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Something for the fans at last
JUST two weeks ago Swindon Town seemed to have hit rock bottom with a dismal home defeat against Stoke City but how things can change in the space of a fortnight. A thrilling 5-0 win in the FA Cup on Saturday albeit against non-League opposition has now
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Conference sides humble League opponents
FA Cup Round-Up: Dagenham & Redbridge's Mark Janney hit a 90th-minute winner to give the Conference side a 1-0 win over Lincoln. Janney's last-gasp strike upheld the honour of the Cup minnows , while Morecambe and Chester also struck blows for the
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Go to Town on our new footie website
This is Wiltshire has followed the highs and lows of Swindon Town's progress this season delivering the action into your homes as it happens. This year, for the first time, Newsquest Wiltshire's website has featured direct match feeds, giving people who
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Fireworks and damp squibs
NOVEMBER had promised so much more for Town fans. It even started with fireworks, but ended with one of the most dismal defeats in the club's history. An encouraging win on the last day of October 3-1 against Cambridge saw an immediate increase in attendances
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Virus warning
Parents in North Wiltshire are being warned an outbreak of the highly contagious hand, foot and mouth disease is sweeping the town. Every year, a number of babies and toddlers contract the illness, which causes ulcerated feet, hands and mouths, but doctors
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Struggle to find form as pitches turn to mudbaths
Screwfix: The Screwfix League's list of postponements got even longer on Saturday, as only three of the local sides managed to play their fixtures. And those that did play could not record the results they wanted, as they struggled to find form after
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Weather puts paid to Premier games
Hellenic: Fairford Town's eyecatching fixture with neighbours High-worth Town was called off after frantic work by groundsman Albert Alder and colleagues failed to save the game. A spokesman for the club said: "The middle of the pitch and both goalmouths
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Supermarine snatch a win
SWINDON Supermarine pegged back Highworth Town's lead at the top of the Premier section to just three points after beating Abingdon United 3-2. It was not plain sailing however for the South Marston side who trailed 2-0 at the break and scored the winner
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Christmas fund fear for families
FAMILIES living on a Trowbridge housing estate fear money put aside for Christmas in a shop's club fund has gone missing Among those facing a bleak Christmas are two pensioners who were saving to buy presents for their grandchildren. Concerns were raised
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Night sleeping rough raises nearly £5,000
ORGANISERS of this year's Sleepout event were delighted at the turn out. Around 35 people showed up to spend a night sleeping in a church car park to highlight the plight of homeless people who sleep on the streets every night. The other main aim of the
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Look . . . of course the town can cope
THE annual pilgrimage of shoppers into Swindon may be in full flow, but a company which was set up to promote the town centre insists congestion is not problem. Swindon Initiative says it is great news that the town is so busy this year in the run-up
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Rover worker is sacked for fraud
A CAR worker has been sacked and others are under investigation over alleged cash irregularities at Swindon's former Rover plant. Investigators from BMW, owner of the Stratton St Margaret pressings factory, were called in after claims were made of wrongdoing
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Train boss: We will improve in 2001
FIRST Great Western managing director Mike Carroll has apologised to long-suffering passengers for a year of disruption on the trains. And on the day when the company finally released its Christmas timetable, he promised a brighter future for commuters
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51% vote for the Great Western Hospital
SWINDON'S new hospital should be called The Great Western Hospital. That was the overwhelming result of a poll carried out by This is Wiltshire and the Evening Advertiser. More than half the readers who responded to our telephone and online vote said
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Hockaday troupe's medal joy
Youngsters from the Old Town-based Judith Hockaday School of dance carried home a brace of medals from the Grandison Clarke Awards in London. At the event in the Commonwealth Institute in Kensington, the group, which is based in Prospect Place, managed
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Teenager is jailed
HOMELESS teenager Marc Aldridge has been jailed for 15 months after breaking in to the home of a couple while they were away on holiday. The 18-year-old broke in after going to the building in Birch Street with a former lodger who was collecting her mail
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Shoppers flock to Christmas bazaar launched by Mayor
DOZENS of people took advantage of an opportunity to buy Christmas goodies and help local charities at the same time. Pinehurst People's Centre invited around 15 organisations to set up stalls at its bazaar, which was held at the weekend. Swindon mayor
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FA Cup third round draw
Newcastle United v Aston Villa Blackburn Rovers v Chester City Morecambe v Ipswich Town Leeds Utd v Barnsley Derby County v West Brom Watford v Everton Carlisle Utd v Arsenal Walsall v West Ham Utd Swindon Town v Coventry City Bolton v Yeovil Town Southend
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Brutal attack gets man jail sentence
A PENHILL man has been jailed for more than two-and-a-half years after he kicked a man unconscious outside a nightclub. Joseph Wood eventually pleaded guilty to grievous bodily harm after hearing the opening evidence at a trial earlier this year, Swindon
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Woan praises midfield colleagues
IAN Woan clearly enjoyed Town's second-half performance against Gateshead, when he and his fellow midfielders were in complete control. "You're entitled to play like that against non-league opposition," he said. "You've just got to be professional for
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It's just not on, ref!
THE Town boss was fuming after his treatment by the match officials against Gateshead. King's energetic approach during the game did not endear him to the men in black and he spent the second half away from the dug out. This followed a half time "chat
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Have some sympathy
HAVING read your letter from Mr J R Harris I am to put it mildly very angry. Firstly Reverend Carol Stone did not have her sex change operation on the NHS but paid for it herself. Secondly this operation was not done as a whim but, as she has explained
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Please rethink over this school
I would like to draw your readers' attention to the proposed decision of this council to close and eventually knock down one of the oldest schools in Swindon, Rodbourne Cheney Primary School. It seems it is a good decision to take away this family school
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It takes strength to dance
Frankly I am shocked that you have chosen to suggest that the image of a male dancer (Billy Elliot) is wimpish in an article on bullying. It serves only to re-enforce negative images, in the press and community at large, of men dancing. May I take this
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Don't be afraid over one case
I READ with concern the article entitled "10 Burglaries I just can't take this any more" published on December 7. As you will appreciate I am unable to discuss individual cases or the circumstances surrounding the reporting of alleged offences to the
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Fifth win in succession for Bassett
WOOTTON Bassett had another all-conquering day on Saturday, when all three teams won convincingly. The First XV beat Corsham 20-5 in their Southern Counties South league match, and thoroughly deserved their victory. They scored two early tries through
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Bassett star in derby win for Bristol
Former Wootton Bassett full-back Steve Corcoran helped Bristol Under-21s to a comprehensive victory over their Bath counterparts in an ill-tempered encounter at The Rec. Three Bath players were sent to the sin-bin as Bristol, who lead the RFU Under-21
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Rail director must stick to promise
REMEMBER the days when British Rail boasted that it was the Age of the Train? That was before the Government of the day decided to fragment the system and place responsibility for it into the hands of profit-motivated private companies. The result is
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Town victory sets up Sky Blues clash
TOWN'S FA Cup reward for their second round thrashing of Gateshead is a home tie with Premiership side Coventry City. Having put out two non-League sides so far, Gordon Strachan's outfit will provide Town with a much stiffer test. Club skipper Alan Reeves
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Yeovil rock Blackpool
FA Cup Sunday action: Nick Crittenden entered Yeovil's FA Cup hall of fame when the giant-killers claimed their 20th league scalp in the competition against 1953 winners Blackpool. Crittenden struck in first-half injury-time at Bloomfield Road, slamming
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Injured driver given ticket while trapped
INJURED mother of two Shauna Bodman was issued with a traffic ticket while trapped in her car after an accident. Mrs Bodman, from Cherhill told magistrates in Devizes that traffic officer Mark Finistere issued her with a ticket while she was waiting to
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Virus warning
Parents in North Wiltshire are being warned an outbreak of the highly contagious hand, foot and mouth disease is sweeping the town. Every year, a number of babies and toddlers contract the illness, which causes ulcerated feet, hands and mouths, but doctors
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Team verdict
ANDY King tinkered with the formation of his side, abandoning last week's successful lone striker system in favour of a a more orthodox 4-4-2. Martin Williams joined Gary Alexander up front and David Duke dropped back to the bench. Danny Invincible played
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Man of the Match
Keith O'Halloran: The Irishman's pair of terrific long-range strikes killed off Gateshead and paved the way for Town's exhibition football in the last 20 minutes. O'Halloran was deployed on the left side of midfield but never looked out of place. He is
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A feast of five goals
Swindon 5, Gateshead 0: Two cracking strikes by Keith O'Halloran paved the way for a five-goal feast at the County Ground. The young Irish midfielder was outstanding as Town comfortably booked their place in the third round of the FA Cup at the expense
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Burglary is latest in string of con tricks
AN ELDERLY woman has been burgled in the latest of a string of thefts from pensioners in Swindon. She is the sixth old person to have been burgled in the past fortnight. The 82-year-old, who lives on the Pinehurst estate, found a man acting suspiciously
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Santa blazes a trail at Asda
SANTA arrived in style at the West Swindon Asda supermarket yesterday. Instead of his usual reindeer powered transport, he opted for something with all the whistles and bells a vintage 1951 Dennis F12 fire engine. Children will be able to catch up with
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Carols for a cause
MORE than 500 people gathered around the 25ft fir tree outside the Prospect Hospice in Wroughton for the annual Light-a-Life Christmas service. Carols were sung around the tree by members of the Swindon Choral Society and Lydiard Millicent Primary School
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Choirs are on song in Christmas competition
CHILDREN from choirs drawn from primary schools all around Swindon were singing their hearts out in the fourth annual Christmas choir competition at the Great Western Designer Outlet Village. Watched by an audience of appreciative shoppers, the youngsters
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Smoke without fire
FIREFIGHTERS have once again warned about the need for smoke alarms after a house in Trowbridge was badly damaged. This time though the property was fitted with an alarm but it didn't have a battery inside. It's easy to forget to replace batteries or
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Just toying with a Christmas
Every Christmas toy manufacturers seem to take great joy in not producing enough of the year's must have objects. They seem to take a perverse pleasure in making parents tear their hair out as they race around from store to story trying to fulfil little
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You can make a difference!
CONTRIBUTIONS have started to roll in for the 2000 Evening Adver-tiser Christmas Appeal. But we still need more people to come forward with help if we are to make this a record-breaking year. We have teamed up with Swindon Rotary Club to make this a brighter
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Ryan rings up £500 for Welcome Centre
CHILDREN like three-year-old Ryan Skeates pictured above will benefit from a £500 award to the Park North Welcome Centre. The three-year-old was chosen to receive a cheque from Steve Allsopp, also pictured above, who was presenting it on behalf of the
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Group effort should boost book buying
THE power of Swindon Council to buy library books is set to dramatically increase. The borough, which set aside £373,000 last year for library stock, will team up with other local authorities in South West England, which results in a combined budget of
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Concert is a huge success
CHRIST Church was packed out for the second annual Christmas concert in aid of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. Before the service began, those taking part lit candles to remember children past, present and future. The service
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Town are lifted by a pair of braces
TWO-GOAL hero Keith O'Halloran tried to play down his two sensational strikes that paved the way for Town's comfortable victory over Gateshead. The Dublin-born midfielder unleashed a dipping screamer to open Swindon's account after 17 minutes and lifted
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Town victory sets up Sky Blues clash
TOWN'S FA Cup reward for their second round thrashing of Gateshead is a home tie with Premiership side Coventry City. Having put out two non-League sides so far, Gordon Strachan's outfit will provide Town with a much stiffer test. Club skipper Alan Reeves
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Swindon end their losing streak with five-try win
SWINDON Rugby Club had another satisfying weekend, with all three teams recording comfortable victories. The first team returned to winning ways after two successive defeats, defeating basement boys Bletchley 25-3 at the Supermarine Ground. Swindon started
