Matchday Memories: On This Day 2017 – See Sky Blues Success At Swindon (Ta Doyler & The Duck)!

On this evening (26th September) in 2017 the Sky Blues under current ‘gaffer’ Mark Robins were visiting the County Ground home of Swindon Town in a League Two fixture. There was a modest gate of 6,340 to watch proceedings including 702 members of the Sky Blue Army! Both sides played a similar 4-2-3-1 system.

Worryingly, the home side started the game poorly but in the twentieth minute took the lead through a spectacular goal by forward Luke Norris who neatly controlled Kellan Gordon’s cross before spinning and then smashing it into the top corner to net his sixth goal of the season. The Robins might have doubled their lead two minutes later when Gordon was involved again – this time finding Keshi Anderson who failed to slot home from close range.

More encouragingly, the Sky Blues found an equaliser within another quarter of an hour thanks to inspirationa midfielder (and CCFPA member) Michael Doyle who capitalised on poor Swindon defending to tap-in a cross from Jodi Jones from the right two minutes after the half hour mark. The two teams went in at 1-1 at the break with everything to play for.Perhaps the turnin point was when the home side found themselves reduced to ten men in the

72nd minute when James Dunne was given his marching orders for a foul on ‘Doyler’. The Sky Blues took full advantage of the extra man just five minutes later when Duckens Nazon drilled an effort into the back of the net to give Robins men all three points against the Robins!