Thetownend.com

minimum criteria: 50 games and >50% success rate as per swindon-town-fc.co.uk (http://www.swindon-town-fc.co.uk/Managers.asp).

i've had to leave a few off due to the restraints of the forum, i.e. fred ford, ken beamish

My personal favourite was Bobby Smith even though he got us relegated the 2 seasons preceeding were the best attcking football I have ever seen at Swindon and that includes under Ardilles and Hoddle.

But saying that, the best manager must be Danny Williams for me as he is the only manager to win a major honour at Swindon, the only ones that come close are Ardilles and Hoddle as they both got us promoted to the Premier League.

sturrocks the only one out of all of those i've seen, so i had to vote him

LOU Macari's Red and White Army!

Ardiles easy.

Took the bunch of fairly average cloggers that Macari had recruited and had trained to play long ball football and, with the single addition of Kers, within one season had got a team pinging the ball about like they were Brazil.

Hoddle's side was good, but to my mind the Ardiles play off winning side played the better football. What's more, even with  Moncur and Hazard in midfield, that Hoddle side never really played at it's peak without Glenn on the pitch.

Ok I never understood a word the man said in interview but I could live with that.

Bert Head produced the best ever bunch of local talent this club has ever seen

macari for me.took us from nowhere to the playoffs of the now championship.

No Andy King. Ill have him before Sturrock

For me it was hoddle best football I think I have seen at the county ground and he managed to balance it out with a good defence..

The fact that I got to see someone like hoddle in a town shirt was a privilege by itself, doubt we will ever see as good a player in a town shirt again

LOUUUUUUU MACARI WE'RE PROUD TO SING YOUR NAME SWINDON TOWN ARE GOIN' UP AGAIN!

Completely agree with this. Its a tough call between Macari and Hoddle, but the football we played under Hoddle was a joy to watch. So many happy memories. And he was the manager to take us to the promised land.

 :nod:

Agree with all that; that was the best side i've ever seen.

Those interviews on club-call were the best; like you said you couldn't understand a word he said!

it was a toss up between Lou Macari who literally rescued the club from oblivion or Glenn Hoddle who has us playing the most amazing football ive ever seen at STFC.

For football reasons I picked Glenn - some of my best memories ever were under Hoddle

I voted Sam Allen, I thought he deserved at least one vote and he 's been dead for like 50 years, so would scare the shit out of the opposition.

I think it has to be Macari, never really saw many games under him as I was too young and no one to take me, but for what eh done in getting Swindon Town several promotions, getting sacked and then re-employed due to a fan backlash, and he was the one that really got Swindon in the headlines (for on and off the pitch reasons), and I would say without what he done for the club we probably would not be where we are today.

I voted for Hoddle for the simple reason that we played some brilliant Football when he was in charge and i wasn't around to witness our team play when Ardiles and Macari were around.

   You could make out a pretty good case for Sam....despite your spectral fantasies....he lived in Kent Road as well.

For me it's between Macari, Ardiles and Hoddle.

And due to the fact that without the players Macari found, both Ossie and Glenn would not have had the foundations Macari left.

On that basis I've gone for Lou, but it was a tough call.

I'd go for Lou. Despite that Hoddle's team played some F'in sexy footy. I never actually saw a Macari team but as others have said, if it was not for him then we could well be minnow league right now.

I knew that. I've always wondered if it was my house. Better odds that winning the lottery. I'd imagine the rewards are less though.

 44.... droopy drawers.  Not the Frome Hotel.

Really? Not my house then. I'm going to go take a picture tomorrow.

 In the words of Eddie and Charles.....would I lie to you baby?

Macari by a mile we were dead until he came I can remember watching us v rochdale around 82/83 in front of about 2000 and wanted to commit suicide after ( i got drunk instead) everything else followed from that catalyst

bit of a two horse race.

i'll be closing the poll tomorrow evening, so if you're deliberating over your vote - hurry up

  Bert  Head or Danny Williams.....close call

Macari, simply because he was manager when my dad first took me to the County Ground, and my early memories of supporting Town are that we kept winning.

Tough decision.

I really enjoyed the Macari years, but it was not the most pleasing on the eye, and it was at a lower level. Great to see us overpowering teams and levels of fitness were astounding.

Ardiles put together a side who would have had more chance of staying in the top flight

Hoddle's side was outstanding, but relied a fair bit on his on pitch skills

I'll go for Ardiles. I'll save Hoddle for one of the players roles.

i just went to close this poll and it's a 36-36 tie between macari and hoddle  :D

i just voted for hoddle to make it easier for you sonic.

8)

Danny Williams took a very goodside to levels that were pure class...
Not only in the League cup...but in a strong third division and it was a shame that he left to go back to Yorkshire..
The Board were a problem in those days as well....!!!!!

Its Lou for me, I dreamt of not being shit , of getting close to the big time. whilst watching town in the bottom division.

He made it all real