paul plowman'sTHEY DIDN'T MAKE IT - AT SWINDON
A multitude of players have signed for Swindon Town but have not progressed to the first team.
This database - which was developed by fellow historian ALAN HARDING will hopefully list some 2,000 names of all those who have played at reserve team level for the club or as trialists for the first team. Thanks to MIKE SKINNER for providing many previously missing first names.
Do you have any additional info on a player listed here or any on a player not yet listed here?
If so, please e-mail me: paul@swindonfc1879.com.
FIND PLAYER BY SURNAME:
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | V | W | Y | Z
FIND PLAYER BY YEARS:
Pre-WW1 | 1919-1939 | 1940s | 1950s | 1960-1965 | 1965-1970 | 1970-1975 | 1975-1980 | 1980-1985 | 1985-1990 | 1990-1995 | 1995-2000 | 2000-2005 | 2005-2010 | 2010-2015 | 2015-Date
| JACKSON Kayden Pastal Dunn | F | 
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| Born : Bradford 22 February 1994 | ||
| PLAYING CAREER | ||
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Albion Sports - SWINDON TOWN (1 Jul 2013) - Swindon Supermarine (loan 27 Aug 2013) - Oxford City (loan 31 Oct 2013) - Tamworth (1 Jul 2014) - Wrexham (Jul 2015) - Barnsley (May 2016) - Grimsby Town (loan Jul 2016) - Accrington Stanley (Jul 2017) - Ipswich Town (Aug 2018) |
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A 'Win a Pro Contract' competition winner, Kayden spent much of his year with Town out on loan before eventually making the League grade while at Blundell Park. |
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| JAMES Jimmy (James) R | WF | 
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| Born : Chippenham Jul-Sep 1946 | ||
| PLAYING CAREER | ||
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Malmesbury Town - SWINDON TOWN (am 28 May 1962 pro 17 Sep 1964) - Chippenham Town (cs 1965) |
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Jimmy played almost all his football in the 'A' team. He scored the winner in a 5-4 Youth Cup victory at Portsmouth in December 1963, to set Town en route for the final. |
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| JAMES Stuart Edward | D | 
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| Born : Bristol 12 September 1975 | ||
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Southampton (sb ) - Aston Villa (sb ) - SWINDON TOWN (trn Jul 1992 pro Jul 1994) - Chelsea (trial Jul 1995) - Weymouth (nc Aug 1995) - Bath City (Oct 1995) - Newport AFC (cs 2000) - Bath City (Oct 2002) - Salisbury City (Jul 2003) |
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Stuart made his debut for the reserves in February 1993, going on to make over fifty Combination appearaances. His first as a pro did not end well, as he was sent off at Crystal Palace on the opening day of the 1994/95 season ! The closest Stuart came to making the first team was three weeks later - as an unused substitute in an Anglo-Italian Cup tie in Venice. |
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| JARVIS Matt (Matthew) Thomas | M | 
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| Born : Middlesbrough 22 May 1986 | ||
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Millwall (sb ) - Gillingham (Jul 2003) - Wolverhampton Wanderers (Jul 2007) - West Ham United (Aug 2012) - Norwich City (Sep 2015) - Walsall (loan Jan 2019) - SWINDON TOWN (trial 16 Dec 2019) |
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Town gave Matt an hour on trial in a behind closed doors friendly at Bristol City. |
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| JEBB Jack McCauley | M | 
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| Born : Kensington, London 11 September 1995 | ||
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Arsenal (Sep 2012) - Stevenage (loan Oct 2014 & Mar 2015) - SWINDON TOWN (trial 11 Jul 2015) - Stevenage (Sep 2015) - Newport County (Nov 2016) - Sutton United (Feb 2017) - Welling United (Aug 2017) - Wealdstone (Nov 2019) - Dartford (Feb 2020) - Dorking Wanderers (Jun 2022) - Havant and Waterlooville (loan Mar 2023) |
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A former England under-16 and under-17 player, Jack scored in Town's pre-season outing to Petersfield. |
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| JEFFREY James Barry | FB | 
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| Born : Bath Jul-Sep 1948 | ||
| PLAYING CAREER | ||
| SWINDON TOWN (app 3 Jul 1964 pro 25 Aug 1966) - Bath City (cs 1968) | ||
A right-back who made his debut for the reserves as a first-year apprentice in October 1964, Barry went on to make just over fifty appearances in the Combination side. In September 1966, he was selected for an England Youth trial. |
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| JESIONKOWSKI Jakub | G | 
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| Born : Poznan, Poland 7 March 1989 | ||
| PLAYING CAREER | ||
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Olimpia Poznan (Pol) (sb ) - MSP Szamotuly (sb 2005) - Sokol Pniewy (Mar 2006) - Zaglebie Lubin (cs 2006) - SWINDON TOWN (31 Jul 2009) - Oxford City (loan 11 Nov 2010) - Olimpia Poznan (cs Jul 2011) |
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The Polish under-21 keeper looked set to make his debut when Paul Hart took over briefly as Town boss. But Phil Smith kept his place and Jakub was given a free transfer in the June. |
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| JONES Gordon Peace | WF | 
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| Born : Talgarth, Brecknockshire 23 October 1886 | Died : Llandrindod Wells, Powys 6 March 1977, aged 90 | |
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Builth Town - SWINDON TOWN (trial Apr 1904) - Wellington Town (cs 1904) - Wrexham (May 1906) - Shrewsbury Town (May 1907) - Wellington Town (Sep 1908) - Accrington Stanley (Jul 1910) - Shrewsbury Town ( Jul 1912) - Ebbw Vale (Aug 1914) |
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Gordon came on trial for the closing games of Town's reserves programme in 1903/04 but was not retained. Three years later he gained two full Welsh caps ! |
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| JONES Mark Andrew | F | 
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| Born : Willenhall, Staffs. 7 September 1979 | ||
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Aston Villa (sb ) - Wolverhampton Wanderers (Sep 1996) - SWINDON TOWN (trial 1 Feb 1999) - Cheltenham Town (loan Oct 1999) - Chesterfield (Aug 2000) - Raith Rovers (loan Feb 2001 perm Nov 2001) - Hednesford Town (cs 2002) - Bromsgrove Rovers (loan cs 2003) |
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Mark was given a one-game trial whilst with Wolves, playing in a home Combination game against Norwich. |
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| JORDAN Michael William | G | 
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| Born : Cheshunt, Herts. 7 April 1986 | ||
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Norwich City (sb 1997) - Arsenal (Nov 2004) - SWINDON TOWN (trial 18 Jul 2005) - Doncaster Rovers (trial Nov 2005) - AFC Bournemouth (trial Jan 2006) - Yeovil Town (loan Mar 2006) - Chesterfield (Aug 2006) - Lewes (Mar 2008) - Stevenage (trial Jul 2008) - Eastbourne Borough (Jan 2009) - Farnborough Town (Mar 2009) - Boreham Wood (Jun 2011) - Concord Rangers (cs 2012) - Ebbsfleet United (plyr-co Dec 2016) |
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A former England under-17 keeper, Michael played in two pre-season friendlies for Town - at Bideford and Taunton. |
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| JOSEPH Roger Anthony | D | 
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| Born : Paddington, London 24 December 1965 | ||
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Southall (Aug 1983) - Brentford (Oct 1984) - Wimbledon (Aug 1988) - Millwall (loan Mar 1995) - SWINDON TOWN (trial 7 Oct 1995) - Chelsea (nc 1996) - Leyton Orient (nc Nov 1996) - West Bromwich Albion (nc Feb 1997) - Leyton Orient (Aug 1997) - Southall (Aug 2001) - Kings Lynn (Nov 2001) - AFC Wimbledon (cs 2003) - Leatherhead (cs 2003) - Southall (cs 2004) - AFC Wimbledon (Jan 2005) |
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Roger turned out at centre-half for Town's reserves in a 1-0 home win over Luton. |
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| JUDGE Alan Graham | G | 
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| Born : Kingsbury, London 14 May 1960 | ||
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Luton Town (Jan 1978) - Reading (Sep 1982) - Oxford United (Dec 1984) - Lincoln City (loan Nov 1985) - Cardiff City (loan Oct 1987) - Hereford United (Jul 1991) - Chelsea (nc Nov 1994) - Bromsgrove Rovers - Kettering Town - Brackley Town - Banbury United - SWINDON TOWN (24 Dec 2002) - Oxford United (17 Mar 2003) - Didcot Town (loan ) - Chipping Norton Town - Brackley Town - Banbury United (cs 2006) |
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With Craiig Farr on the injured list, Alan - who had joined the club as goalkeeping coach during the summer - was hastily registered as a player for two Christmas League fixtures. He sat on the bench against Brentford on Boxing Day and at Wigan two days later. |
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