Swindon Town 2-1 Brighton & Hove Albion: result and report

League One · Saturday 19 December 2009

Result

Swindon Town 2-1 Brighton & Hove Albion

League One · Saturday 19 December 2009, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Swindon Town 2-1 Brighton & Hove Albion: match report

Swindon Town beat Brighton & Hove Albion 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 19 December 2009. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Billy Paynter opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Swindon Town's goals came from Billy Paynter (30', penalty) and Charlie Austin (56'). Brighton & Hove Albion scored through Nicholas Forster (37').

Discipline: Swindon Town received 3 yellow cards; Brighton & Hove Albion received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Swindon Town were 10th on 31 points from 19 and Brighton & Hove Albion 21st on 20 points from 21. Swindon Town went on to finish that season 4th with 86 points, and Brighton & Hove Albion 13th with 59.

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

Going into the match Swindon Town's last five read L-W-W-W-W and Brighton & Hove Albion's L-W-L-L-L.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 30'Penalty goal · Billy PaynterSwindon Town · 1-0
  • 31'Yellow card · Jim McNultyBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 37'Goal · Nicholas ForsterBrighton & Hove Albion · 1-1
  • 49'Yellow card · Jonathan DouglasSwindon Town
  • 56'Goal · Charlie AustinSwindon Town · 2-1
  • 64'Yellow card · Tommy ElphickBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 68'Yellow card · Billy PaynterSwindon Town
  • 79'Yellow card · Alan SheehanSwindon Town

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Swindon Town 1, draws 0, Brighton & Hove Albion 3.