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A sad footballing day

The news that one of football’s greatest characters had passed away would have saddened everyone whether they were attached to football but it will make tomorrow’s visit of Leeds United to the Liberty just a little more poignant. It was April 1953 when Charlton made the first of what was…
Saturday, 11 July 2020, 22:00

Wigan will be only the start?

It was sad news when I read the other day about Wigan slipping into administration, the first team to be victims of the pandemic that has hit so many people and companies around the world. We should not forget that at the end of the 2012/13 season – the same…
Wednesday, 8 July 2020, 7:30

The legacy of Garry Monk

30th May 2011.ย  It will be a date that will be long etched into the memory of every Swansea City fan.ย  It was the date that the Premier League finally got a Welsh team as the Swans etched their names into history thanks to a 4-2 Championship final win over…
Saturday, 4 July 2020, 19:15

The invisible men of Swansea City

“We want to build a football club that is competitive, exciting to watch and sustainable over the long term” – words used by Steve Kaplan and Jason Levien in the Jack magazine in August 2016, less than one month after they took over the football club.  Words that are as…
Friday, 3 July 2020, 17:42

Huge improvements needed

The Swans are back in action this evening when they visit the New Den to take on Millwall knowing that a massive improvement in performance is needed from the one that saw us outplayed by Luton at the Liberty on Saturday. One of the things about football in a post-lockdown…
Tuesday, 30 June 2020, 8:00

Hands up if you remember Tom Butler?

There will be many of us who remember the FA Cup and January 2007 when the Swans – then a League One side – went to Bramall Lane in Sheffield and tore apart their Premier League opposition 3-0 thanks to three second half goals. Two of them were scored by…
Monday, 29 June 2020, 22:07

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