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Selected date: 21 September

1991 Wolverhampton Wanderers
vs. Swindon Town

The Town are unlucky at Molineux - after Tim Steele gives Wolves an early lead, Micky Hazard misses a penalty, and Duncan Shearer hits the post, before Steve Bull doubles the lead for the hosts.
1991 Wolverhampton Wanderers
vs. Swindon Town

Micky Hazard misses a penalty and Duncan Shearer hits the post - leaving the Town rueing spurned opportunities as they fall to defeat at Molineux.
1994 Swindon Town
vs. Charlton Athletic

Two goals from former Town winger Garry Nelson puts Charlton on their way to a 3-1 win at the County Ground in this Coca-Cola Cup Second Round First Leg tie - a poor performance giving Swindon little chance of reaching the next round.
1996 Queens Park Rangers
vs. Swindon Town

Five minutes of frantic action in the first half sees Rangers hit the post, Town take the lead, QPR equalise, miss a golden opportunity and force a superb save from Frank Talia - the game ending in a 1-1 draw.
2002 Swindon Town
vs. Northampton Town

With the home crowd turning on boss Andy King after an awful run of defeats, Swindon finally register a victory, thanks to a goal from Johnnie Jackson, a Sam Parkin penalty, and Cobblers' keeper Lee Harper's red card.
2004 Leeds United
vs. Swindon Town

After the Town are drawn against Leeds for the second successive season, the match is without any of the tension of the previous year's encounter - Michael Ricketts' early goal settling matters.
2013 Swindon Town
vs. Bristol City

1929 YOUNG MCCARTNEY SCORES HIS FIRST GOAL FOR SWINDON

Click to view a newspaper report of Swindon's 3-1 win against Crystal Palace in the 1929-1930 season.
1935 RANGERS FIGHT BACK AND MAKE A DRAW AT SWINDON

Click to view a newspaper report of Swindon's 2-2 draw against Queens Park Rangers in the 1935-1936 season.
1946 NON-STOP SWINDON DEFEAT EXETER

Click to view a newspaper report of Swindon's 2-0 win against Exeter City in the 1946-1947 season.
1957 ONE DOWN - THEN TOWN TURN ON HEAT

Click to view a newspaper report of Swindon's 5-1 win against Northampton Town in the 1957-1958 season.
1963 SWINDON ROCK THE ROKER MEN

Click to view a newspaper report of Swindon's 1-0 win against Sunderland in the 1963-1964 season.
1968 TOWN ATTACK LACKS GOAL PUNCH AGAIN

Click to view a newspaper report of Swindon's 1-2 defeat at Bristol Rovers in the 1968-1969 season.
1974 EASTOE HITS A POINT-SAVER

Click to view a newspaper report of Swindon's 3-3 draw at Charlton Athletic in the 1974-1975 season.

	1977: Kim HEISELBERG
	1976: Adam WILLIS
	1974: Andy TODD
	1970: Tony CLARKE
	1947: John TEMPLEMAN
	1913: George POLAND
	1905: Tom WELLS

DATE	PLAYER	IN/OUT	TRANSFER DETAIL
1978	Chris GUTHRIE	OUT	Fulham
1985	Jake FINDLAY	OUT	(released) � Peterborough United
1990	Dave BENNETT	IN	Sheffield Wednesday �60,000

Record on the selected date:

COMPETITION	P	W	D	L	Pens Won	Pens Lost	F	A	SR%
All competitions	19	8	5	6	0	0	34	25	55.3%
League (inc. playoffs)	13	6	5	2	0	0	25	15	65.4%
Non-League	4	2	0	2	0	0	8	6	50.0%
League Cup	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	4	0.0%

All match details from the selected date:

DATE	COMP	OPPONENTS	RESULT	SCORERS	ATT.	LINKS
21 SEP 2013	LGE	Bristol City (Home)	3 - 2	Ajose 2, Ranger	11,598
21 SEP 2004	LC	Leeds United (Away)	0 - 1	-	18,476
21 SEP 2002	LGE	Northampton Town (Home)	2 - 0	Jackson, Parkin (pen)	4,719
21 SEP 1996	LGE	Queens Park Rangers (Away)	1 - 1	Cowe	13,662
21 SEP 1994	LC	Charlton Athletic (Home)	1 - 3	Scott	4,842
21 SEP 1991	LGE	Wolverhampton Wanderers (Away)	1 - 2	White	15,219
21 SEP 1981	LGE	Southend United (Away)	0 - 0	-	4,578
21 SEP 1974	LGE	Charlton Athletic (Away)	3 - 3	Eastoe 2, Syrett	4,516
21 SEP 1968	LGE	Bristol Rovers (Away)	1 - 2	Taylor (og)	10,364
21 SEP 1963	LGE	Sunderland (Home)	1 - 0	Smith	26,049
21 SEP 1957	LGE	Northampton Town (Home)	5 - 1	Edwards 2, Richards 2, Skull	9,934
21 SEP 1955	LGE	Aldershot (Home)	1 - 1	Owen	4,293
21 SEP 1946	LGE	Exeter City (Home)	2 - 0	W.Stephens, A.Stephens	20,831
21 SEP 1935	LGE	Queens Park Rangers (Home)	2 - 2	Lowry, Fowler	11,628
21 SEP 1929	LGE	Crystal Palace (Home)	3 - 1	Morris, Eddleston, McCartney	6,606
21 SEP 1912	SL	Southampton (Home)	5 - 0	Burkinshaw 2, Wheatcroft, Bown 2	6,000
21 SEP 1907	SL	Queens Park Rangers (Away)	1 - 2	Fenton	5,000
21 SEP 1901	SL	Luton Town (Away)	0 - 3	-	3,000
21 SEP 1895	SL	Royal Ordnance Factories (Away)	2 - 1	Munro 2	-

Minor competitions and friendly matches played on the selected date:

DATE	COMP	OPPONENTS	RESULT	SCORERS	ATT.	LINKS
21 SEP 1889	FRN	Mr. C. Mooney's XI (Home)	1 - 1	-	-