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
| N'GAKOUTOU YAPENDE Quentin | F | 
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| Born : Bangui, Central African Republic 10 May 1994 | ||
| PLAYING CAREER | ||
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Red Star 93 (Fr) (sb 2005) - Monaco (Feb 2014) - AC Arles-Avignon (Fr) (loan Jul 2014) - Lausanne-Sport (Swi) (loan Feb 2015) - Evian Thonon Gaillard (Fr) (loan Jul 2015) - Royal Union St Gilloise (Bel) (loan Jan 2017) - SWINDON TOWN (trial 1 Jul 2019) - FC Annecy (Fr) (trial cs 2019) - Bourges 18 (Aug 2019) - FC 93 Bobingy-Bagnolet-Gagny (Jun 2021) - SO Romorantin (Jan 2022) |
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Scored twice in Town's opening pre-season friendly at Brimscombe. |
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| NELSON Les (Leslie) Hezekiah | F | 
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| Born : Chipping Sodbury 24 January 1932 | Died : Lambeth, London Jul-Sep 1980, aged 48 | |
| PLAYING CAREER | ||
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Chipping Sodbury - Chippenham United (cs 1951) - SWINDON TOWN (13 May 1953) - Chippenham Town (trial Oct 1954) - Bridgwater Town (Nov 1954) - Chippenham Town (cs 1955) |
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One of Maurice Lindley's first signings, Les hit three goals in five Combination appearances in 1953/54, but fell out of favour in the following summer. |
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| NEWELL George Stephen | F | 
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| Born : Formby, Merseyside 27 January 1997 | ||
| PLAYING CAREER | ||
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Everton (scs Jun 2013) - Bolton Wanderers (Jul 2015) - AFC Fylde (loan Aug 2016) - Motherwell (Jul 2017) - Albion Rovers (loan Jan 2019) - SWINDON TOWN (trial 1 Jul 2019) - Southport (Sep 2019) - Marine (loan Nov 2019 & Dec 2021) |
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the son of Mike, George featured in two pre-season friendlies at Hungerford and Birmingham. |
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| NEWEY Tom (Thomas) William | D | 
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| Born : Huddersfield 31 October 1982 | ||
| PLAYING CAREER | ||
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Leeds United (Aug 2000) - SWINDON TOWN (trial 27 Jan 2003) - Cambridge United (loan 14 Feb 2003) - Darlington (loan Mar 2003) - Leyton Orient (Aug 2003) - Cambridge United (Jan 2005) - Grimsby Town (Jul 2005) - Rochdale (loan Mar 2009) - Bury (Aug 2009) - Rotherham United (Jul 2010) - Scunthorpe United (Aug 2012) - Oxford United (Jul 2013) - Northampton Town (Oct 2014) |
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Tom was one of three trialists who played in a 4-1 Combination win at Southend. |
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| NEWMAN Brian Robert | FB | 
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| Born : Swindon 3 September 1943 | Died : Swindon 26 May 1995, aged 51 | |
| PLAYING CAREER | ||
| SWINDON TOWN (gsf 19 Jun 1959) - Swindon British Railways | ||
A full-back in Town's 'A' team, Brian had one call-up for the Combination side - replacing Roger Smart on the right-wing in a 0-6 defeat at Eastville on Boxing Day 1960. |
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| NEWMAN Haydn C | U | 
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| Born : Swindon Jan-Mar 1947 | ||
| PLAYING CAREER | ||
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SWINDON TOWN (am 20 Jul 1966) - Chippenham Town (cs 1967) - Devizes Town (cs 1968) - Chippenham Town (cs 1969) - Clanfield (cs 1970) |
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A right-sided player, Haydn was a regular in the 'A' team from the start of 1964/65. He travelled to Gilliingham as twelfth man for the reserve side in October 1966, but was not called upon and left the County Ground at the end of the season. |
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| NEWMAN Steve (Steven) J | G | 
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| Born : Swindon 11 November 1955 | ||
| PLAYING CAREER | ||
| SWINDON TOWN (sb 17 Jun 1969 app 24 Apr 1971 pro 15 Nov 1973) | ||
Promoted to the reserve side for the final two games of 1971/72, Steve starred in the Youth Cup side which reached the quarter-finals of the F.A.Youth Cup in the following season. |
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| NICHOLLS Mark | M | 
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| Born : Hillingdon, London 30 May 1977 | ||
| PLAYING CAREER | ||
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Chelsea (trn Jul 1993 ) - Chertsey (loan 1994) - Chelsea (pro Jul 1995) - Reading (loan Dec 1999) - Grimsby Town (loan Feb 2000) - Colchester United (loan Oct 2000) - Motherwell (trial Mar 2001) - Aberdeen (trial May 2001) - Aldershot Town (trial Jul 2001) - SWINDON TOWN (trial 27 Jul 2001) - Partick Thistle (nc Aug 2001) - Torquay United (Sep 2001) - Hamilton Academical (Nov 2001) - Clydebank (Nov 2001) - Chesham United (cs 2002) - Maidenhead United (Aug 2002) - Northwood (Oct 2003) - Hendon (p/asm cs 2004) - Uxbridge (Feb 2005) - Hayes ( Jun 2006) - Northwood (Sep 2006) - Uxbridge (Jan 2007) - Beaconsfield SYCOB (Jan 2009) - Bedfont Sports (Aug 2009) - Walton Casuals (cs 2010) - North Greenford United (plyr-asst mgr Dec 2011) - Southall (cs 2012) - North Greenford United (Oct 2012) - FC Yiewsley - AFC Hayes (Aug 2015) |
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Mark featured in two pre-season friendlies, playing 45 minutes against both Woking and Derby. |
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| NICHOLSON Jake Charlie | M | 
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| Born : Harrow, London 19 July 1992 | ||
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West Ham United (sb 2002) - Tottenham Hotspur (Jul 2010) - Myllykosken Pallo 47 (Fin) (loan Mar 2011) - Greenock Morton (Nov 2013) - AFC Wimbledon (Feb 2014) - St Albans City (Jan 2015) - SWINDON TOWN (trial 6 Jul 2015) - Hayes and Yeading United (Aug 2015) - Walton Casuals (Sep 2015) - Kingstonian (May 2016) - Walton Casuals (Aug 2016) |
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Jake participated in Town's first three pre-season friendlies, including the final half-hour of the visit by Everton. |
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| NISBET Wilson Boyd | F | 
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| Born : Airdrie 15 November 1936 | Died : Amersham, Bucks. 9 April 2014, aged 77 | |
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Chelsea - SWINDON TOWN (am 1 Jun 1957) - Tonbridge (cs 1960) - Ramsgate Athletic (cs 1961) - Hastings United (cs 1962) - Amersham Town - London Transport FC |
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Boyd hit nine goals in just 15 reserve outings in 1957/58 - including all four in a 4-0 win over his former club - before going off to National Service. Following his 'demob' in December 1959, he was offered a full-time contract but turned it down. In early 1967, he hit a hat-trick for Amersham against Town's 'A' team - but he soon switched to playing in Greater London League football. |
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| NORMAN Ken (Kenneth) A | FB | 
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| Born : Gloucester Jan-Mar 1961 | ||
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Torquay United (sb ) - SWINDON TOWN (app 9 Aug 1977 pro 16 Mar 1979) - Gloucester City (Jan 1981) - Forest Green Rovers (cs 1981) - Gloucester City (cs 1985) |
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Ken played in the Combination side for three seasons, predominantly at right-back, making almost 80 appearances. |
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| NTIKA BONDOMBE Kevin | D | 
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| Born : Belgium 24 July 1995 | ||
| PLAYING CAREER | ||
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Zulte (Bel) - Zaventem (cs 2014) - KV Oostende (cs 2015) - KVV Coxyde (cs 2016) - Eendracht Aalst (cs 2017) - KVK Ninove ( Jan 2018) - Trakai (Lit) (Apr 2018) - Ararat Yerevan (Arm) (Jan 2019) - SWINDON TOWN (trial 23 Sep 2019) - Pepingen-Halle (Bel) (Jan 2020) - Angoulême Charente (Fr) (Jun 2020) - KFC Uerdingen (Ger) (Aug 2021) |
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Having been without a club for nearly three months, Kevin played for the whole 90 minutes of a behind closed doors friendly against Reading at Finchampstead. |
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