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Swansea 2 Wycombe 2

Swansea were guilty of throwing away two points this afternoon at the Vetch as they blew a two goal cushion and had to settle for a point on an afternoon when the right result would have extended their comfort zone in third place. With a vastly reduced Vetch crowd of…
Saturday, 15 January 2005, 0:01

Work Starts On Pitch

A pioneering pitch is being laid at Swansea’s ร‚ยฃ27 million sports stadium. The pitch will be reinforced with plastic grass reinforcements to strengthen the playing surface and provide excellent playing conditions. Work has already started on digging drainage trenches, and then a geo-textile membrane will be put in place before…
Friday, 14 January 2005, 0:01

Chief Hails New Stadium

The new Chief Executive of Swansea’s ร‚ยฃ27 million stadium has hailed it the best regional sports venue in Wales. The state-of-the-art stadium will be home to the Ospreys regional rugby team and Swansea City when it opens in time for the 2005/6 season. Tim Howell, who has been appointed as…
Thursday, 13 January 2005, 0:01

Are Sky Good For The Game

Many people are of the mindset that the money that they have thrown at the clubs in order to secure the rights to live television has led to an increase in greed and avarice amongst the biggest names in the game, and taken it away from it’s spiritual support base…
Thursday, 13 January 2005, 0:01

I’ll Never Moan Again

Much has been written over the passage of time about the ability of Swansea City to process tickets for any big game. We have always stated that things will have to improve at the new stadium. Well, this week I experienced match tickets at a Premiership ground and I have…
Thursday, 13 January 2005, 0:01

Burgess Is Next In?

Swans fans have long since called for a midfielder to be added to their squad and there are now strong rumours that Kenny Jackett is expressing a strong interest in just that – or more precisely Rushden & Diamonds midfielder Andy Burgess. 23 year old Burgess was described by then…
Monday, 10 January 2005, 0:01

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