On This Day

Match Record

Men Senior

Swindon Town's record in competitive matches played on September 2nd:

All matches played on September 2nd:

Comp.	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers	Att.
FLT	02 SEP 2025	Reading (Home) Reading (H)	W3 - 2	P. Ehibhatiomhan, O. Palmer, W. Wright	3,667
EFL	02 SEP 2023	Doncaster Rovers (Away) Doncaster Rovers (A)	D0 - 0	-	6,108
EFL	02 SEP 2017	Barnet (Home) Barnet (H)	L1 - 4	L. Norris	5,894
EFL	02 SEP 2012	Preston North End (Away) Preston North End (A)	L1 - 4	R. De Vita	10,372
FLT	02 SEP 2008	Aldershot Town (Away) Aldershot (A)	D2 - 2 W7 - 6  (Pens.)	S. Cox, J. Ifil	1,814
EFL	02 SEP 1997	Ipswich Town (Away) Ipswich Town (A)	L1 - 2	W. Allison	11,246
EFL	02 SEP 1995	Brentford (Away) Brentford (A)	W2 - 0	W. O'Sullivan, S. Finney	7,878
EFL	02 SEP 1990	Bristol City (Home) Bristol City (H)	L0 - 1	-	12,249
LC	02 SEP 1986	Torquay United (Away) Torquay United (A)	W3 - 2 W6 - 2  (Agg.)	D. Bamber 2, B. Wade	1,100
LC	02 SEP 1985	Torquay United (Home) Torquay United (H)	D2 - 2 W4 - 3  (Agg.)	P. Coyne, S. Pugh (o.g.)	2,846
LC	02 SEP 1980	Lincoln City (Home) Lincoln City (H)	W2 - 0 W3 - 1  (Agg.)	A. Mayes 2	4,907
EFL	02 SEP 1978	Mansfield Town (Home) Mansfield Town (H)	W1 - 0	C. Bates	6,195
EFL	02 SEP 1972	Sunderland (Away) Sunderland (A)	L2 - 3	R. Treacy, D. Rogers	11,674
LC	02 SEP 1969	Swansea City (Away) Swansea City (A)	W3 - 1	P. Noble 3	11,700
EFL	02 SEP 1967	Tranmere Rovers (Home) Tranmere Rovers (H)	W3 - 1	W. Penman 2, D. Rogers	12,152
EFL	02 SEP 1964	Crystal Palace (Away) Crystal Palace (A)	L1 - 3	M. Summerbee	18,517
EFL	02 SEP 1961	Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic (Home) Bournemouth (H)	D1 - 1	R. Hunt	9,815
EFL	02 SEP 1959	Barnsley (Away) Barnsley (A)	W3 - 0	J. Richards, K. Morgan, D. Layne	7,001
EFL	02 SEP 1953	Aldershot (Away) Aldershot (A)	L0 - 1	-	7,338
EFL	02 SEP 1952	Southend United (Away) Southend United (A)	L0 - 3	-	10,500
EFL	02 SEP 1950	Brighton and Hove Albion (Away) Brighton (A)	L0 - 1	-	14,204
EFL	02 SEP 1939	Aldershot (Home) Aldershot (H)	D2 - 2 *Expunged	A. Fowler 2	7,722
EFL	02 SEP 1936	Bristol Rovers (Away) Bristol Rovers (A)	L1 - 2	F. Chandler	13,920
EFL	02 SEP 1933	Norwich City (Home) Norwich City (H)	D0 - 0	-	11,837
EFL	02 SEP 1931	Watford (Home) Watford (H)	W4 - 1	J. Starsmore 2, H. Morris, F. Laycock	5,534
EFL	02 SEP 1922	Northampton Town (Away) Northampton Town (A)	W2 - 1	J. Johnson 2 (1 pen)	~12,000
STH	02 SEP 1914	Croydon Common (Away) Croydon Common (A)	D0 - 0	-	-
STH	02 SEP 1911	Leyton (Away) Leyton (A)	W3 - 0	H. Fleming, A. Bown, B. Jefferson	~9,000
STH	02 SEP 1908	Watford (Away) Watford (A)	L0 - 1	-	~4,000
STH	02 SEP 1907	West Ham United (Away) West Ham United (A)	W2 - 1	F. Warburton 2	~4,000
STH	02 SEP 1905	West Ham United (Away) West Ham United (A)	L0 - 1	-	~10,000
WEST	02 SEP 1901	Reading (Home) Reading (H)	L0 - 2	-	-
STH	02 SEP 1899	Bristol City (Away) Bristol City (A)	L2 - 3	J. Sharples, T. Wilson	~6,000

Match Record

Men Reserves

Swindon Town's record in competitive matches played on September 2nd:

All matches played on September 2nd:

Comp.	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers	Att.
FC	02 SEP 1998	Queens Park Rangers Reserves (Home) Queens Park Rangers Res. (H)	L0 - 5	-	-
FC	02 SEP 1992	West Ham United Reserves (Home) West Ham United Res. (H)	D1 - 1	A. Berkley	-
FC	02 SEP 1989	Wimbledon Reserves (Away) Wimbledon Res. (A)	L2 - 3	N. Summerbee, T. Sealy	-
FC	02 SEP 1981	Queens Park Rangers Reserves (Home) Queens Park Rangers Res. (H)	L0 - 3	-	-
FC	02 SEP 1978	Plymouth Argyle Reserves (Away) Plymouth Argyle Res. (A)	L0 - 2	-	-
FC	02 SEP 1972	Arsenal Reserves (Home) Arsenal Res. (H)	W1 - 0	R. Smart	1,158
FC	02 SEP 1967	Ipswich Town Reserves (Away) Ipswich Town Res. (A)	L1 - 6	B. Walker	-
FCLC	02 SEP 1953	Swansea Town Reserves (Home) Swansea Town Res. (H)	W2 - 1	R. Johnson, R. Onslow	1,470
FC	02 SEP 1952	Southend United Reserves (Home) Southend United Res. (H)	L2 - 3	Unknown 2	1,560
FC	02 SEP 1950	Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Reserves (Home) Bournemouth Res. (H)	W2 - 1	J. Simner, J. Thomas	3,229
WEST	02 SEP 1936	Bristol Rovers 'A' (Home) Bristol Rovers 'A' (H)	W10 - 1	J. Bradley 3, R. Corbin, K. Wise 3, S. Ashman 2, G. Walker	-
STH	02 SEP 1922	Southampton Reserves (Away) Southampton Res. (A)	L0 - 2	-	-
SEL	02 SEP 1911	Leyton Reserves (Home) Leyton Res. (H)	W5 - 0	Unknown 5	-
SEL	02 SEP 1908	Chelsea Reserves (Home) Chelsea Res. (H)	L1 - 2	J. Lavery	-
STH	02 SEP 1905	West Ham United Reserves (Home) West Ham United Res. (H)	W2 - 1	G. Oakley, H. Abbott	~3,000
WILTS	02 SEP 1899	Warminster (Home) Warminster (H)	D0 - 0	-	-

Match Record

Men Development

Swindon Town's record in competitive matches played on September 2nd:

All matches played on September 2nd:

Comp.	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers	Att.
HELL	02 SEP 1972	Rivets Sports (Home) Rivets Sports (H)	L1 - 3	A. Young	-
HELL	02 SEP 1967	Bicester Town (Home) Bicester Town (H)	W2 - 0	I. Melrose, Hanks	-
WPL	02 SEP 1964	Pinehurst YC (Home) Pinehurst (H)	L2 - 3	K. East 2	-
WPL	02 SEP 1961	Devizes Town (Home) Devizes Town (H)	D1 - 1	R. Smart	-
WEST	02 SEP 1950	Minehead (Away) Minehead (A)	L0 - 2	-	-

Match Record

Men Youth

Swindon Town's record in competitive matches played on September 2nd:

All matches played on September 2nd:

Comp.	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers	Att.
FLYA	02 SEP 2017	Yeovil Town Under-18 (Away) Yeovil Town U18 (A)	L0 - 2	-	-
FLYAC	02 SEP 2006	Gillingham Under-18 (Away) Gillingham U18 (A)	W2 - 0	S. Doe, J. Hyde	-
FLYAC	02 SEP 2004	Plymouth Argyle Under-18 (Home) Plymouth Argyle U18 (H)	W2 - 0	Unknown 2	-
FLYA-17	02 SEP 2000	Torquay United Under-17 (Away) Torquay United U17 (A)	-	-	-
FLYA	02 SEP 2000	Oxford United Under-19 (Home) Oxford United U19 (H)	-	-	-
SECL	02 SEP 1995	Tottenham Hotspur Youth (Home) Tottenham Hotspur Youth (H)	D1 - 1	S. Woodman	-
SECL	02 SEP 1989	Wimbledon Youth (Home) Wimbledon Youth (H)	L0 - 3	-	-
SECL	02 SEP 1987	AFC Bournemouth Youth (Away) Bournemouth Youth (A)	D1 - 1	N. Packer	-
SECL	02 SEP 1986	Northampton Town Youth (Away) Northampton Town Youth (A)	L2 - 5	N. Quinn, N. Packer	-
MYL	02 SEP 1974	Oxford United Youth (Away) Oxford United Youth (A)	L1 - 5	I. Farr	-
SBL	02 SEP 1967	Sanford YC (Away) Sanford YC (A)	W4 - 2	M. Grubb 2, Bell 2	-

Match Record

Women Senior

Swindon Town's record in competitive matches played on September 2nd:

All matches played on September 2nd:

Comp.	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers	Att.
W-NLC	02 SEP 2018	Leyton Orient Women (Home) Leyton Orient WFC (H)	L1 - 5	A. Picton pen.	43
W-NATL	02 SEP 2015	Swindon Spitfires Women (Away) Swindon Spitfires WFC (A)	W7 - 1 *Expunged	B. Westlake 2, E. Maynard, A. Picton, S. Uzzell 2, M. Vella	-
W-SWCOMB	02 SEP 2012	Keynsham Town Ladies (Home) Keynsham Town LFC (H)	L2 - 3	Unknown 2	-
W-SWCOMB	02 SEP 2001	Reading Royals Ladies (Home) Reading Royals LFC (H)	D2 - 2	A. Tinson, L. Morgan	-

Video Footage

All available video footage from matches played on September 2nd:

Sunday September 2nd, 1990

Barclays League Division Two
Swindon Town (0) 0
Bristol City (1) 1

Saturday September 2nd, 1995

Endsleigh League Division Two
Brentford (0) 0
Swindon Town (1) 2

Tuesday September 2nd, 1997

Nationwide League Division One
Ipswich Town (1) 2
Swindon Town (1) 1

Tuesday September 2nd, 2008

Johnstone's Paint Trophy
Aldershot Town (1) 2
Swindon Town (1) 2

Sunday September 2nd, 2012

npower League One
Preston North End (3) 4
Swindon Town (0) 1

Sunday September 2nd, 2012

npower League One
Preston North End (3) 4
Swindon Town (0) 1

Wednesday September 2nd, 2015

FA Women's Premier League South West Division One
Swindon Spitfires Women (1) 1
Swindon Town Ladies (3) 7

Saturday September 2nd, 2017

EFL Sky Bet League Two
Swindon Town (0) 1
Barnet (2) 4

Saturday September 2nd, 2023

EFL Sky Bet League Two
Doncaster Rovers (0) 0
Swindon Town (0) 0

Tuesday September 2nd, 2025

Vertu Trophy
Swindon Town (2) 3
Reading (2) 2

Newspaper Reports

All available media reports from September 2nd:

Saturday September 2nd, 1933

Football Pink

TOWN COME THROUGH BIG TEST WITH FLYING COLOURS

Football League Division Three (South)
Swindon Town (0) 0
Norwich City (0) 0

Saturday September 2nd, 1939

Football Pink

SWINDON CONCEDE A POINT TO ALDERSHOT

Football League Division Three (South)
Swindon Town (2) 2
Aldershot (1) 2

Saturday September 2nd, 1950

Football Pink

BOTH BACKS ON THE TARGET

Football League Division Three (South)
Brighton and Hove Albion (0) 1
Swindon Town (0) 0

Saturday September 2nd, 1961

Football Pink

TOWN STILL AWAIT FIRST WIN

Football League Division Three
Swindon Town (0) 1
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic (0) 1

Saturday September 2nd, 1967

Football Pink

FIRST MINUTE GOAL IS TONIC FOR TOWN

Football League Division Three
Swindon Town (1) 3
Tranmere Rovers (0) 1

Saturday September 2nd, 1972

Football Pink

TREACY CHEERS TOWN THEN DEFENCE CRACKS

Football League Division Two
Sunderland (0) 3
Swindon Town (0) 2

Saturday September 2nd, 1978

Football Pink

CHIC HITS LATE SWINDON WINNER

Football League Division Three
Swindon Town (0) 1
Mansfield Town (0) 0

Transfers

Transfers on September 2nd:

Date	Player	Club	In/Out	Transfer Detail
02 SEP 1895	Arthur DIBSDALL	Swindon St. Luke's Swindon St. Luke's	IN	pro
02 SEP 1898	Richie COX	Kilmarnock Athletic Kilmarnock Athletic	OUT
02 SEP 1925	Dick ROWLEY	Casuals Casuals	IN	amateur
02 SEP 1966	Willie PENMAN	Newcastle United Newcastle United	IN	£0
02 SEP 1974	Colin PROPHETT	Norwich City Norwich City	IN	loan
02 SEP 1983	Mark STEVENS	Trowbridge Town Trowbridge Town	OUT
02 SEP 1986	Mark HUGHES	Chippenham Town Chippenham Town	OUT	released
02 SEP 1997 - Oct 1997	Alex FINLAYSON	Salisbury City Salisbury	OUT	loan
02 SEP 2013	Paul CADDIS	Birmingham City Birmingham	OUT	undisclosed
02 SEP 2013	Dany N'GUESSAN	Millwall Millwall	IN	unattached
02 SEP 2014 - 25 MAY 2015	Louis THOMPSON	Norwich City Norwich City	IN	loan
02 SEP 2015	Nicky AJOSE	Leeds United Leeds United	IN	unattached
02 SEP 2015 - 2015/6	Miles STOREY	Inverness Caledonian Thistle Inverness CT	OUT	loan
02 SEP 2019 - 2019/0	Steven BENDA	Swansea City Swansea City	IN	loan
02 SEP 2019	Anthony GRANT	Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town	IN	loan
02 SEP 2022	Darcy COX	Ashton Keynes Girls Ashton Keynes Girls	IN
02 SEP 2022	Neve JOHNSON	Ashton Keynes Girls Ashton Keynes Girls	IN
02 SEP 2022	Harry McKIRDY	Hibernian Hibernian	OUT	undisclosed

Friendlies & Minor Competitions

Men Senior

All friendly matches played on September 2nd:

Comp.	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers	Att.
FRN	02 SEP 1897	Southampton (Home) Southampton (H)	D0 - 0	-	~1,500
FRN	02 SEP 1896	Mr W.H. Slatter's XI (Home) Mr W.H. Slatter's XI (H)	W4 - 1	J. Hallam 3, J. Murray	-