# 2020–21 Swindon Town F.C. season

The 2020–21 season is Swindon Town's 142nd season in their history and their first season back in League One after being promoted as League Two champions following the 2019–20 season. Along with League One, the club also participates in the FA Cup, EFL Trophy and the EFL Cup.
The season covers the period from 1 July 2020 through to 30 June 2021.

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 27 July 2020 | CAM | Diallang Jaiyesimi | Norwich City | Free transfer |
| 6 August 2020 | CAM | Jack Payne | Lincoln City | Free transfer |
| 15 August 2020 | CB | Akin Odimayo | Reading | Free transfer |
| 4 September 2020 | ST | Brett Pitman | Portsmouth | Free transfer |
| 10 September 2020 | GK | Joe Fryer | Middlesbrough | Free transfer |
| 17 September 2020 | LB | Jonathan Grounds | Birmingham City | Free transfer |
| 18 September 2020 | LW | Joel Grant | Plymouth Argyle | Free transfer |
| 25 September 2020 | LB | Dion Donohue | Unattached | Free transfer |
| 7 January 2021 | RB | Kieron Freeman | Unattached | Free transfer |
| 1 February 2021 | CDM | Christopher Missilou | Northampton Town | Undisclosed |
| 12 March 2021 | GK | Lee Camp | Unattached | Free transfer |

### Loans in

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 6 August 2020 | ST | Tyler Smith | Sheffield United | End of season |
| 15 August 2020 | CM | Matt Smith | Arsenal | 1 February 2021 |
| 28 August 2020 | GK | Matěj Kovář | Manchester United | 6 January 2021 |
| 29 August 2020 | RW | Jonny Smith | Bristol City | 29 January 2021 |
| 21 September 2020 | RW | Jordan Stevens | Leeds United | 8 January 2021 |
| 4 January 2021 | LB | Dominic Thompson | Brentford | End of season |
| 6 January 2021 | GK | Mark Travers | AFC Bournemouth | 11 February 2021 |
| 19 January 2021 | CB | Conor Masterson | Queens Park Rangers | End of season |
| 25 January 2021 | ST | Tyrese Omotoye | Norwich City | End of season |
| 2 February 2021 | RW | Jordon Garrick | Swansea City | End of season |
| 12 February 2021 | GK | Joe Wollacott | Bristol City | 27 February 2021 |
| 1 March 2021 | GK | Connal Trueman | Birmingham City | 7 March 2021 |

### Loans out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 3 September 2020 | ST | Scott Twine | Newport County | 5 January 2021 |
| 2 October 2020 | CM | Luke Haines | Hereford | 31 October 2020 |
| 16 October 2020 | CM | Matt Palmer | Wigan Athletic | 4 January 2021 |
| 8 December 2020 | GK | Archie Matthews | Melksham Town | January 2021 |
| 26 December 2020 | CM | Luke Haines | Hereford | February 2021 |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2020 | CAM | Keshi Anderson | Blackpool | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2020 | ST | Jacob Bancroft | Oxford City | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | CM | Ralph Graham | Hungerford Town | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | GK | Will Henry | Bath City | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | CB | Joe Romanski | Zagłębie Lubin | Released |
| 10 July 2020 | ST | Eoin Doyle | Bolton Wanderers | Free transfer |
| 28 July 2020 | GK | Luke McCormick | Plymouth Argyle | Free transfer |
| 31 August 2020 | CM | Danny Rose | Grimsby Town | Free transfer |
| 12 September 2020 | CM | Michael Doughty | Unattached | Personal Reasons |
| 14 September 2020 | LW | Kaiyne Woolery | Tranmere Rovers | Free transfer |
| 26 September 2020 | RW | Lloyd Isgrove | Bolton Wanderers | Free transfer |
| 2 October 2020 | RB | Tyler Reid | Woking | Mutual Consent |
| 9 October 2020 | CM | Cameron McGilp | Slough Town | Mutual consent |
| 11 December 2020 | LB | Dion Donohue | Barrow | Personal Reasons |
| 7 January 2021 | GK | Joe Fryer | Unattached | Released |
| 7 January 2021 | CM | Toby Holland | Unattached | Released |
| 1 February 2021 | CAM | Diallang Jaiyesimi | Charlton Athletic | Undisclosed |
| 2 February 2021 | RB | Kieron Freeman | Swansea City | Undisclosed |

## Pre-season

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### EFL League One
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 17 | Shrewsbury Town | 46 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 50 | 57 | −7 | 54 | |
| 18 | Plymouth Argyle | 46 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 53 | 80 | −27 | 53 | |
| 19 | AFC Wimbledon | 46 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 54 | 70 | −16 | 51 | |
| 20 | Wigan Athletic | 46 | 13 | 9 | 24 | 54 | 77 | −23 | 48 | |
| 21 | Rochdale (R) | 46 | 11 | 14 | 21 | 61 | 78 | −17 | 47 | Relegation to EFL League Two |
| 22 | Northampton Town (R) | 46 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 41 | 67 | −26 | 45 | Relegation to EFL League Two |
| 23 | Swindon Town (R) | 46 | 13 | 4 | 29 | 55 | 89 | −34 | 43 | Relegation to EFL League Two |
| 24 | Bristol Rovers (R) | 46 | 10 | 8 | 28 | 40 | 70 | −30 | 38 | Relegation to EFL League Two |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 5 April 2021. Source: BBC

#### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | W | L | L | L | L | W | L | D | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | L | D | L | W | L | D | L | L | W | L | L | W | D | W | L | L | L | L | W | W | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | W |
| Position | 1 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 16 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 22 | 23 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 |

#### Matches

The 2020–21 season fixtures were released on 21 August.
Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### FA Cup

The draw for the first round was made on Monday 26, October.
Win  Draw  Loss

### EFL Cup

The first round draw was made on 18 August .
Win  Draw  Loss

### EFL Trophy

The regional group stage draw was confirmed on 18 August.
| Pos | Div | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | L2 | Exeter City | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 9 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 2 | L2 | Forest Green Rovers | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 3 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 3 | L1 | Swindon Town | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 | ACA | West Bromwich Albion U21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 3 | |
Win  Draw  Loss