The 2016–17 season is Swindon Town's 138th season in their existence and their fifth consecutive season in League One. Along with competing in League One, the club will also participate in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.
Players First team squad
Name Nat Position Since Date of birth (age) Signed from Goalkeepers 1 Lawrence Vigouroux GK 2016 Liverpool 82 0 12 Will Henry GK 2015 Academy 9 0 Defenders 2 Nathan Thompson CB 2008 Academy 184 4 3 Brandon Ormonde-Ottewill LB 2015 Arsenal 56 2 6 Jamie Sendles-White CB 2016 Hamilton Academical 17 0 11 James Brophy LB 2015 Edgware Town 64 1 21 Fankaty Dabo RB 2017 on loan from Chelsea 15 1 25 Dion Conroy CB 2017 Chelsea 14 0 27 Bradley Barry RB 2015 Brighton & Hove Albion 64 1 28 Lloyd Jones CB 2016 on loan from Liverpool 29 2 29 Raphael Rossi Branco CB 2013 Whitehawk 130 7 Midfielders 4 Conor Thomas DM 2016 Coventry City 37 1 5 Anton Rodgers CM 2014 Oldham Athletic 79 6 7 Ben Gladwin CM 2017 on loan from Queens Park Rangers 88 15 8 Yaser Kasim CM 2013 Brighton & Hove Albion 139 8 10 John Goddard RW 2016 Woking 48 3 14 Ellis Iandolo RW 2015 Maidstone United 28 1 16 Jordan Stewart AM 2015 Glentoran 10 1 20 Charlie Colkett CM 2017 on loan from Chelsea 19 1 22 Jesse Starkey CM 2017 Brighton & Hove Albion 1 0 23 Rohan Ince DM 2017 on loan from Brighton & Hove Albion 14 2 35 Jordan Young LW 2016 Academy 6 1 Forwards 9 Jonathan Obika FW 2014 Tottenham Hotspur 108 28 17 Islam Feruz FW 2017 on loan from Chelsea 4 0 19 Nicky Ajose FW 2017 on loan from Charlton Athletic 76 40 24 Jermaine Hylton FW 2015 Redditch United 46 1 33 Luke Norris FW 2016 Gillingham 46 6 36 Scott Twine FW 2016 Academy 1 0
Transfers
In Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref. 1 July 2016 RW John Goddard Woking Undisclosed 1 July 2016 GK Lawrence Vigouroux Liverpool Undisclosed 4 July 2016 CM Conor Thomas Coventry City Free transfer 6 July 2016 ST Luke Norris Gillingham Undisclosed 18 August 2016 ST Nathan Delfouneso Blackburn Rovers Free transfer 31 August 2016 CM Sean Murray Watford Free transfer 6 December 2016 LB Rhys Sharpe Notts County Free transfer 27 January 2017 CB Dion Conroy Chelsea Undisclosed 31 January 2017 CM Jesse Starkey Brighton & Hove Albion Undisclosed
Out Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref. 23 June 2016 CF Michael Smith Portsmouth Undisclosed 27 June 2016 CF Nicky Ajose Charlton Athletic Undisclosed 1 July 2016 CF Jeremy Balmy Le Havre Released 1 July 2016 CF Jamie Calvin Kings Langley Released 1 July 2016 CF Josh Cooke AFC Telford United Released 1 July 2016 CM Lee Marshall Bath City Released 1 July 2016 LM Fabien Robert Forest Green Rovers Released 1 July 2016 CF Miles Storey Aberdeen Free transfer 1 July 2016 CM Drissa Traoré Forest Green Rovers Released 11 November 2016 GK Tyrell Belford Oxford City Released 1 January 2017 LB Rhys Sharpe Matlock Town Released 21 January 2017 CF Nathan Delfouneso Blackpool Free transfer 31 January 2017 CM Sean Murray Colchester United Free transfer
Loans in Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref. 5 August 2016 CM Michael Doughty Queens Park Rangers 2 January 2017 5 August 2016 CB Lloyd Jones Liverpool End of Season 12 August 2016 RB Darnell Furlong Queens Park Rangers 2 January 2017 10 January 2017 CM Ben Gladwin Queens Park Rangers End of Season 11 January 2017 CM Charlie Colkett Chelsea End of Season 11 January 2017 CF Islam Feruz Chelsea End of Season 11 January 2017 RB Fankaty Dabo Chelsea End of Season 31 January 2017 CF Nicky Ajose Charlton Athletic End of Season 31 January 2017 DM Rohan Ince Brighton & Hove Albion End of Season
Loans out Date from Position Nationality Name To End Date Ref. 1 July 2016 GK Tyrell Belford Southport 11 November 2016 4 October 2016 CF Jermaine Hylton Guiseley 6 December 2016 22 February 2017 LM Jake Evans Waterford End of Season 22 February 2017 CM Tom Smith Waterford End of Season
Friendlies Pre-season friendlies On 13 May 2016, Woking announced that they would be hosting Swindon Town in a pre-season friendly.
Competitions
Overview
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| FA Cup
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| EFL Trophy
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League One
League table
Results summary
Matches
On 22 June 2016, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.
FA Cup
EFL Cup
EFL Trophy
Group stage
Knockout phase
Statistics
Appearances No.Pos.NameLeague OneFA CupEFL CupEFL TrophyTotalDisciplineAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals 1 GK Lawrence Vigouroux43020100046032 2 DF Nathan Thompson342101000362100 3 DF Brandon Ormonde-Ottewill18 (3)120003023 (3)131 4 MF Conor Thomas29 (4)110102033 (4)170 5 MF Anton Rodgers19 (3)10 (1)0103023 (4)130 6 DF Jamie Sendles-White500010107030 7 MF Ben Gladwin15 (3)200000015 (3)260 8 MF Yaser Kasim18 (2)220100 (1)021 (3)270 9 FW Jonathan Obika27 (3)600000 (1)027 (4)600 10 MF John Goddard28 (14)31 (1)0003 (1)032 (16)330 11 DF James Brophy22 (8)000112025 (8)131 12 GK Will Henry300000407000 14 MF Ellis Iandolo5 (5)0000 (1)02 (2)17 (8)130 16 MF Jordan Stewart0 (7)00 (1)00 (1)1000 (9)130 17 FW Islam Feruz400000004000 19 FW Nicky Ajose15500000015500 20 MF Charlie Colkett19100000019140 21 DF Fankaty Dabo15100000015130 22 MF Jesse Starkey100000001010 23 MF Rohan Ince14200000014230 24 FW Jermaine Hylton4 (8)000101 (1)06 (9)000 25 DF Dion Conroy11 (3)000000011 (3)030 27 DF Bradley Barry17 (6)110101020 (6)171 28 DF Lloyd Jones23 (1)220102028 (1)261 29 DF Raphael Rossi Branco342200031393130 30 MF James Georgaklis000000000000 32 MF Tom Ouldridge000000000000 33 FW Luke Norris18 (21)420104225 (21)620 34 MF Callum Gunner000000000000 35 MF Jordan Young1 (1)000000 (1)01 (2)000 36 FW Scott Twine0 (1)00000000 (1)000 37 DF Louis Spalding000000000000 39 MF Jordan Simpson000000000000Players who left the club in August/January transfer window or on loan 15 MF Tom Smith4 (4)0000 (1)0307 (5)010 18 MF Jake Evans0 (1)000001 (1)01 (2)000 — DF Darnell Furlong21 (3)210003025 (3)260 — DF Rhys Sharpe000000101000 — MF Michael Doughty13 (1)221000 (1)015 (2)310 — MF Sean Murray13 (5)120002 (1)017 (6)100 — FW Nathan Delfouneso13 (5)11 (1)1003 (1)117 (7)330
Top scorers The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal. PlayerLeague OneFA CupEFL CupEFL TrophyTotal1FW9 Jonathan Obika60006FW33 Luke Norris400263FW19 Nicky Ajose500054MF10 John Goddard30003DF29 Raphael Rossi Branco20013MF— Michael Doughty21003FW— Nathan Delfouneso110138DF2 Nathan Thompson20002MF7 Ben Gladwin20002MF8 Yaser Kasim20002MF23 Rohan Ince20002DF28 Lloyd Jones20002DF— Darnell Furlong2000213DF3 Brandon Ormonde-Ottewill10001MF4 Conor Thomas10001MF5 Anton Rodgers10001DF11 James Brophy00101MF14 Ellis Iandolo00011MF16 Jordan Stewart00101MF20 Charlie Colkett10001DF21 Fankaty Dabo10001DF27 Bradley Barry10001MF— Sean Murray10001Own goals20 002 Total4422553
Clean sheets The list is sorted by shirt number when total appearances are equal. PlayerLeague OneFA CupEFL CupEFL TrophyTotal11 Lawrence Vigouroux1200012212 Will Henry00011Total1200113
Summary Games played 53 (46 League One) (2 FA Cup) (1 EFL Cup) (4 EFL Trophy)Games won 12 (11 League Two) (1 EFL Trophy)Games drawn 15 (11 League One) (1 FA Cup) (1 EFL Cup) (2 EFL Trophy)Games lost 26 (24 League One) (1 FA Cup) (1 EFL Trophy)Goals scored 53 (44 League One) (2 FA Cup) (2 EFL Cup) (5 EFL Trophy)Goals conceded 77 (66 League One) (4 FA Cup) (2 EFL Cup) (5 EFL Trophy)Goal difference –24 (–22 League One) (–2 FA Cup) (+0 EFL Cup) (+0 EFL Trophy) Clean sheets 13 (12 League One) (1 EFL Trophy)Yellow cards 109 (97 League One) (2 FA Cup) (3 EFL Cup) (7 EFL Trophy)Red cards 6 (6 League One) Most appearances John Goddard (48 Appearances) Top scorer Jonathan Obika (6 goals) Luke Norris (6 goals)Winning Percentage Overall: 12/53 (22.64%)
References
External links Swindon Town F.C. Total Sport BBC Sport Sky Sports Soccerbase