Loathed Strangers: Swindon Town Podcast

EOIN DOYLE IS ON THE POD! SUH-WIN-DON! This episode is sponsored by the STFC Official Supporters Club. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello and welcome to episode 156 of LSPOD! My guest is the top chap that is Mr. Paul Mullin. We talk about his career to date from representing both of the big Merseyside clubs to almost moving to Spain to Huddersfield Town and playing over 100 times for Morecambe. Of course his season at Swindon Town is covered and subsequent career with Tranmere Rovers. Apologies for the sound issues - it's fine...

Michael Doughty? YES PLEASE! What. a. guy! We discuss his career to date from Chelsea to QPR to loan spells, Peterborough and a (non) trial at Oxford. We discuss all three Swindon Town spells and his new business venture HYLO which will be providing the worlds most sustainable running shoe. Thanks to MD and thanks for downloading! SUH-WIN-DON! This episode is sponsored by the STFC Official Support...

Here's a little bonus for you lucky, lucky people! A Q&A with Town manager Richie Wellens from the northern outpost of Manchester. Pretty much all the questions were supplied by Town fans. Lovely stuff, thanks for those! Hope you enjoy. SUH-WIN-DON! This episode is sponsored by the STFC Official Supporters Club. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello! My guest for this episode is Amine Linganzi! He played for Swindon during the 2017-18 season playing 29 times and scoring 4 goals. He go through his entire career and it's very interesting indeed. I hope you enjoy it. This episode is sponsored by the STFC Official Supporters Club. SUH-WIN-DON! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If you have encountered the same issues as Donal McDermott and would like to get in touch with Donal about anything discussed then his email is donalmcdermott2012@gmail.com. The track included in the opening and closing of the podcast is 'Manny Wave' by ZedBee MCR. This episode is sponsored by the STFC Official Supporters Club. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

150* NOT OUT! To celebrate the 150th instalment of The Loathed Strangers I am joined by Stuart James. Sure, he doesn't boast 300 Swindon Town appearances but he was trainee during one of the clubs greatest eras (1992-1994). He went on play at decent level with Bath City and Newport County before becoming a national journalist with The Guardian and now with The Athletic. We discuss a lot of stuff a...

A current player you say!? Yep. Captain Dion Conroy flies by to have a chat about his career to date and answer your questions. What a lovely chap. We go from Fulham to Chelsea to Aldershot to Swindon in no time at all and you have to respect the fact that the guy has endured obstacles from the start and keeps clearing them! Many thanks to Dion and Ben Hooke at Swindon Town for helping out. SUH-WI...

WARNING: Episode contains some explicit language.51 goals in 137 appearances for Swindon including the prolific 29 throughout that memorable 2009-2010 campaign. Ladies and gentlemen, it's Billy Paynter! What a guy! He walks me through his career starting with Port Vale and going all the way to those final year with Carlisle and Hartlepool. The emphasis is, as always, on Swindon Town and there are...

My guest for this instalment of the Loathed Strangers is none other than Fabrizio Piccareta! Fabrizio started out with Sampdoria in his native Genoa and then played in the lower leagues for many years before embarking on a coaching career. We discussed his journey from working within Inter Milan's international football programme to getting his badges alongside one Paolo Di Canio. We focus of Swin...

Here we go again! My guest for this instalment of LSPOD is none other than Johnny Goddard. He sweep through his football career starting with Reading and then his struggle to initially find a new club upon his release. We then cover his successful four seasons at Woking before arriving at Swindon where we talk managers, Tim Sherwood teammates and ultimately what went wrong in 2016-17! Johnny was a...

[WARNING: Episode includes the occasional F-Bomb] Jan Åge Fjørtoft! Jan Åge Fjørtoft! Jan Åge Fjørtoft! Wow! What an absolute gentleman. He walks me through his football career from his early days in the village of Gursken to present day. One of my all-time favourite conversations and I'm truly grateful to him. SUH-WIN-DON! This episode is sponsored by the STFC Official Supporters Club. Hosted on...

Here we are with another dip into STFC fandom with a MY XI. This time it's with Conor Garratt who provides me with LOANS XI (2002-Present). The main rule is that no loan-to-permanent players (Doyle, Cox, Foderingham, Ferry, Greer et al) can be included. SUH-WIN-DON! This episode is sponsored by the STFC Official Supporters Club. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Town fan, Joe Acklam, is my guest for another trip down memory lane. Joe's XI is gloriously unconventional! You can listen to Joe on his weekly football radio show 'Three Draws is a Win'. It's on Soundcloud so go check it out. SUH-WIN-DON! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mr. Jerel Ifil is on the pod everybody! He gives a very interesting, thorough and honest guide through his football career. Nobody has started more games than Jerel in the 21st century and only David Duke has played more in that time. BEEEEEEAST! What a player, what a club, up the Swindon Town! This episode is sponsored by the STFC Official Supporters Club. SUH-WIN-DON! Hosted on Acast. See acast....

Episode 130 is a conversation with Swindon Town's Head of Ticketing, Danny Lee. We talk about his role at the club and cover areas like community engagement and getting fans back into the County Ground. This episode is sponsored by the STFC Official Supporters Club. SUH-WIN-DON! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Mr. Timi Max Elšnik to the pod! I have a lovely chat with Timi as he walks me through his early years in Slovenia and then moving to Derby County as a 16 year old. We talk about his experiences at the Rams and, of course, his loan spell at Swindon Town. Plus much more! Thanks Timi! SUH-WIN-DON! This episode is sponsored by the STFC Official Supporters Club. Hos...

I had a lovely ol' chat for former Swindon, Newcastle, Hibernian and Republic of Ireland international midfielder, Alan O'Brien. Loads of ground covered and a few fun tales added for good measure. Lovely stuff! This episode is sponsored by the STFC Official Supporters Club. SUH-WIN-DON! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello and welcome to episode 122! My guest is Stephen Darby and he was in great form as we discussed his early years, playing across the age groups for Liverpool. He joined Swindon Town in 2010 and despite only playing 15 times for the club he featured in some pretty memorable games and, of course, was the hero at The Valley in the Play-Offs. In 2018, Stephen diagnosed with Motor Neuron Disease an...

Welcome to the first ex-player interview of 2020 and my guest is the the absolute gentleman that is Andy Nicholas. 'Nicho' played for Town between 2003 and 2008 making well over 100 appearances for the club. My thanks to Andy for walking me through his career in so much detail. Lovely stuff! SUH-WIN-DON! This episode is sponsored by the STFC Official Supporters Club. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com...

HAPPY NEW YEAR! Here's a 2010s themed quiz to keep you occupied on that return to work or away day. Ben Wills and Conor Garratt are back and getting headaches over what is a really quite tricky quiz in places so make sure you have a pen and piece of paper and utilise the pause button... perhaps an aspirin too? My thanks to Ben and Conor for taking part and I hope you all have a great 2020. SUH-WIN...

When it comes to this podcast it really doesn't matter when it comes to the amount of time serving Swindon Town or the appearances made and goals scored. I am interested in entire careers and that's exactly what we get in this episode of #LSPOD. Lawrie Sanchez started with our old friends Reading before he moved to Wimbledon and became a household name thanks to his winning goal for the Dons again...

Hello! For this episode I was very happy to welcome Adi Viveash to the podcast. He guides me through his Town career which started in the mid-80s as a youth player and went all the way to 1995. He was managed by John Trollope, Lou Macari, Ossie Ardiles, Glenn Hoddle, John Gorman and Steve McMahon. He saw it all and is wonderfully thorough. We also discuss his post-Swindon career and very successfu...

Hello! Well we couldn't let you have a Monday without an episode, could we? Time off is for suckers! With STFC on a week-off I am joined by local journalist Ben Wills as we go through the STFC Team of the Decade as chosen by listeners of the pod. We always discuss a Villains XI, an Underrated XI plus kits and games. This episode is sponsored by the STFC Official Supporters Club. SUH-WIN-DON! Hoste...

Singin' I-I-Iffy-Iffy-I! Singin' I-I-Iffy-Iffy-I! Singin' I-I-Iffy-I-I-Iffy! I-I-Iffy-Iffy-I! Yes indeed! My guest for 106 is Mr. Iffy Onuora himself, a favourite of my teen years of watching the Town. Iffy started out at Huddersfield having graduated from University of Bradford in 1989. He then played for Andy King at Mansfield and Tony Pulis at Gillingham before joining Swindon in 1998. We talk...