On This Day

April 3rd

Match Record

Men Senior


Swindon Town's record in competitive matches played on April 3rd:

Competition P W D L Penalties F A Win % SR%
Won Lost
All matches 26 9 5 12 0 0 34 48 34.62% 44.23%
League 20 7 4 9 0 0 28 41 35.00% 45.00%
Non-League 5 2 1 2 0 0 6 6 40.00% 50.00%
National Cup Competitions 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.00% 0.00%

All matches played on April 3rd:

Comp. Date Opponent Score Scorers Att.
EFL 03 APR 2012 Barnet (Away) Barnet (A) W2 - 0 R. Murray, O. Risser 2,211
EFL 03 APR 2010 Leeds United (Away) Leeds United (A) W3 - 0 B. Paynter 2, C. Austin 27,881
EFL 03 APR 2007 Rochdale (Away) Rochdale (A) D0 - 0 - 2,544
EFL 03 APR 2004 Peterborough United (Away) Peterborough United (A) L2 - 4 M. Heywood, S. Parkin 4,745
EFL 03 APR 1999 Ipswich Town (Home) Ipswich Town (H) L0 - 6 - 10,337
EFL 03 APR 1996 Brighton and Hove Albion (Home) Brighton (H) W3 - 2 P. Thorne 2, W. Allison 8,610
EFL 03 APR 1993 Peterborough United (Home) Peterborough United (H) W1 - 0 P. Bodin 10,314
EFL 03 APR 1987 Mansfield Town (Home) Mansfield Town (H) W3 - 0 S. White 3 8,192
EFL 03 APR 1982 Huddersfield Town (Home) Huddersfield Town (H) L1 - 5 P. Rideout 3,872
EFL 03 APR 1979 Exeter City (Home) Exeter City (H) D1 - 1 A. Rowland 7,923
EFL 03 APR 1976 Chesterfield (Away) Chesterfield (A) L0 - 4 - 3,646
EFL 03 APR 1971 Sunderland (Away) Sunderland (A) L2 - 5 J. Butler, D. Rogers 8,596
EFL 03 APR 1965 Middlesbrough (Home) Middlesbrough (H) L0 - 1 - 13,672
EFL 03 APR 1961 Queens Park Rangers (Home) Q.P.R. (H) W1 - 0 M. Summerbee 11,568
EFL 03 APR 1954 Gillingham (Home) Gillingham (H) W2 - 1 M. Bull, R. Sampson 7,150
EFL 03 APR 1953 Bristol Rovers (Home) Bristol Rovers (H) L1 - 3 H. Lunn 24,459
EFL 03 APR 1948 Bristol City (Away) Bristol City (A) D2 - 2 M. Owen 2 16,859
EFL 03 APR 1937 Luton Town (Home) Luton Town (H) D2 - 2 A. Hetherington 2 10,432
EFL 03 APR 1931 Crystal Palace (Away) Crystal Palace (A) L1 - 3 J. Eddleston 12,283
EFL 03 APR 1926 Northampton Town (Home) Northampton Town (H) L1 - 2 J. Clark 6,192
STH 03 APR 1920 Brighton and Hove Albion (Away) Brighton (A) L0 - 2 - ~12,500
STH 03 APR 1915 Southend United (Home) Southend United (H) W4 - 0 B. Batty 2, B. Jefferson 2 -
FAC 03 APR 1912 Barnsley (Neutral) Barnsley (N) L0 - 1 - ~18,000
STH 03 APR 1909 Northampton Town (Home) Northampton Town (H) W1 - 0 J. Lavery ~9,000
STH 03 APR 1905 Fulham (Away) Fulham (A) L0 - 3 - ~2,000
STH 03 APR 1899 Tottenham Hotspur (Away) Tottenham (A) D1 - 1 N. Logan ~4,500

Match Record

Men Reserves


Swindon Town's record in competitive matches played on April 3rd:

Competition P W D L Penalties F A Win % SR%
Won Lost
All matches 17 5 3 9 0 0 27 45 29.41% 38.24%
Non-League 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0.00% 0.00%
Reserve Leagues 15 5 3 7 0 0 27 34 33.33% 43.33%
Reserve League Cup Competitions 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0.00% 0.00%

All matches played on April 3rd:

Comp. Date Opponent Score Scorers Att.
FC 03 APR 2002 Southend United Reserves (Away) Southend United Res. (A) L2 - 3 J. Williams, P. Anderson -
FC 03 APR 1995 Portsmouth Reserves (Home) Portsmouth Res. (H) W2 - 0 C. Hamon, J. Pitman -
FC 03 APR 1991 Charlton Athletic Reserves (Home) Charlton Athletic Res. (H) W5 - 3 P. Hunt 2 (1 pen), M. Ling, S. White, S. Close -
FC 03 APR 1990 Norwich City Reserves (Home) Norwich City Res. (H) W3 - 2 S. Close 2, A. Theodosiou (o.g.) -
FC 03 APR 1984 Charlton Athletic Reserves (Away) Charlton Athletic Res. (A) D1 - 1 S. Slattery -
FC 03 APR 1982 West Ham United Reserves (Away) West Ham United Res. (A) L0 - 1 - -
FC 03 APR 1976 Birmingham City Reserves (Home) Birmingham Res. (H) L0 - 2 - -
FC 03 APR 1971 Ipswich Town Reserves (Home) Ipswich Town Res. (H) W3 - 2 D. Down, A. Horsfield, D. Dangerfield 355
FC 03 APR 1965 Southampton Reserves (Away) Southampton Res. (A) L1 - 2 E. Hand -
FC 03 APR 1962 Coventry City Reserves (Home) Coventry City Res. (H) L1 - 2 B. Atkins 1,096
FC 03 APR 1961 Queens Park Rangers Reserves (Away) Queens Park Rangers Res. (A) D2 - 2 D. Corbett, M. Woolford -
FC 03 APR 1954 Bristol Rovers Reserves (Away) Bristol Rovers Res. (A) L1 - 7 K. Lambert -
FCLC 03 APR 1953 Bristol Rovers Reserves (Away) Bristol Rovers Res. (A) L0 - 6 - -
FC 03 APR 1948 Birmingham City Reserves (Home) Birmingham Res. (H) D2 - 2 McDonald (o.g.), A. Stephens 5,282
FC 03 APR 1931 Bristol City Reserves (Home) Bristol City Res. (H) W4 - 3 Unknown 4 -
WEST 03 APR 1926 Bristol City Reserves (Away) Bristol City Res. (A) L0 - 5 - -
SEL 03 APR 1915 Southend United Reserves (Away) Southend United Res. (A) L0 - 2 - -

Match Record

Men Development


Swindon Town's record in competitive matches played on April 3rd:

Competition P W D L Penalties F A Win % SR%
Won Lost
All matches 6 5 0 1 0 0 21 5 83.33% 83.33%
Non-League 3 2 0 1 0 0 7 3 66.67% 66.67%
County & District Leagues 3 3 0 0 0 0 14 2 100.00% 100.00%

All matches played on April 3rd:

Comp. Date Opponent Score Scorers Att.
HELL 03 APR 1971 Wallingford Town (Away) Wallingford (A) L0 - 2 - -
WPL 03 APR 1965 Devizes Town (Home) Devizes Town (H) W5 - 1 R. Thomas 2, D. Plumb 2, B. Jeffrey -
HELL 03 APR 1965 Henley Town (Away) Henley Town (A) W5 - 1 D. Binstead 3, P. Leggett, H. Newman -
WPL 03 APR 1963 Devizes Town (Away) Devizes Town (A) W3 - 1 D. Plumb 2, P. Leggett -
HELL 03 APR 1961 Oxford United 'A' (Home) Oxford United 'A' (H) W2 - 0 Unknown 2 -
GNSL 03 APR 1954 Stag Rovers (Home) Stag Rovers (H) W6 - 0 D. Furber 3, C. Dean 2, A. Keene -

Match Record

Men Youth


Swindon Town's record in competitive matches played on April 3rd:

Competition P W D L Penalties F A Win % SR%
Won Lost
All matches 12 7 3 2 0 0 26 15 58.33% 70.83%
Youth Leagues 11 6 3 2 0 0 24 14 54.55% 68.18%
Youth League Cup Competitions 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 100.00% 100.00%

All matches played on April 3rd:

Comp. Date Opponent Score Scorers Att.
FLYA 03 APR 2021 Portsmouth Under-18 (Away) Portsmouth U18 (A) L0 - 3 - -
FLYA 03 APR 2018 Gillingham Under-18 (Home) Gillingham U18 (H) D2 - 2 T. Holland, O. Rejek -
FLYA 03 APR 2010 Bristol Rovers Under-18 (Away) Bristol Rovers U18 (A) W3 - 1 Unknown 3 -
FLYA 03 APR 2004 Luton Town Under-19 (Home) Luton Town U19 (H) L2 - 3 Unknown 2 -
SECL 03 APR 1997 Southampton Youth (Away) Southampton Youth (A) W2 - 0 C. O'Connell, S. Davis -
SECL 03 APR 1993 AFC Bournemouth Youth (Home) Bournemouth Youth (H) W2 - 0 S. Lane, M. O'Driscoll -
ACDLC 03 APR 1989 Staines Town Youth (Home) Staines Town Youth (H) - - -
ACYL 03 APR 1989 Reading Youth (Away) Reading Youth (A) W3 - 0 M. Macari 2, P. Trollope -
SECL 03 APR 1982 Cambridge United Youth (Home) Cambridge United Youth (H) D1 - 1 S. Barnes -
MYL 03 APR 1980 Coventry City Youth (Away) Coventry City Youth (A) D2 - 2 P. Rideout, K. Norman -
MYC 03 APR 1978 Leicester City Youth (Home) Leicester City Youth (H) W2 - 1 D. Brinkworth, K. Norman -
MYL 03 APR 1975 Notts County Youth (Away) Notts County Youth (A) W4 - 0 K. Tanner 2, T. Brinkworth, C. Gardner -
MYL 03 APR 1973 Coventry City Youth (Home) Coventry City Youth (H) W3 - 2 T. Tinson, R. Compton, D. Syrett -

Match Record

Women Senior


Swindon Town's record in competitive matches played on April 3rd:

Competition P W D L Penalties F A Win % SR%
Won Lost
All matches 3 0 0 3 0 0 3 9 0.00% 0.00%
League 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0.00% 0.00%
Non-League 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 7 0.00% 0.00%

All matches played on April 3rd:

Comp. Date Opponent Score Scorers Att.
W-NATL 03 APR 2016 Keynsham Town Ladies (Away) Keynsham Town LFC (A) L0 - 2 - 60
W-SWCOMB 03 APR 2011 Southampton Saints Ladies (Away) Southampton Saints LFC (A) L1 - 3 Unknown -
W-SWCOMB 03 APR 2005 Plymouth Argyle Ladies (Away) Plymouth Argyle LFC (A) L2 - 4 C. Reid 2 -

Video Footage


All available video footage from matches played on April 3rd:

Saturday April 3rd, 1993
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Barclays League Division One
Swindon Town (0) 1
Peterborough United (0) 0
Wednesday April 3rd, 1996
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Endsleigh League Division Two
Swindon Town (1) 3
Brighton and Hove Albion (0) 2
Saturday April 3rd, 1999
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Nationwide League Division One
Swindon Town (0) 0
Ipswich Town (4) 6
Saturday April 3rd, 2004
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Nationwide League Division Two
Peterborough United (2) 4
Swindon Town (1) 2
Tuesday April 3rd, 2007
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Coca-Cola League Two
Rochdale (0) 0
Swindon Town (0) 0
Tuesday April 3rd, 2007
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Coca-Cola League Two
Rochdale (0) 0
Swindon Town (0) 0
Saturday April 3rd, 2010
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Coca-Cola League One
Leeds United (0) 0
Swindon Town (1) 3
Tuesday April 3rd, 2012
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npower League Two
Barnet (0) 0
Swindon Town (2) 2

Newspaper Reports


All available media reports from April 3rd:

Saturday April 3rd, 1937
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Football Pink
HONOURS DIVIDED IN A TITANIC STRUGGLE

Football League Division Three (South)
Swindon Town (1) 2
Luton Town (1) 2
Saturday April 3rd, 1948
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Football Pink
OWEN'S TWO GOALS EARN SWINDON POINT AT ASHTON GATE

Football League Division Three (South)
Bristol City (1) 2
Swindon Town (1) 2
Saturday April 3rd, 1954
...
Football Pink
SWINDON CAME TO LIFE AFTER DRAB OPENING

Football League Division Three (South)
Swindon Town (0) 2
Gillingham (0) 1
Saturday April 3rd, 1965
...
Football Pink
TOWN FAIL IN A VITAL MATCH

Football League Division Two
Swindon Town (0) 0
Middlesbrough (1) 1
Saturday April 3rd, 1971
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Football Pink
THE TOWN HIT ROCK BOTTOM AT ROKER

Football League Division Two
Sunderland (5) 5
Swindon Town (1) 2
Saturday April 3rd, 1976
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Football Pink
TOWN GET THAT SINKING FEELING

Football League Division Three
Chesterfield (2) 4
Swindon Town (0) 0

Transfers


Transfers on April 3rd:

Date Player Club In/Out Transfer Detail
03 APR 1896 Georgie RICHARDSON Kilmarnock Kilmarnock IN amateur
03 APR 1958 Duncan CAMERON Bridgwater Town Bridgwater OUT
03 APR 1985 Phil BELL Highworth Town Highworth Town IN trainee

Friendlies & Minor Competitions

Men Senior


All friendly matches played on April 3rd:

Comp. Date Opponent Score Scorers Att.
FRN 03 APR 1897 Clapton (Home) Clapton (H) D1 - 1 A. Andrews -

Friendlies & Minor Competitions

Men Reserves


All friendly matches played on April 3rd:

Comp. Date Opponent Score Scorers Att.
WC 03 APR 1909 Trowbridge Town (Neutral) Trowbridge Town (N) D1 - 1 F. Fenton ~2,000
WC 03 APR 1897 Trowbridge Town (Neutral) Trowbridge Town (N) W3 - 0 G. Richardson 2, J. Murray -