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.

Swindon Town

2022–23 season
Chairman	Clem Morfuni
Head coach	Scott Lindsey (until 11 January) Gavin Gunning, Steve Mildenhall (Interim, from 11 January to 31 January & 1 May to 8 May) Jody Morris (from 31 January to 1 May)
Stadium	The County Ground
League Two	10th
FA Cup	First round (eliminated by Stockport County)
EFL Cup	First round (eliminated by Walsall)
EFL Trophy	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Jonny Williams (10) All: Jonny Williams (10)
Highest home attendance	11,053 vs Grimsby Town) 14 January 2023
Lowest home attendance	2,021 vs Crystal Palace) 30 August 2022
Average home league attendance	9,063
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2021–22 2023–24 →

Managerial changes

On 30 May 2022, Ben Chorley resigned as the club's director of football.^[1] On 6 June 2022, Sandro Di Michele was appointed Technical Director.^[2] On 8 June, head coach Ben Garner left the club to join League One side Charlton Athletic.^[3] On 20 June 2022, Assistant Manager Scott Lindsey was appointed as head coach.^[4] On 23 June 2022, assistant manager Scott Marshall left the club to join League One side Charlton Athletic.^[5] Later that day Jamie Day was appointed as assistant manager.^[6] On 11 January 2023, head coach Scott Lindsey and assistant manager Jamie Day left the club to join fellow League Two side Crawley Town.^[7] That same day, Gavin Gunning and Steve Mildenhall were appointed as co-interim head coaches.^[7] On 31 January 2023, Jody Morris was appointed as head coach.^[8] On 1 February 2023, Ex Swindon Town player Michael Doughty was appointed the club's new Chief Sustainability Officer.^[9] 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.^{[10][11][12][13][14][15]}

Melksham Town v Swindon Town

2 July 2022 (2022-07-02) Friendly	Melksham Town	2–3	Swindon Town	Melksham
15:00 BST	Ballinger 18' Pryce 23'	Report	Cassidy (Trialist) 15' Aguiar 39' Edwards (Trialist) 76'	Stadium: Oakfield Stadium Attendance: 1,592

Swindon Supermarine v Swindon Town

9 July 2022 (2022-07-09) Friendly	Swindon Supermarine	2–0	Swindon Town	Swindon
15:00 BST	Johns  25' Harding 38' (Trialist) 85'	Report		Stadium: Hunts Copse Attendance: 1414 Referee: Mitch Terry

Woking v Swindon Town

12 July 2022 (2022-07-12) Friendly	Woking	0–4	Swindon Town	Woking
19:00 BST		Report	McKirdy 18' 69' Williams 26' Gladwin 54'	Stadium: Kingfield Stadium Attendance: 1,018

Eastleigh v Swindon Town

16 July 2022 (2022-07-16) Friendly	Eastleigh	1–0	Swindon Town	Eastleigh
15:00 BST	Whitehall 9'	Report		Stadium: Ten Acres Attendance: 704

Swindon Town v Cardiff City

23 July 2022 (2022-07-23) Friendly	Swindon Town	2–4	Cardiff City	Swindon
12:00 BST	Shade 74' Wakeling 87'	Report	Watters 14' Rinomhota 17' Brennan 44' (o.g.) Ojo 76'	Stadium: The County Ground Attendance: 3,590 Referee: Simon Hooper
Note: Earlier off kick moved to Noon from the original time of 15:00 on Police advice, due to other local events and policing capacity.[16]

Worthing v Swindon Town

23 July 2022 (2022-07-23) Friendly	Worthing	5–1	Swindon Town	Worthing
15:00 BST	Pearce 24', 88' Robinson 33', 43', 87'	Report	Parsons 45' 45'	Stadium: Woodside Road

Competitions

EFL League Two

Main article: 2022–23 EFL League Two

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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

Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences^[17]

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	16	13	17	61	55	+6	61	9	6	8	31	24	+7	7	7	9	30	31	−1

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

Updated to match(es) played on 29 April 2023. Source: 11v11 for league tables and fixtures
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Swindon Town's League Two fixtures were announced on 23 June 2022.^[18]

Harrogate Town v Swindon Town

30 July 2022 (2022-07-30) 1	Harrogate Town	3–0	Swindon Town	Harrogate
15:00 BST	Burrell  10' Dooley  28' Pattison 43' Daly 51' Austerfield  61' Muldoon 76'	Report	Gladwin 66'	Stadium: Wetherby Road Attendance: 1,948 (600) Referee: Tom Reeves

Swindon Town v Salford City

6 August 2022 (2022-08-06) 2	Swindon Town	0–0	Salford City	Swindon
15:00 BST	McKirdy  14'  43' Baudry  15' Shade  19' Wakeling  36' Reed  55' Darcy  69' MacDonald  74'	Report	Bolton  58'	Stadium: The County Ground Attendance: 9,158 (125) Referee: Andy Woolmer

Carlisle United v Swindon Town

13 August 2022 (2022-08-13) 3	Carlisle United	1–1	Swindon Town	Carlisle
15:00 BST	Dennis 45' Moxon  63'	Report	Reed  18' Wakeling 22' MacDonald  90+4'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 5,602 (311) Referee: Andrew Kitchen

Swindon Town v Leyton Orient

16 August 2022 (2022-08-16) 4	Swindon Town	1–1	Leyton Orient	Swindon
19:45 BST	McKirdy 4' Wakeling  74'	Report	Smyth 7' Mizouni  71' James  88'	Stadium: The County Ground Attendance: 8,130 (412) Referee: Robert Lewis

Swindon Town v Rochdale

20 August 2022 (2022-08-20) 5	Swindon Town	3–0	Rochdale	Swindon
15:00 BST	Wakeling 1' Khan  41' Williams 50' Gladwin  76' McKirdy 81'	Report	Nelson  66' Brierley  90+2'	Stadium: The County Ground Attendance: 8,327 (122) Referee: Samuel Barrott

Stockport County v Swindon Town

27 August 2022 (2022-08-27) 6	Stockport County	1–1	Swindon Town	Stockport
15:00 BST	Brown  52' Jennings  66' Madden  80' Sarcevic 84'	Report	Blake-Tracy 49'  50' Reed  70'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 8,233 (701) Referee: Sam Allison

Gillingham v Swindon Town

3 September 2022 (2022-09-03) 7	Gillingham	0–0	Swindon Town	Gillingham
15:00 BST	Mnoga  6'  10'	Report	J.Williams  55'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 4,927 (671) Referee: Martin Woods

Swindon Town v Newport County

10 September 2022 (2022-09-10)	Swindon Town	P–P	Newport County	Swindon
15:00 BST				Stadium: The County Ground
Note: Newport clash called-off as a mark of respect following the death of Queen Elizabeth II…[19]

Swindon Town v Sutton United

13 September 2022 (2022-09-13) 8	Swindon Town	3–2	Sutton United	Swindon
19:45 BST	Clayton  27' Shade 35' Williams 38' Lavinier  68' Wakeling 90+2'	Report	Randall 4' 42' Bugiel  31' Barden  81'	Stadium: The County Ground Attendance: 7,589 (85) Referee: Darren Handley

Doncaster Rovers v Swindon Town

17 September 2022 (2022-09-17) 9	Doncaster Rovers	0–1	Swindon Town	Doncaster
15:00 BST	Rowe  10'	Report	Baudry  45+2' Wakeling 59'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 6,446 (632) Referee: Charles Breakspear

Grimsby Town v Swindon Town

24 September 2022 (2022-09-24) 10	Grimsby Town	1–2	Swindon Town	Cleethorpes
15:00 BST	Taylor 25' Glennon  48'	Report	Jephcott 13'  87' Darcy 44' S.Khan  49'  62' Hutton  85' Blake-Tracy  90+7'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 6,805 (353) Referee: Declan Bourne

Swindon Town v Northampton Town

1 October 2022 (2022-10-01) 11	Swindon Town	1–2	Northampton Town	Swindon
15:00 BST	Reed  57' Williams 61' Blake-Tracy  67'	Report	Guthrie  62' Sherring  62' Fox 68' Pinnock 88'	Stadium: The County Ground Attendance: 9,789 (614) Referee: Alan Young

Swindon Town v Newport County

4 October 2022 (2022-10-04) 12	Swindon Town	1–0	Newport County	Swindon
19:45 BST	Gladwin  13' Darcy  19' Jephcott 51' Blake-Tracy  75'	Report	A.Lewis  45+3'	Stadium: The County Ground Attendance: 9,325 (648) Referee: Peter Wright

Stevenage v Swindon Town

8 October 2022 (2022-10-08) 13	Stevenage	2–0	Swindon Town	Stevenage
15:00 BST	Roberts 11' 60' Piergianni  45+3'	Report	Baudry  59' Clayton  88'	Stadium: Broadhall Way Attendance: 4,087 (885) Referee: Scott Oldham

Swindon Town v Colchester United

15 October 2022 (2022-10-15) 14	Swindon Town	1–0	Colchester United	Swindon
15:00 BST	Shade 64' Gladwin  88'	Report	Marshall-Miranda  37' Tchamadeu  45+1'	Stadium: The County Ground Attendance: 8,375 (257) Referee: Andy Haines

Swindon Town v Hartlepool United

22 October 2022 (2022-10-22) 15	Swindon Town	2–1	Hartlepool United	Swindon
15:00 BST	Williams 12' Jephcott 17' Hutton  53' Darcy  81' Iandolo  90+6'	Report	Oduor 28' Murray  58' Tumilty  90+4'	Stadium: The County Ground Attendance: 8,527 (123) Referee: Darren Drysdale

Bradford City v Swindon Town

25 October 2022 (2022-10-25) 16	Bradford City	1–1	Swindon Town	Bradford
19:45 BST	Wright 31'	Report	Iandolo  34' Jephcott 90+2' 90+2'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 16,728 (357) Referee: Jeremy Simpson

Mansfield Town v Swindon Town

29 October 2022 (2022-10-29) 17	Mansfield Town	2–5	Swindon Town	Mansfield
15:00 BST	Gordon 1' Swan 30' Boateng  31'  59' Maris  38' Pym  60' O'Toole  70'	Report	Williams 7' 35'  72' Jephcott 51'  77' Darcy 68' Gladwin 85' (pen.)	Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 6,804 (734) Referee: Carl Brook

Swindon Town v Tranmere Rovers

12 November 2022 (2022-11-12) 18	Swindon Town	1–1	Tranmere Rovers	Swindon
15:00 GMT	Wakeling 30'	Report	Hawkes 9' Turnbull  34'  90+5' Nevitt  59' Simeu  90'	Stadium: The County Ground Attendance: 9,425 (317) Referee: Lee Swabey

Swindon Town v Crewe Alexandra

19 November 2022 (2022-11-19) 19	Swindon Town	0–1	Crewe Alexandra	Swindon
15:00 GMT	Brennan  40' Iandolo  90+2'	Report	Agyei 23' (pen.) King  30'	Stadium: The County Ground Attendance: 8,734 (167) Referee: Andrew Kitchen

Crawley Town v Swindon Town

3 December 2022 (2022-12-03) 20	Crawley Town	2–0	Swindon Town	Crawley
15:00 GMT	Lynch  44' Tsaroulla 79' Powell 83'	Report	Reed  32'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 3,230 (920) Referee: Martin Woods

Swindon Town v AFC Wimbledon

10 December 2022 (2022-12-10) 21	Swindon Town	0–0	AFC Wimbledon	Swindon
15:00 GMT	Blake-Tracy  29' Lavinier  89'	Report	Pell  63' Woodyard  71' Maghoma  81' Davison  90'	Stadium: The County Ground Attendance: 8,430 (529) Referee: Sam Allison

Barrow v Swindon Town

17 December 2022 (2022-12-17) 22	Barrow	0–1	Swindon Town	Barrow-in-Furness
15:00 GMT	Farman  5'	Report	Reed 7' (pen.) MacDonald  33' Shade  45' Hutton  72'	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 2,617 (171) Referee: Robert Lewis

Swindon Town v Walsall

26 December 2022 (2022-12-26) 23	Swindon Town	1–2	Walsall	Swindon
15:00 GMT	Iandolo 33' MacDonald  51'	Report	Hutton 45+1' (o.g.) Johnson  51' Monthé 90+4'	Stadium: The County Ground Attendance: 10,240 (465) Referee: James Oldham

Northampton Town v Swindon Town

29 December 2022 (2022-12-29) 24	Northampton Town	1–2	Swindon Town	Northampton
19:45 GMT	Bowie  82' Hoskins  89' 90'	Report	Shade 26'  80' Iandolo  45+2' Lavinier 56' Hepburn-Murphy  90+7'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 7,156 (1,455) Referee: Lewis Smith

Colchester United v Swindon Town

1 January 2023 (2023-01-01) 25	Colchester United	1–0	Swindon Town	Colchester
15:00 GMT	Hannant 30'  74' Ashley  70' Fevrier  90+2'	Report	Khan  76' MacDonald  84'	Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 3,599 (500) Referee: Carl Brook

Swindon Town v Stevenage

7 January 2023 (2023-01-07)	Swindon Town	P–P	Stevenage	Swindon
15:00 GMT				Stadium: The County Ground
Note: Match postponed due to Stevenage competing in the 2022–23 FA Cup Third round.[20]

Swindon Town v Grimsby Town

14 January 2023 (2023-01-14) 26	Swindon Town	5–0	Grimsby Town	Swindon
15:00 GMT	Austin 25' Lavinier 62' Williams 66' Khan  71' 88' Darcy 78'	Report	Amos  34' Clifton  59' Holohan  74'	Stadium: The County Ground Attendance: 11,053 (565) Referee: Sam Purkiss

Walsall v Swindon Town

21 January 2023 (2023-01-21)	Walsall	P–P	Swindon Town	Walsall
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Bescot Stadium
Note: Match postponed due to Frozen pitch.[21]

Swindon Town v Stevenage

24 January 2023 (2023-01-24)	Swindon Town	P–P	Stevenage	Swindon
19:45 GMT				Stadium: The County Ground
Note: Match postponed due to Frozen pitch.[22]

Swindon Town v Gillingham

28 January 2023 (2023-01-28) 27	Swindon Town	3–3	Gillingham	Swindon
15:00 GMT	J.Williams 1' Khan  41'  81' Austin 57' (pen.) 78' Brennan  69'	Report	Dieng 2'  24' Wright 9' (pen.) Nichols 13'  44'	Stadium: The County Ground Attendance: 10,259 (961) Referee: Paul Howard

Newport County v Swindon Town

4 February 2023 (2023-02-04) 28	Newport County	2–1	Swindon Town	Newport
12:45 GMT	Clarke  16' Farquharson  38' Norman 54'  60' Kavanagh 78' Townsend  90+4'	Report	Hepburn-Murphy  15' Kadji  42' Adeloye 90+1'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 4,757 (1,000) Referee: Neil Hair
Note: Earlier kick off on police advice[23]

Swindon Town v Doncaster Rovers

11 February 2023 (2023-02-11) 29	Swindon Town	0–2	Doncaster Rovers	Swindon
15:00 GMT	Iandolo  60' Darcy  67'	Report	Lakin  35' Anderson  45+1' Brown  53' Molyneux 71', 73'	Stadium: The County Ground Attendance: 9,486 (293) Referee: Ollie Yates

Sutton United v Swindon Town

14 February 2023 (2023-02-14) 30	Sutton United	2–1	Swindon Town	Sutton
19:45 GMT	Rowe  41' Bugiel  59' Angol 85' Smith 88'	Report	Austin 14' McEachran  31' Iandolo  86' Blake-Tracy  87'	Stadium: Gander Green Lane Attendance: 2,928 (608) Referee: Charles Breakspear

Salford City v Swindon Town

18 February 2023 31	Salford City	1–2	Swindon Town	Salford
15:00 GMT	Watson 4',  59' Watt  48'	Report	Wakeling 26' Watt 55' (o.g.) Wakeling  70' Hutton  88'	Stadium: Moor Lane Attendance: 3,008 (715) Referee: Will Finnie

Swindon Town v Harrogate Town

25 February 2023 (2023-02-25) 32	Swindon Town	3–0	Harrogate Town	Swindon
15:00 GMT	Hepburn-Murphy 8', 40' Wakeling  58' Tomlinson 78'	Report	Falkingham  13' Muldoon  21' Eastman  27'	Stadium: The County Ground Attendance: 8,756 (73) Referee: Oliver Langford

Leyton Orient v Swindon Town

5 March 2023 33	Leyton Orient	1–1	Swindon Town	Leyton
15:00 GMT	Beckles 12' Turns  75'	Report	Wakeling 64' McEachran  67'	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 8,623 (1,256) Referee: Sam Barrott

Swindon Town v Carlisle United

11 March 2023 34	Swindon Town	1–2	Carlisle United	Swindon
15:00 GMT	Wakeling  17' Austin  58' Clayton  70' Shade 80',  87'	Report	Guy  9' Armer 51' McCalmont  56' Moxon  76' Edmondson 90+6'	Stadium: The County Ground Attendance: 9,330 (558) Referee: Sam Purkiss

Walsall v Swindon Town

14 March 2023 (2023-03-14) 35	Walsall	0–0	Swindon Town	Walsall
19:45 GMT	Maddox  53' Comley  55'	Report		Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 5,703 (883) Referee: Martin Woods

Rochdale v Swindon Town

18 March 2023 (2023-03-18) 36	Rochdale	4–4	Swindon Town	Rochdale
15:00 GMT	Rodney 22' Lloyd 25' Dodgson  63' Odoh 71' Henderson 90+4' Mullarkey  90+4'	Report	Austin 2', 14', 74', 79' Clayton  90+4'	Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 2,611 (397) Referee: Bobby Madden

Swindon Town v Stockport County

25 March 2023 (2023-03-25) 37	Swindon Town	0–1	Stockport County	Swindon
15:00 GMT	Wakeling  1' Hepburn-Murphy  3' Brynn  60' Williams  62'	Report	Madden 2' Rydel  45+4' Lewis  48' Knoyle  49' Lemonheigh-Evans  64' Croasdale 80' Wootton  90+4'	Stadium: The County Ground Attendance: 9,446 (712) Referee: Alan Young

Hartlepool United v Swindon Town

1 April 2023 (2023-04-01) 38	Hartlepool United	2–1	Swindon Town	Hartlepool
15:00 BST	Murray  55' Sylla  64' Pruti  76' Sterry  78' Jennings 88' Finney 90+4'	Report	Hepburn-Murphy 4'  70' Blake-Tracy  52' McEachran  90+6'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 4,815 (433) Referee: Darren Drysdale

Swindon Town v Mansfield Town

7 April 2023 (2023-04-07) 39	Swindon Town	2–4	Mansfield Town	Swindon
15:00 BST	Hepburn-Murphy 3' Brewitt  20' Austin  22' Williams 86'	Report	Quinn 13'  57' Akins 32' Oates 33' Hewitt  41' Boateng 65'	Stadium: The County Ground Attendance: 9,281 (587) Referee: Thomas Parsons

Tranmere Rovers v Swindon Town

10 April 2023 (2023-04-10) 40	Tranmere Rovers	1–0	Swindon Town	Birkenhead
15:00 BST	Saunders 22'	Report	McEachran  36' Darcy  89'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 5,564 (450) Referee: Andrew Kitchen

Swindon Town v Barrow

15 April 2023 (2023-04-15) 41	Swindon Town	0–0	Barrow	Swindon
15:00 BST		Report	Brough  68' Gotts  76'	Stadium: The County Ground Attendance: 8,080 (147) Referee: Paul Howard

Swindon Town v Bradford City

18 April 2023 (2023-04-18) 42	Swindon Town	1–0	Bradford City	Swindon
19:45 BST	Williams 82'	Report	Ridehalgh  78' Osadebe  88'	Stadium: The County Ground Attendance: 7,413 (557) Referee: Darren Drysdale

AFC Wimbledon v Swindon Town

22 April 2023 (2023-04-22) 43	AFC Wimbledon	1–5	Swindon Town	London (Wimbledon)
15:00 BST	Pierre 8',  67',  90+1' Jaiyesimi  24' Chislett  59' Marsh  82'	Report	Jephcott 16', 32' (pen.) Wakeling 18' Hutton  28' Lavinier  49' Williams  55' Khan  59' Clayton 61' Darcy 90+2' (pen.)	Stadium: Plough Lane Attendance: 8,421 (1,191) Referee: Scott Simpson

Swindon Town v Stevenage

25 April 2023 (2023-04-25) 44	Swindon Town	0–1	Stevenage	Swindon
19:45 BST		Report	Reid 25' Clark  90+7'	Stadium: The County Ground Attendance: 8,289 (311) Referee: Ben Speedie

Crewe Alexandra v Swindon Town

29 April 2023 (2023-04-29) 45	Crewe Alexandra	2–1	Swindon Town	Crewe
15:00 BST	O'Riordan  41' Long  70' Thomas 82' Tabiner 86'	Report	Hepburn-Murphy 44' Minturn  65'	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 4,694 (425) Referee: Ruebyn Ricardo

Swindon Town v Crawley Town

8 May 2023 (2023-05-08) 46	Swindon Town	2–1	Crawley Town	Swindon
12:30 BST	Khan  24' Austin 41' Cain 43' Hepburn-Murphy 64'	Report	Gladwin  42' Telford 62' (pen.) Nadesan  67'	Stadium: The County Ground Attendance: 10,450 (528) Referee: Jeremy Simpson
Note: Earlier kick off and date change due to the coronation of His Majesty King Charles III[24]

FA Cup

Main article: 2022–23 FA Cup

Town were drawn away to Stockport County in the first round.^[25]

Stockport County v Swindon Town

5 November 2022 (2022-11-05) First Round	Stockport County	4–0	Swindon Town	Stockport
15:00 GMT	Sarcevic 11' 29' Wright 16' Rydel 58' Brown  79'	Report	Khan  1' Hutton  29' Reed  88'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 4,534 (502) Referee: Marc Edwards

  Win   Draw   Loss

EFL Cup

Main article: 2022–23 EFL Cup

Town were drawn away to Walsall in the first round.^[26]

Walsall v Swindon Town

9 August 2022 (2022-08-09) First Round	Walsall	2–0	Swindon Town	Walsall
19:45 BST	Johnson 80' (pen.) Abraham 81'	Report	Minturn  78' Adeloye  81' Harries  85' Darcy  90+5'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 2,889 (448) Referee: Thomas Parsons

  Win   Draw   Loss

EFL Trophy

Main article: 2022–23 EFL Trophy

On 20 June, the initial Group stage draw was made, grouping Swindon Town with Bristol Rovers and Plymouth Argyle.^[27] On 23 June, Crystal Palace U21 was added to Group E.^[28]

Pos	Div	Team v t e	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
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

Source: EFL.com

  Win   Draw   Loss

Swindon Town v Crystal Palace U21

30 August 2022 (2022-08-30) Group Stage	Swindon Town	0–2	Crystal Palace U21	Swindon
19:00 BST	Harries  43'  85' Minturn  45+2'	Report	Grehan  43' Mooney  45+4' Addae  50' Gordon 71' 86' Ozoh  78'	Stadium: The County Ground Attendance: 2,021 (40) Referee: Ben Speedie

Swindon Town v Plymouth Argyle

20 September 2022 (2022-09-20) Group Stage	Swindon Town	1–3	Plymouth Argyle	Swindon
19:00 BST	Iandolo  24' Khan  41' Hepburn-Murphy 90+1'	Report	Jenkins-Davies 28' Halls 30' Cosgrove  45+2' Whittaker  66' Hardie 88' Butcher  90'	Stadium: The County Ground Attendance: 2,026 (125) Referee: David Rock

Bristol Rovers v Swindon Town

18 October 2022 (2022-10-18) Group Stage	Bristol Rovers	3–0	Swindon Town	Bristol
19:00 BST	Loft 63' Anderson 76' McCormick 83'	Report	Brennan  15'  32' Aguiar  44' Reed  48' Minturn  53' Lavinier  73'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 1,700 (218) Referee: David Rock

Wiltshire Premier Shield

Main article: Wiltshire Premier Shield

Town were drawn away to Chippenham Town in the quarter-final.^[29] Town were drawn away to Salisbury in the Semi-Final.^[30]

Chippenham Town v Swindon Town

10 January 2023 (2023-01-10) Quarter-Final	Chippenham Town	1–3	Swindon Town	Chippenham
19:30 GMT	Warre 12' Mitchell  73'	Report	Massey 3' Adeloye 4', 70' (pen.)	Stadium: Hardenhuish Park Attendance: 251 (?) Referee: Sam Read

Salisbury v Swindon Town

28 March 2023 (2023-03-28) Semi-Final	Salisbury	2–3	Swindon Town	Salisbury
19:45 GMT	Fitchett 62', 65'	Report	Adeloye 4'  75' Kadji 25', 45+1' Brown  38' Kanu  64' Harries  80'	Stadium: The Raymond McEnhill Stadium Attendance: 275 Referee: Adam Gregory

Swindon Town v Westbury United

9 May 2023 (2023-05-09) Final	Swindon Town	0–3	Westbury United	Swindon
19:45 GMT		Report	Bole 9' Stradling 22' S. Hulbert 48' (pen.)	Stadium: The County Ground Referee: Sam Read

  Win   Draw   Loss

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Ref
1 July 2022	LW	Oscar Massey	Plymouth Argyle	Free	[31]
1 July 2022	RW	Tyrese Shade	Leicester City	Free	[32]
1 July 2022	LB	Reece Devine	Manchester United	Free	[33]
1 July 2022	CB	Cian Harries	Bristol Rovers	Free	[34]
5 July 2022	ST	Jacob Wakeling	Leicester City	Free	[35]
12 July 2022	CB	Tom Clayton	Liverpool	Undisclosed	[36]
13 July 2022	CM	Ronan Darcy	Bolton Wanderers	Undisclosed	[37]
15 July 2022	CAM	Saidou Khan	Chesterfield	Undisclosed	[38]
15 July 2022	RB	Remeao Hutton	Barrow	Undisclosed	[39]
15 July 2022	ST	Tomi Adeloye	Ayr United	Free	[40]
19 July 2022	CB	Angus MacDonald	Rotherham United	Free	[41]
1 September 2022	RB	Marcel Lavinier	Tottenham Hotspur	Free	[42]
1 September 2022	ST	Rushian Hepburn-Murphy	Pafos	Free	[43]
1 September 2022	GK	Conor Brann	Galway United	Free	[44]
1 September 2022	RM	Morgan Roberts	Banbury United	Undisclosed	[45]
30 December 2022	ST	Charlie Austin	Brisbane Roar	Free	[46]
16 January 2023	CM	Jake Cain	Liverpool	Undisclosed	[47]
31 January 2023	LB	Frazer Blake-Tracy	Burton Albion	Undisclosed	[48]
13 February 2023	CM	George McEachran	Free agent	—N/a	[49]
7 March 2023	CB	Tom Brewitt	Hartford Athletic	Free	[50]

Out

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Ref
30 June 2022	CB	Dion Conroy	Crawley Town	Released	[51][52]
30 June 2022	CM	Ryan East	Bradford City	Released	[51][53]
30 June 2022	GK	Emmanuel Idem	Free agent	Released	[51]
30 June 2022	RM	Jayden Mitchell-Lawson	Ayr United	Released	[51][54]
1 July 2022	RB	Mandela Egbo	Charlton Athletic	Free	[55]
1 July 2022	GK	Joe Wollacott	Charlton Athletic	Free	[56]
2 July 2022	CB	Akin Odimayo	Northampton Town	Compensation	[57]
9 July 2022	CM	Levi Francis	Slimbridge	Free	[58]
18 July 2022	CAM	Jack Payne	Charlton Athletic	Free	[59]
24 July 2022	CB	Callum Winchcombe	Basingstoke Town	Free	[60]
27 July 2022	RB	Rob Hunt	Leyton Orient	Free	[61]
1 September 2022	GK	Lewis Ward	Sutton United	Undisclosed	[62]
1 September 2022	FW	Harry McKirdy	Hibernian	Undisclosed	[63]
15 January 2023	CDM	Louis Reed	Mansfield Town	Undisclosed	[64]
27 January 2023	CM	Ben Gladwin	Crawley Town	Undisclosed	[65]
31 January 2023	CB	Angus MacDonald	Aberdeen	Free	[66]

Loans in

Date	Pos	Player	Loaned from	On loan until	Ref
23 June 2022	GK	Sol Brynn	Middlesbrough	End of season	[67]
1 July 2022	CB	Ciaran Brennan	Sheffield Wednesday	End of season	[68]
10 August 2022	LB	Frazer Blake-Tracy	Burton Albion	31 January 2023	[69][48]
1 September 2022	ST	Luke Jephcott	Plymouth Argyle	End of season	[70]
31 January 2023	LB	Joe Tomlinson	Peterborough United	End of season	[71]
1 February 2023	CDM	Dylan Kadji	Bristol City	End of season	[72]

Loans out

Date	Pos	Player	Loaned to	On loan until	Ref
26 August 2022	ST	Harry Parsons	Banbury United	October 2022	[73][74]
12 September 2022	ST	Oscar Massey	Hungerford Town	October 2022	[75]
12 September 2022	CB	Harrison Minturn	Gloucester City	October 2022	[75]
16 September 2022	ST	George Cowmeadow	Slough Town	October 2022	[76]
23 September 2022	CAM	Mo Dabre	Banbury United	October 2022	[77]
22 October 2022	CB	Harrison Minturn	Chippenham Town	December 2022	[78][79]
29 October 2022	ST	Harry Parsons	Chippenham Town	January 2023	[80]
10 November 2022	ST	George Cowmeadow	Kidlington	January 2023	[81]
11 November 2022	CAM	Mo Dabre	Worthing	January 2023	[82]
4 January 2023	CM	Ricky Aguiar	Torquay United	February 2023	[83]
16 January 2023	ST	Oscar Massey	Plymouth Parkway	February 2023	[84]
3 February 2023	RM	Morgan Roberts	Aldershot Town	16 March 2023	[85][86]
9 February 2023	CM	Mo Dabre	Worthing	End of season	[87]
13 February 2023	CF	Harry Parsons	Farnborough	End of season	[88]
14 February 2023	CF	George Cowmeadow	Poole Town	14 March 2023	[89]
24 February 2023	MF	Tom Wynn-Davies	North Leigh	End of Season	[90]
3 March 2023	CB	Shyam Taank	Wantage Town	End of Season	[91]
15 March 2023	CF	George Cowmeadow	Swindon Supermarine	End of Season	[92]

Squad statistics

Appearances

As of 8 May 2023

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		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
Out on loan:
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

Team of the Week

Players

No.	Pos.	Player	Award	Source
1	GK	Sol Brynn	League Two Team Of The Week Match Day 4	[93]
		League Two Team Of The Week Match Day 9	[94]
		League Two Team Of The Week Match Day 10	[95]
		English Football League Team Of The Week Match Day 10	[96]
		League Two Team Of The Week Match Day 21	[97]
2	DF	Remeao Hutton	League Two Team Of The Week Match Day 26	[98]
		English Football League Team Of The Week Match Day 26	[99]
		League Two Team Of The Week Match Day 32	[100]
8	MF	Jonny Williams	League Two Team Of The Week Match Day 17	[101]
		League Two Team Of The Week Match Day 26	[98]
15	FW	Luke Jephcott	League Two Team Of The Week Match Day 17	[101]
23	MF	Saidou Khan	League Two Team Of The Week Match Day 26	[98]
		English Football League Team Of The Week Match Day 26	[99]
34	DF	Ciaran Brennan	League Two Team Of The Week Match Day 26	[98]
11	ST	Charlie Austin	League Two Team Of The Week Match Day 27	[102]
		English Football League Team Of The Week Match Day 27	[103]
		League Two Team Of The Week Match Day 36	[104]
		English Football League Team Of The Week Match Day 36	[105]

Management

No.	Manager	Award	Source
N/A	Scott Lindsey	League Two Team Of The Week Match Day 17	[101]
N/A	Gavin Gunning	League Two Team Of The Week Match Day 26	[98]

Awards

No.	Pos.	Player	Award	Source
24	FW	Jacob Wakeling	League Two Goal Of The Month	[106]
11	ST	Charlie Austin	FIFA 23 Team Of The Week 21	[107]

Player of the Month

No.	Pos.	Player	Month	Source
1	GK	Sol Brynn	August	[108]
		September	[109]
		December	[110]
2	DF	Remeao Hutton	October	[111]
		November	[112]
20	DF	Frazer Blake-Tracy	January	[113]
24	FW	Jacob Wakeling	February	[114]