On This Day

Match Record

Men Senior

Swindon Town's record in competitive matches played on April 1st:

All matches played on April 1st:

Comp.	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers	Att.
EFL	01 APR 2025	AFC Wimbledon (Home) Wimbledon (H)	W2 - 1	K. Tshimanga 2 (2 pens)	6,500
EFL	01 APR 2024	Sutton United (Away) Sutton United (A)	L1 - 3	P. Glatzel	3,360
EFL	01 APR 2023	Hartlepool United (Away) Hartlepool United (A)	L1 - 2	R. Hepburn-Murphy	4,815
EFL	01 APR 2017	Fleetwood Town (Away) Fleetwood Town (A)	W1 - 0	N. Ajose	3,128
EFL	01 APR 2013	Doncaster Rovers (Away) Doncaster Rovers (A)	L0 - 1	-	8,106
EFL	01 APR 2002	Stoke City (Away) Stoke City (A)	L0 - 2	-	13,530
EFL	01 APR 2000	Manchester City (Home) Man City (H)	L0 - 2	-	12,397
EFL	01 APR 1995	Reading (Away) Reading (A)	L0 - 3	-	12,565
EFL	01 APR 1991	West Bromwich Albion (Away) West Bromwich Albion (A)	L1 - 2	P. Rideout	10,415
EFL	01 APR 1989	Blackburn Rovers (Home) Blackburn (H)	D1 - 1	S. Foley	8,220
EFL	01 APR 1987	Chester City (Away) Chester (A)	L0 - 2	-	2,626
EFL	01 APR 1983	Wimbledon (Away) Wimbledon (A)	D0 - 0	-	3,400
EFL	01 APR 1977	Northampton Town (Away) Northampton Town (A)	D1 - 1	C. Prophett	5,609
EFL	01 APR 1975	Charlton Athletic (Home) Charlton Athletic (H)	W2 - 0	C. Prophett, D. Moss	9,816
EFL	01 APR 1972	Portsmouth (Away) Portsmouth (A)	W2 - 1	P. Noble 2	12,157
EFL	01 APR 1967	Orient (Away) Orient (A)	D0 - 0	-	7,298
EFL	01 APR 1966	Reading (Away) Reading (A)	W2 - 0	D. Rogers 2	13,916
EFL	01 APR 1961	Colchester United (Away) Colchester United (A)	L1 - 3	B. Woodruff	3,182
EFL	01 APR 1950	Notts County (Home) Notts County (H)	D1 - 1	B. Peart	19,876
EFL	01 APR 1939	Brighton and Hove Albion (Home) Brighton (H)	W3 - 2	C. Francis, B. Morton 2	9,111
EFL	01 APR 1933	Queens Park Rangers (Home) Q.P.R. (H)	D0 - 0	-	3,848
EFL	01 APR 1929	Fulham (Home) Fulham (H)	L1 - 2	A. Thom	6,540
EFL	01 APR 1922	Brighton and Hove Albion (Home) Brighton (H)	W1 - 0	H. Fleming	~4,500
WAR	01 APR 1916	Portsmouth (Home) Portsmouth (H)	L1 - 2	B. Tout	-
STH	01 APR 1911	Luton Town (Away) Luton Town (A)	L1 - 2	B. Tout pen.	~5,000
STH	01 APR 1908	New Brompton (Away) New Brompton (A)	W1 - 0	H. Fleming	~2,000
STH	01 APR 1907	Queens Park Rangers (Away) Q.P.R. (A)	L1 - 6	W. Wardrope	-
STH	01 APR 1905	Tottenham Hotspur (Home) Tottenham (H)	W2 - 1	O. Bowell, J. Chalmers	~7,000
STH	01 APR 1902	Bristol Rovers (Away) Bristol Rovers (A)	L0 - 1	-	~1,500
STH	01 APR 1899	Bedminster (Away) Bedminster (A)	W1 - 0	B. Richardson	-

Match Record

Men Reserves

Swindon Town's record in competitive matches played on April 1st:

All matches played on April 1st:

Comp.	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers	Att.
FC	01 APR 2009	Yeovil Town Reserves (Away) Yeovil Town Res. (A)	W2 - 0	Unknown 2	-
FC	01 APR 1986	Fulham Reserves (Away) Fulham Res. (A)	W2 - 0	A. Rowland, T. Evans	-
FC	01 APR 1978	Bristol City Reserves (Home) Bristol City Res. (H)	D1 - 1	G. Gilligan	-
FC	01 APR 1972	AFC Bournemouth Reserves (Home) Bournemouth Res. (H)	W4 - 1	C. Porter 3, D. Moss	661
FC	01 APR 1967	Reading Reserves (Home) Reading Res. (H)	W2 - 1	J. Giles, K. Skeen	2,083
FC	01 APR 1961	Coventry City Reserves (Home) Coventry City Res. (H)	L0 - 2	-	1,328
FCLC	01 APR 1950	Cardiff City Reserves (Away) Cardiff City Res. (A)	L0 - 3	-	-
STH	01 APR 1939	Norwich City Reserves (Away) Norwich City Res. (A)	L1 - 4	Unknown	-
WEST	01 APR 1933	Bath City Reserves (Away) Bath City Res. (A)	W2 - 0	C. Ritchings, J. Starsmore pen.	-
STH	01 APR 1922	Brighton and Hove Albion Reserves (Away) Brighton Res. (A)	D2 - 2		-
SEL	01 APR 1911	Luton Town Reserves (Home) Luton Town Res. (H)	W4 - 1	J. Burkinshaw 2, T. Bolland, G. Rushton	-
STH	01 APR 1907	Fulham Reserves (Home) Fulham Res. (H)	L0 - 5	-	-
STH	01 APR 1905	Clapton Orient (Away) Clapton Orient (A)	L0 - 3	-	-
WEST	01 APR 1904	Radstock Town (Away) Radstock Town (A)	L1 - 4	N. Hogan	~1,500

Match Record

Men Development

Swindon Town's record in competitive matches played on April 1st:

All matches played on April 1st:

Comp.	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers	Att.
HELL	01 APR 1967	Newbury Town (Away) Newbury Town (A)	D0 - 0	-	-
WPL	01 APR 1965	Wootton Bassett Town (Home) Wootton Bassett Town (H)	D2 - 2	V. Perry, D. Corbett	-
WPL	01 APR 1961	Clandown (Home) Clandown (H)	L1 - 2	K. Davies	-

Match Record

Men Youth

Swindon Town's record in competitive matches played on April 1st:

All matches played on April 1st:

Comp.	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers	Att.
FLYA	01 APR 2023	Cambridge United Under-18 (Away) Cambridge United U18 (A)	W3 - 1	F. Hamilton 2, F. Adams	-
FLYA	01 APR 2022	Sutton United Under-18 (Away) Sutton United U18 (A)	L1 - 4	A. Kanu	-
FLYA	01 APR 2017	Southend United Under-18 (Away) Southend United U18 (A)	L1 - 2	S. Twine pen.	-
FLYA	01 APR 2006	AFC Bournemouth Under-18 (Home) Bournemouth U18 (H)	W3 - 2	Unknown 3	-
ACYL	01 APR 2000	Barnet Under-19 (Away) Barnet U19 (A)	D1 - 1	A. Young	-
SECL	01 APR 1995	Crystal Palace Youth (Home) Crystal Palace Youth (H)	W1 - 0	D. McCluskey	-
MYL	01 APR 1971	Wolverhampton Wanderers Youth (Home) Wolves Youth (H)	W1 - 0	K. Stroud	-
GC	01 APR 1968	Westbourne YC (Neutral) Westbourne YC (N)	L1 - 2	J. Smith	-
WSXYL	01 APR 1964	Cardiff City Youth (Away) Cardiff City Youth (A)	W2 - 1	D. Peapell, D. Tabor	-

Match Record

Women Senior

Swindon Town's record in competitive matches played on April 1st:

All matches played on April 1st:

Comp.	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers	Att.
W-NATL	01 APR 2018	Portsmouth FC Ladies (Away) Portsmouth FCL (A)	L0 - 5	-	54
W-SWCOMBC	01 APR 2012	Havant and Waterlooville Ladies (Away) Havant & Waterlooville LFC (A)	D0 - 0  (AET) W4 - 3  (Pens.)	-	-
W-SWCOMBC	01 APR 2007	Chesham United Ladies (Home) Chesham United LFC (H)	D2 - 2  (AET) L5 - 6  (Pens.)	Unknown 2	-
W-SWCOMB	01 APR 2001	Southampton Women's FC (Home) Southampton WFC (H)	W5 - 1	L. Taylor 3, T. Peacock 2	-

Video Footage

All available video footage from matches played on April 1st:

Saturday April 1st, 1989

Barclays League Division Two
Swindon Town (0) 1
Blackburn Rovers (0) 1

Monday April 1st, 1991

Barclays League Division Two
West Bromwich Albion (1) 2
Swindon Town (1) 1

Saturday April 1st, 1995

Endsleigh League Division One
Reading (2) 3
Swindon Town (0) 0

Monday April 1st, 2002

Nationwide League Division Two
Stoke City (0) 2
Swindon Town (0) 0

Monday April 1st, 2013

npower League One
Doncaster Rovers (0) 1
Swindon Town (0) 0

Monday April 1st, 2013

npower League One
Doncaster Rovers (0) 1
Swindon Town (0) 0

Monday April 1st, 2013

npower League One
Doncaster Rovers (0) 1
Swindon Town (0) 0

Saturday April 1st, 2017

EFL Sky Bet League One
Fleetwood Town (0) 0
Swindon Town (0) 1

Saturday April 1st, 2023

EFL Sky Bet League Two
Hartlepool United (0) 2
Swindon Town (1) 1

Monday April 1st, 2024

EFL Sky Bet League Two
Sutton United (1) 3
Swindon Town (0) 1

Tuesday April 1st, 2025

EFL Sky Bet League Two
Swindon Town (0) 2
AFC Wimbledon (0) 1

Newspaper Reports

All available media reports from April 1st:

Saturday April 1st, 1933

Football Pink

DEFENCE SUPERIOR TO ATTACK AT COUNTY GROUND

Football League Division Three (South)
Swindon Town (0) 0
Queens Park Rangers (0) 0

Saturday April 1st, 1939

Football Pink

A GREAT SECOND HALF RALLY BY SWINDON

Football League Division Three (South)
Swindon Town (0) 3
Brighton and Hove Albion (2) 2

Saturday April 1st, 1950

Football Pink

PEART SCORES HIS FIRST DIV. 3 GOAL

Football League Division Three (South)
Swindon Town (1) 1
Notts County (1) 1

Saturday April 1st, 1961

Football Pink

TOWN GET OFF TO FLYING START

Football League Division Three
Colchester United (1) 3
Swindon Town (1) 1

Saturday April 2nd, 1966

Football Pink

DON GETS TWO AND GOES TO THE TOP

Football League Division Three
Reading (0) 0
Swindon Town (0) 2

Saturday April 1st, 1967

Football Pink

THRILLS BUT FEW FRILLS BY SIDES IN DANGER

Football League Division Three
Orient (0) 0
Swindon Town (0) 0

Saturday April 1st, 1972

Football Pink

NOBLE AND ROGERS TANTALISE POMPEY

Football League Division Two
Portsmouth (0) 1
Swindon Town (0) 2

Saturday April 2nd, 1977

Football Pink

LATE EQUALISER FROM PROPHETT

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

Saturday April 1st, 1978

Football Pink

TOWN KEEP PROMOTION HOPES ALIVE

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

Transfers

Transfers on April 1st:

Date	Player	Club	In/Out	Transfer Detail
01 APR 1893	Billy GRIFFIN	Swindon Wanderers Swindon Wanderers	IN	amateur
Apr 1895	George NASH	Swindon Thistle Swindon Thistle	IN
Apr 1898	George GODDARD	Swindon North End Swindon North End	IN	amateur
Apr 1908	Frank MARTIN	Dudley Dudley	OUT
Apr 1935	Johnny MAPSON	Reading Reading	OUT	pro
Apr 1936	Archie KNOWLER	Bath City Bath City	OUT
Apr 1940	George CATTERALL	Bolton Wanderers Bolton	IN	guest
01 APR 1953	Alan BATES	Chippenham Town Chippenham Town	OUT	released
Apr 1956	Dave CORBETT	Marshfield Marshfield	IN	part-time
Apr 1959	Nigel SWINGLER	Hinckley Athletic Hinckley Athletic	OUT
Apr 1962	John HIGGINS	Dumbarton Dumbarton	OUT
1976	Vic BLACKMORE	Bath City Bath City	OUT	released
Apr 1979	Vince STROUD	Trowbridge Town Trowbridge Town	IN	loan
1981	Jack CARMICHAEL	Jacksonville Tea Men Jacksonville Tea Men	OUT
Apr 1997	Dino TEDALDI	Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Rovers	OUT	pro
1999/0	Di GEORGE	Swindon Spitfires Women Swindon Spitfires WFC	IN
Apr 2005	Gary PRYDE	Crystal Palace Crystal Palace	IN
Apr 2005	Alan REEVES	AFC Wimbledon Wimbledon	IN
Apr 2007	Mustapha CARAYOL	Macclesfield Town Macclesfield	OUT	scholarship
01 APR 2010	Jamie STEPHENS	Liverpool Liverpool	OUT	£30,000 (+ clauses)

Friendlies & Minor Competitions

Men Senior

All friendly matches played on April 1st:

Comp.	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers	Att.
WPS	01 APR 2008	Chippenham Town (Home) Chippenham Town (H)	W6 - 1 W8 - 1  (Agg.)	M. Ashikodi 3, K. Mohamed, B. Joyce, S. Zaaboub	-
FRN	01 APR 1904	Clapton (Home) Clapton (H)	W3 - 1	C. Bannister, A. Beadsworth, T. Sanderson	~2,000
FRN	01 APR 1893	Sheffield (Home) Sheffield (H)	L1 - 2	Unknown	-