2024–25 Swindon Town F.C. season

The 2024–25 season is the 146th season in the history of Swindon Town Football Club and their fourth consecutive season in League Two. In addition to the domestic league, the club would also participate in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, and the EFL Trophy.

Swindon Town
2024–25 season
OwnerClem Morfuni
ChairmanClem Morfuni
Head CoachMark Kennedy
StadiumCounty Ground
2025–26 →

Transfers

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Date Pos. Player From Fee Ref.
14 June 2024[a] CM   Ollie Clarke   Mansfield Town Undisclosed [1]
1 July 2024[b] CB   Ryan Delaney   Newport County Free [2]
1 July 2024[c] LB   Rosaire Longelo   Accrington Stanley Free [3]
1 July 2024[d] CF   Harry Smith   Sutton United Free [4]
1 July 2024[e] RB   Tunmise Sobowale   Shrewsbury Town Free [5]
1 July 2024[f] CB   Will Wright   Crawley Town Free [6]
  1. ^ The transfer was announced on 31 May, and would become official on June 14 once the transfer window re-opened
  2. ^ The transfer was announced on 20 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Newport County contract expired
  3. ^ The transfer was announced on 12 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Accrington Stanley contract expired
  4. ^ The transfer was announced on 27 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Sutton United contract expired
  5. ^ The transfer was announced on 10 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Shrewsbury Town contract expired
  6. ^ The transfer was announced on 25 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Crawley Town contract expired
Date Pos. Player To Fee Ref.
25 June 2024 CB   Udoka Godwin-Malife   Burton Albion Undisclosed [7]

Loaned in

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Date Position Player From Date until Ref

Loaned out

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Date Position Player To Date until Ref

Released / Out of Contract

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Date Pos. Player Subsequent club Join date Ref.
30 June 2024 CB   Frazer Blake-Tracy   Mansfield Town 1 July 2024 [8][9]
30 June 2024 CF   Rushian Hepburn-Murphy   Crawley Town 1 July 2024 [8][10]
30 June 2024 RW   Tyrese Shade   Eastleigh 3 July 2024 [8][11]
30 June 2024 CM   George McEachran   Grimsby Town 4 July 2024 [8][12]
30 June 2024 CF   Tomi Adeloye [8]
30 June 2024 CF   Charlie Austin [8]
30 June 2024 GK   Conor Brann [8]
30 June 2024 CB   Tom Brewitt [8]
30 June 2024 CB   Tom Clayton [8]
30 June 2024 LB   Reece Devine [8]
30 June 2024 RB   Brooklyn Genesini [8]

Pre-season and friendlies

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On 24 May, Swindon Town announced their initial pre-season schedule, with matches against Swindon Supermarine, Hungerford Town and Melksham Town.[13] A home friendly versus Wycombe Wanderers was later confirmed.[14] On 17 June, a trip to face Eastleigh was also added.[15]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

6 July 2024 Friendly Swindon Supermarine v Swindon Town South Marston
14:00 BST Stadium: Webbswood Stadium
9 July 2024 Friendly Hungerford Town v Swindon Town Hungerford
19:00 BST Stadium: Bulpit Lane
16 July 2024 Friendly Melksham Town v Swindon Town Melksham
19:30 BST Stadium: Oakfield Stadium
28 July 2024 Friendly Eastleigh v Swindon Town Eastleigh
13:00 BST Stadium: Ten Acres
3 August 2024 Friendly Swindon Town v Wycombe Wanderers Swindon
15:00 BST Stadium: County Ground

Competitions

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League Two

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
19 Notts County 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Port Vale 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Salford City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Swindon Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Tranmere Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to National League
24 Walsall 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 10 August 2024. Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences[16]

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0  0

Last updated: pre-season.
Source: Soccerway

Matches

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On 26 June, the League Two fixtures were announced.[17]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

9 August 2024 1 Chesterfield v Swindon Town Chesterfield
20:00 BST Stadium: SMH Group Stadium
17 August 2024 2 Swindon Town v Walsall Swindon
15:00 BST Stadium: County Ground
24 August 2024 3 Crewe Alexandra v Swindon Town Crewe
12:30 BST Stadium: Gresty Road
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.[18]
31 August 2024 4 Swindon Town v Notts County Swindon
15:00 BST Stadium: County Ground
7 September 2024 5 Barrow v Swindon Town Barrow-in-Furness
15:00 BST Stadium: Holker Street
14 September 2024 6 Swindon Town v Newport County Swindon
12:30 BST Stadium: County Ground
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.[19]

FA Cup

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

EFL Cup

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On 27 June, the draw for the first round was made, with Swindon being drawn away against Crawley Town.[20]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

13 August 2024 First round Crawley Town v Swindon Town Crawley
19:45 BST Stadium: Broadfield Stadium

EFL Trophy

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In the group stage, Swindon were drawn into Southern Group G alongside Bristol Rovers, Exeter City and Tottenham Hotspur.[21][22]

Pos Div Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 L1 Bristol Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to Round 2
2 L1 Exeter City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 L2 Swindon Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 ACA Tottenham Hotspur U21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: EFL.com

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Statistics

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Appearances and goals

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As of pre-season

List includes all first team players and any other matchday squad players

No. Pos Nat Player Total League Two FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
GK   ENG Jack Bycroft 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Defenders
DF   IRL Ryan Delaney 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   ENG Sonny Hart 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   ENG Pharrell Johnson 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   ENG Rosaire Longelo 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   ENG Harrison Minturn 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   FRA Williams Kokolo 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   IRL Tunmise Sobowale 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   ENG Will Wright 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Midfielders
MF   ENG Ricky Aguiar 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   ENG Jake Cain 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   ENG Ollie Clarke 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   ENG Anton Dworzak 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   GAM Saidou Khan 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   NGA Nnamdi Ofoborh 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   ENG Tariq Uwakwe 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Forwards
FW   IRL Aaron Drinan 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   GER Paul Glatzel 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   ENG Sean McGurk 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   ENG Harry Smith 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

References

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  1. ^ "Town sign Ollie Clarke". Swindon Town FC. 31 May 2024. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Town sign Ryan Delaney". Swindon Town FC. 20 June 2024. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Town sign Rosaire Longelo". Swindon Town FC. 12 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Town sign Harry Smith". Swindon Town FC. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  5. ^ "Town sign Tunmise Sobowale". Swindon Town FC. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  6. ^ "Town sign Will Wright". Swindon Town FC. 25 June 2024. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  7. ^ "Udoka Godwin-Malife completes Burton move". Swindon Town FC. 25 June 2024. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Swindon Town Retained & Released List 2023 / 2024". Swindon Town FC. 2 May 2024. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  9. ^ "Stags sign new defender". Mansfield Town FC. 3 June 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
  10. ^ "Rushian Hepburn-Murphy Joins The Reds". Crawley Town FC. 28 June 2024. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  11. ^ "Tyrese Shade joins the Spitfires". Eastleigh FC. 30 June 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  12. ^ "McEachran Joins The Mariners". Grimsby Town FC. 4 July 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  13. ^ "Four games for 2024/25 pre-season announced". Swindon Town FC. 24 May 2024. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  14. ^ "Town to host Wycombe Wanderers in final pre-season friendly". Swindon Town FC. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  15. ^ "Town confirm pre-season friendly against Eastleigh". Swindon Town FC. 17 June 2024. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  16. ^ "EFL Regulations Section 3 – The League; subsection 9 – Method of Determining League Positions". EFL. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  17. ^ "Bromley face Harrogate in club's first ever EFL match". British Broadcasting Corporation. 26 June 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  18. ^ "Town's early season trip to Crewe live on Sky". Swindon Town FC. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  19. ^ "Town's home game against Newport selected for Sky coverage". Swindon Town FC. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  20. ^ "Carabao Cup Round One draw confirmed". English Football League. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  21. ^ "Under-21 teams and Group Stage draw confirmed for 2024/25 Bristol Street Motors Trophy". English Football League. 24 June 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  22. ^ "Bristol Street Motors Trophy Group Stage confirmed". English Football League. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.