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Cyril In Book

Cyril The Swan will naturally feature in a book out later on this month about Football Mascots. Published by Tempus Publishing, the book by Rick Minter traces the emergence of the football mascot and the important role that they now play for the football clubs. There are over 300 photographs…
Friday, 1 October 2004, 0:01

Plenty Of Chances

10 goals in 10 league games is probably the statistic that will worry Swans fans the most at this moment in time. Whilst nothing is going in against us it means we will win many matches but quite why are we not finding the net as often as we would…
Friday, 1 October 2004, 0:01

Katzen’s Other Club

Let’s get the bad news out of the way first. It’s been seven months since the Kingz last kicked a ball and it will be at least another nine before they play again. The Australian Soccer Association is revamping the NSL with the stated aim of improving standards. But these…
Thursday, 30 September 2004, 0:01

Jackett’s Gems

Five wins out of six in the league – conceding only one goal along the way – has seen the Swans storm up the League Two table, and we now sit proudly amongst the automatic promotion places. This time round however, we look more than capable of staying there as…
Thursday, 30 September 2004, 0:01

Jackett Misses Out

Swans manager Kenny Jackett could well be breathing a sigh of relief after the manager of the month award for League Two deservedly went to Yeovil manager Gary Johnson. It has long been said that the award is cursed and that could be the final piece in the jigsaw that…
Thursday, 30 September 2004, 0:01

Corny In At Newport

JOHN Cornforth was last night installed as the new manager of Newport County. The former Swansea captain and Wales cap came through County’s rigorous selection process with “flying colours”, according to chairman Chris Blight. “It soon became evident that John was compatible with everything we wanted,” said Blight. “We are…
Wednesday, 29 September 2004, 0:01

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