2024–25 Swindon Town F.C. season
2024–25 season | |||
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Owner | Clem Morfuni | ||
Chairman | Clem Morfuni | ||
Head Coach | Mark Kennedy | ||
Stadium | County Ground | ||
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The 2024–25 season is the 146th season in the history of Swindon Town Football Club and their fourth consecutive season in League Two. In addition to the domestic league, the club would also participate in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, and the EFL Trophy.
Transfers
[edit]In
[edit]Date | Pos. | Player | From | Fee | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
14 June 2024[a] | CM | ![]() | ![]() | Undisclosed | [1] |
1 July 2024[b] | CB | ![]() | ![]() | Free | [2] |
1 July 2024[c] | LB | ![]() | ![]() | Free | [3] |
1 July 2024[d] | CF | ![]() | ![]() | Free | [4] |
1 July 2024[e] | RB | ![]() | ![]() | Free | [5] |
1 July 2024[f] | CB | ![]() | ![]() | Free | [6] |
10 July 2024 | CB | ![]() | ![]() | Free | [7] |
10 July 2024 | CM | ![]() | ![]() | Free | [8] |
5 August 2024 | RB | ![]() | ![]() | Free | [9] |
9 August 2024 | LB | ![]() | ![]() | Free | [10] |
29 August 2024 | CM | ![]() | ![]() | Undisclosed | [11] |
30 August 2024 | CF | ![]() | ![]() | Undisclosed | [12] |
30 August 2024 | LB | ![]() | ![]() | Free | [13] |
- ^ The transfer was announced on 31 May, and would become official on June 14 once the transfer window re-opened
- ^ The transfer was announced on 20 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Newport County contract expired
- ^ The transfer was announced on 12 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Accrington Stanley contract expired
- ^ The transfer was announced on 27 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Sutton United contract expired
- ^ The transfer was announced on 10 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Shrewsbury Town contract expired
- ^ The transfer was announced on 25 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Crawley Town contract expired
Out
[edit]Date | Pos. | Player | To | Fee | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
25 June 2024 | CB | ![]() | ![]() | Undisclosed | [14] |
8 July 2024 | CB | ![]() | ![]() | Undisclosed | [15] |
12 July 2024 | CM | ![]() | ![]() | Undisclosed | [16] |
Loaned in
[edit]Date | Pos. | Player | From | Date until | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
26 July 2024 | CB | ![]() | ![]() | End of Season | [17] |
30 July 2024 | AM | ![]() | ![]() | End of Season | [18] |
26 August 2024 | CF | ![]() | ![]() | End of Season | [19] |
30 August 2024 | GK | ![]() | ![]() | End of Season | [20] |
Loaned out
[edit]Date | Pos. | Player | To | Date until | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
22 August 2024 | RM | ![]() | ![]() | 21 September 2024 | [21] |
30 August 2024 | CB | ![]() | ![]() | End of Season | [22] |
30 August 2024 | CM | ![]() | ![]() | End of Season | [23] |
Released / Out of Contract
[edit]Date | Pos. | Player | Subsequent club | Join date | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
30 June 2024 | CB | ![]() | ![]() | 1 July 2024 | [24][25] |
30 June 2024 | CF | ![]() | ![]() | 1 July 2024 | [24][26] |
30 June 2024 | RW | ![]() | ![]() | 3 July 2024 | [24][27] |
30 June 2024 | CM | ![]() | ![]() | 4 July 2024 | [24][28] |
30 June 2024 | RB | ![]() | ![]() | 4 July 2024 | [24][29] |
10 July 2024 | LB | ![]() | ![]() | 10 July 2024 | [30][31] |
30 June 2024 | CF | ![]() | ![]() | 31 July 2024 | [24][32] |
30 June 2024 | LB | ![]() | ![]() | 2 August 2024 | [24][33] |
30 June 2024 | CF | ![]() | [24] | ||
30 June 2024 | GK | ![]() | [24] | ||
30 June 2024 | CB | ![]() | [24] | ||
30 June 2024 | CB | ![]() | [24] |
Pre-season and friendlies
[edit]On 24 May, Swindon Town announced their initial pre-season schedule, with matches against Swindon Supermarine, Hungerford Town and Melksham Town.[34] A home friendly versus Wycombe Wanderers was later confirmed.[35] On 17 June, a trip to face Eastleigh was also added.[36]
Win Draw Loss Fixtures
6 July 2024 Friendly | Swindon Supermarine | 1–4 | Swindon Town | South Marston |
14:00 BST |
| Report | Stadium: Webbswood Stadium |
9 July 2024 Friendly | Hungerford Town | 0–2 | Swindon Town | Hungerford |
19:00 BST | Report | Stadium: Bulpit Lane |
13 July 2024 Friendly | Swansea City | 3–1 | Swindon Town | Fairwood |
14:00 BST |
| Report |
| Stadium: Swansea City Training Ground Attendance: 0 (behind-closed-doors) |
16 July 2024 Friendly | Melksham Town | 1–3 | Swindon Town | Melksham |
19:30 BST |
| Report | Stadium: Oakfield Stadium |
19 July 2024 Friendly | Southampton U21 | 1–2 | Swindon Town | Marchwood |
13:00 BST |
| Report | Stadium: Staplewood Training Ground Attendance: 0 (behind-closed-doors) |
28 July 2024 Friendly | Eastleigh | 1–0 | Swindon Town | Eastleigh |
13:00 BST | Bycroft ![]() | Report | Stadium: Ten Acres |
3 August 2024 Friendly | Swindon Town | 1–0 | Wycombe Wanderers | Swindon |
15:00 BST | Clarke ![]() | Report | Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 2,335 |
Competitions
[edit]League Two
[edit]League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
19 | Milton Keynes Dons | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | |
20 | Cheltenham Town | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 3 | |
21 | Carlisle United | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 3 | |
22 | Accrington Stanley | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 2 | |
23 | Swindon Town | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 2 | Relegation to National League |
24 | Morecambe | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 0 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences[37]
Results summary
[edit]Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 24 August 2024.
Source: Soccerway
Results by round
[edit]Matches
[edit]On 26 June, the League Two fixtures were announced.[38]
Win Draw Loss Fixtures
9 August 2024 1 | Chesterfield | 1–1 | Swindon Town | Chesterfield |
20:00 BST |
| Report | Stadium: SMH Group Stadium Attendance: 9,262 Referee: Scott Oldham |
17 August 2024 2 | Swindon Town | 0–4 | Walsall | Swindon |
15:00 BST | Report | Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 7,786 Referee: Lee Swabey |
24 August 2024 3 | Crewe Alexandra | 0–0 | Swindon Town | Crewe |
12:30 BST | Report |
| Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 4,402 Referee: Alex Chilowicz | |
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.[39] |
31 August 2024 4 | Swindon Town | v | Notts County | Swindon |
15:00 BST | Stadium: County Ground |
7 September 2024 5 | Barrow | v | Swindon Town | Barrow-in-Furness |
15:00 BST | Stadium: Holker Street |
14 September 2024 6 | Swindon Town | v | Newport County | Swindon |
12:30 BST | Stadium: County Ground | |||
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.[40] |
FA Cup
[edit]Win Draw Loss Fixtures
EFL Cup
[edit]On 27 June, the draw for the first round was made, with Swindon being drawn away against Crawley Town.[41]
Win Draw Loss Fixtures
13 August 2024 First round | Crawley Town | 4–2 | Swindon Town | Crawley |
19:45 BST | Report | Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 2,396 Referee: Ben Atkinson |
EFL Trophy
[edit]In the group stage, Swindon were drawn into Southern Group G alongside Bristol Rovers, Exeter City and Tottenham Hotspur U21.[42][43]
Pos | Div | Team | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ACA | Tottenham Hotspur U21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | Advance to Round 2 |
2 | L1 | Bristol Rovers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
3 | L1 | Exeter City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | L2 | Swindon Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Win Draw Loss Fixtures
3 September 2024 Group stage | Exeter City | v | Swindon Town | Exeter |
19:00 BST | Stadium: St James Park |
8 October 2024 Group stage | Swindon Town | v | Bristol Rovers | Swindon |
19:00 BST | Stadium: County Ground |
5 November 2024 Group stage | Swindon Town | v | Tottenham Hotspur U21 | Swindon |
19:00 GMT | Stadium: County Ground |
Statistics
[edit]Appearances and goals
[edit]- As of match played 24 August 2024
List includes all first team players and any other matchday squad players
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | League Two | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Trophy | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
1 | GK | ![]() | Jack Bycroft | 4 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
2 | DF | ![]() | Tunmise Sobowale | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
4 | DF | ![]() | Ryan Delaney | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
5 | DF | ![]() | Will Wright | 4 | 1 | 3+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
6 | MF | ![]() | Nnamdi Ofoborh | 4 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
7 | MF | ![]() | Joel Cotterill (on loan from Swansea City) | 4 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
8 | MF | ![]() | Ollie Clarke | 4 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
9 | FW | ![]() | Paul Glatzel | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
10 | FW | ![]() | Harry Smith | 4 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
11 | FW | ![]() | Sean McGurk | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
14 | DF | ![]() | Rosaire Longelo | 4 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
16 | MF | ![]() | Jake Cain | 4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
17 | DF | ![]() | Jeff King | 4 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
19 | MF | ![]() | Tariq Uwakwe | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
20 | DF | ![]() | Miguel Freckleton (on loan from Sheffield United) | 4 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
23 | FW | ![]() | Aaron Drinan | 4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
24 | DF | ![]() | Grant Hall | 4 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
31 | DF | ![]() | Harrison Minturn | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
33 | MF | ![]() | Joel McGregor | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
34 | DF | ![]() | Billy Kirkman | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
35 | DF | ![]() | Jaxon Brown | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
36 | DF | ![]() | Sonny Hart | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
37 | GK | ![]() | Redman Evans | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
39 | MF | ![]() | Dylan Mitchell | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
— | GK | ![]() | Daniel Barden (on loan from Norwich City) | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
— | FW | ![]() | Danny Butterworth | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
— | DF | ![]() | George Cox | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
— | MF | ![]() | Gavin Kilkenny | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
— | FW | ![]() | Kabongo Tshimanga (on loan from Peterborough United) | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
Players away on loan: | |||||||||||||
3 | DF | ![]() | Pharrell Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
26 | MF | ![]() | Anton Dworzak | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
28 | MF | ![]() | Saidou Khan | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
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