On This Day

February 16th

Match Record

Men Senior


Swindon Town's record in competitive matches played on February 16th:

Competition P W D L Penalties F A Win % SR%
Won Lost
All matches 16 2 2 12 0 0 15 31 12.50% 18.75%
League 8 0 1 7 0 0 2 15 0.00% 6.25%
Non-League 4 2 0 2 0 0 10 6 50.00% 50.00%
National Cup Competitions 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 0.00% 25.00%
Wartime Cup Competitions 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 0.00% 0.00%
EFL Minor Cup Competitions 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0.00% 0.00%

All matches played on February 16th:

Comp. Date Opponent Score Scorers Att.
EFL 16 FEB 2008 Nottingham Forest (Away) Nottingham Forest (A) L0 - 1 - 23,439
FAC 16 FEB 1992 Aston Villa (Home) Aston Villa (H) L1 - 2 D. Mitchell 16,402
EFL 16 FEB 1980 Grimsby Town (Away) Grimsby Town (A) L0 - 2 - 12,675
EFL 16 FEB 1974 Millwall (Away) Millwall (A) L0 - 3 - 6,725
EFL 16 FEB 1962 Lincoln City (Away) Lincoln City (A) D2 - 2 E. Hunt, B. Atkins 5,442
EFL 16 FEB 1957 Southend United (Away) Southend United (A) L0 - 1 - 8,397
EFL 16 FEB 1952 Brighton and Hove Albion (Away) Brighton (A) L0 - 4 - 18,526
D3SSC 16 FEB 1946 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic (Away) Bournemouth (A) L1 - 6 G. Williams 7,000
D3SC 16 FEB 1938 Millwall (Home) Millwall (H) L1 - 2 G. Moreland 922
EFL 16 FEB 1935 Luton Town (Home) Luton Town (H) L0 - 1 - 5,428
FAC 16 FEB 1929 Arsenal (Home) Arsenal (H) D0 - 0 - 16,692
EFL 16 FEB 1924 Exeter City (Home) Exeter City (H) L0 - 1 - 5,797
STH 16 FEB 1907 Crystal Palace (Home) Crystal Palace (H) W2 - 1 W. Wardrope pen., A. Smith ~5,000
UTD 16 FEB 1906 Clapton Orient (Away) Clapton Orient (A) L1 - 3 A. Capes ~1,000
STH 16 FEB 1901 Bristol Rovers (Home) Bristol Rovers (H) L0 - 1 - -
WEST 16 FEB 1898 Eastleigh Athletic (Home) Eastleigh Athletic (H) W7 - 1 J. Munro, G. Morris 4, J. Bell, G. Richardson ~400

Match Record

Men Reserves


Swindon Town's record in competitive matches played on February 16th:

Competition P W D L Penalties F A Win % SR%
Won Lost
All matches 11 4 4 3 0 0 17 14 36.36% 54.55%
Non-League 3 2 1 0 0 0 3 1 66.67% 83.33%
Reserve Leagues 7 2 3 2 0 0 13 8 28.57% 50.00%
Reserve League Cup Competitions 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 0.00% 0.00%

All matches played on February 16th:

Comp. Date Opponent Score Scorers Att.
FC 16 FEB 2004 Swansea City Reserves (Home) Swansea City Res. (H) D2 - 2 A. Reeves, R. Fallon -
FC 16 FEB 1994 West Ham United Reserves (Away) West Ham United Res. (A) L1 - 2 T. Gooden -
FC 16 FEB 1988 Ipswich Town Reserves (Home) Ipswich Town Res. (H) D1 - 1 S. White 155
FC 16 FEB 1980 Hereford United Reserves (Home) Hereford United Res. (H) L1 - 2 P. Gilchrist -
FC 16 FEB 1977 Bristol Rovers Reserves (Away) Bristol Rovers Res. (A) W2 - 1 H. Goddard 2 -
FC 16 FEB 1974 Tottenham Hotspur Reserves (Away) Tottenham Hotspur Res. (A) D0 - 0 - -
FC 16 FEB 1957 Northampton Town Reserves (Home) Northampton Town Res. (H) W6 - 0 A. Gibbs, D. Cameron, C. Riseborough, R. Agar, G. Hudson, F. O'Mahony 2,580
FCLC 16 FEB 1952 Southampton Reserves (Home) Southampton Res. (H) L1 - 5 B. Peart 2,248
STH 16 FEB 1946 Colchester United (Home) Colchester United (H) W1 - 0 Hardman 1,769
WEST 16 FEB 1935 Bath City Reserves (Away) Bath City Res. (A) D1 - 1 F. Fisher pen. -
STH 16 FEB 1924 Exeter City Reserves (Away) Exeter City Res. (A) W1 - 0 Unknown -

Match Record

Men Development


Swindon Town's record in competitive matches played on February 16th:

Competition P W D L Penalties F A Win % SR%
Won Lost
All matches 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 3 0.00% 50.00%
County & District Leagues 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 3 0.00% 50.00%

All matches played on February 16th:

Comp. Date Opponent Score Scorers Att.
WPL 16 FEB 1957 Frome Town Reserves (Away) Frome Town Res. (A) D3 - 3 Morris 2, N. Cambray -

Match Record

Men Youth


Swindon Town's record in competitive matches played on February 16th:

Competition P W D L Penalties F A Win % SR%
Won Lost
All matches 7 4 0 3 0 0 14 14 57.14% 57.14%
Youth Leagues 6 4 0 2 0 0 11 10 66.67% 66.67%
County & District Youth Cup Competitions 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 4 0.00% 0.00%

All matches played on February 16th:

Comp. Date Opponent Score Scorers Att.
FLYA 16 FEB 2019 Portsmouth Under-18 (Home) Portsmouth U18 (H) W3 - 2 H. Parsons 2, L. Haines -
FLYA 16 FEB 2008 Oxford United Under-18 (Home) Oxford United U18 (H) W1 - 0 Unknown -
FLYA-17 16 FEB 2002 Cheltenham Town Under-17 (Away) Cheltenham Town U17 (A) W3 - 1 Unknown 3 -
SECL 16 FEB 1985 Bristol Rovers Youth (Home) Bristol Rovers Youth (H) - - -
SECL 16 FEB 1980 Tottenham Hotspur Youth (Away) Tottenham Hotspur Youth (A) W3 - 1 D. Cock, D. Round, M. Rustell -
MYL 16 FEB 1972 Aston Villa Youth (Away) Aston Villa Youth (A) L0 - 3 - -
WSXYL 16 FEB 1965 Bristol City Under-18 (Away) Bristol City U18 (A) L1 - 3 D. Tabor -
WYC 16 FEB 1952 Pinehurst YC (Home) Pinehurst (H) L3 - 4 Unknown 3 -

Match Record

Women Senior


Swindon Town's record in competitive matches played on February 16th:

Competition P W D L Penalties F A Win % SR%
Won Lost
All matches 3 1 0 2 0 0 6 7 33.33% 33.33%
League 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 0.00% 0.00%
Non-League 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 4 0.00% 0.00%
County & District Cup Competitions 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 100.00% 100.00%

All matches played on February 16th:

Comp. Date Opponent Score Scorers Att.
W-WC 16 FEB 2025 Royal Wootton Bassett Town Ladies (Neutral) Royal Wootton Bassett Town Ladies (N) W2 - 0 E. Haines, E. Clayton -
W-NATL 16 FEB 2020 Southampton Women's FC (Home) Southampton WFC (H) L1 - 3
*Expunged 		H. Diaz-Butcher 48
W-SRWFL 16 FEB 1997 Cheltenham Town Ladies (Away) Cheltenham Town LFC (A) L3 - 4 C. White, K. Reeves, L. Taylor -

Video Footage


All available video footage from matches played on February 16th:

Sunday February 16th, 1992
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Football Association Challenge Cup
Swindon Town (0) 1
Aston Villa (1) 2
Sunday February 16th, 1992
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Football Association Challenge Cup
Swindon Town (0) 1
Aston Villa (1) 2
Sunday February 16th, 1992
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Football Association Challenge Cup
Swindon Town (0) 1
Aston Villa (1) 2
Saturday February 16th, 2008
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Coca-Cola League One
Nottingham Forest (0) 1
Swindon Town (0) 0

Newspaper Reports


All available media reports from February 16th:

Saturday February 16th, 1929
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Football Pink
TOWN AND ARSENAL TO FIGHT CUP BATTLE OVER AGAIN

Football Association Challenge Cup
Swindon Town (0) 0
Arsenal (0) 0
Saturday February 16th, 1935
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Football Pink
TOWN DISAPPOINT IN SECOND HALF

Football League Division Three (South)
Swindon Town (0) 0
Luton Town (1) 1
Saturday February 16th, 1952
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Football Pink
FREAK GOAL CONTRIBUTES TO TOWN'S DEFEAT

Football League Division Three (South)
Brighton and Hove Albion (3) 4
Swindon Town (0) 0
Saturday February 16th, 1957
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Football Pink
LUCKY GOAL WITH OWEN OFF THE FIELD

Football League Division Three (South)
Southend United (1) 1
Swindon Town (0) 0
Saturday February 17th, 1962
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Football Pink
RECOVER WELL AFTER TWO FIRST-HALF REVERSES

Football League Division Three
Lincoln City (2) 2
Swindon Town (1) 2
Saturday February 16th, 1974
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Football Pink
SWINDON CRASH AT THE DEN

Football League Division Two
Millwall (1) 3
Swindon Town (0) 0

Friendlies & Minor Competitions

Men Senior


All friendly matches played on February 16th:

Comp. Date Opponent Score Scorers Att.
FRN 16 FEB 1955 Headington United (Home) Headington United (H) W1 - 0 M. Owen 1,786
WC 16 FEB 1889 Trowbridge Town (Home) Trowbridge Town (H) W1 - 0 S. Jones ~700