Packed house at Swindon to await Chesterfield for season finale
Swindon Town are on track to attract their biggest crowd of the season, around 13,000, for Saturday’s crucial League Two finale against Chesterfield.
The Spireites have already already sold out their initial allocation in one stand and have a further 1,069 for another section. They expect to be backed by 2,000 fans at the Nigel Eady County Ground.
Swindon have confirmed that more than 11,000 tickets have been sold already, with no further space available for online sales.
The gate looks set to exceed their season’s best 12,383 which watched them draw with Bristol Rovers in February.
The home stands will be specially adorned with red and white for the fixture, with flags, tifos and balloons forming part of a single coordinated display to create “a powerful, unified environment.”
The Robins have had a wobble at the wrong time.
They dropped out of the top seven for the first time since the early weeks of the season after last weekend’s 4-0 reverse away to Grimsby Town and manager Ian Holloway was scathing of the performance.
A post mortem was held on Monday and now they will try to rescue their season against Chesterfield, who arrive unbeaten in seven.
Swindon need to win and Spireites need a point to get in the play-offs.
Holloway said: “It's about: don't play the occasion, just play the match.”
Spireites assistant manager Danny Webb told the Derbyshire Times: "This match will probably a lot more psychological as well as tactical because we it will be a packed house and we are taking 2,000.
"Can we handle the pressure? I think we can. It’s up to the players to go and show it.”