Swindon Town FC

Swindon Town are an English football club based in Swindon and was founded in 1881, although some sources say that the club was founded in 1879 . The club turned professional in 1894 and joined the Southern League to.

In the 1909/10 season the club reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup where they lost to Newcastle United . A year later they were Southern League champion what them a benefit match brought against Manchester UTD . It was the charity match with the highest scores in the history (4-8) for Manchester.

The semi-finals of the FA cup was in the 1911/12 season reached again, this time they were turned off by Barnsley FC .

They were admitted to the Football League in 1920 and the club was co-founder of the 3rd class, their first game against Luton Town ended on 9-1. Would never get a better result in the club still a League match. The club played until 1963 in 3rd to promote or demote without. In 1963 was then finally the second Division for two seasons. The team managed to return, but by 1982 the club even mixed up in the 4th class for 4 seasons, this was followed by 2 consecutive promotions. In 1993 they were promoted to the Premier League but could not participate in, the club won only 5 games and got 100 goals within. There followed a second relegation in a row. In 2006 the club was relegated again to the 4th class, but could promote again after one season. In the season 2010/11 Swindon finished in last place in the League One, so that it again was relegated to League Two. It could, however, play the following season champion so immediately was promoted.



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[hide] *1 Palmares  ==Palmares[ Edit] ==
 * 2 History
 * 3 notable former players
 * 4 external links
 * League Cup
 * 1969


 * Football League Two
 * 2012


 * Anglo-Italian League Cup
 * 1969


 * Anglo-Italian Cup
 * 1970


 * Charity Shield
 * Finalist: 1911


 * Wiltshire Cup
 * 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892


 * Dubonnet Cup
 * 1910

==History[ Edit] == ==Notable former players[ Edit] ==
 * 1920-63: 3rd class
 * 1963-65: 2nd class
 * 1965-69: 3rd class
 * 1969-74: 2nd class
 * 1974-82: 3rd class
 * 1982-86: 4th class
 * 1986-87: 3rd class
 * 1987-93: 2nd class
 * 1993/94: 1st class
 * 1994/95: 2nd class
 * 1995/96: 3rd class
 * 1996-00: 2nd class
 * 2000-06: 3rd class
 * 2006-07: 4th class
 * 2007-11: 3rd class
 * 2011-12: 4th class
 * 2012-??: 3rd class
 * Paul Bodin
 * John Buttigieg
 * Jan Åge Fjørtoft
 * Jerel Ifil
 * Bart Griemink
 * Antoine van der Linden
 * Luc Nijholt
 * Theo Walcott (youth)
 * Lukas Jutkiewicz