Part 1..
The demise of king.
Many great events are laced with tradgedy. But in the history of STFC this has to be the most tragic great event.
March 2006 : Andy King was enjoying his second half cigarre more than usual, Swindon were 2-0 up against the scumly Bristol City. As he was taking a large inhale of the cuban goodness Andy Caton lobs the City keeper from well inside the Swindon half. The shock makes King choke on his cigar, he inhales most of it and dies of the blockage in his throat a few mins later.
Despite the indifferent view on King by many fans in previous seasons, his ability to be in the playoffs despite having a very low wage budget had galvanised the support of fans over the season. The loss of King has a massive effect on the players and the club drops out the playoffs despite Caretaker Reeves' best efforts and the club are left looking for a replacement over the summer.
Part 2...
Manager: Harrold Bishop.
The Swindon bored make a brave decission before the 06/07 season, naming a fictional soap character with no football experience as manager. At first this is met with skepticism by fans but when town are unbeaten and clear at the top of the table by christmas everyone sees this as the genius job allocation that it is.
The county ground is sold out everygame, not only due to the vast success that the club is experiencing, but also due to the massive cult following that the legendary Harold Bishop has, many non-football fans flooding through the turnstyles to see their hero in action.
Skeptics view that Bishop's success is more down to the ability of Iffy, Woan and Reeves as his backroom staff is dismissed when the trio get offered premiership jobs which they take. Swindon's winning streak continues even though the trio are replaced with just one man, Lou Carpenter.
Swindon win League one unbeaten, with a record amount of points, only drawing 3 games all season.
The success continues in the following season when Swindon get promotion to the Premiership through the play-offs. With the premiership looming and a brand new ground (funded by sell out gates 2 seasons running) looming the future looks bright for the west countries greates team....
I need a break from writing. Might do some more later. ..
Unfortunately the next season didn't bring the same luck as in previous years for the town. Swindon Borough Council decided that the new ground could not be built after all, just as the finishing touches were being made on the pre-match dining tables in the executive area, and the club were forced to pay £5m to demolish the ground and were left homeless. The club went into liquidation just 3 minutes later afetr Willie Carson refused to pay the final £1.23 towards saving the club.
