On This Day

April 17th

Born On This Day

Match Record

Men Senior


Swindon Town's record in competitive matches played on April 17th:

Competition P W D L Penalties F A Win % SR%
Won Lost
All matches 30 11 8 11 0 0 45 38 36.67% 53.33%
League 22 9 6 7 0 0 35 22 40.91% 54.55%
Non-League 7 2 2 3 0 0 10 11 28.57% 42.86%
Wartime Cup 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0.00% 100.00%

All matches played on April 17th:

Comp. Date Opponent Score Scorers Att.
EFL 17 APR 2021 AFC Wimbledon (Away) Wimbledon (A) L1 - 4 T. Smith BCD
EFL 17 APR 2017 Walsall (Away) Walsall (A) L0 - 1 - 5,196
EFL 17 APR 2012 Aldershot Town (Away) Aldershot (A) L1 - 2 P. Caddis pen. 3,562
EFL 17 APR 2010 Walsall (Home) Walsall (H) D1 - 1 C. Austin 8,467
EFL 17 APR 2006 Scunthorpe United (Away) Scunthorpe United (A) W2 - 1 T. Benjamin pen., R. Shakes 5,207
EFL 17 APR 2004 Wycombe Wanderers (Away) Wycombe Wanderers (A) W3 - 0 S. Miglioranzi, S. Parkin, A. Gurney pen. 5,769
EFL 17 APR 1999 Crystal Palace (Away) Crystal Palace (A) W1 - 0 I. Onuora 18,660
EFL 17 APR 1996 Burnley (Home) Burnley (H) D0 - 0 - 10,480
EFL 17 APR 1995 Stoke City (Home) Stoke City (H) L0 - 1 - 10,549
EFL 17 APR 1993 Leicester City (Home) Leicester City (H) D1 - 1 S. Taylor 15,428
EFL 17 APR 1985 Hereford United (Away) Hereford United (A) W3 - 0 C. Gordon 3 4,092
EFL 17 APR 1984 Darlington (Home) Darlington (H) W1 - 0 L. Barnard 1,681
EFL 17 APR 1982 Bristol City (Away) Bristol City (A) W3 - 0 H. Pritchard, G. Emmanuel 2 6,524
EFL 17 APR 1976 Cardiff City (Away) Cardiff City (A) D0 - 0 - 23,428
EFL 17 APR 1971 Queens Park Rangers (Away) Q.P.R. (A) L2 - 4 P. Noble 2 11,571
EFL 17 APR 1965 Preston North End (Home) Preston North End (H) D2 - 2 D. Rogers, M. Summerbee 13,946
EFL 17 APR 1954 Brighton and Hove Albion (Home) Brighton (H) L0 - 1 - 12,319
EFL 17 APR 1948 Walsall (Away) Walsall (A) L0 - 1 - 10,094
WLC 17 APR 1940 Torquay United (Away) Torquay United (A) L0 - 5
L1 - 6  (Agg.)
- 1,281
EFL 17 APR 1937 Crystal Palace (Home) Crystal Palace (H) W4 - 0 J. Cookson 2 (1 pen), E. Jones, A. Fowler 6,306
EFL 17 APR 1933 Luton Town (Home) Luton Town (H) D1 - 1 L. Wilkins 4,693
EFL 17 APR 1926 Norwich City (Home) Norwich City (H) W3 - 1 C. Petrie 2, A. Wall 3,930
EFL 17 APR 1922 Southend United (Home) Southend United (H) W6 - 1 H. Fleming 2, B. Cooke 2, T. Phillipson, A. Archer ~5,000
STH 17 APR 1920 Portsmouth (Away) Portsmouth (A) L1 - 4 D. Rogers ~20,000
STH 17 APR 1915 Millwall (Home) Millwall (H) L1 - 2 B. Batty ~5,000
STH 17 APR 1913 Northampton Town (Away) Northampton Town (A) D1 - 1 B. Tout pen. -
STH 17 APR 1912 New Brompton (Away) New Brompton (A) L1 - 3 A. Bown ~4,000
STH 17 APR 1911 Bristol Rovers (Home) Bristol Rovers (H) D0 - 0 - ~11,000
STH 17 APR 1909 Millwall (Home) Millwall (H) W3 - 0 H. Fleming 2, A. Bown ~6,000
STH 17 APR 1908 Northampton Town (Home) Northampton Town (H) W3 - 1 A. Bown 2, G. Rushton -

Match Record

Men Reserves


Swindon Town's record in competitive matches played on April 17th:

Competition P W D L Penalties F A Win % SR%
Won Lost
All matches 13 5 2 6 0 0 18 26 38.46% 46.15%
Non-League 3 2 0 1 0 0 6 7 66.67% 66.67%
County & District Leagues 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 100.00% 100.00%
Reserve Leagues 9 2 2 5 0 0 11 19 22.22% 33.33%

All matches played on April 17th:

Match Record

Men Development


Swindon Town's record in competitive matches played on April 17th:

Competition P W D L Penalties F A Win % SR%
Won Lost
All matches 7 3 1 3 0 0 26 14 42.86% 50.00%
Non-League 3 0 1 2 0 0 2 8 0.00% 16.67%
County & District Leagues 3 2 0 1 0 0 16 4 66.67% 66.67%
Reserve Leagues 1 1 0 0 0 0 8 2 100.00% 100.00%

All matches played on April 17th:

Match Record

Men Youth


Swindon Town's record in competitive matches played on April 17th:

Competition P W D L Penalties F A Win % SR%
Won Lost
All matches 8 4 3 1 0 0 26 11 50.00% 68.75%
Youth Leagues 6 2 3 1 0 0 12 11 33.33% 58.33%
County & District Youth Leagues 2 2 0 0 0 0 14 0 100.00% 100.00%

All matches played on April 17th:

Match Record

Women Senior


Swindon Town's record in competitive matches played on April 17th:

Competition P W D L Penalties F A Win % SR%
Won Lost
All matches 3 1 0 2 0 0 4 10 33.33% 33.33%
League 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 100.00% 100.00%
Non-League 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 9 0.00% 0.00%

All matches played on April 17th:

Video Footage


All available video footage from matches played on April 17th:

Saturday April 17th, 1982
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Football League Division Three
Bristol City (0) 0
Swindon Town (1) 3
Saturday April 17th, 1993
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Barclays League Division One
Swindon Town (0) 1
Leicester City (1) 1
Saturday April 17th, 1993
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Barclays League Division One
Swindon Town (0) 1
Leicester City (1) 1
Monday April 17th, 1995
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Endsleigh League Division One
Swindon Town (0) 0
Stoke City (1) 1
Wednesday April 17th, 1996
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Endsleigh League Division Two
Swindon Town (0) 0
Burnley (0) 0
Saturday April 17th, 1999
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Nationwide League Division One
Crystal Palace (0) 0
Swindon Town (0) 1
Saturday April 17th, 2004
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Nationwide League Division Two
Wycombe Wanderers (0) 0
Swindon Town (1) 3
Monday April 17th, 2006
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Saturday April 17th, 2010
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Coca-Cola League One
Swindon Town (0) 1
Walsall (1) 1
Tuesday April 17th, 2012
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Monday April 17th, 2017
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EFL Sky Bet League One
Walsall (0) 1
Swindon Town (0) 0
Saturday April 17th, 2021
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Newspaper Reports


All available media reports from April 17th:

Saturday April 17th, 1937
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Football Pink
SWINDON FINISH HOME PROGRAMME IN FINE STYLE

Football League Division Three (South)
Swindon Town (3) 4
Crystal Palace (0) 0
Saturday April 17th, 1948
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Football Pink
WALSALL WITH TEN MEN GOT WINNING GOAL AGAINST TOWN

Football League Division Three (South)
Walsall (0) 1
Swindon Town (0) 0
Saturday April 17th, 1954
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Football Pink
TOWN FIGHT BUT BRIGHTON HOLD ON

Football League Division Three (South)
Swindon Town (0) 0
Brighton and Hove Albion (1) 1
Saturday April 17th, 1965
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Football Pink
BUT TOWN DROP VITAL HOME POINT

Football League Division Two
Swindon Town (0) 2
Preston North End (0) 2
Saturday April 17th, 1971
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Football Pink
SWINDON SLIP AFTER SCORING FIRST GOAL

Football League Division Two
Queens Park Rangers (3) 4
Swindon Town (1) 2
Saturday April 17th, 1976
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Football Pink
HEROIC DEFENCE EARN A POINT

Football League Division Three
Cardiff City (0) 0
Swindon Town (0) 0

Transfers


Transfers on April 17th:

Friendlies & Minor Competitions

Men Senior


All friendly matches played on April 17th:

Comp. Date Opponent Score Scorers Att.
MINOR 17 APR 1899 Bedminster (Away) Bedminster (A) L0 - 2 - ~1,000
FRN 17 APR 1897 Manchester Regiment (Home) Manchester Regiment (H) - - -