On This Day

Match Record

Men Senior

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

All matches played on March 17th:

Comp.	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers	Att.
EFL	17 MAR 2026	Gillingham (Away) Gillingham (A)	W2 - 0	A. Drinan, F. Holman	4,991
EFL	17 MAR 2020	Stevenage (Away) Stevenage (A)	-	-	-
EFL	17 MAR 2018	Cambridge United (Away) Cambridge United (A)	W3 - 1	L. Norris, M. Richards 2 (1 pen)	5,123
EFL	17 MAR 2015	Doncaster Rovers (Away) Doncaster Rovers (A)	W2 - 1	M. Smith pen., J. Obika	5,258
EFL	17 MAR 2012	Crewe Alexandra (Away) Crewe Alexandra (A)	L0 - 2	-	4,641
EFL	17 MAR 2009	Southend United (Home) Southend United (H)	W3 - 0	H. Robson-Kanu, S. Cox 2 (2 pens)	6,269
EFL	17 MAR 2007	Grimsby Town (Away) Grimsby Town (A)	L0 - 1	-	4,595
EFL	17 MAR 2004	Grimsby Town (Home) Grimsby Town (H)	W2 - 0	T. Mooney 2	6,954
EFL	17 MAR 2001	Swansea City (Home) Swansea City (H)	D1 - 1	K. O'Halloran pen.	6,724
EFL	17 MAR 1993	Luton Town (Away) Luton Town (A)	D0 - 0	-	8,902
EFL	17 MAR 1992	Tranmere Rovers (Home) Tranmere Rovers (H)	W2 - 0	D. Shearer 2	6,780
EFL	17 MAR 1990	Hull City (Home) Hull City (H)	L1 - 3	D. Shearer	8,123
EFL	17 MAR 1987	Port Vale (Home) Port Vale (H)	W1 - 0	C. Ramsey	7,347
EFL	17 MAR 1981	Carlisle United (Away) Carlisle United (A)	L1 - 2	R. Carter	4,104
EFL	17 MAR 1978	Chester (Home) Chester (H)	D1 - 1	C. Kamara	4,275
EFL	17 MAR 1974	Oxford United (Away) Oxford United (A)	D1 - 1	D. Moss	9,554
EFL	17 MAR 1973	Nottingham Forest (Home) Nottingham Forest (H)	D0 - 0	-	9,842
EFL	17 MAR 1962	Bradford (Park Avenue) (Away) Bradford (PA) (A)	D2 - 2	J. Smith, A. Darcy	8,184
EFL	17 MAR 1956	Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic (Away) Bournemouth (A)	L0 - 4	-	6,648
EFL	17 MAR 1951	Ipswich Town (Home) Ipswich Town (H)	W2 - 0	J. Bain, G. Hudson pen.	7,003
EFL	17 MAR 1934	Crystal Palace (Away) Crystal Palace (A)	D0 - 0	-	8,327
EFL	17 MAR 1928	Brentford (Home) Brentford (H)	D1 - 1	J. Walker	6,300
EFL	17 MAR 1923	Plymouth Argyle (Away) Plymouth Argyle (A)	L0 - 2	-	~10,000
STH	17 MAR 1909	Exeter City (Away) Exeter City (A)	W4 - 1	G. Rushton 2, H. Fleming, B. Jefferson	~2,000
STH	17 MAR 1906	Brentford (Away) Brentford (A)	L1 - 3	A. Capes	~10,000
STH	17 MAR 1900	Bristol Rovers (Home) Bristol Rovers (H)	W1 - 0	A. Green	~2,000

Match Record

Men Reserves

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

All matches played on March 17th:

Comp.	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers	Att.
FC	17 MAR 1997	Chelsea Reserves (Away) Chelsea Res. (A)	W2 - 1	S. Finney, M. Coupe	-
FC	17 MAR 1993	Brighton and Hove Albion Reserves (Away) Brighton Res. (A)	D2 - 2	C. Hamon, S. Lane	-
FC	17 MAR 1981	Queens Park Rangers Reserves (Away) Queens Park Rangers Res. (A)	L1 - 6	J. Bond	-
FC	17 MAR 1973	Bristol Rovers Reserves (Away) Bristol Rovers Res. (A)	D1 - 1	R. Howell	-
FC	17 MAR 1971	Tottenham Hotspur Reserves (Home) Tottenham Hotspur Res. (H)	L1 - 4	D. Dangerfield	850
FC	17 MAR 1956	Portsmouth Reserves (Home) Portsmouth Res. (H)	L0 - 3	-	1,150
FCLC	17 MAR 1951	Bristol City Reserves (Away) Bristol City Res. (A)	L1 - 2	Unknown	-
WEST	17 MAR 1934	Trowbridge Town (Home) Trowbridge Town (H)	L0 - 1	-	2,264
STH	17 MAR 1928	Bath City (Away) Bath City (A)	L2 - 3	Unknown 2	-
STH	17 MAR 1923	Plymouth Argyle Reserves (Away) Plymouth Argyle Res. (A)	L0 - 1	-	-
STH	17 MAR 1906	Leyton (Home) Leyton (H)	L0 - 3	-	-

Match Record

Men Development

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

All matches played on March 17th:

Comp.	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers	Att.
HELL	17 MAR 1973	Princes Risborough Town (Home) Princes Risborough Town (H)	W4 - 0	S. Walkey 2, D. Syrett, J. Gilligan	-
WPL	17 MAR 1962	Calne and Harris United (Away) Calne & Harris Utd (A)	W6 - 4	B. McPhee 2, A. Morgan 2, T. Gardiner, C. Jackson	-
HELL	17 MAR 1962	Hungerford Town (Home) Hungerford Town (H)	W6 - 0	K. Colsell 3, W. Shergold 2, D. Rogers	-
WPL	17 MAR 1958	Devizes Town (Home) Devizes Town (H)	W6 - 2	Unknown 6	-
WEST	17 MAR 1951	Radstock Town (Away) Radstock Town (A)	W8 - 3	Unknown 8	-

Match Record

Men Youth

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

All matches played on March 17th:

Comp.	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers	Att.
FLYA	17 MAR 2018	Southend United Under-18 (Home) Southend United U18 (H)	L1 - 3	J. Romanski	-
FLYA	17 MAR 2007	Yeovil Town Under-18 (Away) Yeovil Town U18 (A)	L0 - 1	-	-
SECL	17 MAR 1989	Luton Town Youth (Away) Luton Town Youth (A)	L0 - 4	-	-
MYL	17 MAR 1976	Wolverhampton Wanderers Youth (Away) Wolves Youth (A)	L1 - 2	G. Gilligan	-
SBL	17 MAR 1970	Park YC (Home) Park YC (H)	D1 - 1	Unknown	-

Match Record

Women Senior

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

All matches played on March 17th:

Comp.	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers	Att.
W-NATL	17 MAR 2022	Maidenhead United Women (Home) Maidenhead United WFC (H)	L3 - 4	H. Diaz-Butcher, R. Bourne-Hallett, A. Colston	34
W-SWCOMB	17 MAR 2002	Clevedon Town Ladies (Home) Clevedon Town LFC (H)	D2 - 2	Unknown 2	-
W-SRWFL	17 MAR 1996	Carterton Town Ladies (Away) Carterton Town LFC (A)	W3 - 0	K. Reeves, C. Wheeler, N. Lloyd	-

Video Footage

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

Tuesday March 17th, 1987

Today League Division Three
Swindon Town (1) 1
Port Vale (0) 0

Saturday March 17th, 1990

Barclays League Division Two
Swindon Town (1) 1
Hull City (2) 3

Saturday March 17th, 1990

Barclays League Division Two
Swindon Town (1) 1
Hull City (2) 3

Tuesday March 17th, 1992

Barclays League Division Two
Swindon Town (1) 2
Tranmere Rovers (0) 0

Wednesday March 17th, 1993

Barclays League Division One
Luton Town (0) 0
Swindon Town (0) 0

Wednesday March 17th, 2004

Nationwide League Division Two
Swindon Town (2) 2
Grimsby Town (0) 0

Saturday March 17th, 2007

Coca-Cola League Two
Grimsby Town (0) 1
Swindon Town (0) 0

Saturday March 17th, 2007

Coca-Cola League Two
Grimsby Town (0) 1
Swindon Town (0) 0

Tuesday March 17th, 2009

Coca-Cola League One
Swindon Town (2) 3
Southend United (0) 0

Tuesday March 17th, 2009

Coca-Cola League One
Swindon Town (2) 3
Southend United (0) 0

Saturday March 17th, 2012

npower League Two
Crewe Alexandra (1) 2
Swindon Town (0) 0

Tuesday March 17th, 2015

Sky Bet League One
Doncaster Rovers (1) 1
Swindon Town (0) 2

Saturday March 17th, 2018

EFL Sky Bet League Two
Cambridge United (0) 1
Swindon Town (1) 3

Newspaper Reports

All available media reports from March 17th:

Saturday March 17th, 1934

Football Pink

ANOTHER GOOD PERFORMANCE BY SWINDON TOWN

Football League Division Three (South)
Crystal Palace (0) 0
Swindon Town (0) 0

Saturday March 17th, 1956

Football Pink

BOURNEMOUTH 'WAVES' SWAMP SWINDON

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

Saturday March 17th, 1962

Football Pink

TOWN GET OFF TO FLYING START

Football League Division Three
Bradford (Park Avenue) (0) 2
Swindon Town (1) 2

Monday March 17th, 1969

Daily Express

SWINDON GLORY DAY

Football League Cup
Arsenal (0) 1
Swindon Town (1) 3

Monday March 17th, 1969

Daily Express

THIS IS OUR MOMENT

Football League Cup
Arsenal (0) 1
Swindon Town (1) 3

Monday March 17th, 1969

Daily Express

WEMBLEY'S ANGER AND ECSTASY

Football League Cup
Arsenal (0) 1
Swindon Town (1) 3

Monday March 17th, 1969

Daily Express

THE SHAME OF ARSENAL

Football League Cup
Arsenal (0) 1
Swindon Town (1) 3

Monday March 17th, 1969

Daily Mirror

THIS IS WHY ARSENAL WERE FLATTENED

Football League Cup
Arsenal (0) 1
Swindon Town (1) 3

Monday March 17th, 1969

Evening Advertiser

SWINDON'S SUPERDAY

Football League Cup
Arsenal (0) 1
Swindon Town (1) 3

Monday March 17th, 1969

Evening Advertiser

CONGRATULATIONS ON A GREAT GAME

Football League Cup
Arsenal (0) 1
Swindon Town (1) 3

Monday March 17th, 1969

Evening Advertiser

SWINDON'S DREAM COMES TRUE

Football League Cup
Arsenal (0) 1
Swindon Town (1) 3

Monday March 17th, 1969

Evening Advertiser

SWINDON TURNS OUT IN FORCE TO SAY 'WELL DONE'

Football League Cup
Arsenal (0) 1
Swindon Town (1) 3

Monday March 17th, 1969

Evening Advertiser

THE MOMENT THAT MADE IT ALL WORTH WHILE

Football League Cup
Arsenal (0) 1
Swindon Town (1) 3

Monday March 17th, 1969

Evening Advertiser

THE GOALS THAT BROUGHT THE CUP TO SWINDON

Football League Cup
Arsenal (0) 1
Swindon Town (1) 3

Monday March 17th, 1969

Evening Advertiser

JUBILATION AND DISMAY

Football League Cup
Arsenal (0) 1
Swindon Town (1) 3

Monday March 17th, 1969

Evening Advertiser

THOMAS CHECKS ARSENAL RAID

Football League Cup
Arsenal (0) 1
Swindon Town (1) 3

Monday March 17th, 1969

Guardian

RESILIENCE OF SWINDON TELLS IN EXTRA TIME

Football League Cup
Arsenal (0) 1
Swindon Town (1) 3

Saturday March 17th, 1973

Football Pink

DOWN IN THE FOREST LITTLE STIRRED…

Football League Division Two
Swindon Town (0) 0
Nottingham Forest (0) 0

Saturday March 18th, 1978

Football Pink

SWINDON FLUFF THE CHANCES AND TOSS AWAY HOME POINT

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

Transfers

Transfers on March 17th:

Date	Player	Club	In/Out	Transfer Detail
17 MAR 1916	Archie ARCHER	Swindon Rovers Swindon Rovers	IN	amateur
17 MAR 1936	Don McPHAIL	Burton Town Burton Town	IN	£0
17 MAR 1939	George EPHGRAVE	Aston Villa Aston Villa	IN
17 MAR 1939	Jimmy MURPHY	West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion	IN
17 MAR 1948	Billy LUCAS	Swansea Town Swansea Town	OUT	£0
17 MAR 1953	Jimmy JOHNSTON	Reading Reading	IN	£0
17 MAR 1983 - 16 APR 1983	Kevin MOORE	Newport County Newport County	IN	loan
17 MAR 1989	Mike MACARI	Croft YC Croft YC	IN	trainee
17 MAR 1994	Lawrie SANCHEZ	Wimbledon Wimbledon	IN	free
17 MAR 2000 - May 2000	Sam CAMPAGNA	Bath City Bath City	OUT	loan

Friendlies & Minor Competitions

Men Senior

All friendly matches played on March 17th:

Comp.	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers	Att.
FRN	17 MAR 1894	Mansfield Greenhalghs (Home) Mansfield Greenhalghs (H)	L0 - 3	-	~3,000
FRN	17 MAR 1888	London Caledonians (Home) London Caledonians (H)	W2 - 1	D. Jones, J. Thomas	~1,000