On This Day

October 5th

Match Record

Men Senior


Swindon Town's record in competitive matches played on October 5th:

Competition P W D L Penalties F A Win % SR%
Won Lost
All matches 27 15 5 7 0 0 51 33 55.56% 68.52%
League 17 9 5 3 0 0 33 17 52.94% 67.65%
Non-League 5 4 0 1 0 0 8 5 80.00% 80.00%
National Cup Competitions 3 0 0 3 0 0 5 10 0.00% 33.33%
Anglo-Italian 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 100.00% 100.00%
EFL Minor Cup Competitions 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 100.00% 100.00%

All matches played on October 5th:

Comp. Date Opponent Score Scorers Att.
EFL 05 OCT 2024 Harrogate Town (Home) Harrogate Town (H) D0 - 0 - 6,333
EFL 05 OCT 2019 Bradford City (Away) Bradford (A) L1 - 2 J. Yates 14,136
EFL 05 OCT 2013 Tranmere Rovers (Home) Tranmere Rovers (H) W1 - 0 D. N'Guessan pen. 7,889
FLT 05 OCT 2010 Torquay United (Home) Torquay United (H) W2 - 0 D. Ball, V. Péricard 3,625
EFL 05 OCT 2002 Oldham Athletic (Home) Oldham Athletic (H) L0 - 1 - 4,326
AIC 05 OCT 1994 US Lecce (Home) Lecce (H) W3 - 1 A. Mutch 2, K. Scott 2,375
LC 05 OCT 1993 Wolverhampton Wanderers (Away) Wolves (A) L1 - 2
W3 - 2  (Agg.) 		N. Summerbee 11,756
EFL 05 OCT 1991 Plymouth Argyle (Away) Plymouth Argyle (A) W4 - 0 D. Shearer 4 6,208
EFL 05 OCT 1988 Oxford United (Away) Oxford United (A) D1 - 1 T. Parkin 9,398
EFL 05 OCT 1986 Wigan Athletic (Home) Wigan Athletic (H) W3 - 1 D. Bamber, M. Jones, C. Kamara 6,450
EFL 05 OCT 1985 Rochdale (Home) Rochdale (H) W4 - 0 P. Coyne, D. Cole, B. Wade, D. Hockaday 3,086
EFL 05 OCT 1974 Southend United (Home) Southend United (H) W2 - 0 P. Eastoe 2 6,690
EFL 05 OCT 1968 Orient (Home) Orient (H) W1 - 0 B. Howe (o.g.) 12,455
EFL 05 OCT 1965 Bristol Rovers (Home) Bristol Rovers (H) W4 - 3 E. Weaver, R. Smart 2, D. Brown 18,065
EFL 05 OCT 1963 Bury (Home) Bury (H) W2 - 1 J. Smith, K. Morgan 17,811
LC 05 OCT 1961 Preston North End (Away) Preston North End (A) L1 - 3 J. Smith 8,136
EFL 05 OCT 1960 Torquay United (Away) Torquay United (A) D1 - 1 B. Woodruff 5,091
EFL 05 OCT 1957 Gillingham (Away) Gillingham (A) L1 - 2 J. Skull 8,544
EFL 05 OCT 1946 Bristol City (Home) Bristol City (H) D1 - 1 G. Williams 25,007
EFL 05 OCT 1935 Bristol City (Home) Bristol City (H) D1 - 1 S. Lowry 11,945
EFL 05 OCT 1929 Merthyr Town (Home) Merthyr Town (H) W6 - 3 J. Eddleston 3, B. Denyer 2, F. Dent 3,507
STH 05 OCT 1912 Norwich City (Home) Norwich City (H) W3 - 0 A. Bown 2, J. Burkinshaw ~6,000
STH 05 OCT 1907 New Brompton (Home) New Brompton (H) W1 - 0 G. Rushton ~5,000
STH 05 OCT 1901 Queens Park Rangers (Away) Q.P.R. (A) L0 - 4 - ~2,500
WEST 05 OCT 1898 Bristol Eastville Rovers (Away) Bristol Eastville Rovers (A) W2 - 1 J. Hallam, T. Little ~2,500
STH 05 OCT 1895 Ilford (Home) Ilford (H) W2 - 0 J. Edmunds, M. Sutherland -
FAC 05 OCT 1889 Watford Rovers (Away) Watford Rovers (A) L3 - 5 D. Jones, M. Owen, T. Bennett ~250

Match Record

Men Reserves


Swindon Town's record in competitive matches played on October 5th:

Competition P W D L Penalties F A Win % SR%
Won Lost
All matches 10 6 2 2 0 0 20 11 60.00% 70.00%
Non-League 3 2 1 0 0 0 10 3 66.67% 83.33%
Reserve Leagues 7 4 1 2 0 0 10 8 57.14% 64.29%

All matches played on October 5th:

Comp. Date Opponent Score Scorers Att.
FC 05 OCT 2005 Bristol City Reserves (Away) Bristol City Res. (A) L0 - 3 - -
FC 05 OCT 1999 Millwall Reserves (Away) Millwall Res. (A) W2 - 0 C. Griffin, I. Onuora -
FC 05 OCT 1982 Charlton Athletic Reserves (Home) Charlton Athletic Res. (H) W4 - 0 K. Beamish, J. Quinn, R. Carter 2 -
FC 05 OCT 1968 Arsenal Reserves (Away) Arsenal Res. (A) L0 - 3 - -
FC 05 OCT 1957 Southend United Reserves (Home) Southend United Res. (H) W1 - 0 F. O'Mahony 1,889
FC 05 OCT 1949 Brentford Reserves (Away) Brentford Res. (A) W1 - 0 A. Wheeler -
WEST 05 OCT 1935 Paulton Rovers (Away) Paulton Rovers (A) D1 - 1 D. Parkhouse -
STH 05 OCT 1929 Merthyr Town Reserves (Away) Merthyr Town Res. (A) W3 - 2 B. Humphries 2, Unknown -
SEL 05 OCT 1912 Norwich City Reserves (Away) Norwich City Res. (A) D2 - 2 B. Batty 2 ~2,500
WEST 05 OCT 1901 Weston-super-Mare (Home) Weston-SM (H) W6 - 0 J. Pettican 2, B. Selby, B. Day 2, A. Edwards -

Match Record

Men Development


Swindon Town's record in competitive matches played on October 5th:

Competition P W D L Penalties F A Win % SR%
Won Lost
All matches 5 2 2 1 0 0 19 9 40.00% 60.00%
Non-League 3 0 2 1 0 0 4 5 0.00% 33.33%
County & District Leagues 2 2 0 0 0 0 15 4 100.00% 100.00%

All matches played on October 5th:

Comp. Date Opponent Score Scorers Att.
HELL 05 OCT 1968 Aston Clinton (Away) Aston Clinton (A) L0 - 1 - -
WPL 05 OCT 1963 Wootton Bassett Town (Home) Wootton Bassett Town (H) W8 - 4 K. Colsell, J. Stevens 5, P. Leggett, A. Darcy -
HELL 05 OCT 1963 Hazell's (Aylesbury) (Away) Hazell's (A) D3 - 3 Terry 2, Peel (o.g.) -
WPL 05 OCT 1957 Spencer Moulton (Home) Spencer Moulton (H) W7 - 0 B. Biddle 2, D. Hawkins, F. Stahl, R. Wall, Brown (o.g.), Dyan (o.g.) -
WEST 05 OCT 1946 RAF Colerne (Away) RAF Colerne (A) D1 - 1 Unknown -

Match Record

Men Youth


Swindon Town's record in competitive matches played on October 5th:

Competition P W D L Penalties F A Win % SR%
Won Lost
All matches 12 3 2 7 0 0 26 25 25.00% 33.33%
Youth Leagues 6 2 0 4 0 0 9 9 33.33% 33.33%
County & District Youth Leagues 2 1 1 0 0 0 11 3 50.00% 75.00%
National Cup Competitions 3 0 0 3 0 0 4 11 0.00% 0.00%
Youth League Cup Competitions 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 0.00% 50.00%

All matches played on October 5th:

Comp. Date Opponent Score Scorers Att.
PDLC 05 OCT 2024 Portsmouth Under-18 (Home) Portsmouth U18 (H) L2 - 3 B. Ameen, G. Alston -
FLYA 05 OCT 2019 Exeter City Under-18 (Away) Exeter City U18 (A) L1 - 3 T. Suter -
FLYAC 05 OCT 2013 AFC Bournemouth Under-18 (Home) Bournemouth U18 (H) L0 - 4 - -
FLYAC 05 OCT 2004 Grimsby Town Under-18 (Away) Grimsby Town U18 (A) L2 - 4 Unknown 2 -
FLYA 05 OCT 2002 Cirencester Town Under-19 (Home) Cirencester Town U19 (H) W4 - 1 Unknown 4 -
FLYA-17 05 OCT 2002 Plymouth Argyle Under-17 (Away) Plymouth Argyle U17 (A) L0 - 1 - -
SECL 05 OCT 1996 Southampton Youth (Away) Southampton Youth (A) L0 - 2 - -
MYC 05 OCT 1992 Oxford United Youth (Away) Oxford United Youth (A) D2 - 2 D. Elsey, S. Luwero -
SECL 05 OCT 1991 Maidstone United Youth (Home) Maidstone United Youth (H) L0 - 1 - -
SECL 05 OCT 1985 AFC Bournemouth Youth (Away) Bournemouth Youth (A) W4 - 1 N. Hughes, S. Lee 3 -
SBL 05 OCT 1968 Stratton YC (Home) Stratton YC (H) D2 - 2 Davies, Unknown -
SBL 05 OCT 1957 Sanford YC (Away) Sanford YC (A) W9 - 1 Unknown 9 -

Match Record

Women Senior


Swindon Town's record in competitive matches played on October 5th:

Competition P W D L Penalties F A Win % SR%
Won Lost
All matches 5 2 0 3 0 0 15 15 40.00% 40.00%
League 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 0.00% 0.00%
Non-League 3 1 0 2 0 0 6 12 33.33% 33.33%
National Cup Competitions 1 1 0 0 0 0 8 0 100.00% 100.00%

All matches played on October 5th:

Comp. Date Opponent Score Scorers Att.
W-FAC 05 OCT 2025 Plympton Ladies (Away) Plympton LFC (A) W8 - 0 L. Davies 3, A. Colston 3, L. Waylen, H. Beck-Esson -
W-NATL 05 OCT 2014 Larkhall Athletic Ladies (Home) Larkhall Athletic LFC (H) L1 - 3 B. Thompson -
W-SWCOMB 05 OCT 2008 Queens Park Rangers Ladies (Away) Queens Park Rangers LFC (A) L0 - 3 - -
W-SWCOMB 05 OCT 2003 Cardiff City Ladies (Away) Cardiff City LFC (A) L2 - 8 C. Smith, J. Webster -
W-SRWFL 05 OCT 1997 Binfield Ladies (Home) Binfield LFC (H) W4 - 1 T. Mackeddie, L. Taylor 3 -

Video Footage


All available video footage from matches played on October 5th:

Sunday October 5th, 1986
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Today League Division Three
Swindon Town (3) 3
Wigan Athletic (0) 1
Wednesday October 5th, 1988
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Barclays League Division Two
Oxford United (0) 1
Swindon Town (0) 1
Saturday October 5th, 1991
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Barclays League Division Two
Plymouth Argyle (0) 0
Swindon Town (2) 4
Saturday October 5th, 1991
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Barclays League Division Two
Plymouth Argyle (0) 0
Swindon Town (2) 4
Tuesday October 5th, 1993
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Coca-Cola Cup
Wolverhampton Wanderers (0) 2
Swindon Town (0) 1
Wednesday October 5th, 1994
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Anglo-Italian Cup
Swindon Town (2) 3
US Lecce (0) 1
Saturday October 5th, 2002
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Nationwide League Division Two
Swindon Town (0) 0
Oldham Athletic (1) 1
Tuesday October 5th, 2010
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Johnstone's Paint Trophy
Swindon Town (2) 2
Torquay United (0) 0
Saturday October 5th, 2013
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Sky Bet League One
Swindon Town (1) 1
Tranmere Rovers (0) 0
Saturday October 5th, 2019
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EFL Sky Bet League Two
Bradford City (0) 2
Swindon Town (0) 1
Saturday October 5th, 2024
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EFL Sky Bet League Two
Swindon Town (0) 0
Harrogate Town (0) 0
Sunday October 5th, 2025
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Adobe Women's FA Cup
Plympton Ladies (0) 0
Swindon Town Women (6) 8

Newspaper Reports


All available media reports from October 5th:

Saturday October 5th, 1929
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Football Pink
TOWN FORWARDS WELCOME THE CHANGED CONDITIONS

Football League Division Three (South)
Swindon Town (1) 6
Merthyr Town (0) 3
Saturday October 5th, 1935
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Football Pink
WEAK FINISHING BY SWINDON'S FORWARDS

Football League Division Three (South)
Swindon Town (0) 1
Bristol City (1) 1
Saturday October 5th, 1946
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Football Pink
BIGGEST-EVER CROWD FOR TOWN -- BRISTOL CITY "DERBY"

Football League Division Three (South)
Swindon Town (0) 1
Bristol City (1) 1
Saturday October 5th, 1957
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Football Pink
TOWN PLAY AGAINST TEN MEN FOR 84 MIN.

Football League Division Three (South)
Gillingham (0) 2
Swindon Town (0) 1
Saturday October 5th, 1963
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Football Pink
MORGAN MAKES SURE FOR TOWN

Football League Division Two
Swindon Town (1) 2
Bury (0) 1
Saturday October 5th, 1968
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Football Pink
'GIFT' GOAL MAKES IT 18 IN SUCCESSION

Football League Division Three
Swindon Town (0) 1
Orient (0) 0
Saturday October 5th, 1974
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Football Pink
EAST(OE) GALES HIT SOUTHEND

Football League Division Three
Swindon Town (0) 2
Southend United (0) 0