The most satisfying thing to emerge from this Christmas, apart from the fabulous roast turkey dinner my wife cooked, are the standings of the local football teams in their respective leagues. Swindon Town are flying high and are poised to gain promotion for the second season in a row. Paolo Di Canio will want nothing less than the next step up into the Championship, whether it comes automatically or via the play offs and, come May 2013, the club will be celebrating another successful season. The "unfortunate" thing about the following season will be that there will be no local derby between Swindon Town and Bristol City. Conversely, next season will not see a derby match between Bristol City and Bristol Rovers, the reason being that both the clubs from the city down the road are bottom of their respective leagues with only 19 points each to show for half a season's endeavour; City will be going down to League One and The Gas will drop out of the Football League altogether. Of course, the fans at the home of the real West Country Robins are besides themselves with...glee! Rockin Robin will have a lighter step when he performs his dance in the centre circle knowing that the Bristol clubs are on their uppers.
However, the one fly in the ointment for all this is the fact that the local BBC news programme seems to think that the only football teams worth reporting on are those west of Chippenham and give the cursory of mentions to the Town's success. BBC Points West please take note - Swindon is in your region!
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