Planet Swans Archives

When Will We Win

It’s probably fair to say that Swansea, Darlington and Rotherham have little interest in the championship, happy instead to settle for a berth just above the play-offs irrespective of its position. For 90 minutes, the most notable thing on show was the fact that Price had dyed his hair back…
Saturday, 8 April 2000, 0:00

PM visit to City

The money is desperately needed to expand the unit’s overstretched facilities as it now deals with 70,000 patients a year – double the number for which it was designed. Mr Blair is expected to talk to bosses, staff and patients during the visit. It is not yet known if Swansea…
Thursday, 6 April 2000, 0:00

Psycho-Analysis

“Peterborough, Northampton and Barnet are in exactly the same position as we were last season,” explained Curtis. “Brentford, Cardiff and Cambridge had built up a similar gap on the pack and it was a gap we never really felt we could close. “Things can still go wrong, but the fantastic…
Tuesday, 4 April 2000, 0:00

Corrupt Chairmen

to our current position in the third with only one promotion (via the play-off) four years ago to ease the downward spiral. Last season we finished in our lowest ever league position of 13th in the lowest division. Despite being one of the country’s richest men (in the top 500…
Tuesday, 4 April 2000, 0:00

Hollins The Next Messiah?

The eighties was like we sold our soul to the devil for our initial success then for us to be thrown back to the hell that was the 4th division and we were even close to being wound up. Thanks to “He’s fat, he’s round, he cheques bounce all around!…
Tuesday, 4 April 2000, 0:00

Transformers

But having to wait 30 mins in the pouring rain in a queue not uncommon in Russia to catch the bus back is ridiculous. At the start we played great with Alsop, Price and Coates playing some great flowing football and the defence rock solid as ever with some good…
Monday, 3 April 2000, 0:00