On This Day

Match Record

Men Senior

Swindon Town's record in competitive matches played on August 27th:

All matches played on August 27th:

Comp.	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers	Att.
EFL	27 AUG 2022	Stockport County (Away) Stockport County (A)	D1 - 1	F. Blake-Tracy	8,233
LC	27 AUG 2013	Queens Park Rangers (Away) Q.P.R. (A)	W2 - 0	N. Ranger, A. Pritchard	9,715
EFL	27 AUG 2011	Shrewsbury Town (Away) Shrewsbury Town (A)	L1 - 2	M. Ritchie	5,323
EFL	27 AUG 2005	Yeovil Town (Home) Yeovil Town (H)	W4 - 2	T. Skiverton (o.g.), R. Fallon, C. Heath, C. Roberts	6,973
EFL	27 AUG 2001	Bury (Away) Bury (A)	W3 - 0	J. Kuffour, K. O'Halloran pen., D. Duke	3,202
EFL	27 AUG 1994	Watford (Home) Watford (H)	W1 - 0	M. Ling	9,781
LC	27 AUG 1984	Bristol Rovers (Home) Bristol Rovers (H)	L1 - 5	P. Coyne	4,905
EFL	27 AUG 1983	Chesterfield (Away) Chesterfield (A)	L0 - 1	-	4,161
LC	27 AUG 1980	Lincoln City (Away) Lincoln City (A)	D1 - 1	A. Rollings	4,940
EFL	27 AUG 1977	Portsmouth (Home) Portsmouth (H)	W3 - 1	C. Kamara, R. McHale, D. Moss	9,396
AILCWC	27 AUG 1969	AS Roma (Away) Roma (A)	L1 - 2	P. Noble	40,000
EFL	27 AUG 1968	Reading (Home) Reading (H)	D0 - 0	-	16,765
EFL	27 AUG 1966	Darlington (Home) Darlington (H)	W4 - 0	J. Butler, D. Brown, E. Weaver, D. Rogers pen.	10,855
EFL	27 AUG 1960	Shrewsbury Town (Away) Shrewsbury Town (A)	D1 - 1	K. Mellor	7,330
EFL	27 AUG 1958	Hull City (Home) Hull City (H)	W2 - 0	A. Micklewright, B. Edwards	14,355
EFL	27 AUG 1957	Watford (Away) Watford (A)	D0 - 0	-	11,932
EFL	27 AUG 1955	Shrewsbury Town (Home) Shrewsbury Town (H)	W2 - 1	M. Owen, B. Edwards	6,671
EFL	27 AUG 1952	Southend United (Home) Southend United (H)	L1 - 3	T. Ryder pen.	14,276
EFL	27 AUG 1949	Torquay United (Away) Torquay United (A)	L0 - 1	-	10,863
EFL	27 AUG 1938	Notts County (Home) Notts County (H)	W4 - 1	B. Morton 2, B. Lucas, A. Fowler	13,370
EFL	27 AUG 1932	Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic (Away) Bournemouth (A)	L1 - 5	H. Morris	6,364
EFL	27 AUG 1927	Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic (Away) Bournemouth (A)	L0 - 2	-	10,208
EFL	27 AUG 1923	Millwall (Away) Millwall (A)	L0 - 1	-	~12,000
EFL	27 AUG 1921	Queens Park Rangers (Away) Q.P.R. (A)	D0 - 0	-	~18,000

Match Record

Men Reserves

Swindon Town's record in competitive matches played on August 27th:

All matches played on August 27th:

Comp.	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers	Att.
FC	27 AUG 2003	Yeovil Town Reserves (Home) Yeovil Town Res. (H)	W3 - 1	K. O'Halloran, J. Stevenson, M. Draycott	-
FC	27 AUG 1991	Millwall Reserves (Home) Millwall Res. (H)	D2 - 2	D. Bennett, R. Green	-
FC	27 AUG 1985	Oxford United Reserves (Home) Oxford United Res. (H)	L2 - 4	B. Wade 2	-
FC	27 AUG 1974	Bristol Rovers Reserves (Home) Bristol Rovers Res. (H)	L0 - 1	-	171
FC	27 AUG 1960	Shrewsbury Town Reserves (Home) Shrewsbury Town Res. (H)	W3 - 0	D. Corbett, D. Layne, W. Marshall	2,131
FC	27 AUG 1955	Charlton Athletic Reserves (Away) Charlton Athletic Res. (A)	L1 - 4	P. Fleming	-
FC	27 AUG 1952	Southend United Reserves (Away) Southend United Res. (A)	L0 - 3	-	-
FC	27 AUG 1951	Bristol Rovers Reserves (Away) Bristol Rovers Res. (A)	L2 - 3	Unknown 2	-
FC	27 AUG 1949	Aldershot Reserves (Home) Aldershot Res. (H)	W5 - 1	R. Onslow 3, J. Simner, C. Whiteside	4,729
STH	27 AUG 1938	Bath City (Away) Bath City (A)	L0 - 3	-	-
WEST	27 AUG 1934	Bristol Rovers 'A' (Away) Bristol Rovers 'A' (A)	W1 - 0	Unknown	-
WEST	27 AUG 1932	Frome Town (Home) Frome Town (H)	W3 - 0	J. Starsmore, E. Munnings, F. Purnell	-
STH	27 AUG 1928	Plymouth Argyle Reserves (Home) Plymouth Argyle Res. (H)	W2 - 1	Unknown 2	-
STH	27 AUG 1927	Bath City (Home) Bath City (H)	D2 - 2	Unknown 2	-
STH	27 AUG 1921	Bath City (Home) Bath City (H)	W2 - 1	B. Cooke, J. Johnson	-

Match Record

Men Development

Swindon Town's record in competitive matches played on August 27th:

All matches played on August 27th:

Comp.	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers	Att.
HELL	27 AUG 1970	Cirencester Town (Home) Cirencester Town (H)	W1 - 0	D. Moss	-
HELL	27 AUG 1966	Princes Risborough Town (Home) Princes Risborough Town (H)	D1 - 1	M. Wilkinson	-
HELL	27 AUG 1964	Lambourn Sports (Away) Lambourn Sports (A)	W4 - 0	R. Miller 2, D. Peapell, K. East	-
WPL	27 AUG 1960	Melksham Town (Home) Melksham Town (H)	D1 - 1	W. Gardiner	-
HELL	27 AUG 1960	Thame United (Home) Thame United (H)	L2 - 3	D. Hobbs 2	-
WEST	27 AUG 1949	Bridgwater Town (Home) Bridgwater (H)	L1 - 2	Unknown	-

Match Record

Men Youth

Swindon Town's record in competitive matches played on August 27th:

All matches played on August 27th:

Comp.	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers	Att.
PDLC	27 AUG 2024	Cardiff City Under-18 (Away) Cardiff City U18 (A)	W5 - 1	M. Obodo, G. Alston 3, B. Ameen	-
FLYA	27 AUG 2022	Plymouth Argyle Under-18 (Home) Plymouth Argyle U18 (H)	L0 - 7	-	-
FLYA	27 AUG 2016	Oxford United Under-18 (Home) Oxford United U18 (H)	D1 - 1	T. Ouldridge	-
FLYA	27 AUG 2011	Exeter City Under-18 (Away) Exeter City U18 (A)	L1 - 3	Unknown	-
SJFC	27 AUG 1997	Cardiff City Youth (Home) Cardiff City Youth (H)	D3 - 3	P. McAreavey 2, S. Hodson	-
SECL	27 AUG 1994	Colchester United Youth (Away) Colchester United Youth (A)	L2 - 3	S. Medcroft, J. Fraser	-
SECL	27 AUG 1988	Reading Youth (Home) Reading Youth (H)	W3 - 2	T. Hammersley, R. Morgan, Unknown (o.g.)	-
SECL	27 AUG 1986	Wimbledon Youth (Away) Wimbledon Youth (A)	W2 - 0	N. Hughes pen., P. Hunt	-
SECL	27 AUG 1983	Reading Youth (Away) Reading Youth (A)	W3 - 0	A. Wollen, R. Emms, M. Gardiner	-

Match Record

Women Senior

Swindon Town's record in competitive matches played on August 27th:

All matches played on August 27th:

Comp.	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers	Att.
W-NLC	27 AUG 2023	Actonians Ladies (Away) Actonians LFC (A)	W4 - 1	A. Colston 3, H. Beck-Esson	-
W-NATL	27 AUG 2017	Queens Park Rangers Ladies (Away) Queens Park Rangers LFC (A)	L0 - 2	-	45

Video Footage

All available video footage from matches played on August 27th:

Monday August 27th, 1984

Milk Cup
Swindon Town (1) 1
Bristol Rovers (3) 5

Saturday August 27th, 1994

Endsleigh League Division One
Swindon Town (1) 1
Watford (0) 0

Monday August 27th, 2001

Nationwide League Division Two
Bury (0) 0
Swindon Town (0) 3

Saturday August 27th, 2005

Coca-Cola League One
Swindon Town (1) 4
Yeovil Town (1) 2

Saturday August 27th, 2011

npower League Two
Shrewsbury Town (0) 2
Swindon Town (1) 1

Tuesday August 27th, 2013

Capital One Cup
Queens Park Rangers (0) 0
Swindon Town (1) 2

Saturday August 27th, 2022

EFL Sky Bet League Two
Stockport County (0) 1
Swindon Town (0) 1

Sunday August 27th, 2023

FA Women's National League Cup
Actonians Ladies (1) 1
Swindon Town Women (1) 4

Newspaper Reports

All available media reports from August 27th:

Saturday August 27th, 1932

Football Pink

FOOTBALL SEASON OPENS IN SWELTERING HEAT

Football League Division Three (South)
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic (2) 5
Swindon Town (0) 1

Saturday August 27th, 1938

Football Pink

SWINDON OPEN THE SEASON WITH A GREAT VICTORY

Football League Division Three (South)
Swindon Town (2) 4
Notts County (0) 1

Saturday August 27th, 1949

Football Pink

DEPUTY LEADER PUTS TORQUAY IN LEAD

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

Saturday August 27th, 1955

Football Pink

EDWARDS SPARKLES IN TOWN'S WIN

Football League Division Three (South)
Swindon Town (2) 2
Shrewsbury Town (1) 1

Saturday August 27th, 1960

Football Pink

HUNT 'SCORES' - BY WRONG ROUTE!

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

Saturday August 27th, 1966

Football Pink

SWINDON GET OFF TO A FLYING START

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

Saturday August 27th, 1977

Football Pink

KAMARA BLASTS HIS OLD MATES

Football League Division Three
Swindon Town (1) 3
Portsmouth (1) 1

Transfers

Transfers on August 27th:

Date	Player	Club	In/Out	Transfer Detail
27 AUG 1920	Matty LOCHHEAD	Bath City Bath City	OUT
27 AUG 1931	Eddie MUNNINGS	Hull City Hull City	OUT
27 AUG 1933	Les WILKINS	Stockport County Stockport County	OUT
27 AUG 1945	Eddie JONES	Lovells Athletic Lovells Athletic	OUT	guest
27 AUG 1947	Albert DERRICK	Ebbw Vale Ebbw Vale	OUT
27 AUG 1953	Arthur 'Connor' RADFORD	Wisbech Town Wisbech Town	OUT
27 AUG 1962	John BELL	Duns Duns	OUT
27 AUG 1965	Joe BUTLER	Newcastle United Newcastle United	IN	£0
27 AUG 1992	Kevin HORLOCK	West Ham United West Ham United	IN	free
27 AUG 2004 - 27 SEP 2004	Mark YEATES	Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham	IN	loan
27 AUG 2009 - 2009/0	Simon FERRY	Celtic Celtic	IN	loan
27 AUG 2009 - 26 JAN 2010	Ben HUTCHINSON	Celtic Celtic	IN	loan
27 AUG 2011	Will EVANS	Hereford United Hereford United	OUT	loan
27 AUG 2013 - 29 OCT 2013	Kayden JACKSON	Swindon Supermarine Supermarine	OUT	loan
27 AUG 2019	Polly NEW	Georgia Revolution Women Georgia Revolution WFC	IN
27 AUG 2023	Lannece HOLE	Bristol Rovers Women Bristol Rovers WFC	OUT

Friendlies & Minor Competitions

Men Senior

All friendly matches played on August 27th:

Comp.	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers	Att.
FRN	27 AUG 1988	Manchester United Reserves (Away) Man Utd Res. (A)	-	-	-
BENE	27 AUG 1906	Swindon Town Reserves (Home) Swindon Res. (H)	-	-	-