On This Day

Match Record

Men Senior

Swindon Town's record in competitive matches played on March 7th:

All matches played on March 7th:

Comp.	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers	Att.
EFL	07 MAR 2026	Crawley Town (Away) Crawley Town (A)	-	-	-
EFL	07 MAR 2020	Forest Green Rovers (Home) Forest Green (H)	L0 - 2	-	9,257
EFL	07 MAR 2015	Notts County (Home) Notts County (H)	W3 - 0	J. Swift, A. Williams pen., H. Toffolo	8,013
EFL	07 MAR 2009	Milton Keynes Dons (Home) MK Dons (H)	D1 - 1	B. Paynter	7,453
EFL	07 MAR 2006	Tranmere Rovers (Home) Tranmere Rovers (H)	L1 - 2	J. Cureton	4,139
EFL	07 MAR 2000	Huddersfield Town (Home) Huddersfield Town (H)	W2 - 0	L. Collins, C. Hay pen.	4,701
EFL	07 MAR 1998	Portsmouth (Home) Portsmouth (H)	L0 - 1	-	9,100
EFL	07 MAR 1992	Oxford United (Away) Oxford United (A)	L3 - 5	S. Close, D. Mitchell 2	7,795
EFL	07 MAR 1981	Chester (Away) Chester (A)	L0 - 1	-	1,810
EFL	07 MAR 1978	Preston North End (Home) Preston North End (H)	L0 - 2	-	10,211
EFL	07 MAR 1964	Plymouth Argyle (Home) Plymouth Argyle (H)	W2 - 1	F. Large 2	13,743
EFL	07 MAR 1959	Tranmere Rovers (Away) Tranmere Rovers (A)	L1 - 3	J. Skull	8,234
EFL	07 MAR 1953	Brighton and Hove Albion (Away) Brighton (A)	W2 - 1	M. Owen, M. Betteridge	12,824
EFL	07 MAR 1936	Southend United (Home) Southend United (H)	L1 - 3	F. Peters pen.	5,721
EFL	07 MAR 1931	Bristol Rovers (Home) Bristol Rovers (H)	W3 - 1	H. Morris, N. Kirby pen., E. Munnings	4,066
EFL	07 MAR 1925	Bristol Rovers (Away) Bristol Rovers (A)	W1 - 0	C. Daniel	~10,000
STH	07 MAR 1914	Gillingham (Home) Gillingham (H)	W5 - 1	B. Tout pen., A. Bown 2, F. Wheatcroft, B. Batty	-
STH	07 MAR 1908	Bradford (Park Avenue) (Home) Bradford (PA) (H)	W4 - 0	B. Lyon, C. Bannister, H. Fleming 2	~4,500
UTD	07 MAR 1906	Crystal Palace (Away) Crystal Palace (A)	D1 - 1	A. Monks	-

Match Record

Men Reserves

Swindon Town's record in competitive matches played on March 7th:

All matches played on March 7th:

Comp.	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers	Att.
FC	07 MAR 1989	Portsmouth Reserves (Away) Portsmouth Res. (A)	W2 - 0	D. Geddis, P. Coyne	-
FC	07 MAR 1984	Oxford United Reserves (Away) Oxford United Res. (A)	D0 - 0	-	-
FC	07 MAR 1981	Norwich City Reserves (Home) Norwich City Res. (H)	L1 - 3	P. Rideout	-
FC	07 MAR 1978	Bristol Rovers Reserves (Away) Bristol Rovers Res. (A)	L1 - 2	S. Moore	-
FC	07 MAR 1967	Ipswich Town Reserves (Home) Ipswich Town Res. (H)	D1 - 1	J. Lawton	2,153
FC	07 MAR 1964	Leyton Orient Reserves (Away) Leyton Orient Res. (A)	D1 - 1	D. Tabor	-
FC	07 MAR 1959	Southend United Reserves (Home) Southend United Res. (H)	W2 - 1	B. Woodruff, D. Head	2,151
FCLC	07 MAR 1953	Cardiff City Reserves (Away) Cardiff City Res. (A)	L0 - 7	-	-
WEST	07 MAR 1936	Salisbury City (Away) Salisbury (A)	D1 - 1	Unknown	-
STH	07 MAR 1931	Exeter City Reserves (Away) Exeter City Res. (A)	L0 - 3	-	-
STH	07 MAR 1925	Bristol Rovers Reserves (Home) Bristol Rovers Res. (H)	L2 - 3	Unknown 2	-
SEL	07 MAR 1914	Gillingham Reserves (Away) Gillingham Res. (A)	D1 - 1	Unknown	-
STH	07 MAR 1908	Brighton and Hove Albion Reserves (Away) Brighton Res. (A)	D2 - 2	Unknown 2	-
WILTS	07 MAR 1903	Devizes Town (Away) Devizes Town (A)	D1 - 1	Unknown	-

Match Record

Men Development

Swindon Town's record in competitive matches played on March 7th:

All matches played on March 7th:

Comp.	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers	Att.
CENT	07 MAR 2017	Exeter City Development (Home) Exeter City Dev. (H)	L1 - 2	J. Stewart	-
HELL	07 MAR 1964	Morris Motors (Away) Morris Motors (A)	L2 - 3	D. Plumb 2	-
GNSL	07 MAR 1953	Lydney Town (Home) Lydney Town (H)	W14 - 0	Archer 6, K. Knox 4, L. Curtis 2, '. Caine, T. Okere	-

Match Record

Men Youth

Swindon Town's record in competitive matches played on March 7th:

All matches played on March 7th:

Comp.	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers	Att.
FLYA	07 MAR 2026	Forest Green Rovers Under-18 (Home) Forest Green Rovers U18 (H)	-	-	-
FAYC	07 MAR 2024	Bristol City Youth (Away) Bristol City Youth (A)	L0 - 1	-	1,337
FLYA	07 MAR 2015	AFC Bournemouth Under-18 (Home) Bournemouth U18 (H)	L2 - 3	J. Cooke, A. Gied	50
FLYA	07 MAR 2009	Cheltenham Town Under-18 (Away) Cheltenham Town U18 (A)	W5 - 1	L. Macklin 2, J. Taylor, D. Wallington, B. Bodin	-
SWCL	07 MAR 1998	Newport AFC Youth (Away) Newport AFC Youth (A)	-	-	-
SJFC	07 MAR 1995	Portsmouth Youth (Home) Portsmouth Youth (H)	L1 - 2	J. Holloway	-
SECL	07 MAR 1992	Aldershot Youth (Home) Aldershot Youth (H)	W2 - 0 *Expunged	N. McPhee, M. Phillips	-
SECL	07 MAR 1987	Luton Town Youth (Home) Luton Town Youth (H)	W3 - 1	F. Simpson, T. Hammersley, Unknown (o.g.)	-
SBLSC	07 MAR 1970	West Swindon YC (Away) West Swindon YC (A)	W4 - 2	D. Scotford, Unknown 3 (1 o.g.)	-
WSXYL	07 MAR 1966	Torquay United Youth (Away) Torquay United Youth (A)	L2 - 3	Westcott (o.g.), E. Mascia	-
GC	07 MAR 1959	Westcott YC (Home) Westcott YC (H)	W14 - 1	Unknown 14	-
SBL	07 MAR 1953	Westcott YC (Away) Westcott YC (A)	W2 - 1	Unknown 2	-

Match Record

Women Senior

Swindon Town's record in competitive matches played on March 7th:

All matches played on March 7th:

Comp.	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers	Att.
W-SWCOMB	07 MAR 2009	AFC TeamBath Ladies (Away) AFC TeamBath Ladies (A)	W2 - 1	Unknown 2	-
W-SWCOMB	07 MAR 1999	Bath City Ladies (Home) Bath City LFC (H)	W6 - 0	K. Reeves 2, N. Lloyd 3, D. George	-

Video Footage

All available video footage from matches played on March 7th:

Saturday March 7th, 1992

Barclays League Division Two
Oxford United (3) 5
Swindon Town (2) 3

Saturday March 7th, 1998

Nationwide League Division One
Swindon Town (0) 0
Portsmouth (0) 1

Tuesday March 7th, 2006

Coca-Cola League One
Swindon Town (0) 1
Tranmere Rovers (2) 2

Saturday March 7th, 2009

Coca-Cola League One
Swindon Town (1) 1
Milton Keynes Dons (1) 1

Saturday March 7th, 2009

Coca-Cola League One
Swindon Town (1) 1
Milton Keynes Dons (1) 1

Saturday March 7th, 2015

Sky Bet League One
Swindon Town (0) 3
Notts County (0) 0

Saturday March 7th, 2020

EFL Sky Bet League Two
Swindon Town (0) 0
Forest Green Rovers (1) 2

Newspaper Reports

All available media reports from March 7th:

Saturday March 7th, 1931

Football Pink

BRISTOL ROVERS' STAR FORWARD SUBDUED AT SWINDON

Football League Division Three (South)
Swindon Town (2) 3
Bristol Rovers (1) 1

Saturday March 7th, 1936

Football Pink

A SAD DISAPPOINTMENT FOR SWINDON'S FOLLOWERS

Football League Division Three (South)
Swindon Town (0) 1
Southend United (1) 3

Saturday March 7th, 1953

Football Pink

SWINDON COMPLETE BRIGHTON DOUBLE

Football League Division Three (South)
Brighton and Hove Albion (1) 1
Swindon Town (2) 2

Saturday March 7th, 1959

Football Pink

SKULL SCORES ON HIS RETURN TO SIDE

Football League Division Three
Tranmere Rovers (2) 3
Swindon Town (1) 1

Saturday March 7th, 1964

Football Pink

DEBUT GOALS BY FRANK LARGE

Football League Division Two
Swindon Town (0) 2
Plymouth Argyle (0) 1

Transfers

Transfers on March 7th:

Date	Player	Club	In/Out	Transfer Detail
07 MAR 1905	Billy ("Sunny Jim") KIRBY	Portsmouth Portsmouth	OUT
07 MAR 1927	Les HICKS	Stratton St. Philip's Stratton St. Philip's	IN	amateur
07 MAR 1927	Bill JEFFRIES	Swindon Corinthians Swindon Corinthians	IN	amateur
07 MAR 1952	Roy JOHNSON	Chippenham United Chippenham United	IN	amateur
07 MAR 1964	Bobby WOODRUFF	Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolves	OUT	£0
07 MAR 1968	Tom HALLETT	Bradford City Bradford	OUT
07 MAR 1975	Dave MUNKS	Exeter City Exeter City	OUT
07 MAR 1994	Dave BENNETT	Nuneaton Borough Nuneaton Borough	OUT
07 MAR 2014 - Apr 2014	Curtis DA COSTA	Swindon Supermarine Supermarine	OUT	loan
07 MAR 2014 - 2013/4	Alex FERGUSON	Swindon Supermarine Supermarine	OUT	loan
07 MAR 2014	Matt JONES	Swindon Supermarine Supermarine	OUT	loan
07 MAR 2014 - Apr 2014	Aaron OAKLEY	Chippenham Town Chippenham Town	OUT	loan
07 MAR 2019 - 2018/9	Jermaine McGLASHAN	Wrexham Wrexham	OUT	loan
07 MAR 2019 - 28 APR 2019	Jordan YOUNG	Highworth Town Highworth Town	OUT	loan
07 MAR 2023	Tom BREWITT	Hartford Athletic Hartford Athletic	IN	unattached

Friendlies & Minor Competitions

Men Senior

All friendly matches played on March 7th:

Comp.	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers	Att.
WPS	07 MAR 1994	Trowbridge Town (Home) Trowbridge Town (H)	L1 - 2	Unknown	-
FRN	07 MAR 1903	Wolverhampton Wanderers (Home) Wolves (H)	D1 - 1	J. Cowley	~4,000
FRN	07 MAR 1896	Woodville (Home) Woodville (H)	W7 - 0	D. Jones, J. Beards, I. Moore 2, A. Dibsdall, M. Sutherland 2	~1,000
FRN	07 MAR 1885	Chippenham (Home) Chippenham (H)	W5 - 0	Unknown 5	-
FRN	07 MAR 1885	Melksham (Home) Melksham (H)	W6 - 0	Unknown 6	-