This is a list of seasons played by Swindon Town Football Club in English and European football, from the club's formation in 1879 to the present day. It details the club's achievements in major competitions, and the top scorers for each season where known.

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (May 2015)

Seasons

Season League FA Cup EFL Cup[a] EFL Trophy Other Top scorer[b][c] Attendance[1][d]
Division P W D L GF GA Pts Pos
Club played friendly games and cup games only until 1894
1879–80 None 1 0 0 1 0 4 —
1881–82 None 1 0 1 0 2 2 —
1884–85 None 1 1 0 0 4 0 —
1886–87 None 0 0 0 0 0 0 R2 Wiltshire Cup W
1887–88 None 3 2 0 1 8 2 R1 Wiltshire Cup W
1888–89 None 19 13 4 2 63 24 QR2 Wiltshire Cup W T Bennett (1)
1889–90 None 15[e] 11 1 2 48 13 QR1 Wiltshire Cup W T Bennett (1)
1890–91 None 0 0 0 0 0 0 QR3 Wiltshire Cup W Robbie Reynolds (3)
1891–92 None 24 17 2 5 108 38 QR1 Wiltshire Cup W Dick Jones (1)
1892–93 None 20 11 2 7 64 35 QR4 Dick Jones (4)
1893–94 None 27 19 3 5 86 44 QR4 FA Amateur Cup R2 Dick Jones (4)
Club turns professional and joins Southern League in 1894
1894–95 SL Div1 16 4 1 11 24 48 9 9th[f] QR2 Dick Jones (2) 4,500
1895–96 SL Div1 18 6 4 8 38 41 16 7th QR3 Alf Hames (2) 2,688
1896–97 SL Div1 20 8 3 9 33 37 19 6th QR5 Richie Cox (2) 3,286
1897–98 SL Div1 22 7 2 13 36 48 16 10th — Jock Bell (2) 3,236
WFL[g] 14 9 1 4 32 15 19 2nd
1898–99 SL Div1 24 9 5 10 43 49 23 9th — 3,917
WFL[g] 8 5 1 2 16 10 11 1st
1899–1900 SL Div1 28 15 2 11 50 42 32 5th — 2,643
WFL[g] 6 3 0 3 7 7 6 3rd
1900–01 SL Div1 28 3 8 17 19 47 14 15th[f] QR5 Billy Smith (4) 2,320
WFL[g] 16 2 2 12 9 35 6 9th
1901–02 SL Div1 30 2 3 25 17 93 8 16th[f] QR5 Frank Becton (3) 1,936
WFL[g] 16 0 2 14 8 53 2 9th
1902–03 SL Div1 30 10 7 13 38 46 27 12th IR[h] Jimmy Pugh (7) 4,563
1903–04 SL Div1 34 10 11 13 30 42 31 10th — Jimmy Pugh (4) 3,727
1904–05 SL Div1 34 12 5 17 41 59 29 16th — Jimmy Pugh (5) 4,482
1905–06 SL Div1 34 8 9 17 31 52 25 15th R1 Bertie Lyon (2) 3,453
UL[i] 18 7 3 8 33 29 ? ? Bertie Lyon (7)
1906–07 SL Div1 38 11 11 16 43 54 33 17th QR5 4,750
1907–08 SL Div1 38 16 10 12 55 40 42 5th R3 5,167
1908–09 SL Div1 40 22 5 13 96 55 49 2nd R1 5,895
1909–10 SL Div1 42 22 10 10 92 46 54 2nd SF Dubonnet Cup W Harold Fleming (5) 4,875
1910–11 SL Div1 38 24 5 9 80 31 53 1st QF Southern Charity Cup W Archie Bown (3) 5,714
1911–12 SL Div1 38 21 6 11 82 50 48 4th SF Charity Shield RU Harold Fleming (6) 5,682
1912–13 SL Div1 38 20 8 10 66 41 48 2nd R3 Archie Bown (2) 5,643
1913–14 SL Div1 38 21 8 9 81 41 50 1st[j] R2 Billy Batty (2) 7,079
1914–15 SL Div1 38 15 11 12 77 59 41 9th R1 4,300
No competitive football was played between 1915 and 1919 due to World War I
1919–20 SL Div1 42 17 7 18 65 68 41 13th R2 George Travers (2) 8,600
1920–21 Div 3 42 21 10 11 73 49 52 4th R2 Harold Fleming (17) 5,423
1921–22 Div 3(S) 42 16 13 13 72 60 45 6th R2 Harold Fleming (13) 7,460
1922–23 Div 3(S) 42 17 11 14 62 56 45 9th R1 Jack Johnson (20) 6,460
1923–24 Div 3(S) 42 17 13 12 58 44 47 6th QF Jack Johnson (15) 6,331
1924–25 Div 3(S) 42 20 11 11 66 38 51 4th R1 Jack Johnson (18) 7,099
1925–26 Div 3(S) 42 20 6 16 69 64 46 6th R4 Frank Richardson (28) 6,648
1926–27 Div 3(S) 42 21 9 12 100 85 51 5th R1 Harry Morris (48) 8,274
1927–28 Div 3(S) 42 19 9 14 90 69 47 6th R4 Harry Morris (44) 6,684
1928–29 Div 3(S) 42 15 13 14 75 72 43 10th R5 Harry Morris (31) 5,455
1929–30 Div 3(S) 42 13 12 17 73 83 38 14th R4 Harry Morris (29) 5,426
1930–31 Div 3(S) 42 18 6 18 89 94 42 12th R1 Harry Morris (35) 4,929
1931–32 Div 3(S) 42 14 6 22 70 84 34 17th R1 Harry Morris (29) 5,031
1932–33 Div 3(S) 42 9 11 22 60 105 29 22nd R3 Harry Morris (13) 4,893
1933–34 Div 3(S) 42 17 11 14 64 68 45 8th R3 Tommy Armstrong (23) 9,117
1934–35 Div 3(S) 42 13 12 17 67 78 38 16th R4 Third Division South Cup R1 Alan Fowler (25) 7,304
1935–36 Div 3(S) 42 14 8 20 64 73 36 19th R1 Third Division South Cup R1 Alan Fowler (18) 7,101
1936–37 Div 3(S) 42 14 11 17 75 73 39 13th R2 Third Division South Cup RU Jimmy Cookson (27) 8,455
1937–38 Div 3(S) 42 17 10 15 49 49 44 8th R4 Third Division South Cup R1 Alan Fowler (16) 9,640
1938–39 Div 3(S) 42 18 8 16 72 77 44 9th R2 Third Division South Cup R3 Ben Morton (32) 10,511
1939–40[k] Div 3(S) 3 0 1 2 2 4 1 [k] n/a Third Division South Cup R1 Alan Fowler (2) —
No competitive football was played between 1939 and 1946 due to World War II
1945–46 n/a[l] – – – – – – – – R1 — —
1946–47 Div 3(S) 42 19 11 12 84 73 49 4th R2 Bill Stephens (28) 15,123
1947–48 Div 3(S) 42 10 16 16 41 46 36 16th R5 Maurice Owen (17) 15,924
1948–49 Div 3(S) 42 18 15 9 64 56 51 4th R1 Morris Jones (25) 16,625
1949–50 Div 3(S) 42 15 11 16 59 62 41 14th R2 Morris Jones (13) 14,070
1950–51 Div 3(S) 46 18 4 24 55 67 40 17th R2 Jimmy Bain (9) 10,690
1951–52 Div 3(S) 46 14 14 18 51 68 42 16th R5 Maurice Owen (24) 10,557
1952–53 Div 3(S) 46 14 12 20 64 79 40 18th R3 Maurice Owen (21) 9,746
1953–54 Div 3(S) 46 15 10 21 67 70 40 20th[m] R2 Mike Bull (12) 10,753
1954–55 Div 3(S) 46 11 15 20 46 64 37 21st R1 Maurice Owen (12) 8,243
1955–56 Div 3(S) 46 8 14 24 34 78 30 24th R4 Maurice Owen (15) 7,379
1956–57 Div 3(S) 46 15 6 25 66 96 36 23rd R2 Bob Edwards (26) 8,736
1957–58 Div 3(S) 46 21 15 10 79 50 57 4th R1 John Richards (16) 12,004
1958–59 Div 3[n] 46 16 13 17 59 57 45 15th R2 Bob Edwards (10) 11,351
1959–60 Div 3 46 19 8 19 69 78 46 16th R1 David Layne (20) 10,233
1960–61 Div 3 46 14 15 17 62 55 43 16th R2 R2 Ernie Hunt (17) 11,043
1961–62 Div 3 46 17 15 14 78 71 49 9th R1 R2 Ernie Hunt (18) 9,692
1962–63 Div 3 ↑ 46 22 14 10 87 56 58 2nd R4 R3 Ernie Hunt (27) 13,530
1963–64 Div 2 42 14 10 18 57 69 38 14th R5 R4 Bill Atkins (12) 18,277
1964–65 Div 2 ↓ 42 14 5 23 63 81 33 21st R3 R2 Mike Summerbee (13) 15,081
1965–66 Div 3 46 19 13 14 74 48 51 7th R3 R2 Keith East (24) 12,937
1966–67 Div 3 46 20 10 16 81 59 50 8th R5 R4 Don Rogers (32) 12,297
1967–68 Div 3 46 16 17 13 74 51 49 9th R4 R1 Don Rogers (28) 13,456
1968–69 Div 3 ↑ 46 27 10 9 71 35 64 2nd[o] R3 W Don Rogers (30) 17,857
1969–70 Div 2 42 17 16 9 57 47 50 5th QF R3 Anglo-Italian Cup
Anglo-Italian League Cup
Arthur Horsfield (28) 19,852
1970–71 Div 2 42 15 12 15 61 51 42 12th R4 R4 Don Rogers (21) 15,799
1971–72 Div 2 42 15 12 15 47 47 42 11th R3 R2 Peter Noble (14) 13,356
1972–73 Div 2 42 10 16 16 46 60 36 16th R4 R2 Republic of Ireland Ray Treacy (14) 10,024
1973–74 Div 2 ↓ 42 7 11 24 36 72 25 22nd R3 R2 Peter Eastoe (8) 7,104
1974–75 Div 3 46 21 11 14 64 58 53 4th R4 R1 Peter Eastoe (31) 8,067
1975–76 Div 3 46 16 8 22 62 75 40 19th R3 R2 David Syrett (16) 7,514
1976–77 Div 3 46 15 15 16 68 75 45 11th R4 R1 David Moss (21) 7,625
1977–78 Div 3 46 16 16 14 67 60 48 10th R3 R4 David Moss (22) 7,159
1978–79 Div 3 46 25 7 14 74 52 57 5th R4 R3 Chic Bates (16) 7,751
1979–80 Div 3 46 19 8 19 71 63 46 10th R4 SF Alan Mayes (28) 8,681
1980–81 Div 3 46 13 15 18 51 56 41 17th R2 R3 Andy Rowland (13) 6,694
1981–82 Div 3 ↓ 46 13 13 20 55 71 52 22nd R3 R1 Roy Carter (15) 5,560
1982–83 Div 4 46 19 11 16 61 54 68 8th R4 R1 Paul Rideout (23) 4,018
1983–84 Div 4 46 15 13 18 58 56 58 17th R4 R1 QF(S) Alan Mayes (20) 3,154
1984–85 Div 4 46 21 9 16 62 58 72 8th R1 R1 R1(S) Colin Gordon (17) 2,994
1985–86 Div 4 ↑ 46 32 6 8 82 43 102[p] 1st R1 R4 PR(S) Charlie Henry (18) 6,457
1986–87 Div 3 ↑ 46 25 12 9 77 47 87 3rd R4 R2 SF(S) League play-offs W Dave Bamber (21) 7,715
1987–88 Div 2 44 16 11 17 73 60 59 12th R4 R3 — Northern Ireland Jimmy Quinn (31) 9,773
1988–89 Div 2 46 20 16 10 68 53 76 6th R4 R2 — League play-offs SF Scotland Duncan Shearer (15) 8,645
1989–90 Div 2 46 20 14 12 79 59 74 4th R3 R4 — League play-offs W[q] Scotland Duncan Shearer (27) 9,444
1990–91 Div 2 46 12 14 20 65 73 50 21st R4 R3 — Scotland Duncan Shearer (23) 9,439
1991–92 Div 2 46 18 15 13 69 55 69 8th R5 R4 — Scotland Duncan Shearer (32) 9,654
1992–93 Div 1[r] ↑ 46 21 13 12 74 59 76 5th R3 R3 — Anglo-Italian Cup
League play-offs 		GS
 Craig Maskell (23) 10,576
1993–94 Prem ↓ 42 5 15 22 47 100[s] 30 22nd R3 R3 — Anglo-Italian Cup GS Norway Jan Åge Fjørtoft (13) 15,274
1994–95 Div 1 ↓ 46 12 12 22 54 73 48 21st R4 SF — Norway Jan Åge Fjørtoft (25) 9,408
1995–96 Div 2 ↑ 46 25 17 4 71 34 92 1st R5 R2 R2(S) Wayne Allison (20) 10,046
1996–97 Div 1 46 15 9 22 52 71 54 19th R3 R3 — Wayne Allison (13) 9,265
1997–98 Div 1 46 14 10 22 42 73 52 18th R3 R1 — Scotland Chris Hay (14) 9,505
1998–99 Div 1 46 13 11 22 59 81 50 17th R3 R1 — Scotland Iffy Onuora (20) 8,656
1999–2000 Div 1 ↓ 46 8 12 26 38 77 36 24th R3 R1 — Scotland Chris Hay (10) 6,977
2000–01 Div 2 46 13 13 20 47 65 52 20th R3 R2 SF(S) Australia Danny Invincibile (10) 6,186
2001–02 Div 2 46 15 14 17 46 56 59 13th R2 R2 R1(S) England Giuliano Grazioli (8)
Australia Danny Invincibile (8) 		6,362
2002–03 Div 2 46 16 12 18 59 63 60 10th R2 R1 R2(S) England Sam Parkin (26) 5,462
2003–04 Div 2 46 20 13 13 76 58 73 5th R1 R2 R1(S) League play-offs RU England Sam Parkin (23) 7,839
2004–05 Lge 1[t] 46 17 12 17 66 68 63 12th R2 R2 SF(S) England Sam Parkin (24) 5,835
2005–06 Lge 1 ↓ 46 11 15 20 46 65 48 23rd R1 R1 R2(S) New Zealand Rory Fallon (14) 5,951
2006–07 Lge 2 ↑ 46 25 10 11 58 38 85 3rd[u] R3 R1 R1(S) Wales Christian Roberts (13) 7,419
2007–08 Lge 1 46 16 13 17 63 56 61 13th R3 R1 R2(S) Republic of Ireland Simon Cox (16) 7,170
2008–09 Lge 1 46 12 17 17 68 71 53 15th R1 R1 QF(S) Republic of Ireland Simon Cox (32) 7,499
2009–10 Lge 1 46 22 16 8 73 57 82 5th R3 R2 QF(S) League play-offs RU England Billy Paynter (29) 8,389
2010–11 Lge 1 ↓ 46 9 14 23 50 72 41 24th R2 R1 QF(S) England Charlie Austin (17) 8,458
2011–12 Lge 2 ↑ 46 29 6 11 75 32 93 1st R4 R2 RU England Alan Connell (12)
England Paul Benson (12) 		8,411
2012–13 Lge 1 46 20 14 12 72 39 74 6th R1 R4 R1(S) League play-offs SF Republic of Ireland James Collins (18) 8,528
2013–14 Lge 1 46 19 9 18 63 59 66 8th R1 R3 F(S) England Nile Ranger (8)
England Michael Smith (8)
France Dany N'Guessan (8) 		8,130
2014–15 Lge 1 46 23 10 13 76 57 79 4th R1 R2 R2(S) League play-offs RU England Andy Williams (22) 8,130
2015–16 Lge 1 46 16 11 19 64 71 59 15th R1 R1 R2(S) England Nicky Ajose (25)
2016–17 Lge 1 ↓ 46 11 11 24 44 66 44 22nd R1 R1 R2 England Jonathan Obika (6)
England Luke Norris (6) 		6,527
2017–18 Lge 2 46 20 8 18 67 65 68 9th R2 R1 R2 England Luke Norris (14) 6,436
2018–19 Lge 2 46 16 16 14 59 56 64 13th R2 R1 GS Wales Michael Doughty (14) 6,390
2019–20 Lge 2 ↑ 36 21 6 9 62 39 69 1st[v] R1 R1 GS Republic of Ireland Eoin Doyle (25) 7,787
2020–21 Lge 1 ↓ 46 13 4 29 55 89 43 23rd R1 R1 GS Jersey Brett Pitman (12) 2,000[w]
2021–22 Lge 2 46 22 11 13 77 54 77 6th[x] R3 R1 L32 England Harry McKirdy (23) 9,790
2022–23 Lge 2 46 16 13 17 61 55 61 10th R1 R1 GS Wiltshire Cup RU Wales Jonny Williams (10) 9,063

Key

Champions Runners-up Promoted ↑ Relegated ↓

Overall

Footnotes

  1. ^ The EFL Cup competition did not start until the 1960–61 season.
  2. ^ Includes goals scored in all competitive competitions including cup games, players with no flags can be assumed English.
  3. ^ Goal records for the period 1879–1920 are incomplete and possibly erroneous but have been included here for completeness.
  4. ^ Attendances up till the 1920s are unreliable, but included here for completeness.
  5. ^ Although the team played 15 games, the result of the game against Trowbridge Town on 23 November 1889 is not known.
  6. ^ a b c As one of the teams at the bottom of the table, Swindon played in the relegation play-offs and performed well enough to retain their place in the league.
  7. ^ a b c d e During the period 1897–1902, Swindon played in both the Southern League Division 1 and the Western League to increase the number of competitive fixtures they were playing. Swindon resigned from the league after the second consecutive bottom of the table finish in 1901–02 and entered the Reserve side instead. Swindon Reserves continued to play in the Western League until 1949.
  8. ^ An Intermediate Round was played after the fifth qualifying round against Barnsley which Swindon lost 0–4.
  9. ^ Swindon played in the United League for the 1905–06 season to play more competitive games.
  10. ^ Swindon become league champions on goal average, with the top two clubs scoring the same number of points over the season. Swindon achieved an average of 1.98 compared to second place Crystal Palace's 1.88.
  11. ^ a b The 1939–40 season was abandoned in early September and all results annulled, after only three matches had been played.
  12. ^ The FA Cup was contested in 1945–46 but the Football League did not resume until the following season.
  13. ^ Swindon ended the season with the same points and goal average as the 19th placed Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic and were listed in 20th place alphabetically.
  14. ^ Swindon Town were placed in the new Third Division following the amalgamation of Third Division South and Third Division North.
  15. ^ Swindon finished runners-up in the Third Division in 1968–69 on goal average having scored the same number of points as the champions. Watford recorded an average of 2.18 against Swindon's 2.03.
  16. ^ Swindon were the first team in the League to score over 100 points in one season.
  17. ^ Swindon were initially promoted to Division One after winning the play-off competition. As a result of an investigation into the club during the close-season into illegal payments; the team was initially relegated to Division Three before being re-instated into Division Two on appeal with Sunderland taking their place. For more information see: History of Swindon Town F.C.
  18. ^ On the formation of the FA Premiership, Division Two was re-designated Division One.
  19. ^ Swindon were the first Premier League team to concede 100 goals in a season.
  20. ^ Division Two was re-titled League One following the creation of the Championship for the 2004–05 season.
  21. ^ Swindon Town were promoted to League One after finishing in the 3rd automatic promotion place.
  22. ^ The 2019–20 season was curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with league positions decided on a points-per-game basis. Swindon Town averaged 1.92 points from 36 games.
  23. ^ Most of Swindon Town's home games in the 2020–21 season were played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Two home games against Fleetwood Town and Charlton Athletic were limited to 2,000 spectators.
  24. ^ Swindon lost to Port Vale 6-5 on penalties after drawing 2-2 on aggregate in the Play-Off Semi Finals

References

  1. ^ "Home". swindon-town-fc.co.uk.
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