On This Day

April 4th

Match Record

Men Senior


Swindon Town's record in competitive matches played on April 4th:

Competition P W D L Penalties F A Win % SR%
Won Lost
All matches 26 8 10 8 0 0 35 30 30.77% 50.00%
League 20 6 6 8 0 0 21 25 30.00% 45.00%
Non-League 5 2 3 0 0 0 14 5 40.00% 70.00%
Non-League Cup Competitions 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% 50.00%

All matches played on April 4th:

Comp. Date Opponent Score Scorers Att.
EFL 04 APR 2015 Milton Keynes Dons (Home) MK Dons (H) L0 - 3 - 10,087
EFL 04 APR 2009 Crewe Alexandra (Home) Crewe Alexandra (H) D0 - 0 - 7,165
EFL 04 APR 1998 Charlton Athletic (Home) Charlton Athletic (H) L0 - 1 - 7,845
PREM 04 APR 1994 Sheffield Wednesday (Home) Sheffield Wednesday (H) L0 - 1 - 13,927
EFL 04 APR 1992 Port Vale (Home) Port Vale (H) W1 - 0 T. Jones 8,014
EFL 04 APR 1989 Bradford City (Home) Bradford (H) W1 - 0 D. Shearer 6,476
EFL 04 APR 1988 Plymouth Argyle (Away) Plymouth Argyle (A) L0 - 1 - 13,299
EFL 04 APR 1983 Aldershot (Home) Aldershot (H) W2 - 0 P. Batty, C. Bailie 3,494
EFL 04 APR 1981 Burnley (Away) Burnley (A) D0 - 0 - 4,726
EFL 04 APR 1978 Cambridge United (Home) Cambridge United (H) D0 - 0 - 6,774
EFL 04 APR 1972 Cardiff City (Home) Cardiff City (H) W3 - 1 R. Bunkell, D. Murray (o.g.), P. Noble 15,393
EFL 04 APR 1970 Millwall (Away) Millwall (A) L1 - 3 D. Rogers 13,497
EFL 04 APR 1969 Crewe Alexandra (Away) Crewe Alexandra (A) W2 - 1 P. Noble, J. Smith 9,053
EFL 04 APR 1964 Huddersfield Town (Home) Huddersfield Town (H) L1 - 2 B. Atkins 10,824
EFL 04 APR 1959 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic (Away) Bournemouth (A) D3 - 3 B. Edwards 2, A. Woollard (o.g.) 9,546
EFL 04 APR 1953 Torquay United (Away) Torquay United (A) L1 - 3 W. Millar 6,334
EFL 04 APR 1947 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic (Away) Bournemouth (A) L2 - 5 B. Stephens, B. Lucas 13,333
EFL 04 APR 1936 Bristol Rovers (Home) Bristol Rovers (H) W3 - 0 T. Wells, H. Bowl, J. Parmley 4,516
EFL 04 APR 1931 Brighton and Hove Albion (Home) Brighton (H) D1 - 1 H. Morris 6,123
EFL 04 APR 1925 Northampton Town (Away) Northampton Town (A) D0 - 0 - ~8,000
STH 04 APR 1914 Portsmouth (Home) Portsmouth (H) W5 - 0 D. Rogers 4, B. Tout pen. ~7,000
SCC 04 APR 1911 Queens Park Rangers (Neutral) Q.P.R. (N) D0 - 0  (AET) - ~4,500
STH 04 APR 1910 Southampton (Away) Southampton (A) D1 - 1 F. Wheatcroft ~2,000
STH 04 APR 1908 Leyton (Home) Leyton (H) D2 - 2 F. Warburton, J. Moles (o.g.) ~5,000
STH 04 APR 1903 West Ham United (Home) West Ham United (H) D1 - 1 J. Poppitt ~2,500
STH 04 APR 1896 Chatham (Away) Chatham (A) W5 - 1 B. Hopewell, A. Boggie, M. Jones 2, G. Richardson ~3,500

Match Record

Men Reserves


Swindon Town's record in competitive matches played on April 4th:

Competition P W D L Penalties F A Win % SR%
Won Lost
All matches 14 8 2 4 0 0 25 21 57.14% 64.29%
Non-League 2 2 0 0 0 0 5 1 100.00% 100.00%
County & District Leagues 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 100.00% 100.00%
Reserve Leagues 9 5 0 4 0 0 15 17 55.56% 55.56%
Reserve League Cup Competitions 2 0 2 0 0 0 3 3 0.00% 50.00%

All matches played on April 4th:

Comp. Date Opponent Score Scorers Att.
FC 04 APR 2007 Exeter City Reserves (Away) Exeter City Res. (A) L1 - 2 J. Hyde -
FC 04 APR 2006 Plymouth Argyle Reserves (Home) Plymouth Argyle Res. (H) W4 - 0 B. Wells, C. Roberts, L. Jutkiewicz 2 -
FC 04 APR 1989 Wimbledon Reserves (Away) Wimbledon Res. (A) L0 - 4 - -
FC 04 APR 1986 Luton Town Reserves (Away) Luton Town Res. (A) L0 - 6 - -
FC 04 APR 1981 Chelsea Reserves (Home) Chelsea Res. (H) L1 - 4 G. Cockerill -
FC 04 APR 1967 Coventry City Reserves (Home) Coventry City Res. (H) W4 - 1 J. Giles 2, D. Clark, J. Butler 2,131
FC 04 APR 1959 Reading Reserves (Home) Reading Res. (H) W2 - 0 J. Skull, E. Hunt 2,323
FC 04 APR 1958 Southampton Reserves (Home) Southampton Res. (H) W1 - 0 R. Sampson -
FCLC 04 APR 1953 Bristol City Reserves (Home) Bristol City Res. (H) D1 - 1 R. Johnson 1,754
FCLC 04 APR 1947 Plymouth Argyle Reserves (Home) Plymouth Argyle Res. (H) D2 - 2 W. Rennett, A. Derrick -
WEST 04 APR 1936 Poole Town (Away) Poole Town (A) W2 - 0 S. Ashman 2 -
SEL 04 APR 1914 Peterborough City (Away) Peterborough City (A) W2 - 0 Unknown 2 -
WEST 04 APR 1904 Bristol City Reserves (Home) Bristol City Res. (H) W3 - 1 T. Sanderson pen., Unknown [scrimmage], E. Toombs ~1,500
WILTS 04 APR 1903 Bradford-on-Avon (Home) Bradford-on-Avon (H) W2 - 0 R. Haydon, A. Bown -

Match Record

Men Development


Swindon Town's record in competitive matches played on April 4th:

Competition P W D L Penalties F A Win % SR%
Won Lost
All matches 6 4 1 1 0 0 17 10 66.67% 75.00%
Non-League 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 100.00% 100.00%
County & District Leagues 3 1 1 1 0 0 12 8 33.33% 50.00%
Reserve Leagues 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 100.00% 100.00%

All matches played on April 4th:

Comp. Date Opponent Score Scorers Att.
CENT 04 APR 2017 Newport County Development (Home) Newport County Dev. (H) W2 - 1 J. Hylton, J. Brophy -
HELL 04 APR 1970 Abingdon Town (Home) Abingdon Town (H) W1 - 0 M. Eeles -
WPL 04 APR 1962 Pinehurst YC (Home) Pinehurst (H) D2 - 2 C. Jackson pen., R. Sansum -
WPL 04 APR 1959 Spencer Moulton (Away) Spencer Moulton (A) W8 - 2 A. Bates 3, R. Sampson, K. Morgan, F. Lockey, D. Corbett 2 -
GNSL 04 APR 1953 Brimscombe (Home) Brimscombe (H) L2 - 4 Archer, L. Curtis -
WEST 04 APR 1947 Trowbridge Town Reserves (Home) Trowbridge Town Res. (H) W2 - 1 Unknown 2 -

Match Record

Men Youth


Swindon Town's record in competitive matches played on April 4th:

Competition P W D L Penalties F A Win % SR%
Won Lost
All matches 8 5 1 2 0 0 34 11 62.50% 68.75%
Youth Leagues 6 3 1 2 0 0 22 9 50.00% 58.33%
County & District Youth Leagues 2 2 0 0 0 0 12 2 100.00% 100.00%

All matches played on April 4th:

Comp. Date Opponent Score Scorers Att.
FLYA 04 APR 2020 Southend United Under-18 (Away) Southend United U18 (A) - - -
FLYA 04 APR 2015 Exeter City Under-18 (Home) Exeter City U18 (H) L2 - 4 Unknown 2 (1 pen) -
SECL 04 APR 1998 Brighton and Hove Albion Youth (Home) Brighton Youth (H) - - -
SECL 04 APR 1992 Brentford Youth (Home) Brentford Youth (H) D1 - 1 S. Luwero -
ACYL 04 APR 1990 Thatcham Town Youth (Away) Thatcham Town Youth (A) W7 - 0 P. Thompson 3, R. Spence 3, M. Fishlock -
SECL 04 APR 1987 Brighton and Hove Albion Youth (Home) Brighton Youth (H) L1 - 2 N. Packer pen. -
MYL 04 APR 1977 Bristol City Under-18 (Home) Bristol City U18 (H) W2 - 1 D. Brinkworth, G. Gilligan -
WSXYL 04 APR 1962 Bristol Rovers Youth (Home) Bristol Rovers Youth (H) W9 - 1 K. Colsell, D. Tabor 4, D. Peapell 3, J. Lloyd -
SBL 04 APR 1959 Moredon YC (Home) Moredon YC (H) W7 - 1 Unknown 7 -
SBL 04 APR 1959 Moredon YC (Home) Moredon YC (H) W5 - 1 Unknown 5 -

Match Record

Women Senior


Swindon Town's record in competitive matches played on April 4th:

Competition P W D L Penalties F A Win % SR%
Won Lost
All matches 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 100.00% 100.00%
Non-League 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 100.00% 100.00%

All matches played on April 4th:

Comp. Date Opponent Score Scorers Att.
W-SWCOMB 04 APR 1999 Bristol Rovers Women (Home) Bristol Rovers WFC (H) W4 - 1 A. Taylor, L. Taylor, K. Reeves, D. George -

Video Footage


All available video footage from matches played on April 4th:

Tuesday April 4th, 1989
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Barclays League Division Two
Swindon Town (1) 1
Bradford City (0) 0
Saturday April 4th, 1992
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Barclays League Division Two
Swindon Town (1) 1
Port Vale (0) 0
Monday April 4th, 1994
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FA Carling Premiership
Swindon Town (0) 0
Sheffield Wednesday (0) 1
Monday April 4th, 1994
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FA Carling Premiership
Swindon Town (0) 0
Sheffield Wednesday (0) 1
Saturday April 4th, 1998
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Nationwide League Division One
Swindon Town (0) 0
Charlton Athletic (0) 1
Saturday April 4th, 2009
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Coca-Cola League One
Swindon Town (0) 0
Crewe Alexandra (0) 0
Saturday April 4th, 2009
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Coca-Cola League One
Swindon Town (0) 0
Crewe Alexandra (0) 0
Saturday April 4th, 2015
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Sky Bet League One
Swindon Town (0) 0
Milton Keynes Dons (0) 3

Newspaper Reports


All available media reports from April 4th:

Saturday April 4th, 1931
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Football Pink
SWINDON TOWN SHARE THE POINTS WITH BRIGHTON

Football League Division Three (South)
Swindon Town (0) 1
Brighton and Hove Albion (1) 1
Saturday April 4th, 1936
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Football Pink
HOW SWINDON ATONED FOR A POOR BEGINNING

Football League Division Three (South)
Swindon Town (0) 3
Bristol Rovers (0) 0
Saturday April 4th, 1953
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Football Pink
QUICK REVERSES ARE BECOMING A HABIT

Football League Division Three (South)
Torquay United (2) 3
Swindon Town (1) 1
Saturday April 4th, 1959
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Football Pink
LATE GOAL DEPRIVES TOWN OF POINT

Football League Division Three
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic (2) 3
Swindon Town (2) 3
Saturday April 4th, 1964
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Football Pink
ATKINS SCORES AN EARLY GOAL

Football League Division Two
Swindon Town (1) 1
Huddersfield Town (0) 2

Transfers


Transfers on April 4th:

Date Player Club In/Out Transfer Detail
04 APR 1935 Freddy HOULDSWORTH Stoke City Stoke City OUT £0
04 APR 2003 Matty COLLINS Fulham Fulham OUT pro

Friendlies & Minor Competitions

Men Senior


All friendly matches played on April 4th:

Comp. Date Opponent Score Scorers Att.
WPS 04 APR 1990 Salisbury (Neutral) Salisbury (N) W3 - 0 Unknown 3 -
WPS 04 APR 1988 Chippenham Town (Neutral) Chippenham Town (N) - - -
FRN 04 APR 1891 Tottenham Hotspur (Home) Tottenham (H) W8 - 2 Unknown 8 ~500