FA Cup · ENG · Round 3

Salford City
3 - 2 Full time
Swindon Town

The Peninsula Stadium · Salford, Greater Manchester

Lineups

Salford City3-1-4-2
MY1Young
HM19Mnoga
OT6Turton
LG29⚽Garbutt
MB18Butcher
RL45Longelo
BW7↓61'Woodburn
JA17↓61'Austerfield
KB3↓61'Berkoe
RG26⚽×2Graydon
KN10N'Mai
CR1Ripley
JM33↓77'McGregor
FM3↓29'Mabete
RT17Tafazolli
BK34↓46'Kirkman
GK18Kilkenny
TN7↓77'Nichols
AD23Drinan
DO44↓46'Oldaker
MO29Olakigbe
OP28⚽Palmer
Swindon Town4-2-3-1

Salford City substitutes

15 Brandon Cooper 6.8 ↑61'
8 Jorge Grant 7.0 ↑61'
23 Daniel Udoh 6.3 ↑61'
33 Mark Howard
20 Daniel Chesters
34 Ruben Butt
9 Cole Stockton
30 Kyrell Malcolm
27 Nicolás Siri

Coach: Karl Robinson

Swindon Town substitutes

5 Will Wright 7.1 ↑29'
6 James Ball 7.3 ⚽↑46'
25 Aidan Borland 6.2 ↑46'
19 Joe Snowdon 5.9 ↑77'
11 Jake Tabor 5.9 ↑77'
12 Lewis Ward
16 Thomas Wilson-Brown
37 Dani González-Birchall

Coach: Ian Holloway

Match events

11'Ryan Graydon assist: Kevin Berkoe 1 - 0⚽
29'↑ Will Wright ↓ Filozofe Mabete⇄
34'Billy Kirkman
Second half
46'↑ James Ball ↓ Billy Kirkman⇄
46'↑ Aidan Borland ↓ Darren Oldaker⇄
52'Ryan Graydon assist: Kelly N'Mai 2 - 0⚽
55'Ollie Palmer 2 - 1⚽
55'Benjamin Woodburn
58'Joel McGregor
60'James Ball assist: Michael Olakigbe 2 - 2⚽
61'↑ Jorge Grant ↓ Benjamin Woodburn⇄
61'↑ Brandon Cooper ↓ Kevin Berkoe⇄
61'↑ Daniel Udoh ↓ Josh Austerfield⇄
68'Luke Garbutt 3 - 2⚽
77'↑ Jake Tabor ↓ Tom Nichols⇄
77'↑ Joe Snowdon ↓ Joel McGregor⇄

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Match details

CompetitionFA Cup
Kick-off (UTC)Tuesday, 20 January 2026, 19:45 UTC — shown in your local time at the top of this page
StatusFinished

Line-ups, match events and the head-to-head record for this fixture are shown on this page where the data feed publishes them.

Head to head

4Salford City wins4Draws3Swindon Town wins

11 past meetings on record. Biggest Salford City win: Salford City 3–2 Swindon Town (2025). Biggest Swindon Town win: Swindon Town 2–3 Salford City (2026).

17 Jan 2026Swindon Town 2 - 3 Salford CityLeague Two
20 Sep 2025Salford City 3 - 2 Swindon TownLeague Two
4 Mar 2025Swindon Town 2 - 2 Salford CityLeague Two
22 Oct 2024Salford City 2 - 1 Swindon TownLeague Two
10 Feb 2024Swindon Town 1 - 1 Salford CityLeague Two
21 Oct 2023Salford City 2 - 2 Swindon TownLeague Two
18 Feb 2023Salford City 1 - 2 Swindon TownLeague Two
6 Aug 2022Swindon Town 0 - 0 Salford CityLeague Two
26 Feb 2022Swindon Town 1 - 2 Salford CityLeague Two
21 Aug 2021Salford City 0 - 1 Swindon TownLeague Two
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16 Nov 2019Salford City 2 - 3 Swindon TownLeague Two