Swindon Town F.C.

Early history

Swindon Town Football Club was founded by Reverend William Pitt of Liddington in 1879. The team turned professional in 1894 and joined the Southern League which was founded in the same year. During this period Septimus Atterbury played for the club.

Swindon reached the FA Cup semi-finals for the first time in the 1909–10 season, losing to eventual winners Newcastle United. Barnsley and Swindon were invited to compete for the Dubonnet Cup in 1910 at the Parc des Princes Stadium in Paris. The result was a 2–1 victory for Swindon with Harold Fleming scoring both of the club's goals. The following season, 1910–11, Swindon Town won the Southern League championship, earning them a Charity Shield match with the Football League champions Manchester United. This, the highest-scoring Charity Shield game to date, was played on 25 September 1911 at Stamford Bridge with Manchester United winning 8–4. Some of the proceeds of this game were later donated to the survivors of the Titanic. In 1912 Swindon Town reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup for a second time in 3 years, losing to Barnsley after a replay 1–0. Swindon's exploits at this time owed a lot to the skilful forward H.J. Fleming who was capped by England 11 times between 1909 and 1914 despite playing outside the Football League. Fleming remained with Swindon throughout a playing career spanning 1907 and 1924 and went on to live in the town for his entire life. Swindon entered the Football League in 1920 as…

Swindon Town Hall of Fame (as of 14 July 2023)

On 15 December 2011, local newspaper the Swindon Advertiser announced that the club were to launch the Swindon Town Hall of Fame. Former players Don Rogers, John Trollope and Paul Bodin were the first three confirmed inductees with the others announced during a BBC Wiltshire radio broadcast on 30 December 2011.

Hall of Fame (in alphabetical order)

Paul Bodin (inducted 2011) Don Rogers (inducted 2011) John Trollope (inducted 2011)

English Football Hall of Fame

The following have either played for or managed Swindon Town and have been inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame

League

Second Division / First Division (level 2) Play-off winners: 1990, 1993 Third Division / Second Division (level 3) Champions: 1995–96 Runners-up: 1962–63, 1968–69 Play-off winners: 1987 Fourth Division / League Two (level 4) Champions: 1985–86, 2011–12, 2019–20 Promoted: 2006–07 Southern League Champions: 1910–11, 1913–14 Western League Champions: 1898–99 Cup

League Cup Winners: 1968–69 Football League Trophy Runners-up: 2011–12 FA Charity Shield Runners-up: 1911 Anglo-Italian Cup Winners: 1970 Anglo-Italian League Cup Winners: 1969 Wiltshire County FA Senior Cup Winners: 1886–87, 1887–88, 1888–89, 1889–90, 1890–91, 1891–92, 1892–93, 1896–97, 1903–04, 1919–20 Dubonnet Cup Winners: 1910