On This Day

Match Record

Men Senior

Swindon Town's record in competitive matches played on March 23rd:

All matches played on March 23rd:

Comp.	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers	Att.
EFL	23 MAR 2021	Bristol Rovers (Away) Bristol Rovers (A)	W1 - 0	J. Payne	BCD
EFL	23 MAR 2019	Morecambe (Home) Morecambe (H)	W4 - 0	T. Robinson, K. Woolery, D. Conroy, K. Bennett	5,707
EFL	23 MAR 2013	Notts County (Home) Notts County (H)	D0 - 0	-	8,415
EFL	23 MAR 1996	Peterborough United (Home) Peterborough United (H)	W2 - 0	W. Allison, P. Thorne	8,780
EFL	23 MAR 1991	Brighton and Hove Albion (Home) Brighton (H)	L1 - 3	D. Shearer	7,342
EFL	23 MAR 1986	Port Vale (Home) Port Vale (H)	D0 - 0	-	10,122
EFL	23 MAR 1985	Peterborough United (Away) Peterborough United (A)	W1 - 0	P. Coyne	2,329
EFL	23 MAR 1974	Sunderland (Home) Sunderland (H)	L0 - 2	-	6,178
EFL	23 MAR 1968	Peterborough United (Away) Peterborough United (A)	D1 - 1	J. Trollope	4,667
EFL	23 MAR 1965	Northampton Town (Home) Northampton Town (H)	W4 - 2	E. Hunt 2, M. Summerbee, D. Rogers	17,686
EFL	23 MAR 1963	Shrewsbury Town (Away) Shrewsbury Town (A)	W2 - 1	C. Jackson, M. Summerbee	5,718
EFL	23 MAR 1962	Notts County (Home) Notts County (H)	W1 - 0	M. Summerbee	7,477
EFL	23 MAR 1957	Norwich City (Home) Norwich City (H)	D1 - 1	A. Micklewright	7,763
EFL	23 MAR 1951	Aldershot (Away) Aldershot (A)	W1 - 0	G. Hudson	8,951
D3SSC	23 MAR 1946	Cardiff City (Home) Cardiff City (H)	W3 - 2	G. Williams, E. Painter, A. Derrick	11,779
WAR	23 MAR 1940	Torquay United (Away) Torquay United (A)	L3 - 4	A. Fowler, D. Howe 2 (1 pen)	1,230
EFL	23 MAR 1935	Gillingham (Away) Gillingham (A)	L0 - 2	-	3,976
EFL	23 MAR 1929	Coventry City (Home) Coventry City (H)	L1 - 2	H. Morris	4,518
STH	23 MAR 1912	Millwall (Away) Millwall (A)	L0 - 1	-	~12,000
STH	23 MAR 1907	New Brompton (Away) New Brompton (A)	L1 - 2	A. Smith	~5,000
STH	23 MAR 1901	Southampton (Away) Southampton (A)	L0 - 1	-	~2,000
STH	23 MAR 1897	Sheppey United (Away) Sheppey United (A)	W1 - 0	J. Murray	~1,400
STH	23 MAR 1895	Royal Ordnance Factories (Away) Royal Ordnance Factories (A)	D0 - 0	-	-

Match Record

Men Reserves

Swindon Town's record in competitive matches played on March 23rd:

All matches played on March 23rd:

Comp.	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers	Att.
FC	23 MAR 2010	Exeter City Reserves (Home) Exeter City Res. (H)	L3 - 4	M. Ritchie 3	-
FC	23 MAR 1994	Southampton Reserves (Away) Southampton Res. (A)	L1 - 2	J. Laidlaw	-
FCLC	23 MAR 1992	Plymouth Argyle Reserves (Home) Plymouth Argyle Res. (H)	L0 - 1	-	-
FC	23 MAR 1985	West Ham United Reserves (Away) West Ham United Res. (A)	-	-	-
FC	23 MAR 1983	Reading Reserves (Away) Reading Res. (A)	D1 - 1	Unknown	-
FC	23 MAR 1982	Arsenal Reserves (Home) Arsenal Res. (H)	D1 - 1	M. Carter	-
FC	23 MAR 1977	Crystal Palace Reserves (Away) Crystal Palace Res. (A)	W3 - 1	T. Woodward, J. Gilligan, M. French	-
FC	23 MAR 1974	West Ham United Reserves (Away) West Ham United Res. (A)	D1 - 1	M. McGovern	-
FC	23 MAR 1972	Crystal Palace Reserves (Away) Crystal Palace Res. (A)	L1 - 3	R. Potter	-
FC	23 MAR 1968	Peterborough United Reserves (Home) Peterborough United Res. (H)	W1 - 0	D. Dangerfield	792
FC	23 MAR 1964	Fulham Reserves (Away) Fulham Res. (A)	W3 - 1	M. Summerbee, E. Hunt, A. Darcy	-
FC	23 MAR 1963	Brighton and Hove Albion Reserves (Away) Brighton Res. (A)	L0 - 1	-	775
FC	23 MAR 1957	Coventry City Reserves (Away) Coventry City Res. (A)	D0 - 0	-	2,245
SLC	23 MAR 1946	Colchester United (Away) Colchester United (A)	L0 - 2	-	3,907
WEST	23 MAR 1935	Glastonbury (Home) Glastonbury (H)	W3 - 2	Baden 2, R. Jack pen.	1,232
WEST	23 MAR 1927	Weymouth (Home) Weymouth (H)	W4 - 2	Unknown 4	-
STH	23 MAR 1907	Rock-a-Nore (Home) Rock-a-Nore (H)	L0 - 1	-	-
WILTS	23 MAR 1901	Melksham (Home) Melksham (H)	W3 - 2	Unknown 3	-
SADL	23 MAR 1895	Cricklade (Home) Cricklade (H)	L1 - 2	P. Reynolds	~300

Match Record

Men Development

Swindon Town's record in competitive matches played on March 23rd:

All matches played on March 23rd:

Comp.	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers	Att.
HELL	23 MAR 1974	MG Athletic (Home) MG Athletic (H)	L1 - 4	J. Davis	-
HELL	23 MAR 1968	Didcot Town (Home) Didcot Town (H)	D2 - 2	M. Grubb, D. Wall	-
WPL	23 MAR 1963	Radstock Town (Away) Radstock Town (A)	D1 - 1	D. Peapell	-
WPLSC	23 MAR 1957	Corsham Town (Away) Corsham Town (A)	L1 - 2	Harrington	-
WEST	23 MAR 1951	Bridgwater Town (Away) Bridgwater (A)	L2 - 3	Unknown 2	-

Match Record

Men Youth

Swindon Town's record in competitive matches played on March 23rd:

All matches played on March 23rd:

Comp.	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers	Att.
FLYA	23 MAR 2024	Sutton United Under-18 (Home) Sutton United U18 (H)	D1 - 1	D. González	-
FLYA	23 MAR 2019	Northampton Town Under-18 (Away) Northampton Town U18 (A)	W3 - 2	T. Holland, J. Bancroft, H. Parsons	-
FLYA	23 MAR 2002	Exeter City Under-19 (Away) Exeter City U19 (A)	L1 - 2	Unknown	-
SWCL	23 MAR 1998	Cardiff City Youth (Away) Cardiff City Youth (A)	L0 - 1	-	-
SECL	23 MAR 1996	Wimbledon Youth (Away) Wimbledon Youth (A)	L1 - 3	D. Hunt	-
ACYL	23 MAR 1992	Henley Town Youth (Home) Henley Town Youth (H)	D1 - 1	S. Lane	-
SECL	23 MAR 1991	Tottenham Hotspur Youth (Away) Tottenham Hotspur Youth (A)	L1 - 4	R. French	-
MYL	23 MAR 1977	Leicester City Youth (Away) Leicester City Youth (A)	L1 - 2	D. Brinkworth	-
WSXYL	23 MAR 1964	Cardiff City Youth (Home) Cardiff City Youth (H)	W4 - 1	D. Rogers 2, D. Plumb 2	-
WSXYL	23 MAR 1961	Weymouth Youth (Away) Weymouth Youth (A)	-	-	-
SBL	23 MAR 1957	Marlborough Juniors (Home) Marlborough Juniors (H)	W9 - 1	J. Siderfin 3, D. Jukes, K. Morris pen., Benwell, D. Parsloe, B. Richman, Stratford	-

Match Record

Women Senior

Swindon Town's record in competitive matches played on March 23rd:

All matches played on March 23rd:

Comp.	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers	Att.
W-NATL	23 MAR 2025	Maidenhead United Women (Away) Maidenhead United WFC (A)	W2 - 0	A. Colston, I. Cook	33
W-SWCOMB	23 MAR 2014	Larkhall Athletic Ladies (Home) Larkhall Athletic LFC (H)	D2 - 2	Unknown 2	-
W-SWCOMB	23 MAR 2003	Exeter City Ladies (Home) Exeter City LFC (H)	W2 - 1	N. Watts 2	-

Video Footage

All available video footage from matches played on March 23rd:

Saturday March 23rd, 1991

Barclays League Division Two
Swindon Town (1) 1
Brighton and Hove Albion (1) 3

Saturday March 23rd, 1996

Endsleigh League Division Two
Swindon Town (2) 2
Peterborough United (0) 0

Saturday March 23rd, 2013

npower League One
Swindon Town (0) 0
Notts County (0) 0

Saturday March 23rd, 2019

EFL Sky Bet League Two
Swindon Town (2) 4
Morecambe (0) 0

Tuesday March 23rd, 2021

EFL Sky Bet League One
Bristol Rovers (0) 0
Swindon Town (0) 1

Newspaper Reports

All available media reports from March 23rd:

Saturday March 23rd, 1929

Football Pink

TOWN'S DISAPPOINTING FORM

Football League Division Three (South)
Swindon Town (0) 1
Coventry City (1) 2

Saturday March 23rd, 1935

Football Pink

TOWN'S FRONT LINE OUT OF HARMONY AT GILLINGHAM

Football League Division Three (South)
Gillingham (1) 2
Swindon Town (0) 0

Saturday March 23rd, 1957

Football Pink

MICKLEWRIGHT'S GOAL SALVAGES A POINT

Football League Division Three (South)
Swindon Town (0) 1
Norwich City (1) 1

Saturday March 24th, 1962

Football Pink

SWINDON SHOULD HAVE WON BY WIDER MARGIN

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

Saturday March 23rd, 1963

Football Pink

SUMMERBEE WINNER FOUR MIN. FROM THE END

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

Saturday March 23rd, 1968

Football Pink

FULL-BACK ON TARGET FOR TOWN

Football League Division Three
Peterborough United (0) 1
Swindon Town (0) 1

Saturday March 23rd, 1974

Football Pink

SWINDON'S FATE TRULY SEALED

Football League Division Two
Swindon Town (0) 0
Sunderland (2) 2

Transfers

Transfers on March 23rd:

Date	Player	Club	In/Out	Transfer Detail
23 MAR 1987 - 17 APR 1987	Tim FLOWERS	Southampton Southampton	IN	loan
23 MAR 1989	Bobby BARNES	AFC Bournemouth Bournemouth	OUT	£0
23 MAR 1989	Lee SPALDING	Highworth Town Highworth Town	IN	trainee
23 MAR 1990 - 1989/0	Kevin DEARDEN	Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham	IN	loan
23 MAR 1993	Jason DRYSDALE	Newcastle United Newcastle United	IN	£0
23 MAR 2000	Chris HAY	Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Town	OUT	£75,000 (+ clauses)
23 MAR 2000	Robin HULBERT	Bristol City Bristol City	OUT	£0
23 MAR 2000 - 25 APR 2000	Michael MEAKER	Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers	IN	loan
23 MAR 2006 - 2005/6	Toumani DIAGOURAGA	Watford Watford	IN	loan
23 MAR 2006 - 07 MAY 2006	Chris McPHEE	Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton	IN	loan
23 MAR 2015 - 2014/5	Luke MATTHEWS	Swindon Supermarine Supermarine	OUT	loan

Friendlies & Minor Competitions

Men Senior

All friendly matches played on March 23rd:

Comp.	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers	Att.
WPS	23 MAR 1953	Chippenham United (Home) Chippenham United (H)	W3 - 0	T. Ryder 2, M. Owen	-
FRN	23 MAR 1889	South Reading (Away) South Reading (A)	W7 - 1	Unknown 7	-