The 2017–18 season is Swindon Town's 139th season in their existence, and first season back in EFL League Two following relegation from EFL League One. The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 through to 30 June 2018.
Players First Team Squad
Name Nat Position Since Date of birth (age) Signed from Goalkeepers 12 Will Henry GK 2015 Academy 10 0 21 Reice Charles-Cook GK 2017 Coventry City 25 0 28 Stuart Moore GK 2018 Barrow 10 0 Defenders 2 Ben Purkiss RB 2017 Port Vale 45 0 4 Matt Preston CB 2017 Walsall 26 3 5 Chris Robertson CB 2017 AFC Wimbledon 22 1 6 Olly Lancashire CB 2017 Shrewsbury Town 41 2 23 Joe Romanski CB 2017 Academy 2 0 24 Kyle Knoyle RB 2017 West Ham United 21 0 25 Dion Conroy CB 2017 Chelsea 22 0 32 Rollin Menayese CB 2018 Bristol Rovers 14 0 34 Ryan McGivern LB 2018 Northampton Town 6 0 Midfielders 8 James Dunne DM 2017 Cambridge United 46 0 14 Ellis Iandolo AM 2015 Maidstone United 45 2 16 Amine Linganzi CM 2017 Portsmouth 29 4 18 Donal McDermott AM 2017 Rochdale 21 1 19 Timi Elšnik CM 2017 Derby County 25 5 26 Jordan Young AM 2015 Academy 6 1 31 Matt Taylor LM 2017 Northampton Town 41 7 35 Jordan Edwards AM 2018 Academy 1 0 Forwards 7 Paul Mullin CF 2017 Morecambe 47 10 9 Luke Norris CF 2016 Gillingham 84 20 17 Marc Richards CF 2018 Northampton Town 20 11 22 Kaiyne Woolery CF 2017 Wigan Athletic 43 5 27 Scott Twine CF 2016 Academy 5 0 30 Keshi Anderson SS 2018 Crystal Palace 40 5
Transfers
In Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref. 1 July 2017 CM James Dunne Cambridge United Free transfer 1 July 2017 CB Olly Lancashire Shrewsbury Town Free transfer 1 July 2017 CM Amine Linganzi Portsmouth Free transfer 1 July 2017 CF Paul Mullin Morecambe Undisclosed 1 July 2017 RB Ben Purkiss Port Vale Free transfer 1 July 2017 CB Chris Robertson AFC Wimbledon Free transfer 13 July 2017 AM Donal McDermott Rochdale Free transfer 2 August 2017 RB Kyle Knoyle West Ham United Free transfer 7 August 2017 CF Kaiyne Woolery Wigan Athletic £350,000 22 August 2017 CM Matt Taylor Northampton Town Free transfer 31 August 2017 GK Reice Charles-Cook Coventry City Undisclosed 25 September 2017 CB Matt Preston Walsall Free transfer 15 January 2018 CF Marc Richards Northampton Town Free transfer 16 January 2018 SS Keshi Anderson Crystal Palace Undisclosed 27 January 2018 GK Stuart Moore Barrow Free transfer 15 March 2018 LB Ryan McGivern Northampton Town Free transfer
Out Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref. 1 July 2017 RB Bradley Barry Chesterfield Released 1 July 2017 CB Raphael Rossi Branco Boavista Released 1 July 2017 CM Callum Gunner Bradford City Released 1 July 2017 CF Jermaine Hylton Solihull Moors Released 1 July 2017 CM Yaser Kasim Northampton Town Released 1 July 2017 CF Jonathan Obika Oxford United Released 1 July 2017 LB Brandon Ormonde-Ottewill Helmond Sport Released 1 July 2017 CM Anton Rodgers Hungerford Town Released 1 July 2017 CB Jamie Sendles-White Leyton Orient Released 1 July 2017 AM Jordan Stewart Linfield Released 1 July 2017 CB Nathan Thompson Portsmouth Released 19 July 2017 CM Jordan Simpson Forest Green Rovers Free 23 August 2017 CM Conor Thomas ATK Mutual consent 5 September 2017 CM Jesse Starkey Gillingham Mutual consent 10 November 2017 CM Jake Evans Farnborough Mutual consent 31 January 2018 LM James Brophy Leyton Orient Undisclosed 31 January 2018 AM John Goddard Stevenage Undisclosed
Loans in Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref. 7 July 2017 LB Chris Hussey Sheffield United 3 May 2018 12 July 2017 CF Harry Smith Millwall 26 December 2017 31 August 2017 CM Timi Elšnik Derby County 30 June 2018 31 August 2017 RW Kellan Gordon Derby County 19 April 2018 31 August 2017 SS Keshi Anderson Crystal Palace 1 January 2018 12 January 2018 AM Ollie Banks Oldham Athletic 3 May 2018 31 January 2018 CB Rollin Menayese Bristol Rovers 30 June 2018
Loans out Date from Position Nationality Name To End Date Ref. 19 August 2017 CM Jake Evans Farnborough 10 November 2017 8 September 2017 CF Scott Twine Chippenham Town 9 December 2017 8 September 2017 GK Will Henry Dunstable Town 8 October 2017 21 September 2017 LM James Brophy Leyton Orient 24 November 2017 29 September 2017 CM Tommy Ouldridge Chippenham Town 28 October 2017 12 October 2017 CM Tom Smith Bath City 24 November 2017 17 November 2017 CM Tommy Ouldridge Cirencester Town 30 June 2018 8 December 2017 CM Tom Smith Bath City 8 January 2018 19 January 2018 CM Tom Smith Bath City 30 June 2018 29 January 2018 CF Scott Twine Chippenham Town 7 March 2018 5 February 2018 GK Will Henry Hampton & Richmond Borough 16 March 2018 23 February 2018 GK Lawrence Vigouroux Waterford 30 June 2018
Pre-season As of 20 July 2017, Swindon Town have announced six pre-season fixtures against Melksham Town, Swindon Supermarine, Oldham Athletic, Woking, Salisbury and Chippenham Town. On Tuesday 18 July 2017 Swindon Town travelled to Faro, Portugal for a week long pre-season training camp. The warm weather pre-season tour included a behind closed doors training ground friendly against Bristol Rovers which ended 0–0.
Competitions Overview
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League Two League table
Results summary
Results by matchday
Matches
The fixtures for the 2017–18 season were announced on 21 June 2017 at 9am.
FA Cup
EFL Cup
On 16 June 2017, Swindon Town were drawn away to Norwich City in the first round.
EFL Trophy
Group stage On 12 July 2017, Swindon Town were drawn alongside Bristol Rovers, West Ham United and Wycombe Wanderers in Southern Group C.
Knockout stage
Statistics Appearances No.Pos.NameLeague TwoFA CupEFL CupEFL TrophyTotalDisciplineAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals 2 DF Ben Purkiss38 (3)020101042 (3)030 4 DF Matt Preston21220002 (1)125 (1)321 5 DF Chris Robertson13 (5)100103017 (5)130 6 DF Olly Lancashire35120113041250 7 FW Paul Mullin20 (20)611113 (1)226 (21)1060 8 MF James Dunne37 (2)020102 (2)042 (4)0122 9 FW Luke Norris30 (5)130 (1)0002132 (6)1470 12 GK Will Henry000000101000 14 MF Ellis Iandolo7 (5)1000 (1)04011 (6)120 16 MF Amine Linganzi19 (6)222002023 (6)400 17 FW Marc Richards18 (2)1100000018 (2)1120 18 MF Donal McDermott7 (10)110001 (2)09 (12)121 19 MF Timi Elšnik18 (4)312002021 (4)510 21 GK Reice Charles-Cook22010002025010 22 FW Kaiyne Woolery21 (16)41 (1)0003 (1)125 (18)520 23 DF Joe Romanski1 (1)00000001 (1)000 24 DF Kyle Knoyle17 (1)000003020 (1)010 25 DF Dion Conroy6 (1)00000107 (1)010 26 MF Jordan Young000000000000 27 FW Scott Twine3 (1)00000003 (1)000 28 GK Stuart Moore10000000010000 30 FW Keshi Anderson36 (1)500003039 (1)561 31 MF Matt Taylor34 (4)621001037 (4)760 32 DF Rollin Menayese13 (1)000000013 (1)021 34 DF Ryan McGivern3 (3)00000003 (3)000 35 MF Jordan Edwards100000001000Players who left the club in August/January transfer window or on loan 1 GK Lawrence Vigouroux14010101017010 3 DF Chris Hussey17 (1)100101019 (1)130 10 MF John Goddard8 (5)11 (1)0001 (1)110 (7)200 11 MF James Brophy2 (4)00 (1)0100 (1)03 (6)000 15 MF Tom Smith000010001000 20 MF Kellan Gordon12 (14)31 (1)0002 (1)115 (16)421 29 MF Ollie Banks16 (1)300000016 (1)331 — MF Conor Thomas0 (2)00010001 (2)010 — FW Harry Smith7 (7)21 (1)1100 (2)09 (10)350
Top scorers The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal. PlayerLeague TwoFA CupEFL CupEFL TrophyTotal1FW9 Luke Norris13001142FW17 Marc Richards11000113FW7 Paul Mullin6112104MF31 Matt Taylor610075MF19 Timi Elšnik32005FW22 Kaiyne Woolery40015FW30 Keshi Anderson500057MF16 Amine Linganzi22004MF20 Kellan Gordon3001410DF4 Matt Preston20013MF29 Ollie Banks30003FW— Harry Smith2100313DF6 Olly Lancashire10102MF10 John Goddard1001215DF3 Chris Hussey10001DF5 Chris Robertson10001MF14 Ellis Iandolo10001MF18 Donal McDermott10001Own goals10 001 Total6772783
Clean sheets The list is sorted by shirt number when total appearances are equal. PlayerLeague TwoFA CupEFL CupEFL TrophyTotal121 Reice Charles-Cook6001721 Lawrence Vigouroux50005328 Stuart Moore30003412 Will Henry00000Total1400115
Summary Games played 53 (46 League Two) (2 FA Cup) (1 EFL Cup) (4 EFL Trophy)Games won 23 (20 League Two) (1 FA Cup) (2 EFL Trophy)Games drawn 8 (8 League Two)Games lost 22 (18 League Two) (1 FA Cup) (1 EFL Cup) (2 EFL Trophy)Goals scored 83 (67 League Two) (7 FA Cup) (2 EFL Cup) (7 EFL Trophy)Goals conceded 80 (65 League Two) (6 FA Cup) (3 EFL Cup) (6 EFL Trophy)Goal difference +3 (+2 League Two) (+1 FA Cup) (–1 EFL Cup) (+1 EFL Trophy)Clean sheets 15 (14 League Two) (1 EFL Trophy)Yellow cards 79 (69 League Two) (1 FA Cup) (4 EFL Cup) (5 EFL Trophy)Red cards 8 (7 League Two) (1 EFL Trophy)Most appearances Paul Mullin (47 appearances)Top scorer Luke Norris (14 goals)Winning Percentage Overall: 23/53 (43.40%)
Awards Player Player Award Month Source17 Marc RichardsEFL League Two Player of the MonthFebruary
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