2019–20 Swindon Town F.C. season

The 2019–20 Swindon Town F.C. season was the club's 141st season in their existence, and third consecutive in League Two. The season covered the period from 1 July 2019 through to 30 June 2020.

Swindon Town

2019–20 season
Chairman	Lee Power
Manager	Richie Wellens
Stadium	County Ground
League Two	1st (champions)
FA Cup	First round
EFL Cup	First round
EFL Trophy	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Eoin Doyle (25 goals) All: Eoin Doyle (25 goals)
Highest home attendance	13,095 vs Exeter City (1 February 2020)
Lowest home attendance	1,199 vs Plymouth Argyle (8 October 2019)
Average home league attendance	7,787
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Players

First Team Squad

As of 2 July 2019^[1]

No.	Name	Nat	Position	Since	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Games	Goals
Goalkeepers
12	Will Henry		GK	2015	(1998-07-06) 6 July 1998 (age 26)	Academy	10	0
23	Luke McCormick		GK	2018	(1983-08-15) 15 August 1983 (age 41)	Plymouth Argyle	10	0
Defenders
3	Zeki Fryers		LB/CB	2019	(1992-09-09) 9 September 1992 (age 32)	Barnsley	-	-
6	Mathieu Baudry		CB	2019	(1988-02-24) 24 February 1988 (age 37)	Milton Keynes Dons	-	-
24	Rob Hunt		RB/LB	2019	(1995-07-07) 7 July 1995 (age 29)	Oldham	-	-
25	Joe Romanski		CB	2017	(2000-02-03) 3 February 2000 (age 25)	Academy	9	1
26	Dion Conroy		CB/DM	2017	(1995-12-11) 11 December 1995 (age 29)	Chelsea	28	0
-	Tyler Reid		RB	2019	(1997-09-02) 2 September 1997 (age 27)	Swansea	-	-
Midfielders
3	Michael Doughty		CM/LM/LB	2018	(1992-11-20) 20 November 1992 (age 32)	Peterborough United	49	15
7	Jermaine McGlashan		RM/LM/AM	2018	(1988-10-14) 14 October 1988 (age 36)	Southend United	18	0
14	Ellis Iandolo		LM/LB/CM	2015	(1997-08-22) 22 August 1997 (age 27)	Maidstone United	54	2
20	Toumani Diagouraga		DM/CM	2018	(1987-06-09) 9 June 1987 (age 37)	Fleetwood Town	21	0
Forwards
10	Keshi Anderson		SS/LW/RW	2018	(1995-04-06) 6 April 1995 (age 30)	Crystal Palace	59	7
22	Kaiyne Woolery		SS/RW/LW	2017	(1995-01-11) 11 January 1995 (age 30)	Wigan Athletic	47	6
24	Scott Twine		CF	2016	(1999-07-14) 14 July 1999 (age 25)	Academy	12	0

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2019	CB		Mathieu Baudry	Milton Keynes Dons	Free transfer	[2]
1 July 2019	LB		Zeki Fryers	Barnsley	Free transfer	[3]
1 July 2019	RB		Rob Hunt	Oldham Athletic	Free transfer	[4]
1 July 2019	RB		Tyler Reid	Swansea City	Free transfer	[5]
26 July 2019	DM		Jordan Lyden	Aston Villa	Free transfer	[6]
30 July 2019	LW		Lloyd Isgrove	Barnsley	Free transfer	[7]
4 October 2019	CB		Gabriel Zakuani	Gillingham	Free transfer	[8]
12 October 2019	LB		Dion Donohue	Mansfield Town	Free transfer	[9]
16 November 2019	RB		Paul Caddis	Bradford City	Free transfer	[10]
6 January 2020	CM		Anthony Grant	Shrewsbury Town	Undisclosed	[11]
22 January 2020	CF		Hallam Hope	Carlisle United	Undisclosed	[12]
30 January 2020	CF		Eoin Doyle	Bradford City	Undisclosed	[13]
31 January 2020	CM		Matt Palmer	Rotherham United	Free transfer	[14]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
1 July 2019	CM		Adam May	Portsmouth	11 February 2020	[15][16]
1 July 2019	CF		Jerry Yates	Rotherham United	22 January 2020	[17][18]
3 July 2019	CB		Daniel Ballard	Arsenal	31 May 2020	[19]
30 July 2019	RW		Diallang Jaiyesimi	Norwich City	30 June 2020	[20]
16 August 2019	CF		Eoin Doyle	Bradford City	January 2020	[21]
2 September 2019	GK		Steven Benda	Swansea City	30 June 2020	[22]
2 September 2019	CM		Anthony Grant	Shrewsbury Town	1 January 2020	[23]
13 January 2020	CB		Rarmani Edmonds-Green	Huddersfield Town	30 June 2020	[24]
28 January 2020	CF		Admiral Muskwe	Leicester City	30 June 2020	[25]
29 January 2020	CF		Jerry Yates	Rotherham United	30 June 2020	[26]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
25 July 2019	DF		Luke Haines	Chippenham Town		[27]
27 July 2019	MF		Jacob Bancroft	Salisbury	January 2020	[28]
16 August 2019	RM		Jermaine McGlashan	Chesterfield	1 January 2020	[29]
6 September 2019	MF		Ralph Graham	Highworth Town	October 2019	[30]
13 September 2019	GK		Will Henry	Chippenham Town	October 2019	[31]
17 October 2019	GK		Archie Matthews	Thatcham Town	November 2019	[32]
20 October 2019	DM		Cameron McGilp	Hungerford Town	November 2019	[33]
7 November 2019	GK		Will Henry	Gloucester City	December 2019	[34]
21 November 2019	RB		Tyler Reid	Wrexham	December 2019	[35]
4 January 2020	GK		Will Henry	Hereford	February 2020	[36]

Transfers out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2019	CM		James Dunne	Barnet	Released	[37][38]
1 July 2019	SS		Jordan Edwards	Basingstoke Town	Released	[37][39]
1 July 2019	RB		Kyle Knoyle	Cambridge United	Free transfer	[40]
1 July 2019	CB		Olly Lancashire	Crewe Alexandra	Released	[37][41]
1 July 2019	CM		Jak McCourt	Macclesfield Town	Released	[37][42]
1 July 2019	CF		Sol Pryce	Free agent	Released	[37]
1 July 2019	CF		Marc Richards	Cambridge United	Released	[37][43]
1 July 2019	CB		Chris Robertson	Ilkeston Town	Released	[37][44]
1 July 2019	CM		Martin Smith	Salford City	Released	[37][45]
1 July 2019	LM		Matthew Taylor	Retired		[37]
1 July 2019	GK		Lawrence Vigouroux	Everton de Viña del Mar	Released	[37][46]
1 July 2019	MF		Jordan Young	Coventry City	Released	[37][47]
17 July 2019	CF		Elliott Dugan	Ytterhogdal	Undisclosed	[48]
2 January 2020	DM		Toumani Diagouraga	Morecambe	Free transfer	[49]
11 January 2020	MF		Markus ifill	Brighton & Hove Albion	Undisclosed

Non-Playing Staff

Position	Name
First-Team Manager	Richie Wellens
First-Team Assistant Manager	Noel Hunt
First-Team Coach	Tommy Wright
First Team Goalkeeping Coach	Steve Mildenhall
First-Team Physio	Tom Holmes
First Team Analyst	John Shannon
First Team Kit Men	Steve Hooper/ Jonah Isaacs
Director of Football	Paul Jewell
Academy Director	Seamus Brady
Academy Manager	Alan McLoughlin
Academy Coach	David Farrell

Pre-season

On 26 May, The Robins announced their pre-season schedule.^[50]

Brimscombe & Thrupp v Swindon Town

2 July 2019 (2019-07-02) Friendly	Brimscombe & Thrupp	0–6	Swindon Town	Brimscombe and Thrupp
19:30 BST		Report	Anderson 5' Yates 9' Randall (Trialist) 60' Ngakoutou (Trialist) 64' 71' D'Ath (Trialist) 75'	Stadium: The Meadow

Swindon Supermarine v Swindon Town

5 July 2019 (2019-07-05) Friendly	Swindon Supermarine	0–3	Swindon Town	South Marston
19:30 BST		Report	Randall (Trialist) 41' Doughty 70' (pen.) Woolery 87'	Stadium: Hunts Copse

Everton U23s v Swindon Town

11 July 2019 (2019-07-11) Friendly	Everton U23s	0–1	Swindon Town	Cartagena, Spain
11:00 CEST		Report	Iandolo 87'	Stadium: La Manga Club Football Stadium

Hungerford Town v Swindon Town

16 July 2019 (2019-07-16) Friendly	Hungerford Town	1–4	Swindon Town	Hungerford
19:30 BST	Akers 10'	Report	Yates 26' Iandolo 30' Graham 67' Anderson 67'	Stadium: Bulpit Lane Attendance: 419

Salisbury v Swindon Town

16 July 2019 (2019-07-16) Friendly	Salisbury	1–6	Swindon Town	Salisbury
19:45 BST	Harfield 70'	Report	Woolery 22' Thomas-Asante (Trialist) 38', 39' Twine 60' Broadbent 76' Bancroft 81'	Stadium: Raymond McEnhill Stadium Attendance: 439 Referee: Roger East

Birmingham City v Swindon Town

19 July 2019 (2019-07-19) Friendly	Birmingham City	6–1	Swindon Town	Birmingham
13:00 BST	Crowley 5' Vassell 19' Bailey 29' Gardner 33' Bellingham 74', 84'		Doughty 65'	Stadium: Wast Hills

Swindon Town v Manchester United U23s

23 July 2019 (2019-07-23) Friendly	Swindon Town	1–1	Manchester United U23s	Swindon
19:30 BST	Trialist 10'	Report	Levitt 70' (pen.)	Stadium: The County Ground

Swindon Town v Coventry City

27 July 2019 (2019-07-27) Friendly	Swindon Town	0–2	Coventry City	Swindon
15:00 BST		Report	Bakayoko 58' Biamou 90'	Stadium: The County Ground

Melksham Town v Swindon Town

30 July 2019 (2019-07-30) Friendly	Melksham Town	0–6	Swindon Town	Melksham
19:30 BST	0		6	Stadium: Oakfield Stadium Referee: ?

Competitions

League Two

Main article: 2019–20 EFL League Two

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Swindon Town (C, P)	36	21	6	9	62	39	+23	69	1.92	Promotion to EFL League One
2	Crewe Alexandra (P)	37	20	9	8	67	43	+24	69	1.86
3	Plymouth Argyle (P)	37	20	8	9	61	39	+22	68	1.84
4	Cheltenham Town	36	17	13	6	52	27	+25	64	1.78	Qualification for League Two play-offs[a]
5	Exeter City	37	18	11	8	53	43	+10	65	1.76
6	Colchester United	37	15	13	9	52	37	+15	58	1.57
7	Northampton Town (O, P)	37	17	7	13	54	40	+14	58	1.57
8	Port Vale	37	14	15	8	50	44	+6	57	1.54

Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points per game; 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^[51]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:

1. Four teams play for one spot and promotion to EFL League One.

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
36	21	6	9	62	39	+23	69	13	2	4	34	17	+17	8	4	5	28	22	+6

Last updated: 7 March 2020.
Source: BBC

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	H
Result	W	W	D	L	D	W	W	W	L	W	L	L	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	D	W	L	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	L
Position	4	2	1	7	10	5	4	2	4	4	5	7	7	7	7	5	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2

Updated to match(es) played on 7 March 2020. Source: 11v11
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

On Thursday, 20 June 2019, the EFL League Two fixtures were revealed.^[52]

Scunthorpe United v Swindon Town

3 August 2019 (2019-08-03) 1	Scunthorpe United	0–2	Swindon Town	Scunthorpe
15:00 BST	McGahey  30' Butler  83'	Report	Yates 59' Anderson 70'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 4,135 Referee: Will Finnie

Swindon Town v Carlisle United

10 August 2019 (2019-08-10) 2	Swindon Town	3–2	Carlisle United	Swindon
15:00 BST	Yates 56' Fryers 70' Woolery 90'	Report	Olomola 52' Sagaf 90'+2' Carroll  83'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 7,024 Referee: Nick Kinseley

Exeter City v Swindon Town

17 August 2019 (2019-08-17) 3	Exeter City	1–1	Swindon Town	Exeter
15:00 BST	Taylor  45' Jay 72'	Report	Baudry  39' Doyle 88' Doughty  90+4'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 5,435 Referee: Christopher Sarginson

Swindon Town v Northampton Town

20 August 2019 (2019-08-20) 4	Swindon Town	0–1	Northampton Town	Swindon
19:45 BST	Baudry  4' May  65'	Report	Lines  54' Williams 67' Turnbull  72'	Stadium: The County Ground Attendance: 7,203 Referee: Craig Hicks

Cheltenham Town v Swindon Town

24 August 2019 (2019-08-24) 5	Cheltenham Town	2–2	Swindon Town	Cheltenham
15:00 BST	Hussey 19' Broom  25' Varney 41'	Report	Doyle 6', 33' Isgrove  19' Doughty  71' Lyden  78'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 4,401 Referee: Trevor Kettle

Swindon Town v Morecambe

31 August 2019 (2019-08-31) 6	Swindon Town	3–1	Morecambe	Swindon
15:00 BST	Doyle 5', 21' Yates 17'	Report	Alessandra 13'	Stadium: The County Ground Attendance: 6,877 Referee: Darren Drysdale

Leyton Orient v Swindon Town

7 September 2019 (2019-09-07) 7	Leyton Orient	1–3	Swindon Town	Leyton
15:00 BST	Angol  38' Maguire-Drew 74' Gorman  77' Ling  90+3'	Report	Anderson 23'  87' Widdowson 43' (o.g.) Yates 45+2'	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 7,042 Referee: Kevin Johnson

Swindon Town v Macclesfield Town

14 September 2019 (2019-09-14) 8	Swindon Town	3–0	Macclesfield Town	Swindon
15:00 BST	Anderson 37' Doyle 45+1', 76'	Report	Welch-Hayes  55' O'Keeffe  90+4'	Stadium: The County Ground Attendance: 7,055 Referee: Leigh Doughty

Swindon Town v Colchester United

17 September 2019 (2019-09-17) 9	Swindon Town	0–3	Colchester United	Swindon
19:45 BST	Baudry  24' Iandolo  70'	Report	Sarpong-Wiredu  18' Eastman 45+1' Robinson 55', 75'	Stadium: The County Ground Attendance: 6,634 Referee: Andy Woolmer

Cambridge United v Swindon Town

21 September 2019 (2019-09-21) 10	Cambridge United	0–1	Swindon Town	Cambridge
15:00 BST	Lambe  40'	Report	Yates 27' Conroy  60' Isgrove  63' Doyle  90+5'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 4,443 Referee: Peter Wright

Swindon Town v Newport County

28 September 2019 (2019-09-28) 11	Swindon Town	0–2	Newport County	Swindon
15:00 BST		Report	O'Brien 38'  55' Matt 82'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 7,843 Referee: David Rock

Bradford City v Swindon Town

5 October 2019 (2019-10-05) 12	Bradford City	2–1	Swindon Town	Bradford
15:00 BST	Akpan 69' McCartan 79' Mellor  90'	Report	Lyden  21' Anderson  26' Iandolo  43' Yates 74'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 14,136 Referee: Tom Nield

Swindon Town v Plymouth Argyle

12 October 2019 (2019-10-12) 13	Swindon Town	1–1	Plymouth Argyle	Swindon
15:00 BST	Doyle 45+2'  89' Grant  49' Baudry  56' Lyden  67'	Report	Riley  42' Grant 76' Canavan  79' Mayor  84'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 9,548 Referee: Rob Lewis

Crewe Alexandra v Swindon Town

19 October 2019 (2019-10-19) 14	Crewe Alexandra	3–1	Swindon Town	Crewe
15:00 BST	Porter 59', 90' Kirk 90+4'	Report	Doyle 37'  83' Woolery  76' Rose  78' Lyden  80'	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 4,792 Referee: Marc Edwards

Swindon Town v Stevenage

22 October 2019 (2019-10-22) 15	Swindon Town	1–0	Stevenage	Swindon
19:45 BST	Grant  12' Fryers  61' Doyle 90'  90+2'	Report	Parrett  79' Denton  90' Farman  90+4'	Stadium: County Ground Referee: Alan Young

Crawley Town v Swindon Town

26 October 2019 (2019-10-26) 16	Crawley Town	0–4	Swindon Town	Crawley
15:00 BST	Tunnicliffe  47' Dallison  58' Grego-Cox  69' Allarakhia  81'	Report	Doyle 5', 44', 61' Grant  66' Yates 87'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 2,601 Referee: Michael Salisbury

Swindon Town v Walsall

2 November 2019 (2019-11-02) 17	Swindon Town	2–1	Walsall	Swindon
15:00 GMT	Doyle 5' Jaiyesimi 47'	Report	Gaffney 54'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 7,014 Referee: Josh Smith

Salford City v Swindon Town

16 November 2019 (2019-11-16) 18	Salford City	2–3	Swindon Town	Salford
15:00 GMT	Rooney 4' (pen.), 90+5' (pen.) Burgess  26' Dieseruvwe  45+7'	Report	Doyle 10', 54' (pen.) Yates 78'	Stadium: Moor Lane Attendance: 3,509 Referee: Leigh Doughty

Swindon Town v Mansfield Town

23 November 2019 (2019-11-23) 19	Swindon Town	1–0	Mansfield Town	Swindon
15:00 GMT	Doyle 23'	Report	Preston  15' Smith  27'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 6,741 Referee: Nick Kinseley

Grimsby Town v Swindon Town

7 December 2019 (2019-12-07) 20	Grimsby Town	0–3	Swindon Town	Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT	Hewitt  76'	Report	Doyle 10' Yates 24', 52'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 3,723 Referee: Peter Wright

Swindon Town v Oldham Athletic

14 December 2019 (2019-12-14) 21	Swindon Town	2–0	Oldham Athletic	Swindon
15:00 GMT	Woolery 45+1' Baudry  66' Doyle 85'	Report	Iacovitti  32' Mills  90+4'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 6,825 Referee: David Rock

Forest Green Rovers v Swindon Town

21 December 2019 (2019-12-21) 22	Forest Green Rovers	2–2	Swindon Town	Nailsworth
15:00 GMT	Mills 55', 90+5' Winchester  76'	Report	Baudry  9' Doyle 16', 35'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 4,216 Referee: Robert Lewis

Swindon Town v Cambridge United

26 December 2019 (2019-12-26) 23	Swindon Town	4–0	Cambridge United	Swindon
15:00 GMT	Doyle 5' (pen.) Anderson 40', 45+1', 66' Grant  48' Iandolo  82'	Report	Roles  5' Taft  22' Lewis  48'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 8,211 Referee: Josh Smith

Port Vale v Swindon Town

29 December 2019 (2019-12-29) 24	Port Vale	2–0	Swindon Town	Burslem
15:00 GMT	Legge  4' Burgess 13' Gibbons  45+5' Taylor 52'	Report		Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 5,495 Referee: Scott Oldham

Plymouth Argyle v Swindon Town

1 January 2020 (2020-01-01) 25	Plymouth Argyle	1–2	Swindon Town	Plymouth
15:00 GMT	Telford 22' Edwards  45+2'	Report	Grant  15' Hunt  25' Jaiyesimi 35' Lyden  48' Doyle 77'  78' Yates  79'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 15,062 Referee: Kevin Johnson

Swindon Town v Bradford City

4 January 2020 (2020-01-04) 26	Swindon Town	1–1	Bradford City	Swindon
15:00 GMT	Yates 11' (pen.) Rose  42' Jaiyesimi  61' Hunt  73' Lyden  90+3' Woolery  90+6'	Report	Reeves  13' McCartan 89'  89'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 8,407 Referee: Darren Drysdale

Swindon Town v Crewe Alexandra

11 January 2020 (2020-01-11) 27	Swindon Town	3–1	Crewe Alexandra	Swindon
15:00 GMT	Hunt 32' Yates 69' Rose 72' Caddis  80' Woolery  90+5'	Report	Anene 61'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 7,601 Referee: Darren Handley

Newport County v Swindon Town

18 January 2020 (2020-01-18) 28	Newport County	2–0	Swindon Town	Newport
15:00 GMT	Sheehan 1' Matt 49'  79' King  90'	Report	Grant  28' Jaiyesimi  42' Yates  90+1'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 4,981 Referee: Christopher Pollard

Swindon Town v Port Vale

25 January 2020 (2020-01-25) 29	Swindon Town	3–0	Port Vale	Swindon
15:00 GMT	Legge 41' (o.g.) Hope 45' Doughty 60'  90+1'	Report	Atkinson  34' Joyce  42' Brisley  85' Legge  87'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 7,343 Referee: Craig Hicks

Colchester United v Swindon Town

28 January 2020 (2020-01-28) 30	Colchester United	3–1	Swindon Town	Colchester
19:45 GMT	Comley  35' Norris 74' Robinson 85', 89'	Report	Jaiyesimi 48' Edmonds-Green  70' Hunt  73' Baudry  88'	Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 3,258 Referee: Gavin Ward

Swindon Town v Exeter City

1 February 2020 (2020-02-01) 31	Swindon Town	2–1	Exeter City	Swindon
15:00 GMT	Doyle 20' Hope 46' Doughty  63'	Report	Williams 34' Bowman  36'	Stadium: The County Ground Attendance: 13,095 Referee: Kevin Johnson

Carlisle United v Swindon Town

8 February 2020 (2020-02-08) 32	Carlisle United	1–1	Swindon Town	Carlisle
15:00 GMT	Hayden 62'	Report	Edmonds-Green 11'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 4,620 Referee: Graham Salisbury

Northampton Town v Swindon Town

11 February 2020 (2020-02-11) 33	Northampton Town	0–1	Swindon Town	Northampton
19:45 GMT	Goode  59' Oliver  63' Jones  68'	Report	Doyle  70' Lyden 77'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,759 Referee: James Adcock

Swindon Town v Scunthorpe United

15 February 2020 (2020-02-15)	Swindon Town	v	Scunthorpe United	Swindon
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: County Ground
Note: Match was postponed due to adverse weather conditions.[53]

Swindon Town v Grimsby Town

22 February 2020 (2020-02-22) 34	Swindon Town	3–1	Grimsby Town	Swindon
15:00 GMT	Grant  3' Yates 46' Jaiyesimi 49' Hendrie 57' (o.g.)	Report	Hanson 59' Clarke  66' Glennon  70'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 8,180 Referee: Sam Purkiss

Mansfield Town v Swindon Town

29 February 2020 (2020-02-29)	Mansfield Town	v	Swindon Town	Mansfield
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Field Mill
Note: Match was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.[54]

Swindon Town v Scunthorpe United

3 March 2020 (2020-03-03) 35	Swindon Town	2–0	Scunthorpe United	Swindon
19:45 GMT	Doyle 41', 77'	Report	Rowe  4' Perch  72'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 7,583 Referee: Peter Wright

Swindon Town v Forest Green Rovers

7 March 2020 (2020-03-07) 36	Swindon Town	0–2	Forest Green Rovers	Swindon
15:00 GMT	Doughty  22' Grant  36'	Report	Stevens 5' Dawson  30' Adams 50'  65' McGinley  73'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 9,257 Referee: Craig Hicks

Oldham Athletic v Swindon Town

14 March 2020 (2020-03-14)	Oldham Athletic	v	Swindon Town	Oldham
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Boundary Park
Note: Season was suspended until 3 April 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[55]

Stevenage v Swindon Town

17 March 2020 (2020-03-17)	Stevenage	v	Swindon Town	Stevenage
19:45 GMT				Stadium: Broadhall Way
Note: Season was suspended until 3 April 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[55]

Swindon Town v Crawley Town

21 March 2020 (2020-03-21)	Swindon Town	v	Crawley Town	Swindon
15:00 GMT				Stadium: County Ground
Note: Season was suspended until 3 April 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[55]

Swindon Town v Salford City

24 March 2020 (2020-03-24)	Swindon Town	v	Salford City	Swindon
19:45 GMT				Stadium: County Ground
Note: Season was suspended until 3 April 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[55]

Walsall v Swindon Town

28 March 2020 (2020-03-28)	Walsall	v	Swindon Town	Bescot
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Bescot Stadium
Note: Season was suspended until 3 April 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[55]

Swindon Town v Cheltenham Town

10 April 2020 (2020-04-10)	Swindon Town	v	Cheltenham Town	Swindon
15:00 BST				Stadium: County Ground
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[56]

Morecambe v Swindon Town

13 April 2020 (2020-04-13)	Morecambe	v	Swindon Town	Morecambe
13:00 BST				Stadium: Globe Arena
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[56]

Swindon Town v Leyton Orient

18 April 2020 (2020-04-18)	Swindon Town	v	Leyton Orient	Swindon
15:00 BST				Stadium: County Ground
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[56]

Macclesfield Town v Swindon Town

25 April 2020 (2020-04-25)	Macclesfield Town	v	Swindon Town	Macclesfield
15:00 BST				Stadium: Moss Rose
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[56]

FA Cup

Main article: 2019–20 FA Cup

The first round draw was made on 21 October 2019.^[57]

Cheltenham Town v Swindon Town

9 November 2019 (2019-11-09) First round	Cheltenham Town	1–1	Swindon Town	Cheltenham
15:00 GMT	Thomas  57' Boyle  76' Addai 90+3' Long  90+5'	Report	Hunt  80' Yates 90+1'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 3,456 Referee: Scott Oldham

Swindon Town v Cheltenham Town

19 November 2019 (2019-11-19) First round replay	Swindon Town	0–1	Cheltenham Town	Swindon
19:45 GMT	Doughty 3' Jaiyesimi  71'	Report	Raglan  38' Addai 50' Doyle-Hayes  71' Lloyd  84'	Stadium: County Ground Referee: Darren Drysdale

EFL Cup

Main article: 2019–20 EFL Cup

The first round draw was made on 20 June.^[58]

Colchester United v Swindon Town

13 August 2019 (2019-08-13) First round	Colchester United	3–0	Swindon Town	Colchester
19:45 BST	Eastman 77' Senior 90+2' Comley 90+7' Prosser  48' Gambin  58' Bramall  62'	Report	Hunt  24' Broadbent  45+3' Doughty  71' Yates  83'	Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 1,595 Referee: Charles Breakspear

EFL Trophy

Main article: 2019–20 EFL Trophy

On 9 July 2019, the pre-determined group stage draw was announced with Invited clubs to be drawn on 12 July 2019.^[59]

Pos	Div	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Bristol Rovers	3	2	0	1	0	4	2	+2	7	Advance to Round 2
2	ACA	Chelsea U21	3	2	0	0	1	5	4	+1	6
3	L2	Plymouth Argyle	3	1	1	0	1	4	2	+2	5
4	L2	Swindon Town	3	0	0	0	3	2	7	−5	0

Source: EFL.com

Swindon Town v Chelsea U21

6 August 2019 (2019-08-06) Group stage	Swindon Town	2–3	Chelsea U21	County Ground
19:45 BST	Ballard 19' Hunt  29' May 46' Reid  64' Diagouraga  90+4'	Report	Anjorin 11', 16' Brown 60' Uwakwe  77'	Attendance: 1,995 Referee: Allan Young

Swindon Town v Plymouth Argyle

8 October 2019 (2019-10-08) Group stage	Swindon Town	0–3	Plymouth Argyle	County Ground
19:45	Zakuani  26'	Report	Rudden 15'  45' Grant 36' Riley 66'	Attendance: 1,199 Referee: Chris Pollard

Bristol Rovers v Swindon Town

13 November 2019 (2019-11-13) Group stage	Bristol Rovers	1–0	Swindon Town	Horfield
19:45 GMT	Little 73' Clarke  90+2'	Report	Broadbent  75' Sanokho  80'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 1,083 Referee: Ollie Yates

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