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Swindon Town
FT
2–1
22 Aug 2026
Cheltenham Town
Europa League Sat 22 Aug, 15:00London The County Ground, Swindon Craig Hicks 8,833 attendance

Timeline

  1. 4' Matthew Virtue-Thick Yellow Card
  2. 17' Aaron Drinan
  3. 45' Ollie Palmer for Jaylan Pearman
  4. 53' Louis Millard for Ben Middlemas
  5. 55' Ollie Clarke
  6. 61' Kaelan Majekodunmi for Ryan Tafazolli
  7. 61' Tom Nichols for Ollie Clarke
  8. 63' Andreas Weimann for Kirsten Otchere
  9. 71' Jake Bickerstaff for George Nurse
  10. 71' Ryan Broom for Jordan Shipley
  11. 85' Ryan Broom
  12. 85' James Debayo for Matthew Virtue-Thick
  13. 85' Freddie Willcox for Jake Evans
  14. 90'+2' Jake Bickerstaff Yellow Card

Match stats

42.1% Possession 57.9%
5 Shots 14
3 On target 6
7 Fouls 12
1 Yellow cards 1
0 Red cards 0
0 Offsides 0
5 Saves 1
232 Accurate passes 347

Lineups

Swindon Town 4-2-3-1
1 Ripley
34 Kirkman 17 Tafazolli 5 Negru 2 Clark
20 Middlemas 27 Munda
22 Pearman 8 Clarke 24 Virtue-Thick
23 Drinan
Cheltenham Town 4-1-4-1
23 Stanway
21 Nurse 25 Sweeney 5 Cundy 3 Tomkinson
7 Stevenson
26 Shipley 8 Mccann 4 Tomlinson 19 Evans
9 Otchere
Swindon Town 4-2-3-1
  1. 1 Connor Ripley G
  2. 17 Ryan Tafazolli ▼ CD-L
  3. 5 Stephan Negru CD-R
  4. 34 Billy Kirkman LB
  5. 2 Mitchell Clark RB
  6. 8 Ollie Clarke ▼ AM
  7. 20 Ben Middlemas ▼ LM
  8. 27 Anthony Munda RM
  9. 23 Aaron Drinan F
  10. 22 Jaylan Pearman ▼ AM-L
  11. 24 Matthew Virtue-Thick ▼ AM-R

Came on

  1. 21 Kaelan Majekodunmi ▲ SUB
  2. 7 Tom Nichols ▲ SUB
  3. 39 Louis Millard ▲ SUB
  4. 18 James Debayo ▲ SUB
  5. 28 Ollie Palmer ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (2)
  1. 12 Lewis Ward SUB
  2. 38 Lucas Griffiths-Brown SUB
Cheltenham Town 4-1-4-1
  1. 23 Wyll Stanway G
  2. 25 Pierce Sweeney CD-L
  3. 5 Robbie Cundy CD-R
  4. 7 Ben Stevenson DM
  5. 21 George Nurse ▼ LB
  6. 3 Jonathan Tomkinson RB
  7. 8 Charlie Mccann CM-L
  8. 4 Joseph Tomlinson CM-R
  9. 26 Jordan Shipley ▼ LM
  10. 19 Jake Evans ▼ RM
  11. 9 Kirsten Otchere ▼ F

Came on

  1. 14 Ryan Broom ▲ SUB
  2. 18 Andreas Weimann ▲ SUB
  3. 33 Freddie Willcox ▲ SUB
  4. 11 Jake Bickerstaff ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (2)
  1. 1 Joe Day SUB
  2. 35 Mark Barber SUB

Commentary

  1. 90'+2' Jake Bickerstaff (Cheltenham Town) Yellow Card at 90'+2'
  2. 85' Freddie Willcox (Cheltenham Town) Substitution at 85'
  3. 85' James Debayo (Swindon Town) Substitution at 85'
  4. 85' Ryan Broom (Cheltenham Town) Goal at 85'
  5. 71' Ryan Broom (Cheltenham Town) Substitution at 71'
  6. 71' Jake Bickerstaff (Cheltenham Town) Substitution at 71'
  7. 63' Andreas Weimann (Cheltenham Town) Substitution at 63'
  8. 61' Tom Nichols (Swindon Town) Substitution at 61'
  9. 61' Kaelan Majekodunmi (Swindon Town) Substitution at 61'
  10. 55' Ollie Clarke (Swindon Town) Goal at 55'
  11. 53' Louis Millard (Swindon Town) Substitution at 53'
  12. 45' Ollie Palmer (Swindon Town) Substitution at 45'
2 earlier entries
  1. 17' Aaron Drinan (Swindon Town) Goal at 17'
  2. 4' Matthew Virtue-Thick (Swindon Town) Yellow Card at 4'

Recent form

Swindon Town D L L L L

  • L at Grimsby Town 4-0 EFL League Two
  • L Chesterfield 2-1 EFL League Two
  • L at Crystal Palace 5-1 Club Friendly
  • L at Cardiff City 3-2 Carabao Cup
  • D at Northampton Town 0-0 EFL League Two

Cheltenham Town W L L L L

  • L Tranmere Rovers 3-1 EFL League Two
  • L at Bristol Rovers 4-0 EFL League Two
  • L Colchester United 4-1 EFL League Two
  • L Charlton Athletic 3-1 Carabao Cup
  • W Rotherham United 2-1 EFL League Two

Head to head

Series tied 2-2-1

  • 29 Dec 2025 Cheltenham Town 0–2 Swindon Town 2025-26 English League Two
  • 9 Dec 2025 Swindon Town 0–1 Cheltenham Town 2025-26 English League Two
  • 15 Mar 2025 Swindon Town 3–3 Cheltenham Town 2024-25 English League Two
  • 12 Oct 2024 Cheltenham Town 2–3 Swindon Town 2024-25 English League Two
  • 19 Nov 2019 Swindon Town 0–1 Cheltenham Town 2019-20 English FA Cup