# 2024–25 Swindon Town F.C. season

The 2024–25 season is the 146th season in the history of Swindon Town Football Club and their fourth consecutive season in League Two. In addition to the domestic league, the club would also participate in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, and the EFL Trophy.

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | From | Fee |
| 14 June 2024 | CM | Ollie Clarke | Mansfield Town | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2024 | CB | Ryan Delaney | Newport County | Free |
| 1 July 2024 | LB | Rosaire Longelo | Accrington Stanley | Free |
| 1 July 2024 | CF | Harry Smith | Sutton United | Free |
| 1 July 2024 | RB | Tunmise Sobowale | Shrewsbury Town | Free |
| 1 July 2024 | CB | Will Wright | Crawley Town | Free |
| 10 July 2024 | CB | Grant Hall | Rotherham United | Free |
| 10 July 2024 | CM | Dylan Mitchell | Aston Villa | Free |
| 5 August 2024 | RB | Jeff King | Chesterfield | Free |
| 9 August 2024 | LB | Billy Kirkman | The New Saints | Free |
| 29 August 2024 | CM | Gavin Kilkenny | Bournemouth | Undisclosed |
| 30 August 2024 | CF | Danny Butterworth | Carlisle United | Undisclosed |
| 30 August 2024 | LB | George Cox | Volendam | Free |
| 3 February 2025 | GK | Connor Ripley | Port Vale | Free |
* ↑ The transfer was announced on 31 May, and would become official on June 14 once the transfer window re-opened
* ↑ The transfer was announced on 20 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Newport County contract expired
* ↑ The transfer was announced on 12 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Accrington Stanley contract expired
* ↑ The transfer was announced on 27 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Sutton United contract expired
* ↑ The transfer was announced on 10 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Shrewsbury Town contract expired
* ↑ The transfer was announced on 25 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Crawley Town contract expired

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | To | Fee |
| 25 June 2024 | CB | Udoka Godwin-Malife | Burton Albion | Undisclosed |
| 8 July 2024 | CB | Harley Hunt | Middlesbrough | Undisclosed |
| 12 July 2024 | CM | Ricky Aguiar | York City | Undisclosed |

### Loaned in

| Date | Pos. | Player | From | Date until |
| 26 July 2024 | CB | Miguel Freckleton | Sheffield United | End of Season |
| 30 July 2024 | AM | Joel Cotterill | Swansea City | End of Season |
| 26 August 2024 | CF | Kabongo Tshimanga | Peterborough United | End of Season |
| 30 August 2024 | GK | Daniel Barden | Norwich City | 7 March 2025 |
| 10 January 2025 | CF | Tom Nichols | Mansfield Town | End of Season |
| 23 January 2025 | CF | Joe Westley | Burnley | End of Season |
* ↑ On 7 March, Barden was recalled back to his parent club, Norwich

### Loaned out

| Date | Pos. | Player | To | Date until |
| 22 August 2024 | RM | Anton Dworzak | Swindon Supermarine | End of Season |
| 30 August 2024 | CB | Pharrell Johnson | Truro City | 3 January 2025 |
| 30 August 2024 | CM | Saidou Khan | Tranmere Rovers | End of Season |
| 6 September 2024 | LB | Billy Kirkman | Weston-super-Mare | 1 January 2025 |
| 7 September 2024 | CB | Jaxon Brown | Canvey Island | 5 October 2024 |
| 20 September 2024 | LM | Tariq Uwakwe | Maidenhead United | 19 October 2024 |
| 22 September 2024 | CB | Sonny Hart | Canvey Island | 20 October 2024 |
| 8 November 2024 | GK | Redman Evans | Westbury United | 1 January 2025 |
| 22 November 2024 | CM | Dylan Mitchell | Hereford | End of Season |
| 20 December 2024 | CM | Conor Britchford-Stanley | Highworth Town | 18 January 2025 |
| 24 December 2024 | LW | Sean McGurk | Yeovil Town | End of Season |
| 11 January 2025 | CM | Jaxon Brown | Aveley | End of Season |
| 18 January 2025 | CB | Sonny Hart | Farnborough | End of Season |
| 14 February 2025 | CF | Miles Obodo | Marlow | 14 March 2025 |
| 15 February 2025 | GK | Redman Evans | Hungerford Town | End of Season |
| 18 February 2025 | CM | Alistair Stewart | Plymouth Parkway | 18 March 2025 |
| 3 March 2025 | CB | Antony McCormick | Salisbury | 31 March 2025 |
| 3 March 2025 | LM | Tariq Uwakwe | Aldershot Town | End of Season |
| 8 March 2025 | CM | Dani González | Weymouth | 5 April 2025 |
| 8 March 2025 | RB | Liam Hutt | Weymouth | 5 April 2025 |
* ↑ On 22 October, Dworzak's loan at Swindon Supermarine was extended until January
* ↑ On 14 January, Dworzak's loan at Swindon Supermarine was extended until the end of season
* ↑ On 3 January, Johnson was recalled back from his loan at Truro
* ↑ On 4 December, Evans' loan at Westbury United was extended for a further month, Then on January 19, it was extended until the end of season
* ↑ On 24 December, Mitchell's loan at Hereford was extended for a further month, Then on January 24, it was extended again for another month, Then, on 24 February it was extended until the end of season
* ↑ On 23 January, McGurk's loan at Yeovil was extended until end of season
* ↑ On 18 February, Hart's loan at Farnborough was extended until the end of season

### Released / Out of Contract

| Date | Pos. | Player | Subsequent club | Join date |
| 30 June 2024 | CB | Frazer Blake-Tracy | Mansfield Town | 1 July 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | CF | Rushian Hepburn-Murphy | Crawley Town | 1 July 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | RW | Tyrese Shade | Eastleigh | 3 July 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | CM | George McEachran | Grimsby Town | 4 July 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | RB | Brooklyn Genesini | Weymouth | 4 July 2024 |
| 10 July 2024 | LB | Williams Kokolo | Laval | 10 July 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | CF | Charlie Austin | AFC Totton | 31 July 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | LB | Reece Devine | Kidderminster Harriers | 2 August 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | CF | Tomi Adeloye | Greenock Morton | 14 February 2025 |
| 30 June 2024 | GK | Conor Brann | Cork City | 9 December 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | CB | Tom Brewitt | Orange County | 13 February 2025 |
| 30 June 2024 | CB | Tom Clayton | | |
| 13 November 2024 | RB | Jeff King | York City | 13 November 2024 |
| 17 January 2025 | LB | Rosaire Longelo | Salford City | 17 January 2025 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

On 24 May, Swindon Town announced their initial pre-season schedule, with matches against Swindon Supermarine, Hungerford Town and Melksham Town. A home friendly versus Wycombe Wanderers was later confirmed. On 17 June, a trip to face Eastleigh was also added.
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### League Two
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 13 | Cheltenham Town | 37 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 51 | 54 | −3 | 50 |
| 14 | Fleetwood Town | 37 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 49 | 46 | +3 | 49 |
| 15 | Swindon Town | 37 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 55 | 55 | 0 | 47 |
| 16 | Newport County | 37 | 13 | 7 | 17 | 48 | 61 | −13 | 46 |
| 17 | Barrow | 36 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 40 | 43 | −3 | 44 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 15 March 2025. Source: Soccerway

#### Results by round

| Round | 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 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | D | L | D | W | L | L | D | D | W | L | L | D | L | D | L | L | W | L | W | D | D | W | L | D | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | D | D | D |
| Position | 12 | 21 | 21 | 23 | 21 | 18 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 24 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 |
| Points | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 28 | 31 | 34 | 37 | 38 | 38 | 41 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 |

#### Matches

On 26 June, the League Two fixtures were announced.
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

### FA Cup

Swindon Town were drawn at home to Colchester United in the first round and away to Accrington Stanley in the second round.
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

### EFL Cup

On 27 June, the draw for the first round was made, with Swindon being drawn away against Crawley Town.
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

### EFL Trophy

In the group stage, Swindon were drawn into Southern Group G alongside Bristol Rovers, Exeter City and Tottenham Hotspur U21. In the knockout stages, they were drawn away to Wycombe Wanderers in the round of 32 and at home to Birmingham City in the round of 16.

#### Group stage

| Pos | Div | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | L1 | Exeter City | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 9 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 2 | L2 | Swindon Town | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 6 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 3 | ACA | Tottenham Hotspur U21 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 2 | |
| 4 | L1 | Bristol Rovers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 1 | |
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

#### Knoutout stages
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of match played 15 March 2025
Players with no appearances are not included on the list
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | League Two | League Two | FA Cup | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Trophy | EFL Trophy |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Jack Bycroft | 24 | 0 | 19+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | IRL | Tunmise Sobowale | 40 | 0 | 24+9 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | IRL | Ryan Delaney | 24 | 1 | 18+2 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Will Wright | 43 | 6 | 36+1 | 6 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | NGA | Nnamdi Ofoborh | 34 | 2 | 18+11 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | WAL | Joel Cotterill | 40 | 5 | 24+9 | 3 | 0+2 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Ollie Clarke | 27 | 3 | 20+4 | 3 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | GER | Paul Glatzel | 38 | 5 | 12+19 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+3 | 2 |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Harry Smith | 35 | 15 | 28+2 | 13 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 0+2 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | ENG | Sean McGurk | 12 | 1 | 1+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 13 | GK | ENG | Connor Ripley | 6 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ENG | Jake Cain | 21 | 0 | 7+8 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ENG | Tom Nichols | 12 | 1 | 10+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | IRL | Gavin Kilkenny | 39 | 1 | 31+2 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ENG | Miguel Freckleton | 24 | 0 | 18+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | ENG | Kabongo Tshimanga | 35 | 8 | 18+12 | 6 | 2+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 |
| 22 | FW | ENG | Danny Butterworth | 33 | 6 | 18+9 | 5 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 1 |
| 23 | FW | IRL | Aaron Drinan | 34 | 3 | 16+12 | 3 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ENG | Grant Hall | 17 | 1 | 11+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | ENG | Joe Westley | 8 | 3 | 1+7 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | ENG | George Cox | 24 | 2 | 19+2 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | ENG | Harrison Minturn | 12 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | ENG | Joel McGregor | 24 | 3 | 14+5 | 1 | 0+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 34 | DF | ENG | Billy Kirkman | 10 | 1 | 5+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 35 | MF | ENG | Jaxon Brown | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | ENG | Harry Chard | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | ENG | Dylan Mitchell | 5 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 40 | MF | ESP | Dani González | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 41 | FW | ENG | Miles Obodo | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 42 | FW | IRQ | Botan Ameen | 9 | 1 | 1+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 45 | DF | ENG | Antony McCormick | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 46 | MF | ENG | Owen Foye | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Player(s) who whilst on loan but returned to parent club during the season: ||||||||||||||
| 12 | GK | WAL | Daniel Barden | 16 | 0 | 12+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| Player(s) who featured but departed the club permanently during the season: ||||||||||||||
| 14 | DF | ENG | Rosaire Longelo | 21 | 1 | 6+10 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ENG | Jeff King | 11 | 0 | 8+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |