Hasn'ey got some balls! 

Aljofree and co show Town fans what they're made of

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RESULT: Swindon Town 3 Cheltenham Town 0

 

Swindon scorers: S Cox 20, B Paynter 41, C Roberts 80

 

Swindon's push for a play-off spot got back on track with a comfortable 3-0 win over local rivals Cheltenham.

Pants power: goal scorer Billy Paynter pulls down Hasney's shorts to reveal his 'Superman' Y-fronts before saluting the fans calyx multimedia

 

However, things could have been a lot different if Cheltenham had converted a couple of early chances, similar to the Huddersfield game on Saturday.

The visitors struck the Town post in the opening moments of the game, but that was as close as they came to providing any sort of resistance as Swindon ran out easy winners.

Simon Cox grabbed his first goal as fully-fledged Swindon player on the 20th minute as he stole in to clip home the opening goal from Jon-Paul McGovern's low cross.

 

Back with a goal: Cox marks his return to the Town starting line-up with the opener in the 20th minute calyx multimedia

Town doubled their advantage just before half-time when the impressive Anthony McNamee crossed for Billy Paynter to head home.

 

The resulting celebrations saw captain Hasney Aljofree pull his shorts down, which brought huge laughs from the County Ground terraces.

The second-half brought much of the same with the visitors struggling to create any real chances, apart from a speculative effort from Michael D'Agostino following a poor clearance from Peter Brezovan.

The game was wrapped up with 10 minutes to go when substitute Christian Roberts lashed home Town's third - the tricky Welshman cut inside from his left wing berth and fired home in front of the jubilant Town End crowd.

With a number of results going in their favour, Town move up a place into 10th in the table and only 5 points off a play-off place with two games in hand over a number of sides above them.

Up next for Swindon is the tough proposition of an away trip to Nottingham Forest, but with positive memories of their recent victory, Town will travel with a belief that they can secure a victory that would see them move a step closer to their play-off dream. 

 

League One Table

 

1 Swansea 30 32 64
2 Doncaster 31 20 56
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3 Carlisle 30 13 52
4 Nottm Forest 30 22 50
5 Walsall 32 11 49
6 Tranmere 32 6 48
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7 Leeds 32 23 46
8 Leyton Orient 32 -5 46
9 Southend 31 2 44
10 Swindon 30 6 43
11 Yeovil 32 -7 41
12 Oldham 30 3 40
13 Bristol Rovers 29 1 40
14 Northampton 32 -5 40
15 Huddersfield 30 -13 40
16 Brighton 29 4 39
17 Hartlepool 31 1 39
18 Crewe 32 -18 34
19 Cheltenham 31 -18 34
20 Millwall 30 -14 33
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21 Gillingham 30 -15 32
22 Luton 30 -11 24
23 Bournemouth 32 -16 22
24 Port Vale 32 -22 22

 

NEXT GAME:

Nottingham Forest (a)

Saturday 16 Febuary 2008, 3.00pm

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