2024–25 Swindon Town F.C. season

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.

Swindon Town
2024–25 season
OwnerClem Morfuni
ChairmanClem Morfuni
ManagerMark Kennedy
(until 25 October)[1]
Ian Holloway
(from 25 October)[2]
StadiumCounty Ground
2025–26 →

Transfers

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Date Pos. Player From Fee Ref.
14 June 2024[a] CM   Ollie Clarke   Mansfield Town Undisclosed [3]
1 July 2024[b] CB   Ryan Delaney   Newport County Free [4]
1 July 2024[c] LB   Rosaire Longelo   Accrington Stanley Free [5]
1 July 2024[d] CF   Harry Smith   Sutton United Free [6]
1 July 2024[e] RB   Tunmise Sobowale   Shrewsbury Town Free [7]
1 July 2024[f] CB   Will Wright   Crawley Town Free [8]
10 July 2024 CB   Grant Hall   Rotherham United Free [9]
10 July 2024 CM   Dylan Mitchell   Aston Villa Free [10]
5 August 2024 RB   Jeff King   Chesterfield Free [11]
9 August 2024 LB   Billy Kirkman   The New Saints Free [12]
29 August 2024 CM   Gavin Kilkenny   Bournemouth Undisclosed [13]
30 August 2024 CF   Danny Butterworth   Carlisle United Undisclosed [14]
30 August 2024 LB   George Cox   Volendam Free [15]
  1. ^ The transfer was announced on 31 May, and would become official on June 14 once the transfer window re-opened
  2. ^ The transfer was announced on 20 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Newport County contract expired
  3. ^ The transfer was announced on 12 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Accrington Stanley contract expired
  4. ^ The transfer was announced on 27 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Sutton United contract expired
  5. ^ The transfer was announced on 10 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Shrewsbury Town contract expired
  6. ^ The transfer was announced on 25 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Crawley Town contract expired
Date Pos. Player To Fee Ref.
25 June 2024 CB   Udoka Godwin-Malife   Burton Albion Undisclosed [16]
8 July 2024 CB   Harley Hunt   Middlesbrough Undisclosed [17]
12 July 2024 CM   Ricky Aguiar   York City Undisclosed [18]

Loaned in

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Date Pos. Player From Date until Ref.
26 July 2024 CB   Miguel Freckleton   Sheffield United End of Season [19]
30 July 2024 AM   Joel Cotterill   Swansea City End of Season [20]
26 August 2024 CF   Kabongo Tshimanga   Peterborough United End of Season [21]
30 August 2024 GK   Daniel Barden   Norwich City End of Season [22]

Loaned out

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Date Pos. Player To Date until Ref.
22 August 2024 RM   Anton Dworzak   Swindon Supermarine 5 January 2025[a] [23][24]
30 August 2024 CB   Pharrell Johnson   Truro City End of Season [25]
30 August 2024 CM   Saidou Khan   Tranmere Rovers End of Season [26]
6 September 2024 LB   Billy Kirkman   Weston-super-Mare 1 January 2025 [27]
7 September 2024 CB   Jaxon Brown   Canvey Island 5 October 2024 [28]
20 September 2024 LM   Tariq Uwakwe   Maidenhead United 19 October 2024 [29]
22 September 2024 CB   Sonny Hart   Canvey Island 20 October 2024 [30]

Released / Out of Contract

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Date Pos. Player Subsequent club Join date Ref.
30 June 2024 CB   Frazer Blake-Tracy   Mansfield Town 1 July 2024 [31][32]
30 June 2024 CF   Rushian Hepburn-Murphy   Crawley Town 1 July 2024 [31][33]
30 June 2024 RW   Tyrese Shade   Eastleigh 3 July 2024 [31][34]
30 June 2024 CM   George McEachran   Grimsby Town 4 July 2024 [31][35]
30 June 2024 RB   Brooklyn Genesini   Weymouth 4 July 2024 [31][36]
10 July 2024 LB   Williams Kokolo   Laval 10 July 2024 [37][38]
30 June 2024 CF   Charlie Austin   AFC Totton 31 July 2024 [31][39]
30 June 2024 LB   Reece Devine   Kidderminster Harriers 2 August 2024 [31][40]
30 June 2024 CF   Tomi Adeloye [31]
30 June 2024 GK   Conor Brann [31]
30 June 2024 CB   Tom Brewitt [31]
30 June 2024 CB   Tom Clayton [31]

Pre-season and friendlies

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On 24 May, Swindon Town announced their initial pre-season schedule, with matches against Swindon Supermarine, Hungerford Town and Melksham Town.[41] A home friendly versus Wycombe Wanderers was later confirmed.[42] On 17 June, a trip to face Eastleigh was also added.[43]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

6 July 2024 Friendly Swindon Supermarine 1–4 Swindon Town South Marston
14:00 BST
  • Williams   29'
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
  • Brown   64'
Stadium: Swansea City Training Ground
Attendance: 0 (behind-closed-doors)
16 July 2024 Friendly Melksham Town 1–3 Swindon Town Melksham
19:30 BST
  • Graham   2'
Report
Stadium: Oakfield Stadium
19 July 2024 Friendly Southampton U21 1–2 Swindon Town Marchwood
13:00 BST
  • Trialist   22'
Report
Stadium: Staplewood Training Ground
Attendance: 0 (behind-closed-doors)
28 July 2024 Friendly Eastleigh 1–0 Swindon Town Eastleigh
13:00 BST Bycroft   3' (o.g.) Report Stadium: Ten Acres
3 August 2024 Friendly Swindon Town 1–0 Wycombe Wanderers Swindon
15:00 BST Clarke   68' Report Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 2,335

Competitions

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League Two

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
20 Accrington Stanley 13 3 4 6 15 22 −7 13
21 Colchester United 13 2 6 5 16 20 −4 12
22 Swindon Town 14 2 6 6 15 20 −5 12
23 Carlisle United 14 2 2 10 12 28 −16 8 Relegation to National League
24 Morecambe 14 1 4 9 12 25 −13 7
Updated to match(es) played on 29 October 2024. Source: EFL Official Website
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[44]

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
14 2 6 6 15 20  −5 12 1 2 4 7 11  −4 1 4 2 8 9  −1

Last updated: 26 October 2024.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

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Round1234567891011121314
GroundAHAHAHHAAHAHAH
ResultDLDLDWLLDDWLLD
Position1221212321182121212118212222
Points112236667811111112
Source: EFL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

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On 26 June, the League Two fixtures were announced.[45]

  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.[46]
31 August 2024 4 Swindon Town 1–2 Notts County Swindon
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 7,326
Referee: Dale Baines
7 September 2024 5 Barrow 1–1 Swindon Town Barrow-in-Furness
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Holker Street
Attendance: 3,763
Referee: Zac Kennard-Kettle
14 September 2024 6 Swindon Town 4–0 Newport County Swindon
12:30 BST
Report Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 6,857
Referee: Simon Mather
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.[47]
21 September 2024 7 Swindon Town 0–2 Carlisle United Swindon
15:00 BST Report
Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 6,878
Referee: Carl Brook
28 September 2024 8 Port Vale 2–1 Swindon Town Burslem
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 6,747
Referee: Thomas Parsons
1 October 2024 9 Tranmere Rovers 1–1 Swindon Town Birkenhead
19:45 BST
Report
Stadium: Prenton Park
Attendance: 5,120
Referee: Seb Stockbridge
5 October 2024 10 Swindon Town 0–0 Harrogate Town Swindon
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 6,333
Referee: Martin Woods
12 October 2024 11 Cheltenham Town 2–3 Swindon Town Cheltenham
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Whaddon Road
Attendance: 5,561
Referee: Dale Baines
19 October 2024 12 Swindon Town 1–2 Doncaster Rovers Swindon
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 6,837
Referee: Craig Hicks
22 October 2024 13 Salford City 2–1 Swindon Town Salford
19:45 BST
Report
Stadium: Moor Lane
Attendance: 2,145
Referee: Darren Drysdale
26 October 2024 14 Swindon Town 1–1 Gillingham Swindon
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 7,325
Referee: Anthony Backhouse

FA Cup

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Swindon Town were drawn at home to Colchester United in the first round.[48]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

2 November 2024 First round Swindon Town 2–1 Colchester United Swindon
15:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 4,855
Referee: Scott Jackson

EFL Cup

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On 27 June, the draw for the first round was made, with Swindon being drawn away against Crawley Town.[49]

  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

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In the group stage, Swindon were drawn into Southern Group G alongside Bristol Rovers, Exeter City and Tottenham Hotspur U21.[50][51]

Pos Div Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 L1 Exeter City (A) 3 3 0 0 0 7 3 +4 9 Advance to Round 2
2 L2 Swindon Town 2 1 0 0 1 5 2 +3 3
3 ACA Tottenham Hotspur U21 2 0 1 0 1 3 5 −2 2
4 L1 Bristol Rovers (E) 3 0 0 1 2 5 10 −5 1
Updated to match(es) played on 29 October 2024. Source: EFL
(A) Advances to a further round; (E) Eliminated

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

3 September 2024 Group stage Exeter City 2–1 Swindon Town Exeter
19:00 BST
Report
Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 1,485
Referee: Ross Martin
8 October 2024 Group stage Swindon Town 4–0 Bristol Rovers Swindon
19:00 BST
Report
Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 1,306
Referee: Sam Mulhall
5 November 2024 Group stage Swindon Town v Tottenham Hotspur U21 Swindon
19:00 GMT Stadium: County Ground

Statistics

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Appearances and goals

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As of match played 2 November 2024

Players with no appearances are not included on the list

No. Pos Nat Player Total League Two FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   ENG Jack Bycroft 11 0 9+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF   IRL Tunmise Sobowale 18 0 10+4 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
4 DF   IRL Ryan Delaney 3 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
5 DF   ENG Will Wright 17 3 14+0 3 1+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
6 MF   NGA Nnamdi Ofoborh 13 1 4+6 0 0+1 0 1+0 1 1+0 0
7 MF   WAL Joel Cotterill 15 2 11+1 1 0+1 0 1+0 0 1+0 1
8 MF   ENG Ollie Clarke 11 0 8+0 0 1+0 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
9 FW   GER Paul Glatzel 15 3 7+5 1 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+1 2
10 FW   ENG Harry Smith 11 4 7+1 3 1+0 0 0+1 1 0+1 0
11 FW   ENG Sean McGurk 7 0 0+5 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
12 GK   WAL Daniel Barden 7 0 5+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
14 DF   ENG Rosaire Longelo 10 0 3+5 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+1 0
16 MF   ENG Jake Cain 10 0 2+5 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
17 DF   ENG Jeff King 10 0 8+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+1 0
18 MF   IRL Gavin Kilkenny 14 1 11+0 1 1+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
20 DF   ENG Miguel Freckleton 18 0 13+1 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
21 FW   ENG Kabongo Tshimanga 12 2 6+4 1 1+0 1 0+0 0 1+0 0
22 FW   ENG Danny Butterworth 13 1 10+1 1 0+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
23 FW   IRL Aaron Drinan 15 0 5+7 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
24 DF   ENG Grant Hall 9 0 6+1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
27 DF   ENG George Cox 11 1 9+1 1 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
31 DF   ENG Harrison Minturn 9 0 1+4 0 1+0 0 0+1 0 2+0 0
33 DF   ENG Joel McGregor 9 3 5+2 1 0+1 1 0+0 0 1+0 1
39 MF   ENG Dylan Mitchell 4 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
40 MF   ESP Dani González 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
41 FW   ENG Miles Obodo 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
42 FW   IRQ Botan Ameen 2 1 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 1

Notes

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  1. ^ On 22 October, Dworzak's loan at Swindon Supermarine was extended until January

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