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Gill: Real Opportunity to Build on Saturdays Performance Monday, 22nd Feb 2021 13:02 Town face third-placed Hull City at the KCOM Stadium on Tuesday again looking to beat one of the division’s top sides and also aiming to end a 14-match winless run against the Tigers stretching back to May 2008. The Blues, who go into the game 12th in the table following Saturday’s 0-0 home draw with League One form side Oxford United, a vastly improved display from their stalemate with Northampton five d...

ASSISTANT manager Tommy Wright admitted Swindon Town did not have the quality or the guile to respond after an early goal saw Hull City win 1-0 on Saturday. Greg Docherty’s tidy finish put Grant McCann’s side in control from the 5th minute at the KCOM Stadium, and Town were barely able to lay a glove on the Tigers all afternoon. Substitute Jack Payne had Swindon’s only shot on target, but that didn’t arrive until the 85th minute as the struggling Robins were continuously thwarted ...

SWINDON Town lost 1-0 to League One leaders Hull City on Saturday after an early Greg Docherty goal settled matters at the KCOM Stadium. Docherty struck in the fifth minute to give Grant McCann’s side a lead which they never really looked like relinquishing to a Town side that has failed to win in any of their previous four games now. Hull enjoyed the majority of the chances on home soil, and perhaps should have made life more comfortable for themselves. However, the Tigers held on to h...

Moving three points clear of third ‘means nothing’ to Hull boss Grant McCann Hull had a day to remember in Portsmouth (Kieran Cleeves/PA) Hull manager Grant McCann would not be drawn into talk of promotion despite his side’s dominant 4-0 victory over fellow contenders Portsmouth. Two own goals from Pompey defender Jack Whatmough and strikes from the excellent George Honeyman and Josh Magennis strengthened the League One leaders’ hold on an automatic promotion spot. McCann’s side sit t...