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Swansea City 2 Fleetwood Town 3 – Under 18 Professional Development League

A frantic end to today’s game at a cloudless Landore, but our U18 couldn’t pull back a 2-3 deficit against a tactically disciplined Fleetwood. We dominated long stretches of play, Fleetwood defended earnestly and broke ruthlessly to keep us at arm’s length. Excellent skipper’s performance from Harlan Perry, who made one and scored the other …

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Swansea City 2 Burnley 0 – Under 21 Professional Development League

Back at the stadium in front of a young and boisterous crowd, our U21 secured a 2-0 victory over Burnley. It’s no exaggeration to say we should have been 5 or more goals ahead at half-time – we passed up numerous opportunities as we totally controlled the contest. Burnley undoubtedly had a stern talking to …

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Swansea City 3 Charlton Athletic 1 – Under 21 Professional Development League

A very competitive and ultimately very satisfying 3-1 victory today in the Landore sun against a skilful and determined Charlton side. Coach Anthony Wright adapted to the unavailability of age grade international academy players with a youngish but still strong looking 4-4-2 line-up: Kit Margetson; Zac Jeanes, Arthur Parker (captain), Jack Fanning, Callum Deacon; Josh …

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Swansea City 3 Charlton Athletic 1 – Under 18 Professional Development League

Watching the 1st half before wandering over to the stadium. On reflection, perhaps I should have stayed at the Academy! We were 2 up at half-time, the first coming on 16 minutes when Morgan Bates got a 2nd snatch at a chance after the keeper’s save from a Josh Pescatore shot landed opportunely for him …

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Swansea City 4 Cheltenham Town 2 – U17 PDL Cup Semi-Final

Our U17s finally triumphed 4-2 after extra time this evening against Cheltenham to clinch a place in the PDL Cup Final. Cheltenham can feel a little hard done by, although – on sheer chances alone – Swans hat-trick sub Callum Jones created probably more on his own than the opposition did. We narrowly avoided having …

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Swansea City 0 Ipswich Town 0 – Under 21 Professional Development League

A fast paced match in the Landore drizzle that finished goalless but was highly entertaining throughout. We initially lined up 3-5-2 and varied to 4-4-2 and 3-4-3 during the game: Kit Margetson; Arthur Parker, Richard Faakye (s – Aimar Govea 53m), Iestyn Jones, Seb Dabrowski; Josh Pescatore (s – Morgan Bates 80m), Jacob Cook, Dan …

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Swansea City 0 Queens Park Rangers 1 – Under 18 Professional Development League

Our U18s must be highly frustrated that QPR pinched the points today with a 1-0 win. We created and passed up a multitude of clear chances. The inevitable happened on 75 minutes when QPR left winger Kennedy carved some room for himself on the edge of the box, we switched off and he struck a …

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Swansea City 4 Crewe Alexandra 2 – U17 PDL Cup

Well, tonight’s encounter was played on the nearside academy pitch – meaning there was no cover, no seats, a generally poor view of the pitch, no teamsheet and the inevitable shower as the night progressed… but what a great game to watch. Our U17s finally triumphed 4-2 after extra time against a Crewe side that …

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Swansea City 0 QPR 5 – Under 21 Professional Development League

This was one of those academy games that seem to defy comprehension. Having spurned numerous opportunities in a dazzling first half display, the Swans team went into the interval with a shock goal conceded bang on half-time. With just a minor personnel change for the 2nd half, the game somehow turned completely, QPR getting a …

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