On This Day

December 18th

Born On This Day

2001
Reece DEVINE
1984
Mike GREEN
1968
Mark COOPER
1958
Pip HARRIS
1876
George GODDARD

Match Record

Men Senior


Swindon Town's record in competitive matches played on December 18th:

Competition P W D L Penalties F A Win % SR%
Won Lost
All matches 16 4 7 5 0 0 25 28 25.00% 46.88%
League 11 3 4 4 0 0 15 15 27.27% 45.45%
Non-League 3 0 2 1 0 0 4 8 0.00% 33.33%
National Cup Competitions 2 1 1 0 0 0 6 5 50.00% 75.00%

All matches played on December 18th:

Comp. Date Opponent Score Scorers Att.
EFL 18 DEC 2004 AFC Bournemouth (Away) Bournemouth (A) L1 - 2 S. O'Hanlon 7,110
EFL 18 DEC 1999 Manchester City (Away) Man City (A) L0 - 3 - 31,751
PREM 18 DEC 1993 Southampton (Home) Southampton (H) W2 - 1 P. Bodin, K. Scott 13,565
EFL 18 DEC 1982 Hartlepool United (Home) Hartlepool United (H) W3 - 0 P. Rideout pen., A. Rowland 2 4,118
FAC 18 DEC 1979 Torquay United (Away) Torquay United (A) D3 - 3 A. Mayes, B. Tucker, A. Rowland 5,900
EFL 18 DEC 1976 Chester (Away) Chester (A) L1 - 2 D. Moss 3,399
EFL 18 DEC 1971 Queens Park Rangers (Away) Q.P.R. (A) L0 - 3 - 13,517
LC 18 DEC 1968 Burnley (Neutral) Burnley (N) W3 - 2  (AET) J. Smith, A. Bellamy (o.g.), P. Noble 20,000
EFL 18 DEC 1954 Colchester United (Home) Colchester United (H) D1 - 1 J. McClelland 5,254
EFL 18 DEC 1948 Brighton and Hove Albion (Home) Brighton (H) D0 - 0 - 15,823
EFL 18 DEC 1937 Southend United (Away) Southend United (A) D0 - 0 - 6,785
EFL 18 DEC 1926 Queens Park Rangers (Home) Q.P.R. (H) W6 - 2 A. Wall, H. Morris 5 6,706
EFL 18 DEC 1920 Portsmouth (Away) Portsmouth (A) D1 - 1 D. Rogers 11,111
STH 18 DEC 1909 West Ham United (Away) West Ham United (A) D2 - 2 H. Fleming, J. Lavery ~10,000
WEST 18 DEC 1901 Southampton (Away) Southampton (A) L0 - 4 - -
STH 18 DEC 1897 Bristol City (Home) Bristol City (H) D2 - 2 J. Bell, G. Morris ~4,000

Match Record

Men Reserves


Swindon Town's record in competitive matches played on December 18th:

Competition P W D L Penalties F A Win % SR%
Won Lost
All matches 10 3 4 3 0 0 19 20 30.00% 50.00%
Non-League 2 1 1 0 0 0 5 3 50.00% 75.00%
County & District Leagues 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0.00% 50.00%
Reserve Leagues 7 2 2 3 0 0 13 16 28.57% 42.86%

All matches played on December 18th:

Comp. Date Opponent Score Scorers Att.
FC 18 DEC 2007 Exeter City Reserves (Away) Exeter City Res. (A) - - -
FC 18 DEC 1984 Queens Park Rangers Reserves (Home) Queens Park Rangers Res. (H) L2 - 3 J. Reynolds, N. Hughes -
FC 18 DEC 1982 West Ham United Reserves (Away) West Ham United Res. (A) D1 - 1 S. Barnes -
FC 18 DEC 1979 West Ham United Reserves (Home) West Ham United Res. (H) W3 - 1 C. Bates 2, K. Norman -
FC 18 DEC 1971 Arsenal Reserves (Home) Arsenal Res. (H) W4 - 3 C. Jones, R. Legg 2, D. Moss 1,617
FC 18 DEC 1954 Swansea Town Reserves (Away) Swansea Town Res. (A) L1 - 2 Presdee (o.g.) 100
FC 18 DEC 1948 Norwich City Reserves (Away) Norwich City Res. (A) L1 - 5 G. Williams -
STH 18 DEC 1937 Ipswich Town (Home) Ipswich Town (H) D2 - 2 G. Moreland, K. Wise 3,392
WEST 18 DEC 1920 Pontypridd (Home) Pontypridd (H) W3 - 1 Unknown 3 -
SEL 18 DEC 1909 West Ham United Reserves (Home) West Ham United Res. (H) D1 - 1 W. Smith ~300
WILTS 18 DEC 1897 Holt (Away) Holt (A) D1 - 1 Unknown -

Match Record

Men Development


Swindon Town's record in competitive matches played on December 18th:

Competition P W D L Penalties F A Win % SR%
Won Lost
All matches 4 1 0 3 0 0 5 13 25.00% 25.00%
Non-League 3 1 0 2 0 0 5 11 33.33% 33.33%
County & District Leagues 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0.00% 0.00%

All matches played on December 18th:

Comp. Date Opponent Score Scorers Att.
HELL 18 DEC 1971 Lambourn Sports (Away) Lambourn Sports (A) W3 - 2 C. Mundy, F. Sperti, S. Walkey -
HELL 18 DEC 1965 Witney Town (Away) Witney Town (A) L2 - 4 J. Giles 2 -
GNSL 18 DEC 1954 Sharpness (Home) Sharpness (H) L0 - 2 - -
WEST 18 DEC 1948 Weston-super-Mare (Away) Weston-SM (A) L0 - 5 - -

Match Record

Men Youth


Swindon Town's record in competitive matches played on December 18th:

Competition P W D L Penalties F A Win % SR%
Won Lost
All matches 5 2 1 2 0 0 10 11 40.00% 50.00%
Youth Leagues 3 2 0 1 0 0 8 4 66.67% 66.67%
County & District Cup Competitions 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0.00% 0.00%
Youth League Cup Competitions 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 0.00% 50.00%

All matches played on December 18th:

Comp. Date Opponent Score Scorers Att.
FLYA 18 DEC 2021 Forest Green Rovers Under-18 (Home) Forest Green Rovers U18 (H) L0 - 1 - -
SWCL 18 DEC 1999 Trowbridge Town Youth (Home) Trowbridge Town Youth (H) - - -
MYC 18 DEC 1996 Wolverhampton Wanderers Youth (Home) Wolves Youth (H) D2 - 2 D. Hunt, A. Finlayson -
SECL 18 DEC 1993 Brighton and Hove Albion Youth (Home) Brighton Youth (H) W4 - 0 M. Walter, S. Reeves, B. Worrall 2 -
SECL 18 DEC 1982 Tottenham Hotspur Youth (Away) Tottenham Hotspur Youth (A) W4 - 3 Unknown 4 -
SADC 18 DEC 1954 Burbage (Away) Burbage (A) L0 - 5 - -

Match Record

Women Senior


Swindon Town's record in competitive matches played on December 18th:

Competition P W D L Penalties F A Win % SR%
Won Lost
All matches 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 50.00% 50.00%
League 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0.00% 0.00%
Divisional Cup Competitions 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 100.00% 100.00%

All matches played on December 18th:

Comp. Date Opponent Score Scorers Att.
W-NATL 18 DEC 2016 Crystal Palace Ladies (Away) Crystal Palace LFC (A) L0 - 3 - 126
W-SWCOMBC 18 DEC 2005 Luton Town Ladies (Home) Luton Town LFC (H) W1 - 0 L. Morgan -

Video Footage


All available video footage from matches played on December 18th:

Saturday December 18th, 1993
...
FA Carling Premiership
Swindon Town (1) 2
Southampton (1) 1
Saturday December 18th, 1999
...
Nationwide League Division One
Manchester City (1) 3
Swindon Town (0) 0
Saturday December 18th, 2004
...
Coca-Cola League One
AFC Bournemouth (0) 2
Swindon Town (0) 1
Tuesday December 18th, 2007
...
Wiltshire Premier Shield
Chippenham Town (0) 0
Swindon Town (0) 2

Newspaper Reports


All available media reports from December 18th:

Saturday December 18th, 1937
...
Football Pink
A WELL-DESERVED POINT FOR SWINDON

Football League Division Three (South)
Southend United (0) 0
Swindon Town (0) 0
Saturday December 18th, 1948
...
Football Pink
DEFENCES SHINE IN GRIM SWINDON BATTLE

Football League Division Three (South)
Swindon Town (0) 0
Brighton and Hove Albion (0) 0
Saturday December 18th, 1954
...
Football Pink
"MAC'S" FIRST GOAL FOR TOWN WAS GEM

Football League Division Three (South)
Swindon Town (1) 1
Colchester United (0) 1
Saturday December 18th, 1971
...
Football Pink
MARSH MAGIC LEAVES TOWN FLOUNDERING

Football League Division Two
Queens Park Rangers (3) 3
Swindon Town (0) 0
Saturday December 18th, 1976
...
Football Pink
DISMAL DAY FOR UP-DOWN TOWN

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

Transfers


Transfers on December 18th:

Date Player Club In/Out Transfer Detail
18 DEC 1964 Gordon ATHERTON Bury Bury IN
18 DEC 1986 Jimmy QUINN Blackburn Rovers Blackburn IN £0
18 DEC 2013 Jake SIMPSON Chippenham Town Chippenham Town OUT

Friendlies & Minor Competitions

Men Senior


All friendly matches played on December 18th:

Comp. Date Opponent Score Scorers Att.
WPS 18 DEC 2007 Chippenham Town (Away) Chippenham Town (A) W2 - 0 A. Caton, I. Arrieta 318
FRN 18 DEC 1915 Southampton (Away) Southampton (A) L1 - 3 S. MacFarlane ~2,000
FRN 18 DEC 1880 Mr T. Price's XI (Home) Mr T. Price's XI (H) W1 - 0 B. Keylock -