# 2022–23 Swindon Town F.C. season

The 2022–23 season is Swindon Town's 144th year in their history and the club's second consecutive season in League Two. Along with League Two, the club also competed in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup and the EFL Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023.

## Managerial changes

On 30 May 2022, Ben Chorley resigned as the club's director of football. On 6 June 2022, Sandro Di Michele was appointed Technical Director. On 8 June, head coach Ben Garner left the club to join League One side Charlton Athletic. On 20 June 2022, Assistant Manager Scott Lindsey was appointed as head coach. On 23 June 2022, assistant manager Scott Marshall left the club to join League One side Charlton Athletic. Later that day Jamie Day was appointed as assistant manager. On 11 January 2023, head coach Scott Lindsey and assistant manager Jamie Day left the club to join fellow League Two side Crawley Town. That same day, Gavin Gunning and Steve Mildenhall were appointed as co-interim head coaches. On 31 January 2023, Jody Morris was appointed as head coach. On 1 February 2023, Ex Swindon Town player Michael Doughty was appointed the club's new Chief Sustainability Officer. On 1 May 2023, head coach Jody Morris and assistant head coach Ed Brand were dismissed, with Gavin Gunning and Steve Mildenhall re-appointed as co-interim head coaches for the final game of the season. The next day technical director Sandro Di Michele left the club after 11 months. A week later on 8 May 2023, the club announced before the final game of the season that Michael Flynn would be the new manager on a 2-year deal.

## Pre-season

Swindon Town announced friendlies against Melksham Town, Swindon Supermarine, Woking, Eastleigh, Cardiff City and Worthing.

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 7 | Salford City | 46 | 22 | 9 | 15 | 72 | 54 | +18 | 75 | Qualification for League Two play-offs |
| 8 | Mansfield Town | 46 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 72 | 55 | +17 | 75 | |
| 9 | Barrow | 46 | 18 | 8 | 20 | 47 | 53 | −6 | 62 | |
| 10 | Swindon Town | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 61 | 55 | +6 | 61 | |
| 11 | Grimsby Town | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 49 | 56 | −7 | 61 | |
| 12 | Tranmere Rovers | 46 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 45 | 48 | −3 | 58 | |
| 13 | Crewe Alexandra | 46 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 48 | 60 | −12 | 58 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 29 April 2023. 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 | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | D | D | D | W | D | D | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | D | W | D | L | L | D | W | L | W | L | W | D | L | L | L | W | W | D | L | D | D | L | L | L | L | D | W | W | L | L | W |
| Position | 23 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 13 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed
Swindon Town's League Two fixtures were announced on 23 June 2022.

### FA Cup

Town were drawn away to Stockport County in the first round.
Win  Draw  Loss

### EFL Cup

Town were drawn away to Walsall in the first round.
Win  Draw  Loss

### EFL Trophy

On 20 June, the initial Group stage draw was made, grouping Swindon Town with Bristol Rovers and Plymouth Argyle. On 23 June, Crystal Palace U21 was added to Group E.
| Pos | Div | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | L1 | Plymouth Argyle | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 8 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 2 | L1 | Bristol Rovers | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 7 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 3 | ACA | Crystal Palace U21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 | L2 | Swindon Town | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 | |
Win  Draw  Loss

### Wiltshire Premier Shield

Town were drawn away to Chippenham Town in the quarter-final. Town were drawn away to Salisbury in the Semi-Final.
Win  Draw  Loss

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee |
| 1 July 2022 | LW | Oscar Massey | Plymouth Argyle | Free |
| 1 July 2022 | RW | Tyrese Shade | Leicester City | Free |
| 1 July 2022 | LB | Reece Devine | Manchester United | Free |
| 1 July 2022 | CB | Cian Harries | Bristol Rovers | Free |
| 5 July 2022 | ST | Jacob Wakeling | Leicester City | Free |
| 12 July 2022 | CB | Tom Clayton | Liverpool | Undisclosed |
| 13 July 2022 | CM | Ronan Darcy | Bolton Wanderers | Undisclosed |
| 15 July 2022 | CAM | Saidou Khan | Chesterfield | Undisclosed |
| 15 July 2022 | RB | Remeao Hutton | Barrow | Undisclosed |
| 15 July 2022 | ST | Tomi Adeloye | Ayr United | Free |
| 19 July 2022 | CB | Angus MacDonald | Rotherham United | Free |
| 1 September 2022 | RB | Marcel Lavinier | Tottenham Hotspur | Free |
| 1 September 2022 | ST | Rushian Hepburn-Murphy | Pafos | Free |
| 1 September 2022 | GK | Conor Brann | Galway United | Free |
| 1 September 2022 | RM | Morgan Roberts | Banbury United | Undisclosed |
| 30 December 2022 | ST | Charlie Austin | Brisbane Roar | Free |
| 16 January 2023 | CM | Jake Cain | Liverpool | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2023 | LB | Frazer Blake-Tracy | Burton Albion | Undisclosed |
| 13 February 2023 | CM | George McEachran | Free agent | — |
| 7 March 2023 | CB | Tom Brewitt | Hartford Athletic | Free |

### Out

| Date | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee |
| 30 June 2022 | CB | Dion Conroy | Crawley Town | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | CM | Ryan East | Bradford City | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | GK | Emmanuel Idem | Free Agent | Released |
| 30 June 2022 | RM | Jayden Mitchell-Lawson | Ayr United | Released |
| 1 July 2022 | RB | Mandela Egbo | Charlton Athletic | Free |
| 1 July 2022 | GK | Joe Wollacott | Charlton Athletic | Free |
| 2 July 2022 | CB | Akin Odimayo | Northampton Town | Compensation |
| 9 July 2022 | CM | Levi Francis | Slimbridge | Free |
| 18 July 2022 | CAM | Jack Payne | Charlton Athletic | Free |
| 24 July 2022 | CB | Callum Winchcombe | Basingstoke Town | Free |
| 27 July 2022 | RB | Rob Hunt | Leyton Orient | Free |
| 1 September 2022 | GK | Lewis Ward | Sutton United | Undisclosed |
| 1 September 2022 | FW | Harry McKirdy | Hibernian | Undisclosed |
| 15 January 2023 | CDM | Louis Reed | Mansfield Town | Undisclosed |
| 27 January 2023 | CM | Ben Gladwin | Crawley Town | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2023 | CB | Angus MacDonald | Aberdeen | Free |

### Loans in

| Date | Pos | Player | Loaned from | On loan until |
| 23 June 2022 | GK | Sol Brynn | Middlesbrough | End of season |
| 1 July 2022 | CB | Ciaran Brennan | Sheffield Wednesday | End of season |
| 10 August 2022 | LB | Frazer Blake-Tracy | Burton Albion | 31 January 2023 |
| 1 September 2022 | ST | Luke Jephcott | Plymouth Argyle | End of season |
| 31 January 2023 | LB | Joe Tomlinson | Peterborough United | End of season |
| 1 February 2023 | CDM | Dylan Kadji | Bristol City | End of season |

### Loans out

| Date | Pos | Player | Loaned to | On loan until |
| 26 August 2022 | ST | Harry Parsons | Banbury United | October 2022 |
| 12 September 2022 | ST | Oscar Massey | Hungerford Town | October 2022 |
| 12 September 2022 | CB | Harrison Minturn | Gloucester City | October 2022 |
| 16 September 2022 | ST | George Cowmeadow | Slough Town | October 2022 |
| 23 September 2022 | CAM | Mo Dabre | Banbury United | October 2022 |
| 22 October 2022 | CB | Harrison Minturn | Chippenham Town | December 2022 |
| 29 October 2022 | ST | Harry Parsons | Chippenham Town | January 2023 |
| 10 November 2022 | ST | George Cowmeadow | Kidlington | January 2023 |
| 11 November 2022 | CAM | Mo Dabre | Worthing | January 2023 |
| 4 January 2023 | CM | Ricky Aguiar | Torquay United | February 2023 |
| 16 January 2023 | ST | Oscar Massey | Plymouth Parkway | February 2023 |
| 3 February 2023 | RM | Morgan Roberts | Aldershot Town | 16 March 2023 |
| 9 February 2023 | CM | Mo Dabre | Worthing | End of season |
| 13 February 2023 | CF | Harry Parsons | Farnborough | End of season |
| 14 February 2023 | CF | George Cowmeadow | Poole Town | 14 March 2023 |
| 24 February 2023 | MF | Tom Wynn-Davies | North Leigh | End of Season |
| 3 March 2023 | CB | Shyam Taank | Wantage Town | End of Season |
| 15 March 2023 | CF | George Cowmeadow | Swindon Supermarine | End of Season |

## Squad statistics
### Appearances

    As of 8 May 2023
| 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 | | Sol Brynn | 49 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Remeao Hutton | 47 | 0 | 41+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | | Ellis Iandolo | 26 | 1 | 17+6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Tom Clayton | 34 | 1 | 29+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | | George McEachran | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | | Mathieu Baudry | 14 | 0 | 7+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | | Joe Tomlinson | 7 | 1 | 5+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Jonny Williams | 39 | 10 | 35+2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Tomi Adeloye | 15 | 1 | 1+12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Ronan Darcy | 46 | 4 | 20+22 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | | Charlie Austin | 20 | 9 | 15+5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | | Tom Brewitt | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | | Oscar Massey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | | Luke Jephcott | 33 | 7 | 20+12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | | Jake Cain | 16 | 1 | 9+7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | | Ricky Aguiar | 13 | 0 | 1+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | | Reece Devine | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | | Rushian Hepburn-Murphy | 24 | 6 | 15+8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 20 | DF | | Frazer Blake-Tracy | 34 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | | Dylan Kadji | 13 | 0 | 5+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | | Marcel Lavinier | 25 | 2 | 15+8 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | | Saidou Khan | 37 | 1 | 30+5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | | Jacob Wakeling | 46 | 8 | 38+7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | | Cian Harries | 7 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | | Tyrese Shade | 44 | 4 | 16+23 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | | Harry Parsons | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | | Mo Dabre | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | | Harrison Minturn | 11 | 0 | 3+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | | George Cowmeadow | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | | Morgan Roberts | 10 | 0 | 0+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | | Anton Dworzak | 4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | | Sonny Hart | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | | Harvey Fox | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 38 | FW | | Abu Kanu | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | | Tom Wynn-Davis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
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| No longer at the club: ||||||||||||||
| 5 | MF | | Louis Reed | 22 | 1 | 16+4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | | Ben Gladwin | 23 | 1 | 22+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | | Harry McKirdy | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | | Lewis Ward | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | | Angus MacDonald | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | | Ciaran Brennan | 21 | 0 | 14+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |

## Awards
### Players

| No. | Pos. | Player | Award |
| 1 | GK | Sol Brynn | League Two Team Of The Week Match Day 4 |
| 1 | GK | League Two Team Of The Week Match Day 9 | |
| 1 | GK | League Two Team Of The Week Match Day 10 | |
| 1 | GK | English Football League Team Of The Week Match Day 10 | |
| 1 | GK | League Two Team Of The Week Match Day 21 | |
| 2 | DF | Remeao Hutton | League Two Team Of The Week Match Day 26 |
| 2 | DF | English Football League Team Of The Week Match Day 26 | |
| 2 | DF | League Two Team Of The Week Match Day 32 | |
| 8 | MF | Jonny Williams | League Two Team Of The Week Match Day 17 |
| 8 | MF | League Two Team Of The Week Match Day 26 | |
| 15 | FW | Luke Jephcott | League Two Team Of The Week Match Day 17 |
| 23 | MF | Saidou Khan | League Two Team Of The Week Match Day 26 |
| 23 | MF | English Football League Team Of The Week Match Day 26 | |
| 34 | DF | Ciaran Brennan | League Two Team Of The Week Match Day 26 |
| 11 | ST | Charlie Austin | League Two Team Of The Week Match Day 27 |
| 11 | ST | English Football League Team Of The Week Match Day 27 | |
| 11 | ST | League Two Team Of The Week Match Day 36 | |
| 11 | ST | English Football League Team Of The Week Match Day 36 | |

### Management

| No. | Manager | Award | Source |
| N/A | Scott Lindsey | League Two Team Of The Week Match Day 17 | |
| N/A | Gavin Gunning | League Two Team Of The Week Match Day 26 | |

### Awards

| No. | Pos. | Player | Award | Source |
| 24 | FW | Jacob Wakeling | League Two Goal Of The Month | |
| 11 | ST | Charlie Austin | FIFA 23 Team Of The Week 21 | |

### Player of the Month

| No. | Pos. | Player | Month |
| 1 | GK | Sol Brynn | August |
| 1 | GK | September | |
| 1 | GK | December | |
| 2 | DF | Remeao Hutton | October |
| 2 | DF | November | |
| 20 | DF | Frazer Blake-Tracy | January |
| 24 | FW | Jacob Wakeling | February |