On This Day

January 6th

Match Record

Men Senior


Swindon Town's record in competitive matches played on January 6th:

Competition P W D L Penalties F A Win % SR%
Won Lost
All matches 15 4 3 8 0 0 24 30 26.67% 36.67%
League 5 1 2 2 0 0 8 11 20.00% 40.00%
Non-League 2 0 1 1 0 0 4 5 0.00% 25.00%
Wartime League 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 100.00% 100.00%
National Cup Competitions 6 2 0 4 0 0 8 10 33.33% 33.33%
EFL Minor Cup Competitions 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 0.00% 0.00%

All matches played on January 6th:

Comp. Date Opponent Score Scorers Att.
EFL 06 JAN 2024 Colchester United (Home) Colchester United (H) D2 - 2 C. Austin pen., T. Brewitt 7,564
FAC 06 JAN 2007 Crystal Palace (Away) Crystal Palace (A) L1 - 2 J. Ifil 10,238
FAC 06 JAN 2001 Coventry City (Home) Coventry City (H) L0 - 2 - 14,445
FAC 06 JAN 1996 Woking (Home) Woking (H) W2 - 0 W. Allison, P. Bodin 10,322
FAC 06 JAN 1990 Bristol City (Away) Bristol City (A) L1 - 2 D. Shearer 17,422
FLT 06 JAN 1987 Brentford (Away) Brentford (A) L2 - 4 P. Coyne, S. White 1,110
FAC 06 JAN 1976 Tooting and Mitcham United (Away) Tooting and Mitcham United (A) L1 - 2 B. Green (o.g.) 7,500
EFL 06 JAN 1973 Bristol City (Away) Bristol City (A) L0 - 3 - 12,481
FAC 06 JAN 1968 Luton Town (Home) Luton Town (H) W3 - 2 D. Rogers 2 (1 pen), D. Heath 18,203
EFL 06 JAN 1951 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic (Home) Bournemouth (H) W2 - 1 W. Millar, J. Bain 6,971
WAR 06 JAN 1940 Plymouth Argyle (Home) Plymouth Argyle (H) W2 - 0 F. Hedley, D. Emery pen. 3,801
EFL 06 JAN 1934 Norwich City (Away) Norwich City (A) L2 - 3 F. Fisher 2 9,339
EFL 06 JAN 1923 Newport County (Away) Newport County (A) D2 - 2 T. Phillipson, C. Daniel ~10,000
STH 06 JAN 1912 Norwich City (Away) Norwich City (A) L3 - 4 H. Fleming, A. Bown, B. Tout pen. ~6,500
STH 06 JAN 1906 Fulham (Away) Fulham (A) D1 - 1 A. Dean pen. ~8,000

Match Record

Men Reserves


Swindon Town's record in competitive matches played on January 6th:

Competition P W D L Penalties F A Win % SR%
Won Lost
All matches 7 6 0 1 0 0 23 7 85.71% 85.71%
Non-League 2 2 0 0 0 0 7 1 100.00% 100.00%
Reserve Leagues 5 4 0 1 0 0 16 6 80.00% 80.00%

All matches played on January 6th:

Comp. Date Opponent Score Scorers Att.
FC 06 JAN 1999 Crystal Palace Reserves (Away) Crystal Palace Res. (A) - - -
FC 06 JAN 1988 Charlton Athletic Reserves (Home) Charlton Athletic Res. (H) W3 - 1 B. Wade, K. O'Regan, A. Viveash 25
FC 06 JAN 1973 West Ham United Reserves (Home) West Ham United Res. (H) W4 - 0 R. Compton 3, D. Moss 271
FC 06 JAN 1951 Southampton Reserves (Away) Southampton Res. (A) L1 - 5 D. Peebles -
WEST 06 JAN 1934 Paulton Rovers (Home) Paulton Rovers (H) W4 - 1 G. Hayes 2, H. Timbrell, Francis (o.g.) 1,569
STH 06 JAN 1923 Guildford United (Home) Guildford United (H) W3 - 0 Unknown 3 -
SEL 06 JAN 1912 Norwich City Reserves (Home) Norwich City Res. (H) W3 - 0 Unknown 3 -
SEL 06 JAN 1909 Sittingbourne (Home) Sittingbourne (H) W5 - 0 F. Heppinstall 2, J. Skillen 2, Kembrey -

Match Record

Men Development


Swindon Town's record in competitive matches played on January 6th:

Competition P W D L Penalties F A Win % SR%
Won Lost
All matches 2 1 0 1 0 0 7 7 50.00% 50.00%
Non-League 2 1 0 1 0 0 7 7 50.00% 50.00%

All matches played on January 6th:

Comp. Date Opponent Score Scorers Att.
HELL 06 JAN 1973 Long Wittenham Athletic (Away) Long Wittenham Athletic (A) L3 - 4 J. Gilligan 2, D. Syrett -
HELL 06 JAN 1968 Wallingford Town (Home) Wallingford (H) W4 - 3 I. Melrose 2, D. Fry, Street (o.g.) -

Match Record

Men Youth


Swindon Town's record in competitive matches played on January 6th:

Competition P W D L Penalties F A Win % SR%
Won Lost
All matches 7 2 1 4 0 0 12 10 28.57% 35.71%
Youth Leagues 5 1 1 3 0 0 5 8 20.00% 30.00%
County & District Youth Leagues 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0.00% 0.00%
County & District Youth Cup Competitions 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 0 100.00% 100.00%

All matches played on January 6th:

Comp. Date Opponent Score Scorers Att.
FLYA 06 JAN 2018 Portsmouth Under-18 (Home) Portsmouth U18 (H) D1 - 1 O. Rejek -
FLYA 06 JAN 2007 AFC Bournemouth Under-18 (Home) Bournemouth U18 (H) L0 - 1 - -
FLYA-17 06 JAN 2001 Bristol Rovers Under-17 (Away) Bristol Rovers U17 (A) W3 - 1 M. Draycott 2, D. Bampton -
SECL 06 JAN 1996 Luton Town Youth (Away) Luton Town Youth (A) L1 - 3 S. Woodman -
SECL 06 JAN 1990 Reading Youth (Away) Reading Youth (A) L0 - 2 - -
BC 06 JAN 1968 Pewsey Vale Youth (Away) Pewsey Vale Youth (A) W6 - 0 J. Smith 2, G. Desando, Pearce, M. Grubb, Unknown -
SBL 06 JAN 1951 Gorse Hill CC (Home) Gorse Hill CC (H) L1 - 2 Unknown pen. -

Match Record

Women Senior


Swindon Town's record in competitive matches played on January 6th:

Competition P W D L Penalties F A Win % SR%
Won Lost
All matches 3 2 0 1 0 0 6 9 66.67% 66.67%
Non-League 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 100.00% 100.00%
National Cup Competitions 2 1 0 1 0 0 3 7 50.00% 50.00%

All matches played on January 6th:

Comp. Date Opponent Score Scorers Att.
W-SWCOMB 06 JAN 2013 Exeter City Ladies (Away) Exeter City LFC (A) W3 - 2 Unknown 3 -
W-FAC 06 JAN 2013 Exeter City Ladies (Away) Exeter City LFC (A) W3 - 2 Unknown 3 -
W-FAC 06 JAN 2008 Doncaster Rovers Belles (Home) Doncaster Rovers Belles LFC (H) L0 - 5 - -

Video Footage


All available video footage from matches played on January 6th:

Saturday January 6th, 1990
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Football Association Challenge Cup
Bristol City (2) 2
Swindon Town (1) 1
Saturday January 6th, 1996
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FA Cup sponsored by Littlewoods
Swindon Town (1) 2
Woking (0) 0
Saturday January 6th, 2001
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FA Cup sponsored by AXA
Swindon Town (0) 0
Coventry City (1) 2
Saturday January 6th, 2007
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FA Cup sponsored by E.ON
Crystal Palace (1) 2
Swindon Town (0) 1
Sunday January 6th, 2013
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FA Women's Cup
Exeter City Ladies 2
Swindon Town Ladies 3
Saturday January 6th, 2024
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EFL Sky Bet League Two
Swindon Town (2) 2
Colchester United (1) 2

Newspaper Reports


All available media reports from January 6th:

Saturday January 6th, 1934
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Football Pink
TOWN'S PLUCKY FIGHT AGAINST NORWICH CITY

Football League Division Three (South)
Norwich City (0) 3
Swindon Town (1) 2
Saturday January 6th, 1951
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Football Pink
CROSS REMINDS TOWN OF RESERVE HAT-TRICK

Football League Division Three (South)
Swindon Town (0) 2
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic (1) 1
Saturday January 6th, 1968
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Football Pink
TWO PENALTIES ADD TO CUP-TIE DRAMA

Football Association Challenge Cup
Swindon Town (2) 3
Luton Town (0) 2
Saturday January 6th, 1973
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Football Pink
GOULD WORRIES THE SWINDON DEFENDERS

Football League Division Two
Bristol City (2) 3
Swindon Town (0) 0