On This Day

December 25th

Match Record

Men Senior


Swindon Town's record in competitive matches played on December 25th:

Competition P W D L Penalties F A Win % SR%
Won Lost
All matches 34 10 8 16 0 0 51 67 29.41% 41.18%
League 21 6 6 9 0 0 30 41 28.57% 42.86%
Non-League 11 2 2 7 0 0 13 20 18.18% 27.27%
Wartime League 2 2 0 0 0 0 8 6 100.00% 100.00%

All matches played on December 25th:

Comp. Date Opponent Score Scorers Att.
EFL 25 DEC 1958 Brentford (Away) Brentford (A) D2 - 2 B. Edwards 2 12,500
EFL 25 DEC 1957 Brighton and Hove Albion (Home) Brighton (H) D2 - 2 B. Edwards pen., A. Darcy 12,269
EFL 25 DEC 1954 Exeter City (Away) Exeter City (A) L1 - 2 M. Gemmell 6,527
EFL 25 DEC 1953 Shrewsbury Town (Home) Shrewsbury Town (H) W2 - 1 M. Bull, H. Lunn 6,611
EFL 25 DEC 1951 Millwall (Home) Millwall (H) D2 - 2 M. Owen, W. Millar 9,060
EFL 25 DEC 1950 Torquay United (Home) Torquay United (H) W2 - 1 M. Owen, J. Thomas 7,039
EFL 25 DEC 1948 Millwall (Away) Millwall (A) L1 - 3 M. Owen 20,546
EFL 25 DEC 1946 Notts County (Away) Notts County (A) D0 - 0 - 18,439
WAR 25 DEC 1945 Bristol City (Home) Bristol City (H) W4 - 3 D. Emery, G. Williams, L. Thomas, E. Jones 9,470
WAR 25 DEC 1939 Bristol Rovers (Away) Bristol Rovers (A) W4 - 3 A. Fowler, F. Hedley, B. Lucas pen., E. Jones 2,494
EFL 25 DEC 1937 Reading (Away) Reading (A) L1 - 2 A. Fowler 10,992
EFL 25 DEC 1936 Reading (Away) Reading (A) D2 - 2 J. Cookson 2 12,692
EFL 25 DEC 1935 Crystal Palace (Home) Crystal Palace (H) L0 - 2 - 5,450
EFL 25 DEC 1934 Charlton Athletic (Away) Charlton Athletic (A) L0 - 6 - 15,817
EFL 25 DEC 1933 Torquay United (Away) Torquay United (A) L0 - 2 - 4,082
EFL 25 DEC 1931 Crystal Palace (Away) Crystal Palace (A) D0 - 0 - 17,713
EFL 25 DEC 1930 Fulham (Home) Fulham (H) W4 - 1 N. Kirby pen., H. Morris 2, F. Richardson 4,670
EFL 25 DEC 1929 Clapton Orient (Away) Clapton Orient (A) L1 - 2 F. Dent 10,123
EFL 25 DEC 1928 Queens Park Rangers (Away) Q.P.R. (A) L2 - 4 H. Morris, L. Roberts 14,962
EFL 25 DEC 1926 Merthyr Town (Home) Merthyr Town (H) W3 - 2 A. Thom, H. Morris, W. Dickinson pen. 9,330
EFL 25 DEC 1925 Reading (Away) Reading (A) L0 - 2 - 12,058
EFL 25 DEC 1924 Reading (Home) Reading (H) W2 - 1 J. Johnson, C. Daniel ~9,400
EFL 25 DEC 1920 Reading (Away) Reading (A) W3 - 2 B. Wareing, B. Batty 2 ~11,000
STH 25 DEC 1919 Norwich City (Home) Norwich City (H) L0 - 1 - ~10,000
STH 25 DEC 1914 Reading (Away) Reading (A) D2 - 2 F. Wheatcroft 2 ~11,000
STH 25 DEC 1913 Bristol Rovers (Away) Bristol Rovers (A) L2 - 5 F. Wheatcroft, A. Bown -
STH 25 DEC 1912 Watford (Home) Watford (H) L1 - 2 B. Tout pen. -
STH 25 DEC 1911 Stoke (Home) Stoke (H) W3 - 0 B. Jefferson 2, B. Tout ~8,000
STH 25 DEC 1909 Portsmouth (Home) Portsmouth (H) W3 - 1 B. Jefferson, A. Bown 2 -
STH 25 DEC 1908 Coventry City (Away) Coventry City (A) D1 - 1 J. Lavery ~7,000
STH 25 DEC 1907 Southampton (Home) Southampton (H) L0 - 2 - ~6,000
STH 25 DEC 1905 Norwich City (Away) Norwich City (A) L0 - 1 - ~10,000
WEST 25 DEC 1900 Southampton (Away) Southampton (A) L0 - 3 - ~2,000
WEST 25 DEC 1899 Bristol Rovers (Away) Bristol Rovers (A) L1 - 2 J. Sharples ~4,000

Match Record

Men Reserves


Swindon Town's record in competitive matches played on December 25th:

Competition P W D L Penalties F A Win % SR%
Won Lost
All matches 16 9 4 3 0 0 41 33 56.25% 68.75%
Non-League 11 5 4 2 0 0 27 22 45.45% 63.64%
Reserve Leagues 5 4 0 1 0 0 14 11 80.00% 80.00%

All matches played on December 25th:

Comp. Date Opponent Score Scorers Att.
FC 25 DEC 1956 Leicester City Reserves (Away) Leicester City Res. (A) W3 - 2 D. Gibson 3 -
FC 25 DEC 1948 Luton Town Reserves (Home) Luton Town Res. (H) W3 - 1 Unknown 3 2,670
FC 25 DEC 1947 Cardiff City Reserves (Away) Cardiff City Res. (A) L2 - 7 R. Onslow, T. Maguire -
STH 25 DEC 1937 Cheltenham Town (Home) Cheltenham Town (H) W2 - 1 Unknown 2 -
WEST 25 DEC 1936 Trowbridge Town (Away) Trowbridge Town (A) L0 - 6 - 2,400
WEST 25 DEC 1935 Trowbridge Town (Away) Trowbridge Town (A) W4 - 2 S. Lowry 2, T. McCarthy, Edmunds -
WEST 25 DEC 1934 Chippenham Town (Home) Chippenham Town (H) W6 - 0 Unknown 6 -
WEST 25 DEC 1933 Chippenham Town (Home) Chippenham Town (H) W2 - 1 Unknown 2 -
STH 25 DEC 1931 Bath City (Home) Bath City (H) D3 - 3 F. Purnell, J. Nickalls 2 -
FC 25 DEC 1930 Bath City (Home) Bath City (H) W3 - 0 Unknown 3 -
STH 25 DEC 1928 Bath City (Home) Bath City (H) D2 - 2 Unknown 2 -
STH 25 DEC 1926 Weymouth (Away) Weymouth (A) L1 - 3 Unknown 1,642
STH 25 DEC 1924 Torquay United (Away) Torquay United (A) D2 - 2 W. Parker 2 -
STH 25 DEC 1923 Weymouth (Home) Weymouth (H) D1 - 1 Unknown -
WEST 25 DEC 1920 Bath City (Home) Bath City (H) W4 - 1 Unknown 4 -
SEL 25 DEC 1908 Rock-a-Nore (Home) Rock-a-Nore (H) W3 - 1 Unknown 3 -

Match Record

Men Development


Swindon Town's record in competitive matches played on December 25th:

Competition P W D L Penalties F A Win % SR%
Won Lost
All matches 4 3 0 1 0 0 13 5 75.00% 75.00%
Non-League 3 3 0 0 0 0 11 1 100.00% 100.00%
County & District Leagues 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 0.00% 0.00%

All matches played on December 25th:

Comp. Date Opponent Score Scorers Att.
WEST 25 DEC 1950 Bristol City Colts (Away) Bristol City Colts (A) W2 - 1 Unknown 2 -
WEST 25 DEC 1948 Stonehouse (Away) Stonehouse (A) W3 - 0 Unknown 3 -
WEST 25 DEC 1946 Chippenham Town Reserves (Home) Chippenham Town Res. (H) W6 - 0 Amos 2, Bowditch 2, G. Hunt 2 -
SADL 25 DEC 1936 High Street Club (Home) High Street Club (H) L2 - 4 L. Smith, F. Woolford -

Transfers


Transfers on December 25th:

Date Player Club In/Out Transfer Detail
25 DEC 1905 Freddy WHEATCROFT Derby County Derby County OUT amateur

Friendlies & Minor Competitions

Men Senior


All friendly matches played on December 25th:

Comp. Date Opponent Score Scorers Att.
FRN 25 DEC 1915 Reading (Away) Reading (A) L3 - 4 D. Smith, B. Jefferson 2 ~1,500