2017–18 Swindon Town F.C. season explained

Club:	Swindon Town
Season:	2017–18
Chairman:	Lee Power
Stadium:	County Ground
League:	League Two
League Result:	9th
Cup1:	FA Cup
Cup1 Result:	Second round
Cup2:	EFL Cup
Cup2 Result:	First round
Cup3:	EFL Trophy
Cup3 Result:	Second round
League Topscorer:	Luke Norris (13 goals)
Season Topscorer:	Luke Norris (14 goals)
Highest Attendance:
Lowest Attendance:
Average Attendance:	6,436
Prevseason:	2016–17
Nextseason:	2018–19
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The 2017–18 season is Swindon Town's 139th season in their existence, and first season back in EFL League Two following relegation from EFL League One. The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 through to 30 June 2018.

Players

First Team Squad

	Name	Nat	Position	Since	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from
Goalkeepers
12	Will Henry		GK	2015	6 July 1998	Academy	10	0
21	Reice Charles-Cook		GK	2017	8 April 1994	Coventry City	25	0
28	Stuart Moore		GK	2018	8 September 1994	Barrow	10	0
Defenders
2	Ben Purkiss		RB	2017	1 April 1984	Port Vale	45	0
4	Matt Preston		CB	2017	16 March 1995	Walsall	26	3
5	Chris Robertson		CB	2017	11 October 1986	AFC Wimbledon	22	1
6	Olly Lancashire		CB	2017	13 December 1988	Shrewsbury Town	41	2
23	Joe Romanski		CB	2017	3 February 2000	Academy	2	0
24	Kyle Knoyle		RB	2017	24 September 1996	West Ham United	21	0
25	Dion Conroy		CB	2017	11 December 1995	Chelsea	22	0
32	Rollin Menayese		CB	2018	4 December 1997	Bristol Rovers	14	0
34	Ryan McGivern		LB	2018	8 January 1990	Northampton Town	6	0
Midfielders
8	James Dunne		DM	2017	18 September 1989	Cambridge United	46	0
14	Ellis Iandolo		AM	2015	22 August 1997	Maidstone United	45	2
16	Amine Linganzi		CM	2017	16 November 1989	Portsmouth	29	4
18	Donal McDermott		AM	2017	19 October 1989	Rochdale	21	1
19	Timi Elšnik		CM	2017	29 April 1998	Derby County	25	5
26	Jordan Young		AM	2015	31 July 1999	Academy	6	1
31	Matt Taylor		LM	2017	27 November 1981	Northampton Town	41	7
35	Jordan Edwards		AM	2018	26 October 1999	Academy	1	0
Forwards
7	Paul Mullin		CF	2017	6 November 1994	Morecambe	47	10
9	Luke Norris		CF	2016	3 June 1993	Gillingham	84	20
17	Marc Richards		CF	2018	8 July 1982	Northampton Town	20	11
22	Kaiyne Woolery		CF	2017	11 January 1995	Wigan Athletic	43	5
27	Scott Twine		CF	2016	14 July 1999	Academy	5	0
30	Keshi Anderson		SS	2018	6 April 1995	Crystal Palace	40	5

Transfers

In

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2017					Free transfer	^[1]
1 July 2017					Free transfer	^[2]
1 July 2017					Free transfer	^[3]
1 July 2017					Undisclosed	^[4]
1 July 2017					Free transfer	^[5]
1 July 2017					Free transfer	^[6]
13 July 2017					Free transfer	^[7]
2 August 2017					Free transfer	^[8]
7 August 2017					£350,000	^[9]
22 August 2017					Free transfer	^[10]
31 August 2017					Undisclosed	^[11]
25 September 2017					Free transfer	^[12]
15 January 2018					Free transfer	^[13]
16 January 2018					Undisclosed	^[14]
27 January 2018					Free transfer	^[15]
15 March 2018					Free transfer	^[16]

Out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2017					Released
1 July 2017					Released
1 July 2017			Callum Gunner		Released
1 July 2017					Released	^[17]
1 July 2017					Released
1 July 2017					Released	^[18]
1 July 2017					Released
1 July 2017					Released	^[19]
1 July 2017					Released
1 July 2017					Released	^[20]
1 July 2017					Released	^[21]
19 July 2017					Free	^[22]
23 August 2017					Mutual consent	^[23]
5 September 2017					Mutual consent	^[24]
10 November 2017					Mutual consent	^[25]
31 January 2018					Undisclosed	^[26]
31 January 2018					Undisclosed	^[27]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
7 July 2017					3 May 2018	^[28]
12 July 2017					26 December 2017	^[29]
31 August 2017					30 June 2018	^[30]
31 August 2017					19 April 2018
31 August 2017					1 January 2018	^[31]
12 January 2018					3 May 2018	^[32]
31 January 2018					30 June 2018	^[33]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	End Date	Ref.
19 August 2017					10 November 2017	^[34]
8 September 2017					9 December 2017	^[35]
8 September 2017					8 October 2017	^[36]
21 September 2017					24 November 2017	^[37]
29 September 2017			Tommy Ouldridge		28 October 2017	^[38]
12 October 2017					24 November 2017	^[39]
17 November 2017			Tommy Ouldridge		30 June 2018	^[40]
8 December 2017					8 January 2018	^[41]
19 January 2018					30 June 2018	^[42]
29 January 2018					7 March 2018	^[43]
5 February 2018					16 March 2018	^[44]
23 February 2018					30 June 2018	^[45]

Pre-season

As of 20 July 2017, Swindon Town have announced six pre-season fixtures against Melksham Town,^[46] Swindon Supermarine,^[47] Oldham Athletic,^[48] Woking,^[49] Salisbury^[50] and Chippenham Town.^[51] On Tuesday 18 July 2017 Swindon Town travelled to Faro, Portugal for a week long pre-season training camp.^[52] The warm weather pre-season tour included a behind closed doors training ground friendly against Bristol Rovers which ended 0–0.^[53]

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
League Two
FA Cup
EFL Cup
EFL Trophy
Total League Two Matches The fixtures for the 2017–18 season were announced on 21 June 2017 at 9am.^[54] FA Cup See main article: 2017–18 FA Cup. EFL Cup See main article: 2017–18 EFL Cup. On 16 June 2017, Swindon Town were drawn away to Norwich City in the first round.^[55] EFL Trophy See main article: 2017–18 EFL Trophy. Group stage On 12 July 2017, Swindon Town were drawn alongside Bristol Rovers, West Ham United and Wycombe Wanderers in Southern Group C.^[56] ^[57] Knockout stage Statistics Appearances No. Pos. Name League Two FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy Total Discipline Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals 2 DF Ben Purkiss 38 (3) 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 42 (3) 0 3 0 4 DF Matt Preston 21 2 2 0 0 0 2 (1) 1 25 (1) 3 2 1 5 DF Chris Robertson 13 (5) 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 17 (5) 1 3 0 6 DF Olly Lancashire 35 1 2 0 1 1 3 0 41 2 5 0 7 FW Paul Mullin 20 (20) 6 1 1 1 1 3 (1) 2 26 (21) 10 6 0 8 MF James Dunne 37 (2) 0 2 0 1 0 2 (2) 0 42 (4) 0 12 2 9 FW Luke Norris 30 (5) 13 0 (1) 0 0 0 2 1 32 (6) 14 7 0 12 GK Will Henry 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 14 MF Ellis Iandolo 7 (5) 1 0 0 0 (1) 0 4 0 11 (6) 1 2 0 16 MF Amine Linganzi 19 (6) 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 23 (6) 4 0 0 17 FW Marc Richards 18 (2) 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 (2) 11 2 0 18 MF Donal McDermott 7 (10) 1 1 0 0 0 1 (2) 0 9 (12) 1 2 1 19 MF Timi Elšnik 18 (4) 3 1 2 0 0 2 0 21 (4) 5 1 0 21 GK Reice Charles-Cook 22 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 25 0 1 0 22 FW Kaiyne Woolery 21 (16) 4 1 (1) 0 0 0 3 (1) 1 25 (18) 5 2 0 23 DF Joe Romanski 1 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 (1) 0 0 0 24 DF Kyle Knoyle 17 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 20 (1) 0 1 0 25 DF Dion Conroy 6 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 (1) 0 1 0 26 MF Jordan Young 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 FW Scott Twine 3 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 (1) 0 0 0 28 GK Stuart Moore 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 30 FW Keshi Anderson 36 (1) 5 0 0 0 0 3 0 39 (1) 5 6 1 31 MF Matt Taylor 34 (4) 6 2 1 0 0 1 0 37 (4) 7 6 0 32 DF Rollin Menayese 13 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 (1) 0 2 1 34 DF Ryan McGivern 3 (3) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 (3) 0 0 0 35 MF Jordan Edwards 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Players who left the club in August/January transfer window or on loan 1 GK Lawrence Vigouroux 14 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 17 0 1 0 3 DF Chris Hussey 17 (1) 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 19 (1) 1 3 0 10 MF John Goddard 8 (5) 1 1 (1) 0 0 0 1 (1) 1 10 (7) 2 0 0 11 MF James Brophy 2 (4) 0 0 (1) 0 1 0 0 (1) 0 3 (6) 0 0 0 15 MF Tom Smith 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 20 MF Kellan Gordon 12 (14) 3 1 (1) 0 0 0 2 (1) 1 15 (16) 4 2 1 29 MF Ollie Banks 16 (1) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 (1) 3 3 1 — MF Conor Thomas 0 (2) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 (2) 0 1 0 — FW Harry Smith 7 (7) 2 1 (1) 1 1 0 0 (2) 0 9 (10) 3 5 0 Top scorers The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal. width=10 width=10 width=10 width=170 Player width=50 League Two width=50 FA Cup width=50 EFL Cup width=50 EFL Trophy width=50 Total 1 FW 9 Luke Norris 13 0 0 1 14 2 FW 17 Marc Richards 11 0 0 0 11 3 FW 7 Paul Mullin 6 1 1 2 10 4 MF 31 Matt Taylor 6 1 0 0 7 5 MF 19 Timi Elšnik 3 2 0 0 5 FW 22 Kaiyne Woolery 4 0 0 1 5 FW 30 Keshi Anderson 5 0 0 0 5 7 MF 16 Amine Linganzi 2 2 0 0 4 MF 20 Kellan Gordon 3 0 0 1 4 10 DF 4 Matt Preston 2 0 0 1 3 MF 29 Ollie Banks 3 0 0 0 3 FW — Harry Smith 2 1 0 0 3 13 DF 6 Olly Lancashire 1 0 1 0 2 MF 10 John Goddard 1 0 0 1 2 15 DF 3 Chris Hussey 1 0 0 0 1 DF 5 Chris Robertson 1 0 0 0 1 MF 14 Ellis Iandolo 1 0 0 0 1 MF 18 Donal McDermott 1 0 0 0 1 Own goals 1 0 0 0 1 Total 67 7 2 7 83 Clean sheets The list is sorted by shirt number when total appearances are equal. width=10 width=10 width=200 Player width=50 League Two width=50 FA Cup width=50 EFL Cup width=50 EFL Trophy width=50 Total 1 21 Reice Charles-Cook 6 0 0 1 7 2 1 Lawrence Vigouroux 5 0 0 0 5 3 28 Stuart Moore 3 0 0 0 3 4 12 Will Henry 0 0 0 0 0 Total 14 0 0 1 15 Summary Games played 53 (46 League Two) (2 FA Cup) (1 EFL Cup) (4 EFL Trophy) Games won 23 (20 League Two) (1 FA Cup) (2 EFL Trophy) Games drawn 8 (8 League Two) Games lost 22 (18 League Two) (1 FA Cup) (1 EFL Cup) (2 EFL Trophy) Goals scored 83 (67 League Two) (7 FA Cup) (2 EFL Cup) (7 EFL Trophy) Goals conceded 80 (65 League Two) (6 FA Cup) (3 EFL Cup) (6 EFL Trophy) Goal difference +3 (+2 League Two) (+1 FA Cup) (–1 EFL Cup) (+1 EFL Trophy) Clean sheets 15 (14 League Two) (1 EFL Trophy) Yellow cards 79 (69 League Two) (1 FA Cup) (4 EFL Cup) (5 EFL Trophy) Red cards 8 (7 League Two) (1 EFL Trophy) Most appearances Paul Mullin (47 appearances) Top scorer Luke Norris (14 goals) Winning Percentage Overall: 23/53 (43.40%) Awards Player References

Notes and References

1. News: Dunne Is A Red! . Swindon Town Official Site . 26 June 2017 . 26 June 2017.
2. News: BREAKING: Town Bring In Lancashire . Swindon Town Official Site . 28 June 2017 . 28 June 2017.
3. News: BREAKING: Hard-Hitting Midfielder Becomes Signing Number Six For Town . Swindon Town Official Site . 29 June 2017 . 29 June 2017.
4. News: BREAKING: Town Add To Their Attacking Options With Mullin Signing . Swindon Town Official Site . 27 June 2017 . 27 June 2017.
5. News: BREAKING: Town Snap Up Experienced Purkiss . Swindon Town Official Site . 28 June 2017 . 28 June 2017.
6. News: BREAKING: Town Bolster Their Defence With Robertson Signing . Swindon Town Official Site . 22 June 2017 . 22 June 2017.
7. News: BREAKING: McDermott Becomes Signing Number Nine . Swindon Town Official Site . 13 July 2017 . 13 July 2017.
8. News: BREAKING: Town Add Defensive Competition With Knoyle Signing. 3 August 2017. Swindon Town Official Site. 2 August 2017.
9. News: BREAKING: Town Splash Out To Bring In Woolery. 8 August 2017. Swindon Town Official Site. 7 August 2017.
10. News: BREAKING: Taylor Made For Town. 22 August 2017. Swindon Town Official Site. 22 August 2017.
11. News: BREAKING: Charles-Cook Is A Red!. 31 August 2017. Swindon Town Official Site. 31 August 2017.
12. News: BREAKING: Town Bring In Preston. 25 September 2017. Swindon Town Official Site. 25 September 2017.
13. News: Firepower With Addition Of Richards . Swindon Town Official Site . 15 January 2018 . 15 January 2018.
14. News: BREAKING: Anderson Makes Town His Home! . Swindon Town Official Site . 16 January 2018 . 16 January 2018.
15. News: Stuart Moore: Swindon sign goalkeeper on free transfer until end of season . BBC Sport . 27 January 2018 . 27 January 2018.
16. News: McGivern completes Town move . Swindon Town Official Site . 15 March 2018 . 15 March 2018.
17. News: Swindon Town exit door beckoning for Jermaine Hylton and Yaser Kasim . Lancashire Telegraph . 29 June 2017 . 12 July 2017.
18. News: Obika confirms his Town exit . Swindon Advertiser . 15 June 2017 . 16 June 2017.
19. News: Nathan Thompson Among Five To Be Offered New Deals . Swindon Town Official Site . 18 May 2017 . 18 May 2017.
20. News: Town Take Up Option On Iandolo . Swindon Town Official Site . 2 May 2017 . 2 May 2017.
21. News: Nathan Thompson's Open Letter To The Fans . Swindon Town Official Site . 23 June 2017 . 23 June 2017.
22. News: Forest Green Rovers sign ex-Swindon midfielder Jordan Simpson. 19 July 2017. BBC. 19 July 2017.
23. News: Conor Thomas leaves Swindon Town to join Indian Super League side Atletico de Kolkata. 23 August 2017. This is Wiltshire. 23 August 2017.
24. News: Starkey Departs Town . Swindon Town Official Site . 5 September 2017 . 5 September 2017.
25. News: First Team Squad . Farnborough Official Site . 10 November 2017 . 12 November 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171111175017/http://www.farnboroughfc.co.uk/players . 11 November 2017 . dead .
26. Web site: Leyton Orient sign Swindon's James Brophy and East Thurrock's Marvin Ekpiteta . 31 January 2018 . BBC Sport.
27. News: Johnny Goddard makes Deadline Day move to Stevenage . Stevenage Official Site . 31 January 2018 . 31 January 2018.
28. News: BREAKING: Town Pull Off A Coup With Hussey Signing . Swindon Town Official Site . 7 July 2017 . 7 July 2017.
29. News: BREAKING: Town Beef Up Their Attack With Smith Signing . Swindon Town Official Site . 12 July 2017 . 12 July 2017.
30. News: BREAKING: Town Add Derby County Duo On Loan. Swindon Town Official Site. 31 August 2017. 31 August 2017.
31. News: BREAKING: Town Complete Deadline Day With Anderson Signing . Swindon Town Official Site . 31 August 2017 . 1 September 2017.
32. News: BREAKING: Banks Checks In . Swindon Town Official Site . 12 January 2018 . 12 January 2018.
33. News: #DeadlineDay: Town Bring In Menayese . Swindon Town Official Site . 31 January 2018 . 31 January 2018.
34. News: Evans Heads Out On Loan . Swindon Town Official Site . 20 August 2017 . 21 August 2017.
35. News: Twine Heads Out On Loan . Swindon Town Official Site . 8 September 2017 . 8 September 2017.
36. News: Henry Secures Loan Deal . Swindon Town Official Site . 8 September 2017 . 8 September 2017.
37. News: Brophy Heads Out On Loan . Swindon Town Official Site . 21 September 2017 . 21 September 2017.
38. News: Ouldridge Joins Chippenham On Loan . Swindon Town Official Site . 29 September 2017 . 29 September 2017.
39. News: Smith Joins Bath On Loan. Swindon Town Official Site. 12 October 2017. 12 October 2017.
40. News: Ouldridge Joins Ciren On Loan . Swindon Town Official Site . 17 November 2017 . 24 November 2017.
41. News: Player News . Bath City Official Site . 8 December 2017 . 18 December 2017.
42. News: Smith Re-Joins Bath Until End Of Season . Swindon Town Official Site . 19 January 2018 . 19 January 2018.
43. News: Twine To Spend Rest Of The Season With Chippenham . Swindon Town Official Site . 29 January 2018 . 29 January 2018.
44. News: Henry Heads Out On Loan . Swindon Town Official Site . 5 February 2018 . 5 February 2018.
45. News: Vigouroux Seals Waterford Move . Swindon Town Official Site . 23 February 2018 . 23 February 2018.
46. News: Town To Take On Melksham In Pre-Season . Swindon Town Official Site . 21 June 2017 . 21 June 2017.
47. News: Town To Open Pre-Season Programme Against Supermarine . Swindon Town Official Site . 21 June 2017. 21 June 2017.
48. News: Town To Host Oldham In Behind Closed Doors Friendly . Swindon Town Official Site . 26 June 2017. 26 June 2017.
49. News: Cards to face Cambridge United & Swindon Town in pre-season . Woking Official Site . 27 June 2017. 27 June 2017.
50. News: Town Add Salisbury To Pre-Season Schedule . Swindon Town Official Site . 4 July 2017. 4 July 2017.
51. News: Chippenham Friendly Confirmed. 20 July 2017. Swindon Town Official Site. 20 July 2017.
52. News: Town To Head Out To Portugal For Warm Weather Camp . Swindon Town Official Site . 11 July 2017 . 11 July 2017.
53. News: Ben Purkiss' Tour Diary Part Two . Swindon Town Official Site . 20 July 2017 . 20 July 2017.
54. News: Fixture Release Day: 2017/18 Sky Bet EFL fixtures revealed . EFL Official Website . 21 June 2017 . 21 June 2017.
55. News: Town Drawn Away To Norwich City In Carabao Cup. 16 June 2017. Swindon Town Official Site. 16 June 2017.
56. News: Town To Face West Ham In Checkatrade Trophy. 14 July 2017. Swindon Town Official Site. 12 July 2017.
57. News: Dates And Prices Confirmed For Checkatrade Fixtures. 20 July 2017. Swindon Town Official Site. 20 July 2017.
58. News: Player of the Month: Marc Richards – Swindon Town. EFL . 9 March 2018. 9 March 2018.