Opinion - Page 322

Life could have been so different?

It was December 2015 when a very innocuous but now very infamous tweet was made from a then Swansea City director that simply said “Hola” and it was assumed that this meant that Huw Jenkins’ trip to South America was to prove successful and Marcelo Bielsa was about to be…
Tuesday, 14 July 2020, 10:46

Our “bouncebackability” is in question?

Urban legend says that it was then Crystal Palace manager Iain Dowie that first used the word bouncebackability back in 2004 after a they beat Wimbledon 3-1. It is a term largely used only in sporting circles and of course relates to the way that a team/individual can come back…
Monday, 13 July 2020, 8:45

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

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