On This Day

Match Record

Men Senior

Swindon Town's record in competitive matches played on December 3rd:

All matches played on December 3rd:

Comp.	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers	Att.
EFL	03 DEC 2024	Colchester United (Away) Colchester United (A)	-	-	0
EFL	03 DEC 2022	Crawley Town (Away) Crawley Town (A)	L0 - 2	-	3,230
FAC	03 DEC 2011	Colchester United (Away) Colchester United (A)	W1 - 0	M. Ritchie	3,035
EFL	03 DEC 2005	Rotherham United (Away) Rotherham United (A)	W1 - 0	R. Fallon	3,537
EFL	03 DEC 1994	Southend United (Away) Southend United (A)	L0 - 2	-	5,803
EFL	03 DEC 1988	Shrewsbury Town (Away) Shrewsbury Town (A)	W1 - 0	D. Geddis	3,524
EFL	03 DEC 1983	Doncaster Rovers (Home) Doncaster Rovers (H)	W2 - 1	J. Quinn, L. Barnard	3,545
EFL	03 DEC 1977	Hereford United (Away) Hereford United (A)	D1 - 1	R. McHale pen.	4,541
EFL	03 DEC 1966	Oldham Athletic (Home) Oldham Athletic (H)	W6 - 3	D. Brown 2, D. Rogers 3, B. Walker	10,347
EFL	03 DEC 1960	Reading (Away) Reading (A)	D1 - 1	M. Summerbee	9,555
EFL	03 DEC 1955	Watford (Home) Watford (H)	D0 - 0	-	7,268
EFL	03 DEC 1949	Exeter City (Home) Exeter City (H)	W7 - 1	J. Simner, M. Owen 2, J. Bain 2, H. Lunn 2	10,885
EFL	03 DEC 1938	Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic (Home) Bournemouth (H)	W4 - 2	B. Morton 3, S. Wilcockson	8,704
EFL	03 DEC 1932	Crystal Palace (Away) Crystal Palace (A)	L3 - 4	C. Quinn 2, H. Morris	8,936
EFL	03 DEC 1927	Norwich City (Away) Norwich City (A)	W3 - 1	L. Roberts 2, D. Low	7,479
STH	03 DEC 1910	Portsmouth (Away) Portsmouth (A)	W2 - 1	J. Warner (o.g.), J. Burkinshaw	-
STH	03 DEC 1904	Tottenham Hotspur (Away) Tottenham (A)	L3 - 6	J. Chalmers pen., A. Beadsworth, B. Kirby	~10,000

Match Record

Men Reserves

Swindon Town's record in competitive matches played on December 3rd:

All matches played on December 3rd:

Comp.	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers	Att.
FCLC	03 DEC 2003	Wycombe Wanderers Reserves (Away) Wycombe Wanderers Res. (A)	D1 - 1	M. Draycott	-
FC	03 DEC 1997	West Ham United Reserves (Home) West Ham United Res. (H)	W3 - 1	S. Cowe, M. Quayle, M. Walters	-
FC	03 DEC 1988	West Ham United Reserves (Away) West Ham United Res. (A)	W2 - 1	L. Barnard, B. Barnes	-
FC	03 DEC 1985	Southampton Reserves (Away) Southampton Res. (A)	L2 - 3	D. Hall, J. Reynolds	-
FC	03 DEC 1980	Tottenham Hotspur Reserves (Home) Tottenham Hotspur Res. (H)	W2 - 1	R. Greenwood, G. Cockerill	-
FC	03 DEC 1977	Plymouth Argyle Reserves (Home) Plymouth Argyle Res. (H)	D1 - 1	D. Cunningham	-
FC	03 DEC 1966	Fulham Reserves (Away) Fulham Res. (A)	W1 - 0	R. Desmeules	-
FC	03 DEC 1955	Leicester City Reserves (Away) Leicester City Res. (A)	L0 - 5	-	-
FC	03 DEC 1949	Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Reserves (Away) Bournemouth Res. (A)	D2 - 2	R. Onslow, P. Jackson	-
STH	03 DEC 1938	Dartford (Away) Dartford (A)	L1 - 5	J. Woodman	-
WEST	03 DEC 1932	Bath City Reserves (Home) Bath City Res. (H)	W5 - 3	R. Burgess, A. Scott 4	3,725
STH	03 DEC 1927	Mid Rhondda United (Home) Mid Rhondda United (H)	W3 - 2	Unknown 3	-
SEL	03 DEC 1910	Tottenham Hotspur Reserves (Home) Tottenham Hotspur Res. (H)	D0 - 0	-	-
STH	03 DEC 1904	Clapton Orient (Home) Clapton Orient (H)	W4 - 1	E. Toombs, T. Sanderson 2, D. Poppitt	-

Match Record

Men Development

Swindon Town's record in competitive matches played on December 3rd:

All matches played on December 3rd:

Comp.	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers	Att.
HELL	03 DEC 1966	Banbury United Reserves (Home) Banbury Res. (H)	L1 - 2	McRae	-
WEST	03 DEC 1949	Dorchester Town (Home) Dorchester (H)	L0 - 3	-	-

Match Record

Men Youth

Swindon Town's record in competitive matches played on December 3rd:

All matches played on December 3rd:

Comp.	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers	Att.
FLYA	03 DEC 2016	Plymouth Argyle Under-18 (Home) Plymouth Argyle U18 (H)	W2 - 0	J. Young, S. Twine	-
FLYAC	03 DEC 2011	Stevenage Under-18 (Home) Stevenage U18 (H)	L0 - 1	-	-
FAYC	03 DEC 2002	Hoddesdon Town Under-18 (Away) Hoddesdon Town U18 (A)	W4 - 1	M. Draycott 2, J. Cheeseman, D. Bampton	-
SECL	03 DEC 1994	Reading Youth (Away) Reading Youth (A)	W1 - 0	I. Harvey	-
ACYL	03 DEC 1990	Thatcham Town Youth (?) Thatcham Town Youth (?)	W8 - 2	N. Matthews 4, M. O'Driscoll, G. Jones, R. Boden, N. Skinner	-
SECL	03 DEC 1988	Tottenham Hotspur Youth (Away) Tottenham Hotspur Youth (A)	W1 - 0	N. Quinn pen.	-
MYL	03 DEC 1981	Peterborough United Youth (Away) Peterborough United Youth (A)	W5 - 3	P. Short, S. Barnes 3, C. Coleman	-

Match Record

Women Senior

Swindon Town's record in competitive matches played on December 3rd:

All matches played on December 3rd:

Comp.	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers	Att.
W-NATL	03 DEC 2023	Torquay United Women (Home) Torquay United WFC (H)	W4 - 0	E. Strippel 2, A. Colston 2	62
W-FAC	03 DEC 2017	Brislington Ladies (Away) Brislington LFC (A)	L2 - 3  (AET)	S. Barrett, S. Roberts	67
W-SWCOMBC	03 DEC 2000	Denham United Ladies (Home) Denham United LFC (H)	W2 - 1	T. Peacock, K. Reeves	-
W-SRWFL	03 DEC 1995	Basingstoke Town Ladies (Home) Basingstoke LFC (H)	W18 - 0	N. Lloyd 8, K. Garwood 4, C. Wheeler 3, P. Laker 2, D. Martin	-

Video Footage

All available video footage from matches played on December 3rd:

Saturday December 3rd, 1983

Canon League Division Four
Swindon Town (1) 2
Doncaster Rovers (1) 1

Saturday December 3rd, 1994

Endsleigh League Division One
Southend United (1) 2
Swindon Town (0) 0

Saturday December 3rd, 1994

Endsleigh League Division One
Southend United (1) 2
Swindon Town (0) 0

Tuesday December 3rd, 2002

FA Youth Cup
Hoddesdon Town Under-18 (1) 1
Swindon Town Under-18 (3) 4

Saturday December 3rd, 2005

Coca-Cola League One
Rotherham United (0) 0
Swindon Town (1) 1

Saturday December 3rd, 2011

FA Cup with Budweiser
Colchester United (0) 0
Swindon Town (0) 1

Saturday December 3rd, 2011

FA Cup with Budweiser
Colchester United (0) 0
Swindon Town (0) 1

Saturday December 3rd, 2011

FA Cup with Budweiser
Colchester United (0) 0
Swindon Town (0) 1

Saturday December 3rd, 2022

EFL Sky Bet League Two
Crawley Town (0) 2
Swindon Town (0) 0

Newspaper Reports

All available media reports from December 3rd:

Saturday December 3rd, 1932

Football Pink

SWINDON GO DOWN FIGHTING AGAINST CRYSTAL PALACE

Football League Division Three (South)
Crystal Palace (1) 4
Swindon Town (2) 3

Saturday December 3rd, 1938

Football Pink

SWINDON FIND THEIR BEST FORM ON EVE OF CUP-TIE

Football League Division Three (South)
Swindon Town (2) 4
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic (0) 2

Saturday December 3rd, 1949

Football Pink

TOWN'S WHIRLWIND START SHOOK EXETER

Football League Division Three (South)
Swindon Town (4) 7
Exeter City (0) 1

Saturday December 3rd, 1960

Football Pink

FINE FIGHT AFTER QUICK GOAL

Football League Division Three
Reading (1) 1
Swindon Town (0) 1

Saturday December 3rd, 1966

Football Pink

TOWN KEEP UP THEIR HIGH-SCORING RATE

Football League Division Three
Swindon Town (2) 6
Oldham Athletic (1) 3

Saturday December 3rd, 1977

Football Pink

PENALTY IS POINT-SAVER

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

Transfers

Transfers on December 3rd:

Date	Player	Club	In/Out	Transfer Detail
03 DEC 1956	Mick WOOLFORD	Ferndale YC Ferndale YC	IN	amateur
03 DEC 1963	Bernard GRIFFIN	Arsenal Arsenal	IN	pro
03 DEC 1963	Bruce WALKER	Hungerford Town Hungerford Town	IN	pro
03 DEC 1970	Richard LEGG	Chippenham Town Chippenham Town	IN	amateur
03 DEC 2004	Steve JENKINS	Peterborough United Peterborough United	IN

Friendlies & Minor Competitions

Men Senior

All friendly matches played on December 3rd:

Comp.	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers	Att.
FRN	03 DEC 1898	1st Coldstream Guards (Home) 1st Coldstreams (H)	W3 - 1	N. Logan, B. Richardson, G. Henderson	-
FRN	03 DEC 1892	Newbury Town (Home) Newbury Town (H)	W3 - 1	Unknown 3	-
FRN	03 DEC 1887	South Reading (Away) South Reading (A)	W2 - 0	Unknown 2	-