Mansfield Town vs Swindon Town

NIGEL
CLOUGH
Welcome to Swindon Town The cup run has been brilliant,
manager Ben Garner, along with three great games, but the
with the staff, players and fans next 24 league matches are what
from the County Ground for this matters now, starting with tonight’s
evening’s match.
encounter.
Our FA Cup journey ended on
Saturday following a cracking cup tie
against Middlesbrough, but our effort
and play to get back into it, against
a good Championship side, was
exceptional.
We weren’t anywhere near the levels
we could be inside the opening thirty
minutes, but were brilliant within the
last hour of the match and there’s a
very good argument to say that we
could have won the game.
We knew that if we got one goal back
– like we did against Hartlepool
here on Boxing Day - we
would be back in the
game, especially with
the vocal support of
the home fans.
We made it
uncomfortable for
them and to get so
close to winning the
game left us with
mixed emotions at
the end.
We’ve not managed
at too many clubs where
home supporters stay
behind to give you an
ovation for effort and
quality alone, regardless of
the result, but that seems
to be the case here. It’s
really good for the players
to hear and gives us much
encouragement.
Thank you for your support and enjoy
this evening’s game.
CLUB
HONOURS
LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS
Football Conference Premier
Champions: 2012-13
Football League Division 2
(Highest place 21st): 1977-78
Football League Division 3
Champions: 1976-77
Football League Division 4
Champions: 1974-75
Midland Counties League
Champions: 1923-24, 1924-25,
1928-29
Central Alliance
Championship: 1919-20
Central Alliance Champions:
(Subsidiary Competition)
1915-16
OTHER LEAGUE HONOURS
Football League Division 3
(North) Runners-up: 1950-51
Football League Division 3
Third place: 1964-65
Division 4 (or League 2)
Promotion: 1962-63, 1985-86,
1991-92, 2001-02
Midland Counties League
Runners-up: 1925-26
Midland Combination
Runners-up: 1926-27
CUP COMPETITIONS
FA Cup 6th Round (Quarter
Final): 1968-69
Football League Cup 5th Round
(Quarter Final): 1975-76
Associate Members Cup Winners:
1986-87
Northern Area Final: 1984-85
FA Trophy Runners-Up: 2010-11
Nottinghamshire FA County Cup
Winners: 1937-38, 1970-71, 1971-
72, 1986-87, 1987-88, 1988-89,
2006-07
Joint winners: 1938-39
Nottinghamshire FA Senior
Cup Winners: 1922-23, 1925-26,
1926-27,
1930-31, 1931-32
Anglo Scottish Cup Semi Final:
1975-76, 1978-79
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