List of Swindon Town F.C. seasons

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.

Season	League									Attendance[1][2]	FA Cup	League Cup[3]	Other competitions	Most appearances	Top scorer[4][5]
	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	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				2nd round		Wiltshire Cup Winner
1887–88	None	3	2	0	1	8	2				1st round		Wiltshire Cup Winner
1888–89	None	19	13	4	2	63	24				2nd qualifying round		Wiltshire Cup Winner		T Bennett (1)
1889–90	None	15[6]	11	1	2	48	13				1st qualifying round		Wiltshire Cup Winner		T Bennett (1)
1890–91	None	0	0	0	0	0	0				3rd qualifying round		Wiltshire Cup Winner		Robbie Reynolds (3)
1891–92	None	24	17	2	5	108	38				1st qualifying round		Wiltshire Cup Winner		Dick Jones (1)
1892–93	None	20	11	2	7	64	35				4th qualifying round				Dick Jones (4)
1893–94	None	27	19	3	5	86	44				4th qualifying round		2nd round FA Amateur Cup		Dick Jones (4)
Club turns professional and joins Southern League in 1894
1894–95	SL Div1	16	4	1	11	24	48	9	9th[7]	4500	2nd qualifying round				Dick Jones (2)
1895–96	SL Div1	18	6	4	8	38	41	16	7th	2688	3rd qualifying round				Alf Hames (2)
1896–97	SL Div1	20	8	3	9	33	37	19	6th	3286	5th qualifying round				Richie Cox (2)
1897–98	SL Div1	22	7	2	13	36	48	16	10th	3236					Jock Bell (2)
1897–98	WFL[8]	14	9	1	4	32	15	19	2nd
1898–99	SL Div1	24	9	5	10	43	49	23	9th	3917
1898–99	WFL[8]	8	5	1	2	16	10	11	1st
1899-00	SL Div1	28	15	2	11	50	42	32	5th	2643
1899-00	WFL[8]	6	3	0	3	7	7	6	3rd
1900–01	SL Div1	28	3	8	17	19	47	14	15th[7]	2320	5th qualifying round				Billy Smith (4)
1900–01	WFL[8]	16	2	2	12	9	35	6	9th
1901–02	SL Div1	30	2	3	25	17	93	8	16th[7]	1936	5th qualifying round				Frank Becton (3)
1901–02	WFL[8]	16	0	2	14	8	53	2	9th
1902–03	SL Div1	30	10	7	13	38	46	27	12th	4563	Intermediate[9]				Jimmy Pugh (7)
1903–04	SL Div1	34	10	11	13	30	42	31	10th	3727					Jimmy Pugh (4)
1904–05	SL Div1	34	12	5	17	41	59	29	16th	4482					Jimmy Pugh (5)
1905–06	SL Div1	34	8	9	17	31	52	25	15th	3453	1st round				Bertie Lyon (2)
1905–06	UL[10]	18	7	3	8	33	29	?	?						Bertie Lyon (7)
1906–07	SL Div1	38	11	11	16	43	54	33	17th	4750	5th qualifying round
1907–08	SL Div1	38	16	10	12	55	40	42	5th	5167	3rd round
1908–09	SL Div1	40	22	5	13	96	55	49	2nd	5895	1st round
1909–10	SL Div1	42	22	10	10	92	46	54	2nd	4875	Semi-Final		Dubonnet Cup Winners		Harold Fleming (5)
1910–11	SL Div1	38	24	5	9	80	31	53	1st	5714	Quarter-Final		Southern Charity Cup Winners		Archie Bown (3)
1911–12	SL Div1	38	21	6	11	82	50	48	4th	5682	Semi-Final		Charity Shield Runners-up		Harold Fleming (6)
1912–13	SL Div1	38	20	8	10	66	41	48	2nd	5643	3rd round				Archie Bown (2)
1913–14	SL Div1	38	21	8	9	81	41	50	1st[11]	7079	2nd round				Billy Batty (2)
1914–15	SL Div1	38	15	11	12	77	59	41	9th	4300	1st round
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	8600	2nd round				George Travers (2)
1920–21	Div 3	42	21	10	11	73	49	52	4th	5423	2nd round				Harold Fleming (17)
1921–22	Div 3(S)	42	16	13	13	72	60	45	6th	7460	2nd round				Harold Fleming (13)
1922–23	Div 3(S)	42	17	11	14	62	56	45	9th	6460	1st round				Jack Johnson (20)
1923–24	Div 3(S)	42	17	13	12	58	44	47	6th	6331	Quarter-Final				Jack Johnson (15)
1924–25	Div 3(S)	42	20	11	11	66	38	51	4th	7099	1st round				Jack Johnson (18)
1925–26	Div 3(S)	42	20	6	16	69	64	46	6th	6648	4th round				Frank Richardson (28)
1926–27	Div 3(S)	42	21	9	12	100	85	51	5th	8274	1st round				Harry Morris (48)
1927–28	Div 3(S)	42	19	9	14	90	69	47	6th	6684	4th round				Harry Morris (44)
1928–29	Div 3(S)	42	15	13	14	75	72	43	10th	5455	5th round				Harry Morris (31)
1929–30	Div 3(S)	42	13	12	17	73	83	38	14th	5426	4th round				Harry Morris (29)
1930–31	Div 3(S)	42	18	6	18	89	94	42	12th	4929	1st round				Harry Morris (35)
1931–32	Div 3(S)	42	14	6	22	70	84	34	17th	5031	1st round				Harry Morris (29)
1932–33	Div 3(S)	42	9	11	22	60	105	29	22nd	4893	3rd round				Harry Morris (13)
1933–34	Div 3(S)	42	17	11	14	64	68	45	8th	9117	3rd round				Tommy Armstrong (23)
1934–35	Div 3(S)	42	13	12	17	67	78	38	16th	7304	4th round		Div 3(S) Cup 1st round		Alan Fowler (25)
1935–36	Div 3(S)	42	14	8	20	64	73	36	19th	7101	1st round		Div 3(S) Cup 1st round		Alan Fowler (18)
1936–37	Div 3(S)	42	14	11	17	75	73	39	13th	8455	2nd round		Div 3(S) Cup Runners Up		Jimmy Cookson (27)
1937–38	Div 3(S)	42	17	10	15	49	49	44	8th	9640	4th round		Div 3(S) Cup 1st round		Alan Fowler (16)
1938–39	Div 3(S)	42	18	8	16	72	77	44	9th	10511	2nd round		Div 3(S) Cup 3rd round		Ben Morton (32)
1939–40[12]	Div 3(S)	3	0	1	2	2	4	1	[12]		n/a		Div 3(S) Cup 1st round		Alan Fowler (2)
No competitive football was played between 1939 and 1946 due to World War II
1945–46	n/a[13]	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1st round			n/a	n/a
1946–47	Div 3(S)	42	19	11	12	84	73	49	4th	15123	2nd round				Bill Stephens (28)
1947–48	Div 3(S)	42	10	16	16	41	46	36	16th	15924	5th round				Maurice Owen (17)
1948–49	Div 3(S)	42	18	15	9	64	56	51	4th	16625	1st round				Morris Jones (25)
1949–50	Div 3(S)	42	15	11	16	59	62	41	14th	14070	2nd round				Morris Jones (13)
1950–51	Div 3(S)	46	18	4	24	55	67	40	17th	10690	2nd round				Jimmy Bain (9)
1951–52	Div 3(S)	46	14	14	18	51	68	42	16th	10557	5th round				Maurice Owen (24)
1952–53	Div 3(S)	46	14	12	20	64	79	40	18th	9746	3rd round				Maurice Owen (21)
1953–54	Div 3(S)	46	15	10	21	67	70	40	20th[14]	10753	2nd round				Mike Bull (12)
1954–55	Div 3(S)	46	11	15	20	46	64	37	21st	8243	1st round				Maurice Owen (12)
1955–56	Div 3(S)	46	8	14	24	34	78	30	24th	7379	4th round				Maurice Owen (15)
1956–57	Div 3(S)	46	15	6	25	66	96	36	23rd	8736	2nd round				Bob Edwards (26)
1957–58	Div 3(S)	46	21	15	10	79	50	57	4th	12004	1st round				John Richards (16)
1958–59	Div 3[15]	46	16	13	17	59	57	45	15th	11351	2nd round				Bob Edwards (10)
1959–60	Div 3	46	19	8	19	69	78	46	16th	10233	1st round				David Layne (20)
1960–61	Div 3	46	14	15	17	62	55	43	16th	11043	2nd round	2nd round			Ernie Hunt (17)
1961–62	Div 3	46	17	15	14	78	71	49	9th	9692	1st round	2nd round			Ernie Hunt (18)
1962–63	Div 3	46	22	14	10	87	56	58	2nd	13530	4th round	3rd round			Ernie Hunt (27)
1963–64	Div 2	42	14	10	18	57	69	38	14th	18277	5th round	4th round			Bill Atkins (12)
1964–65	Div 2	42	14	5	23	63	81	33	21st	15081	3rd round	2nd round			Mike Summerbee (13)
1965–66	Div 3	46	19	13	14	74	48	51	7th	12937	3rd round	2nd round			Keith East (24)
1966–67	Div 3	46	20	10	16	81	59	50	8th	12297	5th round	4th round			Don Rogers (32)
1967–68	Div 3	46	16	17	13	74	51	49	9th	13456	4th round	1st round			Don Rogers (28)
1968–69	Div 3	46	27	10	9	71	35	64	2nd[16]	17857	3rd round	Winners			Don Rogers (30)
1969–70	Div 2	42	17	16	9	57	47	50	5th	19852	Quarter-Final	3rd round	AIC Winners AILC Winners		Arthur Horsfield (28)
1970–71	Div 2	42	15	12	15	61	51	42	12th	15799	4th round	4th round			Don Rogers (21)
1971–72	Div 2	42	15	12	15	47	47	42	11th	13356	3rd round	2nd round			Peter Noble (14)
1972–73	Div 2	42	10	16	16	46	60	36	16th	10024	4th round	2nd round			Ray Treacy (14)
1973–74	Div 2	42	7	11	24	36	72	25	22nd	7104	3rd round	2nd round			Peter Eastoe (8)
1974–75	Div 3	46	21	11	14	64	58	53	4th	8067	4th round	1st round			Peter Eastoe (31)
1975–76	Div 3	46	16	8	22	62	75	40	19th	7514	3rd round	2nd round			David Syrett (16)
1976–77	Div 3	46	15	15	16	68	75	45	11th	7625	4th round	1st round			David Moss (21)
1977–78	Div 3	46	16	16	14	67	60	48	10th	7159	3rd round	4th round			David Moss (22)
1978–79	Div 3	46	25	7	14	74	52	57	5th	7751	4th round	3rd round			Chic Bates (16)
1979–80	Div 3	46	19	8	19	71	63	46	10th	8681	4th round	Semi-Final			Alan Mayes (28)
1980–81	Div 3	46	13	15	18	51	56	41	17th	6694	2nd round	3rd round			Andy Rowland (13)
1981–82	Div 3	46	13	13	20	55	71	52	22nd	5560	3rd round	1st round			Roy Carter (15)
1982–83	Div 4	46	19	11	16	61	54	68	8th	4018	4th round	1st round			Paul Rideout (23)
1983–84	Div 4	46	15	13	18	58	56	58	17th	3154	4th round	1st round	AMC Quarter-Final (South)		Alan Mayes (20)
1984–85	Div 4	46	21	9	16	62	58	72	8th	2994	1st round	1st round	AMC 1st round (South)		Colin Gordon (17)
1985–86	Div 4	46	32	6	8	82	43	102[17]	1st	6457	1st round	4th round	AMC 1st round (South)		Charlie Henry (18)
1986–87	Div 3	46	25	12	9	77	47	87	3rd[18]	7715	4th round	2nd round	AMC Semi-Final (South)		Dave Bamber (21)
1987–88	Div 2	44	16	11	17	73	60	59	12th	9773	4th round	3rd round		Jimmy Quinn	Jimmy Quinn (31)
1988–89	Div 2	46	20	16	10	68	53	76	6th[19]	8645	4th round	2nd round			Duncan Shearer (15)
1989–90	Div 2	46	20	14	12	79	59	74	4th[20]	9444	3rd round	4th round			Duncan Shearer (27)
1990–91	Div 2	46	12	14	20	65	73	50	21st	9439	4th round	3rd round			Duncan Shearer (23)
1991–92	Div 2	46	18	15	13	69	55	69	8th	9654	5th round	4th round			Duncan Shearer (32)
1992–93	Div 1[21]	46	21	13	12	74	59	76	5th[18]	10576	3rd round	3rd round	AIC group stage	Craig Maskell	Craig Maskell (23)
1993–94	Prem	42	5	15	22	47	100[22]	30	22nd	15274	3rd round	3rd round	AIC group stage		Jan Åge Fjørtoft (13)
1994–95	Div 1	46	12	12	22	54	73	48	21st	9408	4th round	Semi-Final			Jan Åge Fjørtoft (25)
1995–96	Div 2	46	25	17	4	71	34	92	1st	10046	5th round	2nd round	AMC 2nd round (South)		Wayne Allison (20)
1996–97	Div 1	46	15	9	22	52	71	54	19th	9265	3rd round	3rd round			Wayne Allison (13)
1997–98	Div 1	46	14	10	22	42	73	52	18th	9505	3rd round	1st round			Chris Hay (14)
1998–99	Div 1	46	13	11	22	59	81	50	17th	8656	3rd round	1st round			Iffy Onuora (20)
1999-00	Div 1	46	8	12	26	38	77	36	24th	6977	3rd round	1st round			Chris Hay (10)
2000–01	Div 2	46	13	13	20	47	65	52	20th	6186	3rd round	2nd round	FLT Semi-Final (South)		Danny Invincible (10)
2001–02	Div 2	46	15	14	17	46	56	59	13th	6362	2nd round	2nd round		Bart Griemink (51)	Giuliano Grazioli (8) Danny Invincibile (8)
2002–03	Div 2	46	16	12	18	59	63	60	10th	5462	2nd round	1st round	FLT 2nd round (South)	David Duke (49)	Sam Parkin (26)
2003–04	Div 2	46	20	13	13	76	58	73	5th[19]	7839	1st round	2nd round	FLT 1st round (South)	Tommy Mooney (49)	Sam Parkin (23)
2004–05	L 1[23]	46	17	12	17	66	68	63	12th	5835	2nd round	2nd round	FLT Semi-Final (South)	Rhys Evans (50) Sammy Igoe (50)	Sam Parkin (24)
2005–06	L 1	46	11	15	20	46	65	48	23rd[24]	5951	1st round	1st round	FLT 2nd round (South)	Sean O'Hanlon (44)	Rory Fallon (14)
2006–07	L 2	46	25	10	11	58	38	85	3rd[25]	7419	3rd round	1st round	FLT 1st round (South West)	Jack Smith (46)	Christian Roberts (13)
2007–08	L 1	46	16	13	17	63	56	61	13th	7170	3rd round	1st round	FLT 2nd round (South West)	Miguel Comminges (47)	Simon Cox (16)
2008–09	L 1	46	12	17	17	68	71	53	15th	7499	1st round	1st round	FLT QF (South)	Simon Cox (50)	Simon Cox (32)
2009–10	L 1	46	22	16	8	73	57	82	5th	8389	3rd round	2nd round	Play-Off finalists	Jon-Paul McGovern (55)	Billy Paynter (29)
2010–11	L 1	46	9	14	23	50	72	41	24th	8458	2nd round	1st round	FLT QF (South)	Scott Cuthbert (48)	Charlie Austin (17)
2011–12	L 2	46	29	6	11	75	32	93	1st	8411	4th round	2nd round	FLT runners-up	Simon Ferry (53)	Alan Connell (12) Paul Benson (12)
2012–13	L 1	46	20	14	12	72	39	74	6th	8528	1st round	4th round	FLT 1st round (south west)	Wes Foderingham (52)	James Collins (18)
2013–14	L 1	46	19	9	18	63	59	66	8th	8130	1st round	3rd round	FLT Final (south)	Massimo Luongo (44)	Nile Ranger(8) Michael Smith (8) Dany N'Guessan (8)
2014–15	L 1	46	23	10	13	76	57	79	4th	8130	1st round	2nd round	FLT 2nd Round (south west)	Jordan Turnbull (52)	Andy Williams(22)
2015–16	L 1	46	16	11	19	64	71	59	15th	TBC	1st round	1st round	FLT 2nd round (Southern)	Jordan Turnbull (46)	Nicky Ajose (25)
2016–17	L 1	46	11	11	24	44	66	44	22nd	6527	1st Round	1st Round	EFL Trophy 2nd Round	Lawrence Vigouroux (43)	Jonathan Obika (6) Luke Norris (6)
2017–18	L 2	46	20	8	18	67	65	68	9th	6436	2nd Round	1st Round	EFL Trophy 2nd Round	James Dunne (42+4)	Luke Norris (14)
2018–19	L 2	46	16	16	14	59	56	64	13th	6390	2nd Round	1st Round	EFL Trophy 1st Round	Keshi Anderson (40+8) Kyle Knoyle (43+5)	Michael Doughty (14)

Overall

• Seasons spent at Level 1 of the football league system: 1
• Seasons spent at Level 2 of the football league system: 18
• Seasons spent at Level 3 of the football league system: 64
• Seasons spent at Level 4 of the football league system: 8

Footnotes

1. http://www.swindon-town-fc.co.uk/
2. Attendances up till the 1920s are unreliable, but included here for completeness
3. The League Cup competition did not start until the 1960–61 season
4. Includes goals scored in all competitive competitions including cup games, players with no flags can be assumed English
5. Goal records for the period 1879–1920 are incomplete and possibly erroneous but have been included here for completeness
6. Although the team played 15 games, the result of the game against Trowbridge Town on 23 November 1889 is not known
7. 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.
8. 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
9. An Intermediate Round was played after the 5th qualifying round against Barnsley which Swindon lost 0–4
10. Swindon played in the United League for the 1905–06 season to play more competitive games
11. 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
12. The 1939–40 season was abandoned in early September and all results annulled, after only three matches had been played.
13. The FA Cup was contested in 1945–46 but the Football League did not resume until the following season.
14. Swindon ended the season with the same points and goal average as the 19th placed Bournemouth and were listed in 20th place alphabetically
15. Swindon Town were placed in the new Third Division following the amalgamation of Third Division South and Third Division North
16. 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
17. Swindon were the first team in the League to score over 100 points in one season
18. Swindon Town were promoted after winning the play-off competition
19. Swindon Town were not promoted after losing in the play-off competition
20. 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.
21. On the formation of the FA Premiership, Division Two was re-designated Division One
22. Swindon were the first Premier League team to concede 100 goals in a season
23. Division Two was re-titled League One following the creation of the Championship for the 2004–05 season
24. Relegated to League 2
25. Swindon Town were promoted to League One after finishing in the 3rd automatic promotion place.

References

• Mattick, Dick (2002). 100 Greats: Swindon Town Football Club. Tempus. ISBN 0-7524-2714-8.
• "Football Club History Database". Retrieved 16 January 2007.
• "swindon-town-fc.co.uk archive". Retrieved 16 January 2007.