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Here we go again, pre-season done, Walsall (A) on Saturday. Time for some predictions - here are last year's in case anyone wants to make the same mistakes twice:https://thetownend.com/index.php?topic=59987.0 (https://thetownend.com/index.php?topic=59987.0)

League Two
League Two winners:
Promoted:
Playoffs:
Who's going down?:
Division Top Scorer:

Swindon Town
Where will Swindon finish?:
Top goalscorer:
Player of the season:
Will Ian Holloway become the first manager since Garner to see out a season?

Any bonus predictions for other things/random events welcome.

League Two
League Two winners: MK
Promoted: Chesterfield, Gillingham
Playoffs: Notts County, Walsall, Barnet, Bristol Rovers (Walsall get a redemptive win)
Who's going down?: Accrington, Cheltenham
Division Top Scorer: Aaron Collins

Swindon Town
Where will Swindon finish?: 8th
Top goalscorer: Harry Smith
Player of the season: Gavin Kilkenny
Will Ian Holloway become the first manager since Garner to see out a season? Yes

Any bonus predictions for other things/random events welcome: STFC start strongly but miss out on the playoffs after a poorly timed Harry Smith injury. MK finally make good on the fact they've had the best squad in the division for years and steamroll the division. Am I trying to curse them? Yes, absolutely and transparently.

League Two
League Two winners: MK
Promoted: Chesterfield, Swindon
Playoffs: Notts County, Colchester, Bristol Rovers, Gillingham (Gas to win)
Who's going down?: Accrington, Newport
Division Top Scorer: Alassana Jatta

Swindon Town
Where will Swindon finish?: 2nd
Top goalscorer: Harry Smith
Player of the season: Will Wright
Will Ian Holloway become the first manager since Garner to see out a season? Yes

League Two
League Two winners: Chesterfield
Promoted: Franchise, Swindon
Playoffs: Crawley Town
Who's going down?: Accrington, Newport
Division Top Scorer: Promise Omochere (Bristol Rovers)

Swindon Town
Where will Swindon finish?: 3rd
Top goalscorer: Harry Smith
Player of the season: Botan Ameen if he's not sold for a packet of quavers
Will Ian Holloway become the first manager since Garner to see out a season? Yes.

Any bonus predictions for other things/random events welcome.

Botan Ameen to rip this divison to pieces. We then spend the entire January shitting ourselves that him and smudge are out of contract. We keep both hostage and get over the line.

League Two
League Two winners: Swindon Town
Promoted: Cambridge, Walsall
Playoffs: Bristol Rovers
Who's going down?: Bromley, Harrogate
Division Top Scorer: Harry Smith

Swindon Town
Where will Swindon finish?: 1st
Top goalscorer: Harry Smith
Player of the season: Botan Ameen

League Two
League Two winners: MK
Promoted: Gillingham, Salford
Playoffs: Bristol Rovers, Barnet, Chesterfield, Swindon (P).
Who's going down?: Tranmere, Cambridge
Division Top Scorer: Alassana Jatta

Swindon Town
Where will Swindon finish?: 7th
Top goalscorer: Harry Smith
Player of the season: Aaron Drinan
Will Ian Holloway become the first manager since Garner to see out a season? Yes.

League Two

League Two winners: MKD
Promoted: Bristol Rovers, Swindon
Playoffs: Gillingham
Who's going down?: Newport, Harrogate
Division Top Scorer: Aaron Collins (MKD)

Swindon Town
Where will Swindon finish?: 3rd
Top goalscorer: Jake Tabor
Player of the season: Gavin Kilkenny

Town to reach the 4th round of the FA cup for the first time in years.

Ameen to be sold in January to Norwich for £500k.

Town make a late rush into 3rd place after sitting in the play off places all season.

Will Ian Holloway become the first manager since Garner to see out a season? Yes

Swindon get a new owner by October as Clem says he cant afford to keep us going to he reluctantly accepts an offer to buy the club.
The new owner funds correct levels of funding off the pitch and gets full staffing levels right, cleans up the stadium as a priority and makes it fit for league 2 football.
He invests in the academy and gives Holloway some extra funds in January funding the late push.

I will add another question....who do people think will be the dark horses this term, last season for me it was Chesterfield and the year before Crawley.

This season I predict the dark horses to be Barnet who I think will do well.

League Two
League Two winners: MK Unfortunately
Promoted: Chesterfield, Rovers
Playoffs: Notts, Shrewsbury, Cambridge (p), us
Who's going down?: Tranmere, Accrington
Division Top Scorer: Alassana Jatta

Swindon Town
Where will Swindon finish?: 7th
Top goalscorer: Smith
Player of the season: smith
Will Ian Holloway become the first manager since Garner to see out a season? Yes

Any bonus predictions for other things/random events welcome: Ameen will have a very average season, all the hype around him will die away and he'll end up signing a deal here next summer because of it.

League Two
League Two winners: MK
Promoted: Chesterfield, Swindon
Playoffs: Barnet, Bristol Rovers, Colchester, Grimsby
Who's going down?: Accrington, Oldham
Division Top Scorer: Alassana Jatta

Swindon Town
Where will Swindon finish?: 3rd
Top goalscorer: Harry Smith
Player of the season: Oldaker

I'd take that in a heart beat!

Fantasy football mate!

Might as well go the whole hog and make our new owners Margot Robbie and Jennifer Lawrence...

It'd certainly increase interest in attending the Advisory Board at least (good luck keeping your seat there Bennett!)

I'd take those in a heartbeat too!!!!

League Two
League Two winners: Dongs
Promoted: Swindon and Salford
Playoffs: Chesterfield, Colchester, Barnet and Gillingham (Chesterfield to win)
Who's going down?: Accrington and Newport
Division Top Scorer: Cheek, Bromley

Swindon Town
Where will Swindon finish?: Second
Top goalscorer: Smudger
Player of the season: Kilkenny
Will Ian Holloway become the first manager since Garner to see out a season? Yes

Off the field: Little progress, same ownership

League Two
League Two winners: Franchise
Promoted: Gillingham
Playoffs: Bristol Rovers, Colchester, Chesterfield, Notts County
Who's going down?: Accrington, Newport
Division Top Scorer:

Swindon Town
Where will Swindon finish?: 10th or 11th
Top goalscorer: Tabor
Player of the season: Kilkenny
Will Ian Holloway become the first manager since Garner to see out a season? yes  - as long as the owner(s) don't do something he thinks makes his position untenable - eg sell a key player in January who he wants to keep (or even in August)

League Two
League Two winners: Franchise
Promoted: Gas, Chesterfield, Swindon
Playoffs: Barnet, Swindon, Cambridge, Gills,
Who's going down?: Accrington, Tranmere
Division Top Scorer: Aaron Collins

Swindon Town
Where will Swindon finish?: 7th
Top goalscorer: Smith
Player of the season: Smith
Will Ian Holloway become the first manager since Garner to see out a season? Yes

I missed a couple of bits off my list
Also promoted should have read Gillingham and Barnet (I only put Gills)
Play off winners Bristol Rovers (I just lasted the 4 teams)

League Two

League Two winners: Swindon

Promoted: Dongs, Chesterfield

Playoffs: Colchester, Cambridge, Bristol Rovers (P), Grimsby

Who's going down?: Accrington, Harrogate

Division Top Scorer: Aaron Collins

Swindon Town

Where will Swindon finish?: 1st

Top goalscorer: Jake Tabor

Player of the season: Gav Kilkenny

Will Ian Holloway become the first manager since Garner to see out a season? 100%