The 1993/94 Premier League season evokes mixed emotions in the hearts of Swindon Town fans. Following the outrageous demotion from the then Division 1 in 1990 after beating Sunderland fairly and squarely at Wembley, the club and supporters finally got the reward of being allowed to be part of the top division of English football by beating Leicester City 4 -3 in the play-off final for 1992-93 (Division 1 = the Premier League when all was equal in the world of football and before Murdoch had ruined the chances of the national team ever winning anything by diluting the top division with foreign imports...ask your Dad). The excitement was palpable, until Glenn Hoddle left to manage Chelsea and Colin Calderwood, the talismanic captain, signed for Spurs. Suddenly, the forthcoming season seemed a little more daunting as the club's leadership was decimated and John Gorman was asked to pick up the reins and manage the team. Although fair reward for the dour Scot for his help in getting STFC to the promised land, his relative inexperience at such a high level was to be part of the club's downfall during the 1993/94 football season. It was 15 games into the season when Swindon Town finally registered their first win at the top level. That match was at home to Queens Park Rangers on Wednesday 24th November 1993 and the Town did the double over them by beating the West London club 1 - 3 on Saturday 30th April 1994 at Loftus Road. That record, 15 games without a win from the start of the Premier League season, has been an ignominious blight in the club's copybook for over 19 years...until yesterday!
As a supporter of Swindon Town, I would like to say thank you to QPR for taking this record off us. Derby County have the lowest points tally for any Premier League season, but we just need to lose the goals against record (100 for 42 games) and the therapy will be finished...any takers?
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