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Jim White In recent years when finances have dictated that football clubs have been forced to reduce their playing staff, quite a number of clubs have resorted to the loan system as a means of strengthening their squad at the start of the season, usually signing young professionals who have yet to make their mark at clubs, …
Got back from the tour yesterday evening and I’ve been reflecting on it this morning, so here are my thoughts. It was the first time for me in this area of Spain and I was highly impressed. There’s talk that the club will be going again next summer – if they do, try and go, …
I again appreciate that it’s been a long time since I last wrote this column so apologies to those of you who enjoy reading it and who look forward to the rare occasions when I update it. Work and family commitments leave me with precious little time but I’m proud to say that I’ve missed …
I again appreciate that it’s been a long time since I last wrote this column so apologies to those of you who enjoy reading it and who look forward to the rare occasions when I update it. Work and family commitments leave me with precious little time but I’m proud to say that I’ve missed …
I’ve had some marvellous away trips following the Swans this season. I’ve been to fourteen of the matches and, as Sod’s Law would have it, I’ve managed to take in the three defeats we’ve suffered on the road! To be fair, though, I’ve also been privileged to see us put away one bogey team after …
Saturday 26th April 2008 – Swansea City 4 Leyton Orient 1 – League One – Match Report by Nigel Gigg Swans finally produced a terrific performance at the Liberty Stadium and brushed aside Leyton Orient in front of a crowd just short of 17,000. For once warm sunshine was the order of the day and …
I came across an old Swans’ Football Programme last week and inside was an interesting question and answer article by the club’s chairman Malcolm Struel. After promotion under Roy Bentley at the end of the 1969/70 season, the club’s third season in the Third Division had seen the club start the new season poorly, with …
The six figure investment last summer in the new training facilities alongside the Glamorgan Health Club in Llandarcy was the first step by Swansea City FC to bring modern day training facilities to the Swans professional playing staff. In previous years, training had been undertaken at the old AWCO sports ground at Jersey Marine and …
Since SKY entered the football arena in the transmission of LIVE football games, fans supporting their Premiership heroes have become accustomed to having their traditional Saturday football game being changed to either a Sunday or Monday event. Not much fuss has been made by the fans who follow their Premiership heroes in having their weekend …
I didn’t go to Millwall on Tuesday but I’ve just seen the goal highlights on Virgin Media. Now you probably know that I do a bit of refereeing in local leagues, which is nothing like as difficult as doing it at Football league level, mainly because professionals move themselves, and the ball, about twice as …