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The Robins

Swindon Town FC

Founded 1879
Turned professional 1894

Players provided 2
Different scorers 2 (13 goals)
Total appearances
14
1884-1914

 

County Ground

Domestic Honours Western Football League winners 1898-99;
Southern League Division One runners-up 1908-09, 1909-10, 1912-13, winners 1910-11, 1913-14;
FA Cup best: semi-final 1909-10, 1911-12 (the last non-League club to reach semi-finals);
FA Charity Shield runners-up 1911 (beaten by Manchester United, 4-8);
Football League Division Three (South) Cup runners-up 1935-36;

Football League Division Three runners-up 1962-63, 1968-69, play-off winners 1986-87; Division Four winners 1985-86; Division Two play-off winners 1989-90 (not promoted because of financial irregularities);
Football League Cup winners 1968-69;
Associate Members Cup best: Southern semi-final 1986-87; Football League Trophy runners-up 2011-12;

After League restructure: Football League Division One/Championship fifth place-play-off winners 1992-93, Division Two/League One winners 1995-96 & 2011-12, fifth place-play-off runners-up 2003-04 & 2009-10, sixth place-play-off semi-finalists 2012-13, fourth place-play-off runners-up 2014-15; League Two third place 2006-07, sixth place-play-off semi-finalists 2021-22, winners 2019-20;
FA Premier League best: 22nd place 1993-94;
European Honours Anglo-Italian League Cup winners 1969 (beat Roma, agg 5-2);
Anglo-Italian Cup winners 1969-70 (beat Napoli 3-0);
Home venue County Ground, since 1896; The Croft, 1881-96;
Home strip Red shirts, white shorts, red socks.


The 2 Players
Ply no. Name Pos App Gls Mins Playing Career
109 Billy Rose GK 3 2ᵍᵃ 270 1884 23 days
with Swifts
341 Harold Fleming IR 11 9 990 1909-14 5 years
1 day

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