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===Early history=== Swindon Town Football Club was founded by Reverend William Pitt of [[Liddington]] in 1879.<ref name = "founded"/> The team turned professional in 1894 and joined the [[Southern Football League|Southern League]] which was founded in the same year.<ref name = "founded"/> During this period [[Septimus Atterbury]] played for the club. [[File:STFCSquad1909-1910.jpg|thumb|200px|The Swindon Town team for the 1909β10 season]] Swindon reached the [[FA Cup]] semi-finals for the first time in the [[1909β10 in English football|1909β10]] season, losing to eventual winners [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]]. [[Barnsley F.C.|Barnsley]] and Swindon were invited to compete for the [[Dubonnet Cup]] in 1910 at the [[Parc des Princes]] Stadium in [[Paris]]. The result was a 2β1 victory for Swindon with [[Harold John Fleming|Harold Fleming]] scoring both of the club's goals. The following season, [[1910β11 in English football|1910β11]], Swindon Town won the Southern League championship, earning them a [[FA Community Shield|Charity Shield]] match with the [[Football League]] champions [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]. This, the highest-scoring Charity Shield game to date, was played on 25 September 1911 at [[Stamford Bridge (stadium)|Stamford Bridge]] with Manchester United winning 8β4. Some of the proceeds of this game were later donated to the survivors of the [[RMS Titanic|''Titanic'']].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.salisburyjournal.co.uk/2005/4/20/88666.html |title=Medals to be sold |work=[[Salisbury Journal]] |date=20 April 1999 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927073205/https://archive.salisburyjournal.co.uk/2005/4/20/88666.html |archive-date=27 September 2007 }}</ref> In 1912 Swindon Town reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup for a second time in 3 years, losing to Barnsley after a replay 1β0. Swindon's exploits at this time owed a lot to the skilful forward [[Harold Fleming (footballer)|H.J. Fleming]] who was capped by [[England national football team|England]] 11 times between 1909 and 1914 despite playing outside the Football League. Fleming remained with Swindon throughout a playing career spanning 1907 and 1924 and went on to live in the town for his entire life. Swindon entered [[the Football League]] in 1920 as a founding member of [[Football League Third Division|Division Three]] and defeated [[Luton Town F.C.|Luton Town]] 9β1 in their first game of the season. This result stands as a record for the club in League matches. After the outbreak of [[World War II]], the War Department took over the [[County Ground (Swindon)|County Ground]] in 1940, where for a while POWs ([[Prisoners of War]]) were housed in huts placed on the pitch; for this the club received compensation of Β£4,570 in 1945. World War II affected Swindon Town more than most other football clubs and the club was almost disbanded; the club needed a large amount of time to recover and for this reason it failed to make any real impression in the league and would not climb into the second division until 1963 when they finished runners up to [[Northampton Town F.C.|Northampton Town]]. The club was relegated back into Division Three in 1965, but it was about to create a sensation.
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