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Association football club based in Swindon, England

"Swindon Town" redirects here. For the boondocks itself, see Swindon.

Football club

Swindon Town
Swindon Town crest
Full name Swindon Town Football Club
Nickname(s) The Robins
Founded 1879; 143 years ago  (1879) [i]
Ground The County Ground
Chapters 15,547
Owner Clem Morfuni
Chairman Clem Morfuni
Head Coach Scott Lindsey
League EFL League Two
2021–22 EFL League Ii, 6th of 24
Website Gild website

Home colours

Abroad colours

Third colours

Current season

Swindon Boondocks Football Club is a professional football social club based in Swindon, Wiltshire, England. The team currently competes in EFL League 2, the 4th tier of the English football game league system. The guild has played home matches at the County Footing since 1896, which now boasts a capacity of fifteen,547. Known as the "Robins", their abode colours are scarlet and white. Hall of Fame inductee John Trollope played 770 league games for the lodge betwixt 1960 and 1980, a professional person record in English football.

Founded as Swindon AFC in 1879, they became Spartans the side by side year, earlier finally settling on the name Swindon Town in 1883. The guild turned professional in 1894 every bit a founding member of the Southern League, later also inbound the Western League between 1897 and 1902. They were crowned Western League champions in 1898–99 and Southern League champions in 1910–11 and 1913–14, before they were elected into the Football League in 1920. They remained in the third tier for 43 years, finally securing promotion into the Second Division in 1962–63, where they remained for just two seasons. They lifted the League Cup subsequently beating Arsenal in the 1969 concluding, and went on to secure promotion at the end of the 1968–69 season with the help of talismanic winger Don Rogers. Relegated once again in 1973–74, they dropped into the 4th tier for the first time at the end of the 1981–82 flavour.

Swindon won the Fourth Division title in 1985–86 and secured a 2d successive promotion the post-obit flavour under the stewardship of Lou Macari. They went on to claim victory in the 1990 2nd Sectionalization play-off concluding, but were denied promotion into the top-flying after albeit to breaching Football League regulations. Glenn Hoddle coached the team to victory in the 1993 play-off final to finally secure a place in the top-flying for the first fourth dimension in the gild'south history. However they were relegated out of the Premier League at the end of the 1993–94 season and dropped into the third tier with a second consecutive relegation. Promoted again as champions to avert an FA expulsion and a lid-play tricks of relegations in 1995–96, they remained in the second tier for four seasons until relegation in 2000. They dropped into the 4th tier League Ii in 2006 for the outset time since 1986. Though managed to secure promotion the next flavor; they repeated this feat following relegation in 2011, winning the League Two championship in 2011–12 to earn promotion to League One. After relegation back to League Ii at the finish of the 2016–17 season, they won their 3rd League Two championship in the 2019–20 season. However, amid fiscal and ownership issues, were immediately relegated the following season, returning to the 4th tier for a fifth time.

History [edit]

Early on history [edit]

Swindon Town Football Order was founded by Reverend William Pitt of Liddington in 1879.[ane] The team turned professional in 1894 and joined the Southern League which was founded in the aforementioned twelvemonth.[1] During this period Septimus Atterbury played for the club.

The Swindon Boondocks team for the 1909–10 season

Swindon reached the FA Loving cup semi-finals for the starting time fourth dimension in the 1909–ten season, losing to eventual winners Newcastle United. Barnsley and Swindon were invited to compete for the Dubonnet Cup in 1910 at the Parc des Princes Stadium in Paris. The outcome was a 2–1 victory for Swindon with Harold Fleming scoring both of the club's goals.

The following season, 1910–eleven, Swindon Boondocks won the Southern League championship, earning them a Clemency Shield match with the Football game League champions Manchester United. This, the highest-scoring Charity Shield game to date, was played on 25 September 1911 at Stamford Bridge with Manchester United winning eight–4. Some of the gain of this game were after donated to the survivors of the Titanic.[two] In 1912 Swindon Town reached the semi finals of the FA Cup for a second time in 3 years, losing to Barnsley later a replay i–0.

Swindon'southward exploits at this time owed a lot to the skilful forward H.J. Fleming who was capped by England eleven times between 1909 and 1914 despite playing outside the Football League. Fleming remained with Swindon throughout a playing career spanning 1907 and 1924 and went on to live in the boondocks for his entire life.

Swindon entered the Football League in 1920 every bit a founding fellow member of Division Three and defeated Luton Boondocks 9–i in their first game of the flavor. This result stands as a tape for the lodge in League matches.

Afterward the outbreak of World War II, the State of war Department took over the Canton Basis in 1940, where for a while POWs (Prisoners of War) were housed in huts placed on the pitch; for this the club received compensation of £four,570 in 1945. World War II affected Swindon Town more than than most other football game clubs and the club was virtually disbanded; the club needed a big amount of time to recover and for this reason it failed to brand whatsoever existent impression in the league and would not climb into the second sectionalisation until 1963 when they finished runners up to Northampton Town. The club was relegated dorsum into Division Three in 1965, but it was about to create a sensation.

1969–2000 [edit]

In 1969, Swindon beat Arsenal iii–1 to win the League Cup for the just time in the gild'southward history.[3] [4] As winners of the League Loving cup, Swindon were bodacious of a place in their showtime European competition: the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. Yet, the Football Association had previously agreed to inclusion criteria with the organizers which mandated that only League Loving cup winners from Division One would be able to take part. As the team were not eligible, the brusk-lived Anglo-Italian competitions were created to give teams from lower divisions experience in Europe. The commencement of these, the 1969 Anglo-Italian League Cup, was contested over two legs against Coppa Italia winners A.South. Roma. Swindon won 5–2, with the scorer of two goals in the League Cup final – Don Rogers – scoring once and new conquering Arthur Horsfield acquiring his first lid-trick for the club.[v] The team then went on to win the 1970 Anglo-Italian Cup competition in a tournament aggress by hooliganism. The last against Due south.S.C. Napoli was abandoned later on 79 minutes following pitch invasions and a missile barrage, with teargas beingness employed to allow the teams to return to the dressing room.[half dozen]

Following management changes, Swindon had a long unsuccessful menses culminating in them being relegated in 1982 to the Fourth Division, the lowest professional Football game League at the time. They were eventually promoted as champions in 1986 with the order achieving a Football League record of 102 points, the second club to score over 100 points in a flavor, York City having totalled 101 2 years earlier.[vii] A year later they won the Third Division play-offs to achieve a second successive promotion.[8] Promotion campaign Manager Lou Macari left in 1989 to accept charge of West Ham United with veteran midfielder, and old Argentine international, Ossie Ardiles replacing him. In his first season, Swindon were Second Division play-off winners,[ix] simply the society later admitted 36 charges of breaching league rules, 35 due to illegal payments fabricated to players, and were relegated to the 3rd Segmentation — giving Sunderland promotion to the First Division and Tranmere Rovers to the Second Sectionalisation. The scandal saw then-chairman Brian Hillier beingness given a half-dozen-month prison judgement and main accountant Vince Farrar being put on probation. A subsequently entreatment saw Swindon Boondocks being allowed to stay in the 2nd Division.[ten]

Ardiles remained in charge until March 1991, when he departed for Newcastle United and was succeeded by new thespian-manager Glenn Hoddle. Swindon progressed well during the 1991–92 flavour, Hoddle'south first total season as manager, and just missed out on the 2d Division play-offs, having briefly led the tabular array in the autumn. A year later they shell Leicester City iv–3 in the new Division One play-off final to achieve promotion to the Premier League — bringing top-division football to the gild for the kickoff time.[11]

Hoddle moved to Chelsea earlier the 1993–94 FA Premier League season began, and was replaced past banana John Gorman, but Swindon never adjusted to the footstep of Premier League football.[12] They were relegated after recording merely 5 wins and conceding 100 goals — the latter record however to be broken — and have never returned to the summit flying. One of the few successes of the flavour was a 2–two describe against champions Manchester United in the league.[13] [14]

The following year, Swindon were relegated for the second consecutive time and slipped into Division Two. Gorman had been sacked equally director in November 1994, and although his successor, player-managing director Steve McMahon, was unable to avoid relegation, he did accept Swindon to the semi-finals of the League Loving cup.[15] McMahon so succeeded in getting Swindon dorsum into Partitioning 1 on his starting time endeavour, winning the Division Two championship in 1995–96.[sixteen] McMahon remained every bit manager until September 1998, when he left by mutual consent afterward Swindon lost five of their ix opening games of the 1998–99 flavor.

2000–2020 [edit]

The club then went through five managers in v years (Andy King was appointed twice), during which fourth dimension they were again relegated into Partition 2. The highlight of the side by side few seasons was a fifth-place finish in 2003–04 every bit financial troubles persisted. A offset-round playoff loss to Brighton & Hove Albion on penalties meant Swindon extended their stay in the third tier, now renamed League I.

The gild has been aggress by financial difficulties throughout its recent history, having been placed into assistants twice[17] and also twice fought off winding-up orders from Her Majesty'southward Customs and Excise over unpaid tax.[18] The board was paying £100,000 to creditors annually (2% of the annual turnover),[19] and only managed to begin the 2006–07 flavor later on sourcing £500,000 to pay for players' wages.[19]

In 2006, caretaker manager (and former thespian) Iffy Onuora was unable to save Swindon from relegation to League 2[twenty] meaning they became the first ever former Premier League team to be relegated to the lowest Football League division.

Town fans celebrating promotion on the county footing pitch after the draw with Walsall 2006–07 season

Dennis Wise agreed to become the new Swindon manager in May 2006 following the relegation, with Gustavo Poyet joining the coaching staff.[21] Later a good kickoff to the season, the pair moved to Leeds United in October. Veteran defender Ady Williams and Barry Hunter took temporary charge until Paul Sturrock was appointed on vii November. Sturrock guided Swindon to promotion back to Football game League One in his first season with the club, earning the 3rd automated promotion identify in a i–1 depict with Walsall in the terminal game of the 2006–07 flavour.[22]

In 2008, Swindon Boondocks was taken over past a consortium, fronted by local businessman Andrew Fitton, with plans to clear all lodge debts by the end of the 2007–08 season.

Paul Sturrock having departed for Plymouth Argyle, the consortium appointed Sturrock-recommended Maurice Malpas manager, and Swindon finished their first season back in League I in 13th, helped by 15-goal signing Simon Cox. However, the 2008–09 entrada started badly and Malpas was sacked on 14 November 2008, with David Byrne taking over temporarily. Danny Wilson was unveiled as the new manager on 26 December 2008.[23] Wilson helped maintain Swindon's League I condition and finished in 15th position, though but four points from the relegation zone, in his first flavour in accuse.

The 2009–x season would prove a vast improvement, despite the sale of League One top-scorer Simon Cox. The gild maintained a play-off position going into the new yr, and were at 1 bespeak in second place with automatic promotion in their own hands. Even so, a slight slip in grade towards the end of the season saw Swindon stop fifth, entering the play-offs confronting Charlton Athletic. Swindon won the necktie on penalties and went on to play in the Football League I play-offs final confronting Millwall at Wembley Stadium for a place in the Football game League Championship. However, they lost 1–0 in what was their first defeat in four appearances at Wembley.

Afterward losing the last Swindon lost their top scorer Billy Paynter who joined Leeds United on a free transfer, and sold lodge captain Gordon Greer. Still, many bookmakers had Swindon as i of the favourites for promotion to the Championship going into the 2010–11 season. Inconsistent form left Swindon in mid-table for much of the flavour; nevertheless, a 4–2 win at Charlton Athletic in January left fans hoping for a belatedly-flavour surge.[24] Instead, summit-scorer Charlie Austin was sold to Burnley and the squad did not win again for 19 matches. When Danny Wilson resigned on ii March, Paul Hart was brought in but failed to save the Robins, and on 25 April 2011 Swindon were relegated to League Two yet once again after losing 3–ane to Sheffield Midweek. Paul Hart was replaced for the terminal two games of the flavour past former histrion and current reserve and youth squad coach Paul Bodin.[25]

Nautical chart of yearly table positions of Swindon Town in the League.

Soon later on the season ended, the board revealed that high-profile erstwhile player Paolo Di Canio would take his first management position at the society.[26] After losing seven of his start xiii games in charge, Swindon went on a fifteen-match unbeaten run which put them into promotion contention by the midpoint of the 2011–12 flavour.[27] Afterward a defeat on Boxing Day 2011 to Torquay United, Swindon broke a club tape by winning 10 sequent league games, and by March they were well clear of the chasing pack at the top of League Two. They also enjoyed success in both the FA Loving cup, chirapsia Premiership side Wigan Able-bodied in the third round before losing to Championship side Leicester City in the fourth circular, and the Football game League Trophy, reaching the final at Wembley, where they were runners-up to League One side Chesterfield. On 28 April 2012, Swindon, already promoted, guaranteed their championship of League 2 on 28 April subsequently a five–0 drubbing of Port Vale at the County Ground.[28]

On 18 Feb 2013, with Swindon riding high in League One and in contention for a second consecutive promotion, Di Canio announced his resignation, alleging mistreatment by the board of directors, including the auction of Matt Ritchie behind his back, and the financial instability of the club at the fourth dimension. In his place came Kevin MacDonald who had previously held caretaker roles at Leicester City and Aston Villa.[29] MacDonald guided Swindon to the League I play-offs; however, they were knocked out after a penalty shoot-out defeat to Brentford. On xiii July 2013, MacDonald left Swindon Town past mutual consent, but 3 weeks before the start of the 2013–14 season and simply five months after taking the Swindon job.

In the 2014–15 flavor, Swindon reached the League 1 Play-off concluding once more where they lost four–0 to Preston[30] after a season in which they were competing for automatic promotion. They went top of the league subsequently a 3–0 win abroad to Coventry;[31] however, a 2–0 defeat to Sheffield United[32] was the first of a series of results that saw Swindon's form dip, and a 1–0 defeat to lesser order Yeovil Boondocks[33] meant that Swindon were consigned to finish in the play-offs. They reached Wembley after a record-breaking 5–five depict (winning 7–6 on aggregate) against Sheffield United, the highest-scoring EFL play-off match in history.[34]

In the 2016–17 flavour, Swindon were relegated to League Two for a third time; they finished third from lesser on 22 Apr 2017 after losing 2–i to Scunthorpe United with only one more fixture on the road in hand. Post-obit this relegation, director Luke Williams was sacked after Swindon lost 3–0 at Charlton Athletic.

2020-present [edit]

On 9 June 2020, Swindon were crowned League Two champions on the footing of average points per game, matches in the 2019–twenty flavor having been suspended from March due to the COVID-nineteen pandemic in the Britain.[35] However, in the post-obit season, the pandemic created financial difficulties for the gild, with the chairman, Lee Power, alert in Feb 2021 of potential bankruptcy,[36] and then, in April 2021, being charged with breaching FA regulations concerning the order'southward buying and/or funding.[37] On 18 Apr, manager John Sheridan resigned after winning just eight of 33 matches, with the club seven points from prophylactic with four matches to play.[38] The club'southward relegation to League 2 was confirmed following a five–0 defeat by Milton Keynes Dons on 24 Apr 2021.[39]

On 26 May 2021, John McGreal was appointed Swindon manager[40] only, on 25 June 2021, afterward less than a month in the chore, he left Swindon past mutual consent,[41] citing ownership uncertainty which was preventing him signing new players.[42] Primary executive Steve Anderson also left the order on the same day,[43] followed by director of football Paul Jewell.[44] [45] Swindon supporter groups urged fans to boycott games until the ownership problems were resolved, with High Court hearings due to start on 6 September 2021.[42] On xxx June 2021, the Official Supporters Club was told that a bargain to transfer ownership to Australian businessman Clem Morfuni's Axis group would be completed "in the side by side couple of weeks",[46] though the club later complained that the Axis group was delaying payment.[47]

In early July 2021, information technology emerged that players and staff had not received their June wages,[48] and that the County Ground'southward owner, Swindon Borough Council, was taking legal action subsequently receiving no rent since April 2020.[49] The EFL described the buying wrangle as "concerning"[l] and imposed a transfer embargo on the society.[51] In pre-season friendlies at Melksham Boondocks and Hungerford Boondocks, Swindon fielded sides featuring merely a few experienced beginning-team players,[52] with the rest of the squads being composed of youngsters and trialists.[53] The guild then cancelled its planned pre-flavour friendly with Swansea City at the County Ground on 17 July 2021,[54] citing "ongoing logistical and operational issues".[55] On xv July 2021, it was reported that the club had paid 60% of the outstanding wages due in June.[53] [52] On 21 July 2021, it was reported that Power had transferred ownership of his shares in the club, and that the EFL had granted Morfuni consent to learn additional shares, having passed its owners' and directors' test.[56] Morfuni appointed Ben Garner every bit head coach and Ben Chorley as director of football[57] plus Rob Angus ( ex Nationwide Director) appointed as CEO and, on 26 July 2021, the new management announced their first signing, with midfielder Ben Gladwin returning for a quaternary spell at Swindon.[58] On xvi September 2021, Swindon Town was given a suspended iii-betoken deduction by the EFL, relating to the non-payment of player wages in June.[59]

Kit and badge [edit]

Crest [edit]

The 1970 "Steam Train" crest

The "traffic sign" badge used from the mid-1970s until 1986

The three designs which were voted on by supporters in 2007

Swindon Town accept used at least five different kit badges since their inception.[lx] The original bluecoat depicted a robin inside a shield with the letters STFC in the four corners, this changed to the "Steam Train" badge which was a glaze of arms for the club based heavily on the coat of artillery used past the local council.[61] The "Steam Train" badge was in the form of a traditional shield, bisected with the club'due south proper noun, a GWR steam locomotive (as Swindon is a railway town), a football game and with a robin sitting on top. Beneath the shield was a motto on a scroll – "Salubritas et Industria" – pregnant "wellness and industry".[61] This motto is besides that of the town of Swindon itself.[62]

During the 1970s the club changed the bluecoat to one referred to as the "ST pointer" or "traffic sign" badge.[63] This was circular and had the letters 'S' and 'T' interlocked, which both ends of the letter 'South' being made into an arrow. Also shown was a unproblematic football and the social club name.[61]

Post-obit the 1985–86 flavor, the "Steam Railroad train" badge was re-introduced onto the kits. The crest was re-styled and the text "Division Four Champions 1985/1986" replaced the motto.[61]

A diamond shaped crest for Swindon Town was introduced at the showtime of the 1991–92 season post-obit a series of financial problems for the club. The thought behind the new crest was to give the gild a new fresh image.

The 'diamond' crest unveiled in 1991

"The 'travelling' football represents the social club that is looking to the hereafter with successful progress. The diamond shape clearly has the letter of the alphabet 'S' (for Swindon) running through information technology, while a green section was also introduced to lucifer a new 'greenish trim' on the team's home (red and white) shirts."[61]

On v April 2007, the club unveiled plans to change the badge, challenge the diamond bluecoat was right for the fourth dimension, merely did not stand for or prove any of the club's heritage or history.[64] Swindon offered fans the run a risk to vote on-line for the three new choices, which were all similar to the original steam train design, and a 4th option of keeping the 1991 blueprint.

On 23 Apr 2007, information technology was announced that option 3 of the logo vote was the winner of the poll (information technology can be seen on the far right of the picture).[65] Winning the vote with 68% in favour, the new bluecoat includes the club proper noun, a robin, a GWR steam locomotive – the rail industry existence an important office of the Boondocks's heritage – a football, and re-introduces the town'southward motto – 'Salubritas et Industria'. It has been in apply since the beginning of the 2007–08 season.

Home kit [edit]

Originally playing in black and white with the addition of blue sash for away games,[1] the club inverse to black and red quarters on entry to the Southern League in 1894.[1] The club changed once more in 1897 with the Swindon Advertiser reporting:

"The new colours of the Swindon Town F.C. are to be green shirts, with white sleeves. Expert-cheerio to the old well known blood-red and blackness."[1]

With problems obtaining light-green dyes, the kit was brusk-lived and Swindon Town changed their shirts to the more familiar red in 1901.[1] Initially a dark maroon, a lighter shade was chosen for the start of the 1902–03 season and likewise resulted in the club's nickname "the Robins" appearing in impress for the showtime time in program notes for the commencement game.[66] The nickname is a reference to the former name of the European robin – "redbreast".

Swindon Town have played their home games in variations on the reddish and white theme since so, wearing a ruby-red shirt with white collars and white or red shorts for much of their history which has led to the team existence known as the "Red and White Army". For example; the kit worn during the 1985–86 Division Four Champions season consisted of a red shirt with white pinstripes, white shorts and red socks and chants of "Lou Macari's Red and White Army" were heard from the supporters at the terminal stages of the season.

Following the rebranding of the club in 1991, light-green elements were re-introduced onto the home strip and bluecoat to represent the team's short-lived kit from the plough of the century. These were removed in 2007.[67]

Abroad kit [edit]

The club'due south away kits have only begun to change since the 1990s and the appearance of the lucrative replica kit marketplace. Swindon's first abroad kit (that was entirely separate to the home kit) consisted of an all-blue strip; this was not used for the club's 1969 League Cup Final victory where they elected to wear an all-white strip.

For a period in the 1980s the club changed their away kit to white shirts and black shorts and introduced a new tertiary kit of xanthous shirts and blue shorts.[68] The club alternated between these ii schemes every bit its away kit for the 1980s.

When the club re-branded in the 1991 close flavour, it introduced a new away strip: the white and light-green "potato print" shirt with night blueish shorts.[69] This remained in utilize until its replacement in 1993 with another yellow and blue strip, integrating the new colour scheme past calculation a green collar.[70]

A special tertiary kit was added for the 1996–97 season and was coloured "petrol green" in accolade of the so sponsors Castrol.

Swindon wore black and aureate striped away shirts for the 2003–04 season with an all-white third kit, post-obit this with variants on the blue theme until returning to all-white in 2007.[67]

In 2008–09 they returned to the dark blue away kit that was used previously for the 2006–07 season but this fourth dimension they had white shorts instead of a whole dark blue strip. In 2009–x they returned once again to the all-white kit, simply different the habitation kit, which showed FourFourTwo on the front, this showed 'FIFA10' on the front as a office of sponsorship with EA.[71] They too this yr had an all-blue third kit which was featured for the FA Cup and also the play-off away game to Charlton.

In 2010–xi they had an all-black third kit.[72] The all-black kit became the gild's away kit for the 2011–12 season with an all-white kit as a third kit used for the FA Cup run. This kit caused controversy among some fans, because it had the sponsors The People printed on the shirts.

For 2012–13 they had a bluish and xanthous away kit, once more controversial as these are the colours of Swindon's close rivals Oxford United.

For the 2021–22 season, they released a checkered aureate and green kit. The colours of the Commonwealth of australia national team, paying homage to the new Australian owner Clem Morfuni. Later in the season they likewise released a special all black tertiary kit. This included a darkened club bluecoat, intended to signify the club coming "out of the darkness" post-obit the accept over of the new possessor.[73]

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Since 2015 Swindon'south kit has been manufactured past Puma. Previous manufacturers include Umbro, Admiral, Adidas, Coffer Sports, Spall, Diamond Leisure, Loki, Mizuno, Lotto, Xara, DGI, Strikeforce, and Lonsdale. The club's shirt sponsors have included ISIS, Lowndes Lambert Group, GWR FM, Burmah, Castrol, Nationwide, Kingswood Grouping, FourFourTwo, Samsung, EA Sports FIFA, C&D, Imagine Cruising, Bartercard and Showtime City Nursing & Care. [74]

Stadium [edit]

Swindon Boondocks's original pitch was located s of Bath Route, in the region of Bradford Road, adjacent to the Okus Quarry.[75] After a young spectator savage into the quarry the team decided to movement first to Lansdown Road and then to a pitch near The Croft where they were to remain for the next 11 years.[1]

Swindon Town have been playing at the County Basis since 1896. They played their games on the site of the next cricket pitch also chosen the Canton Footing from 1893 until the basis opened.[1]

Thomas Arkell of Arkell's Brewery donated £300 to finance the construction of a stand on what was then known every bit the 'Wiltshire County Ground', this investment was enough to brainstorm evolution of a purpose-built football ground. Since its original construction, the ground has been periodically updated with new features or fittings. A cover on the Shrivenham Road side was erected in 1932, followed by the current roof at the Boondocks End. This price £4,300, which was raised by the Supporters' Social club, and was opened on 27 August 1938 by local MP, W.Westward. Wakefield.[75]

The War Department took over the ground in 1940, where for a while POWs were housed in huts placed on the pitch. For this the lodge received compensation of £4,570 in 1945.[75]

The addition of floodlights in 1951 at a cost of £350, gave Swindon the honor of being the start League club to do so. These were first tried out v. Bristol Metropolis on 2 April 1951 beating Arsenal past six months. These original set of lights were supplemented by lights on both side stand up roofs, which were sufficient for the County Basis to phase its offset floodlit league match on 29 February 1956 five. Millwall. (seven days after Fratton Park became the first basis to stage a floodlit league fixture). The nowadays pylons date from 1960.[75]

The ground currently contains elements constructed betwixt 1950 and 1995, with the latest addition being the big sponsored stand on the southward side. The County Ground is also the only football game stadium in the world with a Rolex watch interim as its timekeeper, the clock on the Stratton Bank stand featuring its proper name was erected to celebrate promotion in 1963.[76]

The basis itself is on land endemic past Swindon Borough Quango to which the club pays hire. Swindon have in the past considered a move to a club endemic stadium to generate more revenue, but have not had the financial backing to do and then. In 2006 a redevelopment campaign for the County Ground began,[77] with the club and TrustSTFC (the supporters' trust) raising a petition to 'Relieve Our Home' urging the Borough Council to "facilitate the redevelopment of the stadium and exercise everything they can to go on the order within the Borough"[78] including the proposed upgrading of the adjacent Cricket Guild to County standard and Athletic Order to Olympic standard.

Supporters [edit]

Average home attendances since 1889. In more recent years, attendances have gone up, giving Swindon Town one of the highest attendances in League One

Every bit an expanding railway town, the club had attendances of upward to 32,000 on friction match days until the early 1970s. Due to Swindon's low unemployment rate (one of the lowest in the United Kingdom),[79] more people work in the town than live there and so are unlikely to support the team.[80] In improver; poor team performances, the fiscal instability in the club and the change to an all-seated stadium following the Taylor Report have led to attendances at the County Ground dropping.[ commendation needed ]

With an all-seated capacity of fifteen,728 at the County Ground, Swindon averaged a home attendance of v,839 for the 2004–05 season.[81] Only 37% of the grounds seats were occupied at a game on boilerplate.[82] This rose to 5,950[83] (37.8%)[84] in 2005–06 and was reported equally 7,109 (45.two%)[85] for the 2006–07 season.[86]

A core group of fans has inhabited the Boondocks End of the stadium since the 1980s, producing by fanzines such as "The 69'er", "Bring the Noise" "Randy Robin" and "The Magic Roundabout"[87] amid others. Supporters call the team "The Town", "The Reds", "STFC" and also the "Cherry-red and White Army". The reddish and white ground forces is a term the supporters use to identify themselves as well. The Junior Robins is the children's supporters club which operates to provide lower ticket prices, away game activities and transport to immature fans.[88] Membership of the club also allows them to be nominated as game mascot and gives them the opportunity to railroad train in ane of the many Football Schools run by the club.

Swindon Town supporters with banners provided by Red Army Loud and Proud

The supporters' trust, TrustSTFC, was established in 2000. This organisation is a democratically elected group of fans who raise funds for the club and aim to requite supporters access and input into decisions made by the guild'southward lath.[89] The group run a number of schemes including the "Loan Note Scheme", the aim of which is to buy shares in the lodge and assist with investment.[90] Some other scheme is the Red Army Fund, the money raised by this fund is given to the club to contribute towards the purchase and wages of new players.[91] TrustSTFC also take part in the Fans' Consortium, who aim to place a supporter with a large stake-holding in the club onto the board of directors.[92] The trust is also currently candidature with the gild for the re-development of the County Ground.

The "Football Fever Report" published by statisticians of the Littlewoods Football game Pools was released in January 2007. This study researched those teams that were the about stressful to support. Swindon Town were placed 5th out of all 92 League clubs,[93] with the report stating –

"It'south just just over a decade ago that Swindon were a Premier League side, simply the past 10 years have been tough going for fans at the County Ground. Relegation from the peak flight in 1994 was followed by a second successive drop, and although promotion from Partition Ii was secured a year later, the team struggled in Division One in the side by side three seasons, finishing 19th, 18th and 17th. In 2000 came relegation, and a year later Swindon avoided another 'double relegation' by just one point. A glimmer of promise came when the play-offs were reached in 2004 – ending in a semi-final loss to Brighton – but final term Town became the first club to drop into the bottom tier of the Football game League having once been in the Premier League. We bet Robins' fans can hardly believe it."[93]

With the dwindling support during matches in the 2004–05 season, another fans' group "Cerise Ground forces Loud and Proud" was formed.[94] Red Regular army Loud and Proud is a pocket-size group of fans attempting to bring back the atmosphere and fun to lucifer days. With the stated aim of beingness "the 12th man on the pitch",[94] the grouping sponsors players and too provides large colourful flags to the matches.

However, in more recent years 2010–11 Swindon has rapidly increasing attendances with an 8,400 average omnipresence for the 2010–11 season despite relegation.

Hooliganism [edit]

Swindon Town has had bug with hooliganism since the 1970s, with the first known group existence called the Swindon Boondocks Aggro Boys (STAB).[95] In a home game against Wrexham in March 1978, STAB were responsible for pelting the opposing goalkeeper with darts, stones and a golf brawl.[96] Club chairman Cecil Green later proclaimed: "We intend to postage out this thuggery. The incidents were diabolical."[95] A new hooligan gang emerged in the 1980s, the Swindon Southside House (SSF), who were named after the area of terracing they occupied.[95] In a match at Northampton Boondocks, so manager Lou Macari walked direct into a group of more than 100 SSF members chasing Northampton fans upwards the street. Macari said the incident was "worse than a Celtic–Rangers game".[95]

In the 1990s, the Swindon Active Service (SAS) came to prominence and it is believed they were at the heart of several hostilities with fans of local rivals Oxford and Reading.[95] In September 1998, xix SAS members were arrested at the dwelling match with Oxford.[95] A fracas at an away game versus AFC Bournemouth on 18 Dec 2004 resulted in the arrest of seventeen and the imposition of banning orders on those found to be guilty.[97] [98] The fighting, involving more xl supporters, occurred in a busy shopping centre earlier the game. "District Gauge Roger House said it had been a 'frightening and terrifying' experience for scores of Christmas shoppers who witnessed the scenes."[97] The Swindon Advertiser reported that "The area was packed with Christmas shoppers, who watched in horror as pub windows were smashed and fans traded insults."[99]

On xvi Dec 2006, Swindon recorded one of their highest attendances of the season: 10,010 at a habitation win against rivals Bristol Rovers.[100] The game was marred by supporter trouble which resulted in 11 arrests and saw an area of seating in the Arkell'due south Stand damaged,[101] [102] with the Western Daily Press reporting that "the incident [...] ended with damage to 60 seats after they were used as missiles between opposing fans".[103] On the 24-hour interval of the return game in Bristol, twenty Rovers fans attacked a number of Swindon supporters with baseball bats at a local pub.[104]

Nick Lowles, writer of Hooligans 2: The M–Z of Britain'south Football Hooligan Gangs, has said "If you look at Swindon, the police have been very proactive in the last five years in terms of stopping hooliganism".[95]

Swindon Town has imposed Banning Orders on those supporters who cause disruption, criminal damage or are trigger-happy when attending games. There were 29 banning orders in identify in 2006, which was an increase from a total of 11 in 2005.[105] The increment in banning orders has resulted in a reduction of arrests at games, with simply 22 people being arrested attending games in 2005–06 compared to 39 arrests in 2004–05.[106] Of the 22 arrests in 2005–06; 11 were for Public Disorder, five for violent disorder and the residuum were made up of offences relating to missile throwing, racist chanting, pitch invasion, alcohol-related offences and one incident of being in possession of an offensive weapon.[107] 33 Swindon fans were besides banned from travelling to the 2006 FIFA World Cup.[108] In 2013, 10 Swindon fans were charged with violent disorder following an incident outside the Regal Oak pub in Brentford before the club's League one play-off semi-final defeat.[109] [110]

On 23 November 2013 a Swindon fan was arrested after running onto the pitch and punching Leyton Orient's goalkeeper, Jamie Jones.[111]

Rivalries [edit]

In 2003, a poll of supporters of all Football League clubs to discover out which teams they see as their main rivals was conducted past the Football Fans Census, the results of which put Swindon in articulation 13th identify on the listing of teams with about rivals.[112] This was calculated from the number of other clubs that consider Swindon to be their get-go, second or 3rd biggest rivals. Swindon fans considered Oxford United to be their main rivals, something that was reciprocated by Oxford fans. Less fierce rivalries exist with Bristol City, Bristol Rovers, Cheltenham Town, Newport County, Plymouth Argyle, Reading and Forest Green Rovers.[112]

Swindon Town Women F.C. [edit]

Swindon Town Ladies FC were established on 28 September 1993, after breaking away from the established Swindon Spitfires Women's and Girls' Football game Club. The current Swindon Town Women Football Club (STWFC) first squad play in the FA Women's National League Due south West Division 1, and reached the third round proper of the FA Women's Cup for the get-go time in their history during the 2012–13 season where they were narrowly defeated i–0 in extra time by Gillingham LFC. Swindon Town Women currently play their home games at Fairford Town F.C. In addition to the senior squad, the society run a Development and U16 squad.[113] The Development squad compete in the South Westward Regional Women's Football League while the U16s compete in the Wiltshire Women and Girls Football League.

Players [edit]

First team team [edit]

As of 14 October 2022.[114] [115]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined nether FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Role player
1 GK EnglandENG Sol Brynn (on loan from Middlesbrough)
two DF EnglandENG Remeao Hutton
three DF EnglandENG Ellis Iandolo
4 DF ScotlandSCO Tom Clayton
5 MF EnglandENG Louis Reed
6 DF FranceFRA Mathieu Baudry
7 MF EnglandENG Ben Gladwin (vice-captain)
8 MF WalesWAL Jonny Williams
9 FW NigeriaNGA Tomi Adeloye
x MF EnglandENG Ronan Darcy
14 FW EnglandENG Oscar Massey
15 FW WalesWAL Luke Jephcott (on loan from Plymouth Argyle)
17 MF EnglandENG Ricky Aguiar
eighteen DF EnglandENG Reece Devine
19 FW EnglandENG Rushian Hepburn-Murphy
20 DF EnglandENG Frazer Blake-Tracy (on loan from Burton Albion)
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 DF EnglandENG Angus MacDonald (captain)
22 DF EnglandENG Marcel Lavinier
23 MF The GambiaGAM Saidou Khan
24 FW EnglandENG Jacob Wakeling
25 GK Republic of IrelandIRL Conor Brann
26 DF WalesWAL Cian Harries
28 FW Saint Kitts and NevisSKN Tyrese Shade
29 FW EnglandENG Harry Parsons
33 MF EnglandENG Morgan Roberts
34 DF Republic of IrelandIRL Ciaran Brennan (on loan from Sheffield Wednesday)
35 MF EnglandENG Anton Dworzak
36 DF EnglandENG Sonny Hart
37 DF EnglandENG Harvey Fox
38 FW EnglandENG Abu Kanu
39 FW EnglandENG Tom Wynn-Davis
40 MF EnglandENG Josh Keyes

For contempo transfers, see 2022–23 Swindon Boondocks F.C. season.

Out on loan [edit]

Annotation: Flags indicate national team as defined nether FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than ane non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
thirty MF ItalyITA Mo Dabre (on loan at Banbury United)
31 MF EnglandENG Harrison Minturn (on loan at Gloucester Metropolis)
32 FW WalesWAL George Cowmeadow (on loan at Slough Town)

Reserves and Academy [edit]

For farther data: Swindon Boondocks F.C. Reserves and University

Club management [edit]

Society officials [edit]

As of 30 July 2022.[116]
Position Proper name
Chairman Australia Clem Morfuni
Vice Chairman England Zavier Austin
Directors Australia Clem Morfuni
Main Executive Scotland Rob Angus
Social club Secretary England Jack Tomlinson
Technical Manager England Sandro Di Michele
Chief Scout England Les Caffery
First-Squad Caput Bus England Scott Lindsey
First-Squad Assistant Coach England Jamie Day
Commencement-Team Assistant Coach Republic of Ireland Gavin Gunning
Goalkeeping Motorcoach England Steve Mildenhall
First-Squad Physio Australia Alison Willetts
Kickoff-Team Chiropractor England Joe Booker–Triolo
Beginning-Team S&C Omnibus England Ricky McFarlane
First Team Sports Scientist England George Peachy
Performance Analyst Republic of Ireland Liam McCartan
Commercial Manager Wales James Watts
Head of Media and Communications England Dave Wrixton
Official Social club Photographer England Callum Knowles
Kit Man England Steve Hooper
Kit Man England Jonah Isaacs
Senior Academy Director England Jamie Russell
Academy Caput of Coaching England David Farrell
Academy Professional person Development Phase Coach Scotland Lee Peacock
Academy Youth Development Phase Coach England Sean Woods
Academy Foundation Phase Omnibus England Alex Motorway
Academy Head of Recruitment England Martin Doyle
Senior Academy Physio Therapist England Jack Carey
Academy Due south&C Double-decker England Kyle Taylor
Club Ambassador England Don Rogers

Managerial history [edit]

As of November 2018, 37 men have been appointed as a director of Swindon Town Football Lodge, excluding caretaker managers.[117] Danny Williams and Andy Male monarch are the merely men to have been given the chore on a permanent basis twice.

Thespian awards and recognition [edit]

Swindon Town Hall of Fame [edit]

On fifteen December 2011, local newspaper the Swindon Advertiser appear that the club were to launch the Swindon Town 'Hall of Fame'. Old players Don Rogers, John Trollope and Paul Bodin were the first 3 confirmed inductees with the others announced during a BBC Wiltshire Radio broadcast on 30 December 2011.[118]

Hall of Fame (in alphabetical social club) [edit]

English language Football Hall of Fame [edit]

The following accept either played for or managed Swindon Boondocks and have been inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame

Statistics and records [edit]

John Trollope holds the record for Swindon Town appearances, having played 889 start-team matches between 1960 and 1980. Trollope also holds the English Football League Tape of most appearances by a player at one club, having played in 770 League games.[119] Central defender Maurice Owen comes second, having played 601 times. The tape for a goalkeeper is held past Sam Burton, who is third with 509 appearances.

Harry Morris holds all of Swindon's goal records, having scored 229 goals for the club between 1926 and 1933.[76] Harold Fleming is second with 203, with Don Rogers tertiary with 178. Morris scored the most goals in a flavour with 48 during 1926–27, 47 of which were in League games which is another club tape. The most goals scored past an private is too held by Morris and Keith Due east, who have both scored 5 against League opposition (Morris having achieved this in 1926 and 1930).

The highest attendance at the County Ground of 32,000 was recorded on xv January 1972 in a FA Cup Third Round lucifer against Arsenal.[120] The capacity of the basis is now 15,728 so it is unlikely that this record will be broken in the foreseeable future.

Swindon Town have also set records in English language football, being the 2nd team (later York Urban center in 1983–84) to score over 100 points in the League when they became Fourth Partitioning champions in 1985–86. The total of 102 that the society scored has since been beaten. They also concur the Premier League record for virtually goals conceded in a season, 100 in 1993–94, though several teams accept finished with a lower points tally.

On twenty Feb 2007 the social club played in a landmark League game abroad to Barnet, a 1–0 loss. The completion of this friction match meant that Swindon had, during their history, played a League game at dwelling and away confronting every team who, in the 2006–07 season and 2011–12 season, were in the Premier League, Championship, League I and League 2.

Honours [edit]

Football League Second Division / Championship (2nd tier)

  • Play-off winners (2): 1989–ninety, 1992–93

Football League Third Division / League One (3rd tier)

  • Champions (1): 1995–96
  • 2nd place promotion (2): 1962–63, 1968–69
  • 3rd place promotion (one): 1986–87
  • Play-off winners (1): 1986–87

Football League Fourth Partitioning / League 2 (4th tier)

  • Champions (three): 1985–86, 2011–12, 2019–20
  • 3rd place promotion (1): 2006–07

Southern League

  • Champions (ii): 1910–11, 1913–14

Western League

  • Champions (1): 1898–99

Swindon won the League Loving cup in 1969.

League Loving cup

  • Winners (1): 1969

Football League Bays

  • Runners-up (i): 2012

FA Clemency Shield

  • Runners-up (ane): 1911

Football game League Third Sectionalisation South Cup

  • Runners-up (1): 1935–36

Anglo-Italian Cup:

  • Winners (1): 1969–70

Anglo-Italian League Cup

  • Winners (1): 1968–69

Wiltshire Canton FA Senior Loving cup

  • Winners (10): 1886–87, 1887–88, 1888–89, 1889–90, 1890–91, 1891–92, 1892–93, 1896–97, 1903–04, 1919–20

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General

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  • Mattick, Dick (2002). Swindon Town Football Club 100 Greats. Tempus Publishing. ISBN0-7524-2714-8.
  • Mattick, Dick (2004). Swindon Boondocks F.C.: 50 Classic Matches. Tempus Publishing. ISBN0-7524-2866-7.
  • Hayes, Dean (2001). Swindon Boondocks Football Club: An A-Z. Aureus. ISBN1-899750-06-1.
  • Plowman, Paul (2009). Swindon Boondocks : 1879–2009 The Combined Volume. Footprint Publications. ISBN978-0-9562819-0-6.

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External links [edit]

  • Official website of Swindon Town F.C.

102 F To C Fever,

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