# 2018–19 Swindon Town F.C. season

The 2018–19 season is Swindon Town's 140th season in their existence, and second season back in League Two following relegation from League One. The season covers the period from 1 July 2018 through to 30 June 2019.

## Players
### First Team Squad

    As of 27 October 2018
| No. | Name | Position | Since | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Games | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||
| 1 | Lawrence Vigouroux | GK | 2016 | (1993-11-19) 19 November 1993 (age 31) | Liverpool | 110 | 0 |
| 12 | Will Henry | GK | 2015 | (1998-07-06) 6 July 1998 (age 26) | Academy | 10 | 0 |
| 23 | Luke McCormick | GK | 2018 | (1983-08-15) 15 August 1983 (age 41) | Plymouth Argyle | 10 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||
| 2 | Kyle Knoyle | RB | 2017 | (1996-09-24) 24 September 1996 (age 28) | West Ham United | 38 | 0 |
| 5 | Sid Nelson | CB | 2018 | (1996-01-01) 1 January 1996 (age 29) | Millwall | 13 | 0 |
| 6 | Olly Lancashire | CB/DM | 2017 | (1988-12-13) 13 December 1988 (age 36) | Shrewsbury Town | 57 | 2 |
| 15 | Chris Robertson | CB | 2017 | (1986-10-11) 11 October 1986 (age 38) | AFC Wimbledon | 22 | 1 |
| 25 | Joe Romanski | CB | 2017 | (2000-02-03) 3 February 2000 (age 25) | Academy | 9 | 1 |
| 26 | Dion Conroy | CB/DM | 2017 | (1995-12-11) 11 December 1995 (age 29) | Chelsea | 28 | 0 |
| 32 | Luke Woolfenden | CB/RB | 2018 | (1998-10-21) 21 October 1998 (age 26) | Ipswich Town | 9 | 1 |
| Midfielders |||||||||
| 3 | Michael Doughty | CM/LM/LB | 2018 | (1992-11-20) 20 November 1992 (age 32) | Peterborough United | 49 | 15 |
| 4 | Jak McCourt | CM/DM | 2018 | (1995-07-06) 6 July 1995 (age 29) | Chesterfield | 11 | 0 |
| 7 | Jermaine McGlashan | RM/LM/AM | 2018 | (1988-10-14) 14 October 1988 (age 36) | Southend United | 18 | 0 |
| 8 | James Dunne | CM/DM | 2017 | (1989-09-18) 18 September 1989 (age 35) | Cambridge United | 57 | 1 |
| 11 | Steven Alzate | AM/SS | 2018 | (1998-09-08) 8 September 1998 (age 26) | Brighton & Hove Albion | 18 | 2 |
| 14 | Ellis Iandolo | LM/LB/CM | 2015 | (1997-08-22) 22 August 1997 (age 27) | Maidstone United | 54 | 2 |
| 16 | Martin Smith | CM/DM/AM | 2018 | (1995-10-02) 2 October 1995 (age 29) | Coleraine | 11 | 0 |
| 20 | Toumani Diagouraga | DM/CM | 2018 | (1987-06-09) 9 June 1987 (age 37) | Fleetwood Town | 21 | 0 |
| 21 | Jordan Young | AM | 2015 | (1999-07-31) 31 July 1999 (age 25) | Academy | 7 | 1 |
| 31 | Matt Taylor | LM/CM/LB | 2017 | (1981-11-27) 27 November 1981 (age 43) | Northampton Town | 57 | 9 |
| Forwards |||||||||
| 9 | Marc Richards | CF | 2018 | (1982-07-08) 8 July 1982 (age 42) | Northampton Town | 35 | 13 |
| 10 | Keshi Anderson | SS/LW/RW | 2018 | (1995-04-06) 6 April 1995 (age 29) | Crystal Palace | 59 | 7 |
| 17 | Elijah Adebayo | CF | 2018 | (1998-01-07) 7 January 1998 (age 27) | Fulham | 19 | 4 |
| 22 | Kaiyne Woolery | SS/RW/LW | 2017 | (1995-01-11) 11 January 1995 (age 30) | Wigan Athletic | 47 | 6 |
| 24 | Scott Twine | CF | 2016 | (1999-07-14) 14 July 1999 (age 25) | Academy | 12 | 0 |
| 28 | Sol Pryce | CF | 2018 | (2000-01-30) 30 January 2000 (age 25) | Academy | 1 | 0 |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2018 | RM | Jermaine McGlashan | Southend United | Free transfer |
| 7 July 2018 | GK | Luke McCormick | Plymouth Argyle | Free transfer |
| 7 July 2018 | CM | Martin Smith | Coleraine | Free transfer |
| 17 July 2018 | CM | Jak McCourt | Chesterfield | Free transfer |
| 18 July 2018 | DM | Toumani Diagouraga | Fleetwood Town | Undisclosed |
| 23 July 2018 | CM | Michael Doughty | Peterborough United | Free transfer |
| 17 January 2019 | CM | Danny Rose | Portsmouth | Undisclosed |
| 18 January 2019 | CB | Tom Broadbent | Bristol Rovers | Undisclosed |
| 24 January 2019 | CB | Taylor Curran | Southend United | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2019 | DM | Cameron McGilp | Birmingham City | Undisclosed |

### Transfers out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2018 | GK | Reice Charles-Cook | SønderjyskE | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | CB | Paolo Giamattei | Egham Town | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | CM | Amine Linganzi | Unattached | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | AM | Donal McDermott | Unattached | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | CB | Ryan McGivern | Linfield | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | GK | Stuart Moore | Milton Keynes Dons | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | CF | Paul Mullin | Tranmere Rovers | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2018 | CF | Luke Norris | Colchester United | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2018 | CM | Tommy Ouldridge | Hungerford Town | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | CB | Matt Preston | Mansfield Town | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2018 | RB | Ben Purkiss | Walsall | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | RB | Ollie Rejek | Unattached | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | CM | Tom Smith | Cheltenham Town | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | RB | Louis Spalding | Cirencester Town | Released |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date until |
| 2 July 2018 | AM | Steven Alzate | Brighton & Hove Albion | 9 January 2019 |
| 7 July 2018 | CF | Elijah Adebayo | Fulham | 9 January 2019 |
| 2 August 2018 | CB | Sid Nelson | Millwall | 1 January 2019 |
| 31 August 2018 | CB | Luke Woolfenden | Ipswich Town | 31 May 2019 |
| 4 January 2019 | RB | Canice Carroll | Brentford | 31 May 2019 |
| 4 January 2019 | CF | Ben House | Reading | 31 May 2019 |
| 10 January 2019 | LB | Ali Koiki | Burnley | 31 May 2019 |
| 31 January 2019 | LW | Kyle Bennett | Bristol Rovers | 31 May 2019 |
| 31 January 2019 | CF | Theo Robinson | Southend United | 31 May 2019 |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date until |
| 9 August 2018 | GK | Will Henry | Chippenham Town | 6 September 2018 |
| 10 October 2018 | AM | Jordan Edwards | Chippenham Town | 10 January 2019 |
| 9 November 2018 | GK | Will Henry | Swindon Supermarine | 9 December 2018 |
| 16 January 2019 | CB | Chris Robertson | Havant & Waterlooville | February 2019 |
| 31 January 2019 | CF | Sol Pryce | Dulwich Hamlet | 11 March 2019 |
| 5 March 2019 | GK | Will Henry | Gloucester City | 31 May 2019 |
| 7 March 2019 | RM | Jermaine McGlashan | Wrexham | 31 May 2019 |
| 12 March 2019 | CF | Sol Pryce | Bath City | April 2019 |

## Competitions
### Friendlies

Swindon Town have announced they will face Cirencester Town, Melksham Town, West Bromwich Albion, Chippenham Town, Portsmouth and Swindon Supermarine as part of their pre-season preparations.

### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| League Two | 46 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 59 | 56 | +3 | 034.78 |
| FA Cup | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 050.00 |
| EFL Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| EFL Trophy | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | +0 | 066.67 |
| Total | 52 | 19 | 16 | 17 | 65 | 63 | +2 | 036.54 |
Updated to match played 27 October 2018 Source: Competitions

### League Two
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 11 | Carlisle United | 46 | 20 | 8 | 18 | 67 | 62 | +5 | 68 |
| 12 | Crewe Alexandra | 46 | 19 | 8 | 19 | 60 | 59 | +1 | 65 |
| 13 | Swindon Town | 46 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 59 | 56 | +3 | 64 |
| 14 | Oldham Athletic | 46 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 67 | 60 | +7 | 62 |
| 15 | Northampton Town | 46 | 14 | 19 | 13 | 64 | 63 | +1 | 61 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 4 May 2019. 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | L | W | D | D | D | W | L | W | D | L | D | L | D | L | W | L | L | W | W | W | L | D | D | D | L | W | D | W | L | W | W | D | W | L | L | D | W | W | D | D | D | D | L | L | W |
| Position | 6 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 13 |

#### Matches

On 21 June 2018, the League Two fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.

### FA Cup

The first round draw was made live on BBC by Dennis Wise and Dion Dublin on 22 October. The draw for the second round was made live on BBC and BT by Mark Schwarzer and Glenn Murray on 12 November.

### EFL Cup

On 15 June 2018, the draw for the first round was made in Vietnam.

### EFL Trophy
#### Group stage

On 13 July 2018, the initial group stage draw bar the U21 invited clubs was announced.
| Pos | Lge | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | ACA | Chelsea U21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 6 | Round 2 |
| 2 | L2 | Newport County | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 | Round 2 |
| 3 | L2 | Swindon Town | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | |
| 4 | L1 | Plymouth Argyle | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | −10 | 0 | |

## Statistics
### Appearances

| No. | Pos. | Name | League Two | League Two | FA Cup | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Trophy | EFL Trophy | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| 1 | GK | Lawrence Vigouroux | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Kyle Knoyle | 38 (4) | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 43 (5) | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | MF | Michael Doughty | 26 (4) | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 (1) | 1 | 20 (10) | 14 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Jak McCourt | 17 (10) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 (10) | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Sid Nelson | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Olly Lancashire | 15 (5) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 (5) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Jermaine McGlashan | 12 (12) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 (13) | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | James Dunne | 20 (10) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 23 (11) | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | Marc Richards | 16 (14) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23 (11) | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Keshi Anderson | 36 (7) | 4 | 1 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 40 (8) | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Steven Alzate | 15 (7) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 17 (9) | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Ellis Iandolo | 8 (7) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 (7) | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Chris Robertson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Martin Smith | 8 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Elijah Adebayo | 20 (5) | 5 | 1 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24 (6) | 5 | 6 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Ben House | 1 (5) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (5) | 0 | ? | ? |
| 19 | MF | Canice Carroll | 15 (2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 (2) | 1 | ? | ?0 |
| 20 | MF | Toumani Diagouraga | 10 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 (2) | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 21 | MF | Jordan Young | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | Kaiyne Woolery | 25 (4) | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 1 | 25 (5) | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | Luke McCormick | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | Scott Twine | 7 (7) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 | 11 (8) | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Joe Romanski | 3 (1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 (1) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | Dion Conroy | 26 (1) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 29 (1) | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | Sol Pryce | 1 (1) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 2 (2) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | Ali Koiki | 13 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 (2) | 0 | ? | ? |
| 31 | MF | Matt Taylor | 29(4) | 3 | 0 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 (5) | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 32 | DF | Luke Woolfenden | 32 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | Tom Broadbent | 10 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 (2) | 0 | ? | ? |
| 34 | DF | Taylor Curran | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | ? | ? |
| 35 | FW | Theo Robinson | 15 (1) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 (1) | 7 | ? | ? |
| 36 | DF | Cameron McGilp | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | ? | ? |
| 37 | MF | Kyle Bennett | 14 (1) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 (1) | 4 | ? | ? |
| 38 | MF | Jacob Bancroft | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | ? | ? |
| Players who left the club in August/January transfer window or on loan |||||||||||||||
| 12 | GK | Will Henry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Jordan Edwards | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 15 December 2018. Source: Swindon Town F.C.

### Top scorers

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
| Rnk | Pos | No. | Player | League Two | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Trophy | Total |
| 1 | MF | 3 | Michael Doughty | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | FW | 17 | Elijah Adebayo | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | MF | 11 | Steven Alzate | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | MF | 31 | Matt Taylor | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | FW | 9 | Marc Richards | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | FW | 10 | Keshi Anderson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | FW | 22 | Kaiyne Woolery | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | FW | 24 | Scott Twine | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | FW | 28 | Sol Pryce | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | 8 | James Dunne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 25 | Joe Romanski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 32 | Luke Woolfenden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 26 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 32 |
Last updated: 15 December 2018. Source: Swindon Town F.C.

### Clean sheets

The list is sorted by shirt number when total appearances are equal.
| Rnk | No. | Player | League Two | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Trophy | Total |
| 1 | 23 | Luke McCormick | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | Lawrence Vigouroux | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
Last updated: 15 December 2018. Source: Swindon Town F.C.

### Summary

| Games played | 20 (16 League Two) (1 EFL Cup) (3 EFL Trophy) |
| Games won | 7 (5 League Two) (2 EFL Trophy) |
| Games drawn | 6 (6 League Two) |
| Games lost | 7 (5 League Two) (1 EFL Cup) (1 EFL Trophy) |
| Goals scored | 23 (19 League Two) (4 EFL Trophy) |
| Goals conceded | 26 (21 League Two) (1 EFL Cup) (4 EFL Trophy) |
| Goal difference | –3 (–2 League Two) (–1 EFL Cup) (+0 EFL Trophy) |
| Clean sheets | 6 (4 League Two) (2 EFL Trophy) |
| Yellow cards | 33 (31 League Two) (2 EFL Trophy) |
| Red cards | 4 (4 League Two) |
| Most appearances | 2 players (19 appearances) |
| Top scorer | Michael Doughty (6 goals) |
| Winning Percentage | Overall: 7/20 (35.00%) |
Last updated: 27 October 2018. Source: Swindon Town F.C.