The Swindon Advertiser has been barred by its local football club less than a year after it had a ban lifted. (Reuters picture: Swindon Town in action against Chelsea in 2013)

The newspaper has told how chief sports writer Tom Bassam was refused entry to a press conference on Friday with Swindon Town manager Mark Cooper and a player.

The Advertiser reports that, after challenging the exclusion, Bassam was told chairman Lee Power felt "he got the coverage he wanted from other media outlets in Swindon".