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===Home kit=== Originally playing in black and white with the addition of blue [[sash]] for away games,<ref name = "founded"/> the club changed to black and red quarters on entry to the [[Southern Football League|Southern League]] in 1894.<ref name = "founded"/> The club changed again in 1897 with the ''[[Swindon Advertiser]]'' reporting: :"The new colours of the Swindon Town F.C. are to be green shirts, with white sleeves. Good-bye to the old well known red and black."<ref name = "founded"/> With problems obtaining green dyes, the kit was short-lived and Swindon Town changed their shirts to the more familiar red in 1901.<ref name = "founded"/> Initially a dark maroon, a lighter shade was chosen for the start of the 1902β03 season and also resulted in the club's nickname "the Robins" appearing in print for the first time in programme notes for the first game.<ref name="robins">{{cite book | title=The Robins β The Story of Swindon Town Football Club | last=Mattick | first=Dick | year=1989 | publisher=Sporting and Leisure press | location=Buckingham | isbn=0-86023-460-6 }}</ref> The nickname is a reference to the former name of the [[European robin]] β "redbreast". Swindon Town have played their home games in variations on the red and white theme since then, wearing a red shirt with white collars and white or red shorts for much of their history which has led to the team being known as the "Red and White Army". For example; the kit worn during the 1985β86 Division Four Champions season consisted of a red shirt with white pinstripes, white shorts and red socks and chants of "[[Lou Macari]]'s Red and White Army" were heard from the supporters at the final stages of the season. Following the rebranding of the club in 1991, green elements were re-introduced onto the home strip and badge to represent the team's short-lived kit from the turn of the century. These were removed in 2007.<ref name="2007kit">{{Cite web|url=http://www.footballshirtculture.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=168&Itemid=26|title=Swindon Town in Lotto until 2009|access-date=8 August 2007|publisher=footballshirtculture.com}}</ref>
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