The Mark Kennedy days have been consigned to the past; when Town’s days were darkest, they could only get brighter.
Swindon have certainly got away with one this season, but in a strange way it appears now that the season has got away with them.
The 2025 form, coupled with solid away performances at Walsall and Doncaster, really has you thinking what might’ve been. It’s easy to say now, but if Ian Holloway started the season in the dugout, Swindon would’ve finished in the top six.
So, Town must bottle these emotions, prove their worth, and answer our questions next season.
I feel like a broken record saying this at the same point every season, but it’s essential they get the planning right.
They really do have something in Ian Holloway and the majority of the squad.
The 62-year-old has built the foundations with matchsticks, he deserves the chance to create a masterpiece with a toolbox.
For an ownership hierarchy which have reached the point of no return for many, they can’t afford another mistake. There is an array which I’m wary of. The most obvious is another failure of a summer transfer window.
All of a sudden, Swindon’s transformation has seen the value of their players rocket.
Harry Smith is enjoying the best football of his career. Fighting to top the scoring charts, he will be in demand. Will Wright is a Rolls Royce at both ends of the pitch, creating and consolidating; he will be in demand.
Joel McGregor has the EFL on high alert, performing well beyond his years, he will be in demand.
If at least two of these three players leave, fingers will be firmly pointed at the board and on the pitch momentum could grind to a halt.
My overall fear is of board incompetence blocking the progress on the pitch.
You’d like to think that they recognise the fact that they owe Ian Holloway, having saved their skin, but the past will tell us we’ve fallen down that rabbit hole too many times.
As much as I’ve enjoyed what feels like a recent renewal in my love for Swindon.
I will not settle for this feeling again.
I should not again be grateful that we’ve turned the season around to achieve midtable mediocrity.
Swindon are bigger and deserve far better.
Spring has given them a taster of what should follow. Now they must grab it.
In March, over 1000 Town fans travelled to table-topping Walsall to see Swindon beat the league leaders. Because of what preceded, it meant relatively little in terms of the season’s outcome.
Next season beating the team top of the tree must mean more.
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