Ever wanted to know how the Town's promotion winning team of 1993 would fare against the League Cup winners of 1969, or if Lou Macari's all conquering side of 1986 would beat the Southern League champions in the 1910's? This page shows the hypothetical likelihood of a result if two historical STFC sides were to play each other, based on their ELO scores.
Inspired by ClubELO.com, the ELO rating system is a method of calculating and comparing the relative strengths of teams in competition. For every match played, the ELO scores of the two teams are considered, and adjusted for other factors (such as home advantage), to calculate the likelihood of the match result. When the actual result of the game is known, the ELO score is adjusted accordingly, comparing the expected outcome of the game with the actual outcome - so a victory over Manchester United will be worth more points than one over Supermarine. The resulting ELO score can be used to compare the strengths of teams over time, and to project future results based on the current form of all teams.
The likelihood of the match result between the two selected historical STFC sides, based on all matches with the same ELO score difference.
A graphical comparison of the progression of ELO scores for the twelve months before and after the selected dates for each chosen STFC side. The grey line denotes the dates being compared.
| Swindon Town (1969) lineup from March 15th, 1969 |
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| 1Peter DOWNSBOROUGH |
| 2Rod THOMAS |
| 3John TROLLOPE |
| 4Joe BUTLER |
| 5Frank BURROWS |
| 6Stan HARLAND |
| 7Don HEATH |
| 8Roger SMART |
| 9John SMITH |
| 10Peter NOBLE |
| 11Don ROGERS |
| Swindon Town (1993) lineup from May 31st, 1993 |
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| 1Fraser DIGBY 1 |
| 2Nicky SUMMERBEE 2 |
| 3Paul BODIN 3 |
| 4Glenn HODDLE 4 |
| 5Colin CALDERWOOD 5 |
| 6Shaun TAYLOR 6 |
| 7John MONCUR 7 |
| 8Ross MacLAREN 8 |
| 9Dave MITCHELL 9 |
| 10Martin LING 10 |
| 11Craig MASKELL 11 |
A listing of all historical matches with identical ELO scores to Swindon Town (1969) vs. Swindon Town (1993).
No matching records.