Peterborough United 5-4 Swindon Town: result and report

League One · Saturday 16 October 2010

Result

Peterborough United 5-4 Swindon Town

League One · Saturday 16 October 2010, 14:00 UTC · half-time 3-3

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Peterborough United 5-4 Swindon Town: match report

Peterborough United defeated Swindon Town 5-4 in the League One on Saturday 16 October 2010. It was 3-3 at half-time.

C. Mackail-Smith opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Peterborough United's goals came from C. Mackail-Smith (3'), C. Mackail-Smith (5'), Lee Frecklington (22'), George Boyd (58') and an own goal by Kevin Amankwaah (90'). Swindon Town scored through David Ball (24'), Matt Ritchie (32'), David Ball (45') and Charlie Austin (73', penalty).

Discipline: Peterborough United received 2 yellow cards; Swindon Town received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Peterborough United were 3rd on 19 points from 11 and Swindon Town 4th on 19 points from 11. Peterborough United went on to finish that season 4th with 84 points, and Swindon Town 22nd with 47.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Peterborough United win, 3 draws and 0 for Swindon Town.

Going into the match Peterborough United's last five read L-W-L-W-D and Swindon Town's W-L-D-W-W.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · C. Mackail-SmithPeterborough United · 1-0
  • 5'Goal · C. Mackail-SmithPeterborough United · 2-0
  • 22'Goal · Lee FrecklingtonPeterborough United · 3-0
  • 24'Goal · David BallSwindon Town · 3-1
  • 32'Goal · Matt RitchieSwindon Town · 3-2
  • 45'Goal · David BallSwindon Town · 3-3
  • 58'Goal · George BoydPeterborough United · 4-3
  • 65'Yellow card · Tommy RowePeterborough United
  • 70'Yellow card · Lee FrecklingtonPeterborough United
  • 73'Penalty goal · Charlie AustinSwindon Town · 4-4
  • 75'Yellow card · Charlie AustinSwindon Town
  • 90'Own goal · Kevin AmankwaahPeterborough United · 5-4

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Peterborough United 1, draws 3, Swindon Town 0.

Team news

Peterborough United line-up

Joe Lewis, Mark Little, Kelvin Langmead, Gabriel Zakuani, Lee Frecklington, George Boyd, Tommy Rowe, Arron Davies, Aaron Mclean, Craig Mackail-Smith, Grant McCann

Swindon Town line-up

David Lucas, Scott Cuthbert, Michael Rose, Sean Morrison, Kevin Amankwaah, Jonathan Douglas, Jon-Paul McGovern, Simon Ferry, Matt Ritchie, Vincent de Paul Pericard, David Ball