{"id":12847,"date":"2005-07-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-07-19T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.staging28.planetswans.co.uk\/?p=12847"},"modified":"2020-09-22T11:26:01","modified_gmt":"2020-09-22T11:26:01","slug":"bridgwater-1-swansea-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/2005\/07\/19\/bridgwater-1-swansea-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Bridgwater 1 Swansea 3"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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Bridgwater 1 Swansea City 3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n\n\n
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ADEBAYO AKINFENWA gave a glimpse of things to come, while the class of Adrian Forbes shone through again for Swansea last night.<\/p>\n

New signing Akinfenwa registered his first goal in a Swans shirt as the League One newcomers warmed up for the visit of Chris Coleman’s Fulham on Saturday with another victory over non-league opponents.<\/p>\n

Forbes continued his glowing form by following up Akinfenwa’s 10th-minute effort with another goal and another superb all-round performance that suggests plenty of good things are to come from him next term.<\/p>\n

Rookie striker Mark Pritchard claimed Swansea’s third goal after the interval as Kenny Jackett repeated the practice of fielding an entirely different side in either half.<\/p>\n

But victory over plucky Bridgwater was not achieved with the same comfort as Saturday’s 5-0 thrashing of Merthyr, the Western League side providing a rugged physical challenge.<\/p>\n

They don’t come much more rugged and physical than Akinfenwa, however.<\/p>\n

As well as opening his Swansea account, the muscular former Barry Town striker showed once more what an all-round nuisance he’ll be to League One defences next term.<\/p>\n

Winger Marc Goodfellow also caught the eye as the Swans limbered up for the somewhat trickier test that will be presented by Fulham – the match that will mark the opening of their new stadium at Morfa.<\/p>\n

Expect a first-choice line-up for the visit of the Premiership side, but last night several youth team stars were handed chances.<\/p>\n

One of whom, 17-year-old Nat Pepperell, was snapped up by the Swans last season from Bridgwater, this trip to Somerset arranged as part of the deal that took the youngster to the Vetch.<\/p>\n

Jackett’s starting XI wasn’t too far off what you might imagine would be his first-choice League One line-up, containing as it did three regular members of last season’s defence – Iriekpen, Kevin Austin and Sam Ricketts – and 2004-05 stalwarts like Forbes and Kris O’Leary.<\/p>\n

Lee Trundle was missing because of a muscle strain picked up in training.<\/p>\n

The second-half XI was a mixture of mostly youngsters and trialists, including Serbian midfielder Goran Zujovic.<\/p>\n

The Swans, industrious and energetic without quite operating at full tilt, were 2-0 up inside 13 minutes.<\/p>\n

After the impressive Goodfellow had struck the base of a post, Leon Britton slipped a pass into the feet of Akinfenwa, and the former Torquay man resisted the challenges of three men before turning and firing low into the bottom right-hand corner.<\/p>\n

Britton was also architect of the second goal, threading a pass through to Forbes, who blasted low under the body of keeper Ben Fellows.<\/p>\n

The all-changed side that emerged for the second half featured the likes of trialists Zujovic, Owain Tudor-Jones, Stuart Edwards, and a strong youth-team contingent that included rookie keeper Kyle Letheren. Striker Paul Connor was also handed his first pre-season outing.<\/p>\n

Swansea allowed Shane Kingston to reduce the deficit on 47 minutes, but Pritchard made it 3-1 when he headed home Connor’s cross before Letheren conceded a penalty when he brought down Kingston.<\/p>\n

However, the young Swansea keeper saved Graham Cheeseman’s spot-kick with his foot.<\/p>\n

REPORT: WESTERN MAIL<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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