Planet Swans Archives

Bound On His Way

Central Defender Matthew Bound appears to be the next player out of the Vetch Exit door after the club gave him permission to talk to Oxford with a view to a permanent move. ร‚ยฃ70,000 more money in the pocket of Tony Petty? The official statement from the club says that…
Thursday, 13 December 2001, 0:01

Appleby Goes

Swansea winger Richie Appleby has completed his move to link up with former manager Jan Molby at Kidderminster. Richie has been with Jan for the past month on loan and has shown the Dane enough to persuade the Dane to part with a contract until the end of the season…
Wednesday, 12 December 2001, 0:01

Petty: I’m Staying

So, Tony Petty denies that he is thinking of walking out on Swansea and declares his intentions to stay. As usual, “These rumours do more good than harm” How does he work that one out then? Having been out of the country for a week, it makes a change to…
Wednesday, 12 December 2001, 0:01

Lewis under investigation

To represent football players, any individual needs a FIFA licence to be actively involved in negotiations and discussions. A spokesperson for the football league tells us that, to be a registered agent a bond of 100,000 Swiss Francs needs to be lodged with them, and an examination taken, and passed,…
Monday, 10 December 2001, 0:01

Bye Bye Tony

Last week a ร‚ยฃ200,000 windfall was lost after a mismanaged transfer deal involving Mamady Sidibe and Barnsley fell through. Sidibe’s agent asking for 33% of the fee being the stumbling block, and Barnsley’s interest cooled dramatically after seeing him play at Mansfield Town at the start of the month in…
Monday, 10 December 2001, 0:01

New director bans Burgess

The battle lines have been drawn and it’s now a clear case of us and them! With the banning of Martin Burgess, Goss has set a dangerous precedent that will anger all Jacks. This is the very same Don Goss who stated, only two weeks ago, that, the best thing…
Sunday, 9 December 2001, 0:01