IT WAS a good weekend for the Rodgers family.

Anton Rodgers scored the only goal of the game which gave Swindon Town the victory over play-off chasing Bradford with a superb 30-yard free kick.

And he hot-footed to Hampden Park where the following day his dad Brendan won his first piece of silverware as manager of Celtic after the 3-0 demolition of Aberdeen in the Scottish League Cup.

Regular readers of this column will know that Rodgers Jnr is not my favourite player but credit where it is due. One of his strengths is the ability to strike a good set piece and this was up there with the best of them.

Rodgers admitted afterwards that the distance was a little further then he would routinely practice from after training but his radar was spot on and it flew into the top corner.

Praise, too, for the Swindon defence who stood firm when the Bantams laid siege late on to keep only their second clean sheet in the last 10 games. Both Lloyd Jones and Raphael Rossi-Branco can regularly be accused of ball watching but they formed a resolute rearguard which baffled more people than just visiting manager Stuart McCall.

More consistency now please, fellas.

It was a significant win without the help of Nathan Thompson and Yaser Kasim.

There was a good display too from Swindon born and bred 18-year-old Tom Beau Smith who came off the bench to play (superbly) in an an unaccustomed left back role.

His cameo was good enough to earn a place in the SkyBet EFL League One team of the week.

Another teenager whose talents have been acknowledged this week is Swindon’s reserve stopper Will Henry, who has been selected to join an England goalkeepers’ camp at St George’s Park.

The talented 18-year-old will train alongside some of the country’s best young ‘keepers at the National Football Centre.

It was also good to see James Brophy back in a Swindon Town shirt after the health problems that threatened to end his career prematurely.

Plagued by breathing problems, Brophy has now been given a clean bill of health by a cardiologist and hopefully he can now kick on. He was not at his best before being withdrawn after the opening 45 but at least it had nothing to with his breathing.

It is now a case of starting to play again with no fear.

Swindon have a break in their busy playing schedule until next Tuesday when they host Luton Town in the first knockout stage of the Checkatrade Trophy.

And after that December presents a tough run of fixtures which might define the season.

Sheffield United (A), Fleetwood (H) and Millwall (A) are all top 10 sides in the division, while MK Dons (A) on December 30 will surely be buoyed by the imminent appointment of a new manager.

We have not heard a peep out of the new Swindon Town director of football Tim Sherwood since his first day in the building, so we have to trust that he is working very hard behind the scenes to bring in the up to six new players in the January window – including two new strikers – which we will need to ensure survival in the division.