Your first Swans manager

[CurtessECarr]

Bentley. My first games were reserve matches. One where Charlie George was playing got a bigger crowd than the first team. (I’m exaggerating …I think…I hope).

Was there too. Remember things being thrown I think at Charlie. Bit unruly and police attending during the game.

 

[Robbie]

Harry Griffiths , think Roy Saunders was in the backroom team at that time .

 

[cmajack]

Trevor Morris.

 

[Manselton Jack]

Roy Bentley, don't remember him or the game, I was 7.
The first manager I actually remember was Harry Griffiths.

 

[killayjack74]

John Bond around 1984

 

[Raynor94]

Trevor Morris 1964

 

[Geoff thom]

:?: Roy bentley very young but that started it all .
As for combination games there was some big crowds attending, especially when big names coming back from injury,spurs always stood out for me big names and a bloody good goalmouth punch up

 

[K23]

Trevor Morris for me, back in '59

 

[Trampie]

Harry Gregg

 

[Witneyjack]

Harry Griffiths, the initial architect of Tosh's first team.

 

[swan65split]

:?: Roy bentley very young but that started it all .
As for combination games there was some big crowds attending, especially when big names coming back from injury,spurs always stood out for me big names and a bloody good goalmouth punch up

I remember going to watch Chelsea, Cooke, Houseman, Tambling. Droy, and Mcreadie all there and another halfback, whose name escapes me.

 

[Trampie]

:?: Roy bentley very young but that started it all .
As for combination games there was some big crowds attending, especially when big names coming back from injury,spurs always stood out for me big names and a bloody good goalmouth punch up

I remember going to watch Chelsea, Cooke, Houseman, Tambling. Droy, and Mcreadie all there and another halfback, whose name escapes me.

Those names are a blast from the past.

 

[Darran]

Roy Bentley was the manager at the first game I ever saw a pre-season friendly when I was a kid in 1972 I’ve still got the but ticket but I didn’t see another game for four years when Harry Griffiths was the manager and I became a regular.

There it is.

 

[Trampie]

I remember Merthyr playing pre season friendlies against top teams in the 70s, something tells me they might have played Wolves, Spurs, Chelsea, Fulham and Derby, an older cousin of mine took me when I was young and I think it might have been against some of those teams I mentioned.

 

[blackflyingswan]

Joe Skyes Caretaker manager :shock: