2025–26 Swindon Town F.C. season

Swindon Town
2025–26 season
OwnerClem Morfuni & Hollie Kiely
ChairmanClem Morfuni
ManagerIan Holloway
StadiumCounty Ground

The 2025–26 season is the 147th season in the history of Swindon Town Football Club and their fifth 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.

Transfers and contracts

In

Date Pos. Player From Fee Ref.
28 June 2025 CF England Jake Tabor England Amersham Town Undisclosed [1]
1 July 2025[a] CM England James Ball England AFC Wimbledon Free [2]
1 July 2025[b] CB Democratic Republic of the Congo Filozofe Mabete England Wolverhampton Wanderers [3]
1 July 2025[c] CF England Tom Nichols England Mansfield Town [4]
1 July 2025[d] CM England Darren Oldaker England Chesterfield [5]
1 July 2025[e] England Joe Snowdon England Leeds United [6]
2 July 2025 GK England Lewis Ward England AFC Wimbledon [7]
21 July 2025 RW Wales Billy Bodin England Burton Albion [8]
  1. ^ The transfer was announced on 4 June, and would become official on July 1 once his contract at AFC Wimbledon had ended
  2. ^ The transfer was announced on 10 June, and would become official on July 1 once his contract at Wolverhampton had ended
  3. ^ The transfer was announced on 21 May, and would become official on July 1 once his contract at Mansfield had ended
  4. ^ The transfer was announced on 23 May, and would become official on July 1 once his contract at Chesterfield had ended
  5. ^ The transfer was announced on 10 June, and would become official on July 1 once his contract at Leeds had ended

Out

Date Pos. Player To Fee Ref.
19 July 2025 CB Republic of Ireland Tunmise Sobowale Scotland St Mirren Undisclosed [9]

Loaned in

Date Pos. Player From Date until Ref.
15 July 2025 CB England Finley Munroe England Aston Villa 31 May 2026 [10]
26 July 2025 England Tom Wilson-Brown England Leicester City [11]
11 August 2025 CF England Princewill Ehibhatiomhan England Southampton [12]

Loaned out

Date Pos. Player To Date until Ref.
2 July 2025 GK England Redman Evans England Alvechurch 22 October 2025 [13]
7 July 2025 CB England Sonny Hart Scotland Greenock Morton 31 May 2026 [14]
9 July 2025 GK England Lucas Myers England Melksham Town Work experience [15]
31 July 2025 CM England Dylan Mitchell England Weston-super-Mare 28 August 2025 [16]
8 August 2025 CF England George Alston England Swindon Supermarine Work experience [17]
8 August 2025 CM Spain Dani González England Swindon Supermarine Work experience [18]
8 August 2025 GK England Lucas Myers England Swindon Supermarine Work experience [19]
15 August 2025 CB England Harrison Minturn England Chippenham Town 13 September 2025 [20]

Released / Out of Contract

Date Pos. Player Subsequent club Join date Ref.
30 June 2025 LW England Sean McGurk England South Shields 8 July 2025 [21][22]
CM Nigeria Nnamdi Ofoborh England Barnet 28 July 2025 [21][23]
GK England Jack Bycroft England Exeter City 31 July 2025 [24][25]
CM The Gambia Saidou Khan Tunisia Club Africain 13 August 2025 [21][26]
CM England Jake Cain [21]
LB England George Cox [21]
RM England Anton Dworzak [21]
CB England Grant Hall [21]
CB England Pharrell Johnson [21]
LM England Tariq Uwakwe [21]

New Contract

Date Pos. Player Contracted until Ref.
2 June 2025 AM Germany Paul Glatzel 30 June 2027 [27]
RB England Joel McGregor [28]
7 June 2025 GK England Connor Ripley [29]
20 June 2025 CF Republic of Ireland Aaron Drinan [30]

Pre-season and friendlies

During pre-season, Swindon Town announced their initial schedule, with matches against Swindon Supermarine, Melksham Town, Reading, Chippenham Town and Eastleigh.[31][32][33][34][35]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

5 July 2025 Friendly Swindon Supermarine 0–4 Swindon Town South Marston
15:00 BST Report
  • Ameen 16', 31'
  • Smith 65'
  • Tabor 74'
Stadium: Webbswood Stadium
12 July 2025 Friendly Melksham Town 0–4 Swindon Town Melksham
15:00 BST Report
Stadium: Oakfield Stadium
15 July 2025 Friendly Reading 2–1 Swindon Town Sindlesham
12:00 BST
Report Stadium: Bearwood Park Training Ground
Attendance: 0 (Behind-closed-doors)
19 July 2025 Friendly Chippenham Town 1–5 Swindon Town Chippenham
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Hardenhuish Park
Attendance: 1,729
26 July 2025 Friendly Eastleigh 2–3 Swindon Town Eastleigh
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Silverlake Stadium

Competitions

League Two

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
10 Fleetwood Town 4 2 1 1 7 7 0 7
11 Walsall 4 2 0 2 4 4 0 6
12 Swindon Town 4 2 0 2 6 7 −1 6
13 Tranmere Rovers 3 1 2 0 6 2 +4 5
14 Colchester United 4 1 2 1 5 4 +1 5
Updated to match(es) played on 19 August 2025. 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[36]

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
4 2 0 2 6 7  −1 6 1 0 1 3 4  −1 1 0 1 3 3  0

Last updated: 19 August 2025.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

Round123456
GroundAHAHHA
ResultLWWL
Position1811612
Points0366
Source: EFL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

On 26 June, the League Two fixtures were released, with Swindon visiting Walsall on the opening day.[37]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

2 August 2025 1 Walsall 2–1 Swindon Town Bescot
15:00 BST
Barrett 90+1'
Report
Stadium: Bescot Stadium
Attendance: 8,040 (2,169 away)
Referee: Oliver Mackey
9 August 2025 2 Swindon Town 3–2 Cambridge United Swindon
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 8,862 (628 away)
Referee: Edward Duckworth
16 August 2025 3 Oldham Athletic 1–2 Swindon Town Oldham
12:30 BST
Report
Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 6,955 (504 away)
Referee: Greg Rollason
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved live Sky Sports broadcasting.[38]
19 August 2025 4 Swindon Town 0–2 Barnet Swindon
19:45 BST
Report
Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 7,485 (216 away)
Referee: Andrew Humphries
23 August 2025 5 Swindon Town v Shrewsbury Town Swindon
15:00 BST Stadium: County Ground
30 August 2025 6 Crewe Alexandra v Swindon Town Crewe
12:30 BST Stadium: Gresty Road
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved live Sky Sports broadcasting.[38]
6 September 2025 7 Barrow v Swindon Town Barrow-in-Furness
15:00 BST Stadium: Holker Street
13 September 2025 8 Swindon Town v Harrogate Town Swindon
15:00 BST Stadium: County Ground
20 September 2025 9 Salford City v Swindon Town Kersal
15:00 BST Stadium: Moor Lane
27 September 2025 10 Swindon Town v Bromley Swindon
15:00 BST Stadium: County Ground
4 October 2025 11 Newport County v Swindon Town Newport
12:30 BST Stadium: Rodney Parade
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved to an earlier kick-off.[39]

FA Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

EFL Cup

Swindon were drawn away to Cardiff City in the first round.[40][41]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

12 August 2025 First round Cardiff City 2–1 Swindon Town Leckwith
19:45 BST
Report
Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 7,160
Referee: Elliot Bell

EFL Trophy

Swindon were drawn against Milton Keynes Dons, Reading and West Ham United U21 in the group stage.[42]

Pos Div Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 L2 Milton Keynes Dons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to Round 2
2 L1 Reading 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 L2 Swindon Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 ACA West Ham United U21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: EFL

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

2 September 2025 South Group D Swindon Town v Reading Swindon
19:00 BST Stadium: County Ground
11 November 2025 South Group D Milton Keynes Dons v Swindon Town Denbigh
19:00 GMT Stadium: Stadium MK
TBC South Group D Swindon Town v West Ham United U21 Swindon
TBC Stadium: County Ground

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of match played 19 August 2025

Players with no appearances are not included on the list

No. Pos Nat Player Total League Two FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK England ENG Connor Ripley 5 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
3 FW Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Filozofe Mabete 3 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
5 DF England ENG Will Wright 5 1 4+0 1 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
6 MF England ENG James Ball 3 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
7 FW England ENG Tom Nichols 4 1 4+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
8 MF England ENG Ollie Clarke 3 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
9 MF Germany GER Paul Glatzel 5 0 0+4 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
10 FW England ENG Harry Smith 5 1 4+0 1 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
11 FW England ENG Jake Tabor 2 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
12 GK England ENG Lewis Ward 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
14 FW England ENG Danny Butterworth 3 0 0+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
16 DF England ENG Thomas Wilson-Brown 5 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
17 FW Iraq IRQ Botan Ameen 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
18 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Gavin Kilkenny 4 0 2+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
19 MF England ENG Joe Snowdon 4 1 4+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
20 FW England ENG Princewill Ehibhatiomhan 3 1 2+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 1 0+0 0
23 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Aaron Drinan 4 1 4+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
26 DF England ENG Finley Munroe 5 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
31 FW Wales WAL Billy Bodin 3 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
33 DF England ENG Joel McGregor 3 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
44 MF England ENG Darren Oldaker 5 1 4+0 1 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0

Goals record

As of match played 16 August 2025
No. Nat. Pos. Name League Two FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy Total
5 England DF Will Wright 1 0 0 0 1
7 England FW Tom Nichols 1 0 0 0 1
10 England FW Harry Smith 1 0 0 0 1
19 England MF Joe Snowdon 1 0 0 0 1
20 England FW Princewill Ehibhatiomhan 0 0 1 0 1
23 Republic of Ireland FW Aaron Drinan 1 0 0 0 1
44 England MF Darren Oldaker 1 0 0 0 1
Total 6 0 1 0 7

Disciplinary record

As of match played 19 August 2025
No. Nat. Pos. Name League Two FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy Total
Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card
5 England DF Will Wright 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
10 England FW Harry Smith 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
33 England DF Joel McGregor 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
14 England FW Danny Butterworth 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
26 England DF Finley Munroe 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Total 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0

Notes

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