Swindon players who have gone on to great things

[Cookie]

Bodin missed against Romania at the arms park, I think it was the same year he scored the winner at Wembley for us.

[kaufman]

true but that was not the question was it?

but you are right that as a local lad nobody seems to have done more.

maybe dean ashton could go on to play for england but different websites sites different places.

[Reg Smeeton]

true but that was not the question was it?

but you are right that as a local lad nobody seems to have done more.

maybe dean ashton could go on to play for england but different websites sites different places.

  Perhaps the question should have been which Swindon Town players.

  Barlow was definitely a Swindon lad as he played local league football.

[genf_stfc]

I quite rate Dean Ashton, but never knew he  was born in Swindon !  Another one we let through our fingers for a pittance no doubt...  

http://www.4thegame.com/club/norwich-city-fc/player-profile/2530/deanashton.html

[Reg Smeeton]

I quite rate Dean Ashton, but never knew he  was born in Swindon !  Another one we let through our fingers for a pittance no doubt...  

http://www.4thegame.com/club/norwich-city-fc/player-profile/2530/deanashton.html

 You can find different sites which give different birthplaces for Ashton,

  Rothman's which is regarded as the most reliable guide gives it as Crewe.

 Either way...ihe was brought up around Crewe.

[OOH! SHAUN TAYLOR]

I don't think Dean Ashton has any more of a Swindon connection than Saddam Hussein!

[Reg Smeeton]

I don't think Dean Ashton has any more of a Swindon connection than Saddam Hussein!

   This is where you discover that some relo of Saddam is living in Rodbourne,  don't most of Bin Laden's family live in England?

[McLovin]

Ermm, Antoine Van Der Linden plays consistent;y in the top Dutch league...?

[Dazzza]

I quite rate Dean Ashton, but never knew he  was born in Swindon !  Another one we let through our fingers for a pittance no doubt...  

http://www.4thegame.com/club/norwich-city-fc/player-profile/2530/deanashton.html

 You can find different sites which give different birthplaces for Ashton,

  Rothman's which is regarded as the most reliable guide gives it as Crewe.

 Either way...ihe was brought up around Crewe.

That really is one of your pet hates isn't Reg?

He was actualy born here but moved to Holmes Chapel just outside Crewe when he was a nipper I think.

[Reg Smeeton]

I quite rate Dean Ashton, but never knew he  was born in Swindon !  Another one we let through our fingers for a pittance no doubt...  

http://www.4thegame.com/club/norwich-city-fc/player-profile/2530/deanashton.html

 You can find different sites which give different birthplaces for Ashton,

  Rothman's which is regarded as the most reliable guide gives it as Crewe.

 Either way...ihe was brought up around Crewe.

That really is one of your pet hates isn't Reg?

He was actualy born here but moved to Holmes Chapel just outside Crewe when he was a nipper I think.

  :wall: ........does my head in.

   Because a couple of sites say he was born in Swindon, people then assume he was playing youth football in Swindon and somehow we failed to notice.

[McLovin]

Did Ben Thatcher and Darren Eadie grow up in the surrounding area?

[Reg Smeeton]

Did Ben Thatcher and Darren Eadie grow up in the surrounding area?

 Thatcher was on our books, Eadie we tried to sign but he preferred Norwich.

[genf_stfc]

  :wall: ........does my head in.

   Because a couple of sites say he was born in Swindon, people then assume he was playing youth football in Swindon and somehow we failed to notice.

my comment was more based on our ability to fuck up given any opportunity - although if the opportunity was never there its the same result.  Just found it interesting really.

[Rich Pullen]

Arsenal's legendary manager Herbert Chapman played for Swindon acouple of times.

[Sade]

Don rogers owns a surfwear shop