Tomlinson at CB and FBT on the left. 0-0.

1- Davis Keillor-Dunn gets us underway. 0-0.

It's a good thing they didn't get the long-term fan mascots to stand in front of the players as with this squad you wouldn't have been able to see the Swindon players.

The players are on their way out.

With nine minutes to go until kick-off, the stands are exceptionally bare. You can't really blame them, mind.

That is part of a back four by the way, so Hutton still on the right.

Swindon are currently warming up with Tomlinson at right centre-back, Brewitt as the left centre-back and FBT at left-back. None of that makes any sense but that is what they are doing.

We are looking at a piece of history today. The last time Mansfield won at the County Ground was back in 1977, with a Foster goal being enough for a 1-0 win for the Stags. There have been 13 meetings here since and Swindon have not lost a single one. The last time they even scored a goal away at Swindon was in 2022. Something tells me that is about to change.

Would anyone prefer this to just be me talking about the nice weather? I feel like it would be a much more enjoyable experience for us all than concentrating on the game.

After last week I would expect Mansfield to stick with the 41212, so that is what I will predict.

Pym

Hewitt Perch Kilgour Bowery

Wallace

Quinn Clarke

Akins

Oates Keillor-Dunn

Mansfield Town XI:

Pym, Hewitt, Akins, Clarke, Bowery, Perch, Quinn, Wallace, Oates, Kilgour, Keillor-Dunn

Subs: Maris, D. Johnson, C. Johnson, Flinders, Law, Gale, Boateng

Swindon Town XI:

Brynn; Hutton, Brewitt, Blake-Tracy, Tomlinson; Khan, McEachran, Darcy; Hepburn-Murphy, Austin, Wakeling

Subs: Brann, Williams, Adeloye, Cain, Kadji, Lavinier, Shade

Mansfield had been on a bad run but a tactical switch last week against Crawley saw them return to winning ways. They need a win for the play-offs and cross the second most in the league, so it would be a lie to say I was confident.

Happy Easter everyone. It is a time for resurrection and boy do Swindon need one. Six games without a win and a manager who looked very ticked off on Thursday, it is not a particularly happy time. But it is quite sunny, so that should be nice.