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 Jake Tabor Amersham Town Undisclosed [1]
1 July 2025[a] CM James Ball AFC Wimbledon Free [2]
1 July 2025[b] CB Filozofe Mabete Wolverhampton Wanderers [3]
1 July 2025[c] CF Tom Nichols Mansfield Town [4]
1 July 2025[d] CM Darren Oldaker Chesterfield [5]
1 July 2025[e] Joe Snowdon Leeds United [6]
2 July 2025 GK Lewis Ward AFC Wimbledon [7]
  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.

Loaned in

Date Pos. Player From Date until Ref.

Loaned out

Date Pos. Player To Date until Ref.
2 July 2025 GK Redman Evans Alvechurch 22 October 2025 [8]
7 July 2025 CB Sonny Hart Greenock Morton 31 May 2026 [9]
9 July 2025 GK Lucas Myers Melksham Town Work experience [10]

Released / Out of Contract

Date Pos. Player Subsequent club Join date Ref.
30 June 2025 GK Jack Bycroft [11]
CM Jake Cain [12]
LB George Cox [12]
RM Anton Dworzak [12]
CB Grant Hall [12]
CB Pharrell Johnson [12]
CM Saidou Khan [12]
LW Sean McGurk [12]
LM Tariq Uwakwe [12]

New Contract

Date Pos. Player Contracted until Ref.
2 June 2025 AM Paul Glatzel 30 June 2027 [13]
RB Joel McGregor [14]
7 June 2025 GK Connor Ripley [15]
20 June 2025 CF Aaron Drinan [16]

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.[17][18][19][20][21]

  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 v Swindon Town Melksham
15:00 BST Stadium: Oakfield Stadium
15 July 2025 Friendly Reading v Swindon Town Sindlesham
Stadium: Bearwood Park Training Ground
Attendance: 0 (Behind-closed-doors)
19 July 2025 Friendly Chippenham Town v Swindon Town Chippenham
15:00 BST Stadium: Hardenhuish Park
26 July 2025 Friendly Eastleigh v Swindon Town Eastleigh
15:00 BST Stadium: Silverlake Stadium

Competitions

League Two

Main article: 2025–26 EFL League Two

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
20 Salford City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Shrewsbury Town 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
Updated to match(es) played on 15 May 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[22]

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
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

Results by round

Round1
Ground
Result
Position
Points
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.[23]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

2 August 2025 1 Walsall v Swindon Town Bescot
15:00 BST Stadium: Bescot Stadium
9 August 2025 2 Swindon Town v Cambridge United Swindon
15:00 BST Stadium: County Ground
16 August 2025 3 Oldham Athletic v Swindon Town Oldham
12:30 BST Stadium: Boundary Park
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved live Sky Sports broadcasting.[24]
19 August 2025 4 Swindon Town v Barnet Swindon
19:45 BST Stadium: County Ground
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.[24]
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.[25]

FA Cup

Main article: 2025–26 FA Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

EFL Cup

Main article: 2025–26 EFL Cup

Swindon were drawn away to Cardiff City in the first round.[26][27]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

12 August 2025 First round Cardiff City v Swindon Town Leckwith
19:45 BST Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium

EFL Trophy

Main article: 2025–26 EFL Trophy

Swindon were drawn against Milton Keynes Dons, Reading and West Ham United U21 in the group stage.[28]

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

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of pre-season

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

Goals record

As of pre-season
Rank No. Nat. Po. Name League Two FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy Total
Total 0 0 0 0 0

Disciplinary record

As of pre-season
Rank No. Nat. Po. Name League Two FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy Total
         
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Notes

References

  1. ^ "Town sign Jake Tabor". Swindon Town FC. 28 June 2025. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  2. ^ "Town sign James Ball". Swindon Town FC. 6 June 2025. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  3. ^ "Town sign Filozofe Mabete". Swindon Town FC. 10 June 2025. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
  4. ^ "Swindon Town complete signing of Tom Nichols". Swindon Town FC. 21 May 2025. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
  5. ^ "Town sign Darren Oldaker". Swindon Town FC. 23 May 2025. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  6. ^ "Town sign Joe Snowdon". Swindon Town FC. 10 June 2025. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
  7. ^ "Town sign Lewis Ward". Swindon Town FC. 2 July 2025. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  8. ^ "Redman Evans joins Alvechurch on loan". Swindon Town FC. 2 July 2025. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  9. ^ "Sonny Hart joins Greenock Morton on season-long loan". Swindon Town FC. 7 July 2025. Retrieved 7 July 2025.
  10. ^ "Lucas Myers joins Melksham on work experience loan". Swindon Town FC. 9 July 2025. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
  11. ^ "Jack Bycroft exploring opportunities away from the County Ground". Swindon Town FC. 6 June 2025. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
  12. ^ a b c d e f g h "Retained List: Men's First-Team". Swindon Town FC. 9 May 2025. Retrieved 9 May 2025.
  13. ^ "Paul Glatzel agrees new contract". Swindon Town FC. 31 May 2025. Retrieved 2 Jun 2025.
  14. ^ "Joel McGregor signs contract extension". Swindon Town FC. 20 May 2025. Retrieved 2 Jun 2025.
  15. ^ "Connor Ripley agrees new contract". Swindon Town FC. 6 June 2025. Retrieved 7 Jun 2025.
  16. ^ "Aaron Drinan agrees new contract". Swindon Town FC. 20 June 2025. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
  17. ^ "Swindon Town open their pre-season preparation against Swindon Supermarine". Swindon Town FC. 2 June 2025. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  18. ^ "Swindon Town head to Melksham Town for pre-season friendly". Swindon Town FC. 2 June 2025. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
  19. ^ "Town head to Reading for behind closed doors friendly". Swindon Town FC. 9 June 2025. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  20. ^ "Swindon Town announce pre-season friendly against Chippenham Town". Swindon Town FC. 2 June 2025. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
  21. ^ "Swindon Town face Eastleigh in a pre-season friendly in July". Swindon Town FC. 4 June 2025. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
  22. ^ "EFL Regulations Section 3 – The League; subsection 9 – Method of Determining League Positions". EFL. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  23. ^ "League Two 2025/26 fixtures, dates, schedule & how to watch: Barnet host Fleetwood in opening day clash live on Sky". Sky Sports. 26 June 2025. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  24. ^ a b "Swindon Town's trips to Oldham Athletic and Crewe Alexandra selected for Sky Sports + coverage". Swindon Town FC. 4 July 2025. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  25. ^ "Town's fixture against Newport rearranged to earlier kick off time". Swindon Town FC. 8 July 2025. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
  26. ^ "Carabao Cup Round One confirmed". English Football League. 26 June 2025. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
  27. ^ @Official_STFC (4 July 2025). "Our first round Carabao Cup fixture against Cardiff City has been scheduled for Tuesday 12 August with kick off at 7:45pm" (Tweet). Retrieved 5 July 2025 – via Twitter.
  28. ^ "Under-21 teams and Group Stage draw confirmed for 2025/26 Vertu Trophy". English Football League. 25 June 2025. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
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