Aston Villa v Swansea City

On the back of two disappointing performances from the national side against Belgium and Serbia, we can now turn our attention back to Swansea City, and the Premier League. This Saturday sees Michael Laudrup’s men travel to Aston Villa. Last season Swansea arrived at Villa Park still looking for their first away win of the …

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The day after deadline day

Just in case you werent aware of the quality of our new record signing yesterday then take a look at this video! So in this window, we sell (not because we had to) Joe and Scott for £21m and we bring in international/champions league replacements for under £20m in fees. Players who have played for …

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Kyle Bartley – The Interview

Swansea City have snapped up Arsenal youngster Kyle Bartley for an estimated one million pounds. The former England under 17 international arrives in South Wales during a period where multi million pound potential signings Ki Seung Yeung and Pablo Hernandez have dominated the headlines, and his signing may have passed under the radar for some …

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Streamlined Squad Will Benefit Swans

With a pre-season tour of the United States now complete, Swansea City return to South Wales with manager Michael Laudrup declaring himself ‘pleased’ with what he’s seen from his squad. Aside from the main objective of increasing fitness levels for a gruelling premier league campaign (T minus 15 days as I write this!) The Dane …

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Sense and Sensibility

On Friday 15th June 2012, Michael Laudrup, on his 48th birthday no less, signed on the dotted line and agreed to become the new Manager of Swansea City FC. To say that I was delighted by the news is something of an understatement. I was, and still am, really very very excited. Michael Laudrup’s appointment …

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East Stand Voice

I’m Matt Jacob, I’m twenty-three and I’m going to be writing for SCFC2 as the East Stand Voice! Swansea City is my local club, my pride and my passion. It’s more than just a football club to me, its a family tradition. I’ve followed them from the North Bank terrace at our old home – …

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Brendan’s Departure

Today’s statement from Huw Jenkins and the club has confirmed the worst fears that many Swans fans have had for a few days now. Brendan Rogers, the manager who took us into the Premier League and then led us to 11th place in our first season is leaving us to join Liverpool as their new …

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Part 2 of a great season

At the end of our first PL Season, now that we can draw breath, it seems like a fine time to have a look backward, and to try to put some perspective on what’s been, by any measurement, a fantastic ride. The fabulous feeling from the first half was something we both experienced and took …

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£46m – It’s all been accounted for!

The Premier League yesterday released the details of how much each club earned as a result of playing within the richest football league in the world. The Swans will have earned just under £46 million pounds (£45,880,019 to be exact) from playing in the top flight which is a massive increase in turnover for a …

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Brendan Rogers Awards Dinner 2012

Swans Player of the Year Awards 2012

The annual Swans Awards dinner was held at the Liberty Stadium and with a crowd of over 600 people attending, the evening was a great success. All of the Swans management and playing staff attended with Chairman Huw Jenkins and his fellow board directors also present. The evening started off with the Holt Brothers (who …

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