On This Day

Match Record

Men Senior

Swindon Town's record in competitive matches played on April 21st:

All matches played on April 21st:

Comp.	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers	Att.
EFL	21 APR 2025	Bromley (Home) Bromley (H)	L0 - 1	-	8,884
EFL	21 APR 2018	Grimsby Town (Home) Grimsby Town (H)	L0 - 1	-	6,690
EFL	21 APR 2015	Walsall (Home) Walsall (H)	D3 - 3	B. Gladwin 2 (2 pens), J. Turnbull	6,305
EFL	21 APR 2014	Bradford City (Home) Bradford (H)	W1 - 0	L. Cox	8,377
EFL	21 APR 2012	Gillingham (Away) Gillingham (A)	L1 - 3	A. McCormack	6,390
EFL	21 APR 2007	Mansfield Town (Home) Mansfield Town (H)	W2 - 0	B. Corr, J. Hjelde (o.g.)	10,472
EFL	21 APR 2001	Wycombe Wanderers (Away) Wycombe Wanderers (A)	D0 - 0	-	6,844
EFL	21 APR 1990	West Bromwich Albion (Home) West Bromwich Albion (H)	W2 - 1	P. Bodin, S. White	8,495
EFL	21 APR 1984	Torquay United (Home) Torquay United (H)	L2 - 3	A. Mayes 2	2,197
EFL	21 APR 1979	Watford (Home) Watford (H)	W2 - 0	R. Jenkins (o.g.), A. Rowland	16,414
EFL	21 APR 1973	Orient (Away) Orient (A)	L0 - 1	-	6,386
EFL	21 APR 1962	Newport County (Home) Newport County (H)	W3 - 0	E. Hunt, J. Smith, M. Summerbee	7,881
EFL	21 APR 1956	Brentford (Home) Brentford (H)	L0 - 1	-	5,790
EFL	21 APR 1951	Bristol City (Away) Bristol City (A)	L0 - 2	-	14,422
EFL	21 APR 1937	Luton Town (Away) Luton Town (A)	L1 - 5	A. Fowler	11,668
EFL	21 APR 1934	Charlton Athletic (Home) Charlton Athletic (H)	L1 - 3	T. Armstrong pen.	9,102
EFL	21 APR 1930	Watford (Away) Watford (A)	L1 - 4	T. Weale	9,292
EFL	21 APR 1928	Torquay United (Away) Torquay United (A)	L1 - 2	A. Thom	2,808
EFL	21 APR 1926	Watford (Home) Watford (H)	W5 - 3	A. Wall, W. Dickinson pen., J. Clark, B. Davies, B. Denyer	2,668
EFL	21 APR 1924	Gillingham (Home) Gillingham (H)	W4 - 1	J. Johnson pen., B. Davies, A. Broadhead 2	~5,000
EFL	21 APR 1923	Reading (Home) Reading (H)	W3 - 1	T. Phillipson, J. Johnson 2 (2 pens)	~5,000
STH	21 APR 1906	Watford (Home) Watford (H)	D0 - 0	-	~3,000
STH	21 APR 1900	Gravesend United (Away) Gravesend United (A)	L1 - 2	T. Anthony	~1,000

Match Record

Men Reserves

Swindon Town's record in competitive matches played on April 21st:

All matches played on April 21st:

Comp.	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers	Att.
FC	21 APR 2010	AFC Bournemouth Reserves (Away) Bournemouth Res. (A)	D0 - 0	-	-
FC	21 APR 1999	AFC Bournemouth Reserves (Away) Bournemouth Res. (A)	-	-	-
FC	21 APR 1997	Ipswich Town Reserves (Home) Ipswich Town Res. (H)	W2 - 1	S. Cowe, A. Finlayson	-
FC	21 APR 1993	Charlton Athletic Reserves (Away) Charlton Athletic Res. (A)	L1 - 2	P. Hunt	-
FC	21 APR 1988	Tottenham Hotspur Reserves (Away) Tottenham Hotspur Res. (A)	L0 - 2	-	-
FC	21 APR 1986	Reading Reserves (Home) Reading Res. (H)	W4 - 0	T. Evans, Unknown 2 (1 o.g.), N. Hughes	-
FC	21 APR 1982	Oxford United Reserves (Away) Oxford United Res. (A)	W1 - 0	J. Quinn	-
FC	21 APR 1979	West Ham United Reserves (Away) West Ham United Res. (A)	L0 - 2	-	-
FC	21 APR 1973	Birmingham City Reserves (Home) Birmingham Res. (H)	L2 - 3	S. Peplow 2	397
FC	21 APR 1964	Chelsea Reserves (Home) Chelsea Res. (H)	W2 - 1	P. Leggett 2	1,019
FC	21 APR 1956	Norwich City Reserves (Away) Norwich City Res. (A)	L0 - 5	-	-
FCLC	21 APR 1951	Bristol City Reserves (Home) Bristol City Res. (H)	D2 - 2	J. Court, B. Peart	1,599
WEST	21 APR 1937	Warminster Town (Away) Warminster Town (A)	W3 - 1	Unknown 3	-
STH	21 APR 1930	Bath City (Home) Bath City (H)	D3 - 3	Unknown 3	-
STH	21 APR 1928	Torquay United Reserves (Home) Torquay United Res. (H)	W4 - 0	Unknown 4	-
STH	21 APR 1923	Reading Reserves (Away) Reading Res. (A)	D0 - 0	-	-
SEL	21 APR 1909	Luton Town Reserves (Home) Luton Town Res. (H)	W4 - 1	B. Boland 2, H. O'Neil, Taylor	-
STH	21 APR 1906	Watford Reserves (Away) Watford Res. (A)	L1 - 4	G. Oakley	-

Match Record

Men Development

Swindon Town's record in competitive matches played on April 21st:

All matches played on April 21st:

Comp.	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers	Att.
HELL	21 APR 1966	Chipping Norton Town (Home) Chipping Norton Town (H)	W5 - 1	J. Lawton 4, B. Walker	-
WPL	21 APR 1962	Warminster Town (Home) Warminster Town (H)	L2 - 3	D. Peapell, R. Sansum	-
HELL	21 APR 1962	Bicester Town (Away) Bicester Town (A)	D2 - 2	G. Dougan 2	-
WPL	21 APR 1961	Chippenham Town Reserves (Home) Chippenham Town Res. (H)	W2 - 1	T. Gardiner 2	-
WEST	21 APR 1951	Hoffman Athletic (Home) Hoffman Athletic (H)	L1 - 2	Griffin	-

Match Record

Men Youth

Swindon Town's record in competitive matches played on April 21st:

All matches played on April 21st:

Comp.	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers	Att.
FLYA	21 APR 2018	Cambridge United Under-18 (Home) Cambridge United U18 (H)	L2 - 5	S. Pryce, E. Dugan	-
FLYA	21 APR 2012	Yeovil Town Under-18 (Home) Yeovil Town U18 (H)	W8 - 0	Unknown 8	-
ACYL	21 APR 1993	Hungerford Town Youth (Away) Hungerford Town Youth (A)	W6 - 0	M. Jordan, A. Kearns, J. Waters, B. Worrall 2, M. Walter	-
SECL	21 APR 1989	Colchester United Youth (Home) Colchester United Youth (H)	W6 - 1	R. Walker, L. Dixon 3, R. Spence, M. Phillips	-
SECL	21 APR 1984	Luton Town Youth (Away) Luton Town Youth (A)	-	-	-
MYC	21 APR 1977	Derby County Youth (Home) Derby County Youth (H)	L2 - 4	D. Brinkworth, P. Collicutt	-
WSXYL	21 APR 1966	Bristol City Under-18 (Away) Bristol City U18 (A)	D0 - 0	-	-
WSXYL	21 APR 1964	Bristol City Under-18 (Away) Bristol City U18 (A)	W4 - 3	Unknown 4	-
SBL	21 APR 1951	Westcott YC (Away) Westcott YC (A)	-	-	-

Match Record

Women Senior

Swindon Town's record in competitive matches played on April 21st:

All matches played on April 21st:

Comp.	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers	Att.
W-NATL	21 APR 2024	Abingdon United Women (Away) Abingdon WFC (A)	W2 - 0	G. Viveash 2	-
W-SWCOMB	21 APR 2013	Exeter City Ladies (Home) Exeter City LFC (H)	D3 - 3	Unknown 3	-
W-SWCOMB	21 APR 2002	Cheltenham Town Ladies (Home) Cheltenham Town LFC (H)	W5 - 1	Unknown 5	-

Video Footage

All available video footage from matches played on April 21st:

Saturday April 21st, 1979

Football League Division Three
Swindon Town (1) 2
Watford (0) 0

Saturday April 21st, 1990

Barclays League Division Two
Swindon Town (0) 2
West Bromwich Albion (0) 1

Saturday April 21st, 2007

Coca-Cola League Two
Swindon Town (2) 2
Mansfield Town (0) 0

Saturday April 21st, 2007

Coca-Cola League Two
Swindon Town (2) 2
Mansfield Town (0) 0

Wednesday April 11th, 2012

npower League Two
Gillingham (1) 3
Swindon Town (0) 1

Saturday April 21st, 2012

npower League Two
Gillingham (1) 3
Swindon Town (0) 1

Monday April 21st, 2014

Sky Bet League One
Swindon Town (0) 1
Bradford City (0) 0

Tuesday April 21st, 2015

Sky Bet League One
Swindon Town (0) 3
Walsall (1) 3

Saturday April 21st, 2018

EFL Sky Bet League Two
Swindon Town (0) 0
Grimsby Town (1) 1

Monday April 21st, 2025

EFL Sky Bet League Two
Swindon Town (0) 0
Bromley (0) 1

Newspaper Reports

All available media reports from April 21st:

Saturday April 21st, 1934

Football Pink

UNHAPPY SURPRISE PACKET FOR SWINDON TO-DAY

Football League Division Three (South)
Swindon Town (0) 1
Charlton Athletic (1) 3

Saturday April 21st, 1951

Football Pink

CITY PLAYER SCORED BUT COULD NOT HELP IT!

Football League Division Three (South)
Bristol City (2) 2
Swindon Town (0) 0

Saturday April 21st, 1956

Football Pink

RICHARDS HAS A GO BUT TOWN GO UNDER

Football League Division Three (South)
Swindon Town (0) 0
Brentford (0) 1

Saturday April 21st, 1962

Football Pink

QUICK CELEBRATION BY JACKSON

Football League Division Three
Swindon Town (2) 3
Newport County (0) 0

Saturday April 21st, 1973

Football Pink

DEFENSIVE TOWN ARE CHECKED BY QUEEN

Football League Division Two
Orient (0) 1
Swindon Town (0) 0

Transfers

Transfers on April 21st:

Date	Player	Club	In/Out	Transfer Detail
21 APR 1896	Jack POTTER	Swindon Wanderers Swindon Wanderers	IN	amateur
21 APR 1916	Freddy HICKS	Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Rovers	IN	guest
21 APR 1964	Colin HUXFORD	Yiewsley Yiewsley	OUT
21 APR 1998	Adam WILLIS	Coventry City Coventry City	IN	free
21 APR 2002	Paul McAREAVEY	Portadown Portadown	OUT
21 APR 2011	Alan O'BRIEN	Yeovil Town Yeovil Town	OUT	released
2011/2	Eddie STEVENS	Swindon Supermarine Supermarine	OUT	released
Apr 2012	Ben WHITEHEAD	Abingdon United Abingdon	OUT	released
21 APR 2016	Jordan EDWARDS	Watford Watford	IN	schoolboy

Friendlies & Minor Competitions

Men Senior

All friendly matches played on April 21st:

Comp.	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers	Att.
WPS	21 APR 2002	Chippenham Town (Away) Chippenham Town (A)	L0 - 4	-	1,204
TEST	21 APR 1958	All Star XI (Home) All Star XI (H)	-	-	-
WPS	21 APR 1954	Salisbury (Home) Salisbury (H)	W2 - 1	K. Lambert pen., R. Johnson	3,663
FRN	21 APR 1916	Hampshire Regiment (Home) Hampshire Regiment (H)	W7 - 2	Unknown (o.g.), J. Lee, B. Jefferson, B. Davies 2, D. Smith 2	-
BENE	21 APR 1907	Wiltshire League XI (Away) Wiltshire League XI (A)	W2 - 0	T. Birtles 2	~800
FRN	21 APR 1905	Ilford (Away) Ilford (A)	L0 - 4	-	~1,800
FRN	21 APR 1894	Clapton (Home) Clapton (H)	W6 - 3	D. Jones 2, P. Mills, B. Griffin, A. Andrews 2	-