Swindon Town F.C. Reserves and Academy

Football club

Swindon Town

Full name	Swindon Town Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Robins
Founded	1879
Ground	County Ground, Swindon
Capacity	15,728
Chairman	Clem Morfuni
Manager	David Farrell

The Swindon Town reserve team previously played in the Totesport.com Combination League. They also participate in the Wiltshire Premier Shield each season. The Swindon Town Development side play their home games at The County Ground, Swindon. In previous seasons the team has also played at Hunts Copse, the home of Swindon Supermarine.

Youth Team

As of 23 August 2023.^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
36	DF	ENG	Sonny Hart
38	FW	ENG	Abu Kanu
40	DF	ENG	Harley Hunt
41	FW	ENG	Miles Obodo
42	MF	ENG	Josh Keyes
45	DF	ENG	Finlay Adams
—	GK	ENG	Redman Evans
—	DF	ENG	Harry Chard
—	DF	ENG	Harvey Fox


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	ENG	Antony McCormick
—	DF	ENG	Archie Milne
—	DF	ENG	Finlay Skittrall
—	DF	ENG	Finlay Tombs
—	MF	ENG	Conor Britchford-Stanley
—	MF	ENG	Dani Gonzalez-Birchall
—	MF	ENG	Fletcher Hubbard
—	MF	ENG	Joel McGregor
—	MF	ENG	Alistair Stewart
—	FW	ENG	George Alston

Honours

Swindon Town's Youth Team were FA Youth Cup finalists in 1964, where they were beaten over two legs by a Manchester United side containing George Best.^[2] The team did not appear in the final stages of the competition again until 2004 where they lost 3–0 to Chesterfield in the Quarter-final.^[2]

Managed by Paul Bodin, the Youth team reached the Quarter-finals of the FA Youth Cup again in 2007 before being knocked out of the competition by Newcastle.^[3]^[4]^[5]

During the 2000s Swindon Town's juniors have enjoyed a degree of success at the Milk Cup tournament.

Player of the Tournament Award - Leigh Mills (2003)
Adidas Golden Boot Award - Lukas Jutkiewicz (2004)
Tayto Most Sporting Team Award - Winners (2005)
Northern Ireland Tourist Board Trophy - Winners (2006)
Northern Ireland Milk Cup - Winners (2006)
B.T. Northern Ireland Trophy - Winners (2007)

Achievements (Reserves & Youth Combined)

Cup Honours

Wiltshire Premier Shield - Winners 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 2010
Puma Youth Alliance Cup - Winners 2005
Milk Cup - Winners of the Junior section 2006
Milk Cup - Winners of the B.T. Northern Ireland Trophy 2007
Football League Youth Alliance - Winners of South West 2009-11

References

^ "Youth Team Squad". Swindon Town F.C. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Pook the star of previous memorable campaign". Swindon Town. Swindon Advertiser. Retrieved 13 February 2007.
^ "Cup heartbreak for Town youngsters". Swindon Town. Swindon Advertiser. Retrieved 13 February 2007.
^ Ritson, John. "Hold your heads high". Swindon Town. Swindon Advertiser. Retrieved 13 February 2007.
^ "Swindon knocked out of the FA Youth Cup". Where I Live - Swindon. BBC. Archived from the original on 14 November 2012. Retrieved 13 February 2007.