2025–26 Swindon Town F.C. season

Swindon Town

2025–26 season
Owner	Clem Morfuni & Hollie Kiely
Chairman	Clem Morfuni
Manager	Ian Holloway
Stadium	County Ground
FA Cup	Third round
EFL Cup	First round (eliminated by Cardiff City)
EFL Trophy	Expelled
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The 2025–26 season is the 147th season in the history of Swindon Town Football Club and their fifth 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.

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Ref.
28 June 2025	CF	Jake Tabor	Amersham Town	Undisclosed	[1]
1 July 2025[a]	CM	James Ball	AFC Wimbledon	Free	[2]
1 July 2025[b]	CB	Filozofe Mabete	Wolverhampton Wanderers		[3]
1 July 2025[c]	CF	Tom Nichols	Mansfield Town		[4]
1 July 2025[d]	CM	Darren Oldaker	Chesterfield		[5]
1 July 2025[e]	CM	Joe Snowdon	Leeds United		[6]
2 July 2025	GK	Lewis Ward	AFC Wimbledon		[7]
21 July 2025	RW	Billy Bodin	Burton Albion		[8]
28 August 2025	CB	Ryan Tafazolli	Wycombe Wanderers		[9]
29 August 2025	CF	Ollie Palmer	Wrexham		[10]
13 January 2026	CM	Ben Middlemas	Sunderland	Undisclosed	[11]
14 January 2026	CF	Fletcher Holman	Wolverhampton Wanderers		[12]
2 February 2026	LB	Jake Batty	Blackburn Rovers		[13]
	LW	Junior Hoilett	Hibernian	Free Transfer	[14]

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Ref.
19 July 2025	CB	Tunmise Sobowale	St Mirren	Free transfer	[15]
28 August 2025	CF	Botan Ameen	Norwich City	£250,000	[16][17]

Income: ~ £250,000

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Date until	Ref.
15 July 2025	CB	Finley Munroe	Aston Villa	12 January 2026[a]	[18][19]
26 July 2025		Tom Wilson-Brown	Leicester City	31 May 2026	[20]
11 August 2025	CF	Princewill Ehibhatiomhan	Southampton	5 January 2026[b]	[21][22]
1 September 2025	CB	Jamie Knight-Lebel	Bristol City	31 May 2026	[23]
	CM	Adam Murphy		9 January 2026[c]	[24][25]
2 January 2026	RW	Michael Olakigbe	Brentford	31 May 2026	[26]
3 January 2026	CM	Aidan Borland	Aston Villa		[27]
2 February 2026	LW	James Scanlon	Manchester United		[28]

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Date until	Ref.
2 July 2025	GK	Redman Evans	Alvechurch	31 May 2026[a]	[29][30]
7 July 2025	CB	Sonny Hart	Greenock Morton	5 January 2026[b]	[31][32]
9 July 2025	GK	Lucas Myers	Melksham Town	Work experience	[33]
31 July 2025	CM	Dylan Mitchell	Weston-super-Mare	28 August 2025	[34]
8 August 2025	CF	George Alston	Swindon Supermarine	Work experience	[35]
	CM	Dani González			[36]
	GK	Lucas Myers			[37]
15 August 2025	CB	Harrison Minturn	Chippenham Town	13 September 2025	[38]
29 August 2025	CM	Jaxon Brown	Hashtag United	31 May 2026	[39]
1 September 2025	CM	Owen Foye	Swindon Supermarine	Work Experience	[40]
4 September 2025	CB	Finlay Tombs	Royal Wootton Bassett Town		[41]
9 September 2025	CAM	Harrison Gray	Melksham Town		[42]
12 September 2025	CB	Charlie Betts	Swindon Supermarine		[43]
13 September 2025	CF	Jake Tabor	Bath City	11 November 2025[c]	[44][45]
26 September 2025	GK	Lucas Myers	Brislington	3 January 2026[d]	[46][47]
17 October 2025	CM	Dylan Mitchell	Leamington	10 January 2026	[48]
30 October 2025	GK	Anton Robinson	Swindon Supermarine	Work experience	[49]
14 November 2025	CM	Kian Larkins	Didcot Town		[50]
18 November 2025	CM	Owen Foye	Evesham United		[51]
21 November 2025	GK	Anton Robinson	Reading City		[52]
16 December 2025	CAM	Harrison Gray	Weymouth	13 January 2026	[53]
	GK	Lucas Myers	Swindon Supermarine		[54]
9 January 2026	GK	Anton Robinson	Roman Glass St George	Work Experience	[55]
10 January 2026	CB	Sonny Hart	Farnborough	13 February 2026[e]	[56][57]
15 January 2026	CB	Ryan Delaney	Newport County	31 May 2026	[58]
6 February 2026	CF	Jake Tabor	Eastleigh		[59]
13 February 2026	CB	Sonny Hart	St Albans City		[57]

Date	Pos.	Player	Subsequent club	Join date	Ref.
30 June 2025	LW	Sean McGurk	South Shields	8 July 2025	[60][61]
	CM	Nnamdi Ofoborh	Barnet	28 July 2025	[60][62]
	GK	Jack Bycroft	Exeter City	31 July 2025	[63][64]
	CM	Saidou Khan	Club Africain	13 August 2025	[60][65]
	CM	Jake Cain	Morecambe	21 August 2025	[60][66]
	CB	Grant Hall	Whitehawk	1 October 2025	[60][67]
	LB	George Cox	Worthing	24 October 2025	[60][68]
	RM	Anton Dworzak	Melksham Town	24 November 2025	[60][69]
	CB	Pharrell Johnson			[60]
	LM	Tariq Uwakwe			[60]

Date	Pos.	Player	Contracted until	Ref.
2 June 2025	AM	Paul Glatzel	30 June 2027	[70]
	RB	Joel McGregor		[71]
7 June 2025	GK	Connor Ripley		[72]
20 June 2025	CF	Aaron Drinan		[73]
17 October 2025	RWB	Joe Snowdon		[74]
3 January 2026	CM	Gavin Kilkenny	30 June 2028	[75]
12 February 2026	CF	Aaron Drinan		[76]

During pre-season, Swindon Town announced their initial schedule, with matches against Swindon Supermarine, Melksham Town, Reading, Chippenham Town and Eastleigh.^{[77][78][79][80][81]}

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On 26 June, the League Two fixtures were released, with Swindon visiting Walsall on the opening day.^[83]

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Walsall v Swindon Town

2 August 2025 1	Walsall	2–1	Swindon Town	Bescot
15:00 BST	Weir 8' Comley  21' Warrington  46' Pressley  66' Barrett 90+1'	Report	Smith  52' Wright 79' (pen.)	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 8,040 (2,169 away) Referee: Oliver Mackey

Swindon were drawn away to Rotherham United in the first round,^[94][95] at home to Bolton Wanderers in the second round^[96] and away to Salford City in the third round.^[97][98]

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Swindon were drawn away to Cardiff City in the first round.^[101][102]

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Swindon were drawn against Milton Keynes Dons, Reading and West Ham United U21 in the group stage.^[103] After winning the group, Town were drawn at home to Peterborough United in the round of 32.^[104][105] and away to Luton Town in the round of 16.^[106][107]

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As of match played 14 February 2026

Players with no appearances are not included on the list; italics indicate loaned in player

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League Two		FA Cup		EFL Cup		EFL Trophy
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Connor Ripley	36	0	32+0	0	3+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
3	FW	COD	Filozofe Mabete	26	2	11+8	1	2+0	0	1+0	0	3+1	1
4	DF	IRL	Ryan Delaney	4	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+1	0
5	DF	ENG	Will Wright	33	3	21+3	1	2+1	0	1+0	0	3+2	2
6	MF	ENG	James Ball	23	1	9+7	0	0+2	1	1+0	0	3+1	0
7	FW	ENG	Tom Nichols	36	1	26+4	1	3+0	0	0+0	0	0+3	0
8	MF	ENG	Ollie Clarke	28	5	18+2	3	2+0	0	0+1	0	4+1	2
9	MF	GER	Paul Glatzel	27	4	13+9	2	1+0	0	1+0	0	2+1	2
10	FW	ENG	Harry Smith	5	1	4+0	1	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
11	FW	ENG	Jake Tabor	14	0	0+9	0	0+2	0	0+1	0	0+2	0
12	GK	ENG	Lewis Ward	6	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	5+0	0
14	FW	ENG	Danny Butterworth	11	0	1+9	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
16	DF	ENG	Tom Wilson-Brown	23	0	16+3	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
17	DF	ENG	Ryan Tafazolli	17	2	13+2	2	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
18	MF	IRL	Gavin Kilkenny	38	1	28+2	1	3+0	0	1+0	0	3+1	0
19	MF	ENG	Joe Snowdon	34	4	21+6	3	2+1	1	0+0	0	1+3	0
20	MF	ENG	Ben Middlemas	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
21	FW	GIB	James Scanlon	3	1	2+1	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
22	DF	CAN	Jamie Knight-Lebel	21	1	13+3	1	1+1	0	0+0	0	3+0	0
23	FW	IRL	Aaron Drinan	32	24	26+0	18	3+0	3	0+0	0	1+2	3
24	FW	ENG	Fletcher Holman	8	3	2+6	3	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
25	MF	SCO	Aidan Borland	7	0	2+3	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
26	DF	ENG	Jake Batty	3	0	1+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
28	FW	ENG	Ollie Palmer	31	9	19+8	6	2+0	2	0+0	0	2+0	1
29	FW	ENG	Michael Olakigbe	9	0	3+4	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
30	FW	CAN	Junior Hoilett	2	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
31	FW	WAL	Billy Bodin	23	2	4+12	2	1+1	0	1+0	0	4+0	0
33	DF	ENG	Joel McGregor	33	1	13+12	1	2+1	0	1+0	0	3+1	0
34	DF	ENG	Billy Kirkman	10	1	4+1	1	2+0	0	0+0	0	1+2	0
37	MF	ESP	Dani González	2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
44	MF	ENG	Darren Oldaker	35	2	23+6	1	1+1	1	0+1	0	1+2	0
45	MF	ENG	Harry Gray	2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
Players who featured but departed the club during the season:
17	FW	IRQ	Botan Ameen	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
20	FW	ENG	Princewill Ehibhatiomhan	21	3	2+12	1	0+2	0	1+0	1	4+0	1
21	MF	IRL	Adam Murphy	5	0	1+2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
26	DF	ENG	Finley Munroe	27	2	23+0	2	0+0	0	0+1	0	2+1	0

As of match played 14 February 2026

Rank	No.	Nat.	Pos.	Name	League Two	FA Cup	EFL Cup	EFL Trophy	Total
1	23		FW	Aaron Drinan	18	3	0	3	24
2	28		FW	Ollie Palmer	6	2	0	1	9
3	8		MF	Ollie Clarke	3	0	0	2	5
4	9		FW	Paul Glatzel	2	0	0	2	4
	19		MF	Joe Snowdon	3	1	0	0	4
6	5		DF	Will Wright	1	0	0	2	3
	20		FW	Princewill Ehibhatiomhan	1	0	1	1	3
	24		FW	Fletcher Holman	3	0	0	0	3
9	3		DF	Filozofe Mabete	1	0	0	1	2
	17		DF	Ryan Tafazolli	2	0	0	0	2
	26		DF	Finley Munroe	2	0	0	0	2
	31		FW	Billy Bodin	2	0	0	0	2
	44		MF	Darren Oldaker	1	1	0	0	2
11	6		MF	James Ball	1	0	0	0	1
	7		FW	Tom Nichols	1	0	0	0	1
	10		FW	Harry Smith	1	0	0	0	1
	18		MF	Gavin Kilkenny	1	0	0	0	1
	21		FW	James Scanlon	1	0	0	0	1
	22		DF	Jamie Knight-Lebel	1	0	0	0	1
	33		DF	Joel McGregor	1	0	0	0	1
	34		DF	Billy Kirkman	1	0	0	0	1
	own goals				1	0	0	0	1
Total					53	8	1	12	74

As of match played 14 February 2026

Rank	No.	Nat.	Pos.	Name	League Two			FA Cup			EFL Cup			EFL Trophy			Total
1	26		DF	Finley Munroe	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	1	0
	33		DF	Joel McGregor	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	6	0	1
3	7		FW	Tom Nichols	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0
	23		FW	Aaron Drinan	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1
5	8		MF	Ollie Clarke	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	1
6	3		DF	Filozofe Mabete	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	6	0	0
7	1		GK	Connor Ripley	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
	18		MF	Gavin Kilkenny	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
	19		MF	Joe Snowdon	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
10	5		DF	Will Wright	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	22		DF	Jamie Knight-Lebel	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	31		FW	Billy Bodin	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
	44		MF	Darren Oldaker	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
14	6		MF	James Ball	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	9		FW	Paul Glatzel	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	10		FW	Harry Smith	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	11		FW	Jake Tabor	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	14		FW	Danny Butterworth	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	16		DF	Tom Wilson-Brown	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	28		FW	Ollie Palmer	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
21	17		DF	Ryan Tafazolli	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	21		MF	Adam Murphy	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	25		MF	Aidan Borland	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	26		DF	Jake Batty	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	34		DF	Billy Kirkman	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total					62	2	1	6	0	1	1	0	0	8	0	1	77	2	3