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Swansea City 6 Colchester United 2 – Under 18 Professional Development League

A convincing 6-2 win for our U18 over struggling Colchester at a wet Landore today. In truth, Colchester got off very lightly. They not only scored with their only shots during the game, they also escaped a real hiding. Morgan Bates got 3 and could’ve got more. Ramon Rees-Siso must also be wondering how he …

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Swansea City 3 Sheffield Wednesday 1 – Under 21 Professional Development League

With a side packed full of attacking intent, our U21 got a deserved 3-1 win today over a capable Sheffield Wednesday.Wednesday got something of a 2nd wind in the last quarter of an hour of the game. We defended our 2-0 lead well though and a late exchange of goals completed the contest. Adapting to …

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Swansea City 2 Fleetwood Town 3 – Under 21 Professional Development League Cup

A poor 2-3 result against Fleetwood in the Premier League Cup this evening and, sadly, we didn’t perform to the heights of Monday. The portents looked good. We selected a decent looking starting XI and a very strong set of substitutes. The opening minutes were encouraging. Morgan Bates had a point blank shot instinctively saved …

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Swansea City 3 Brentford 3 – Under 21 Professional Development League

Our U21 pulled back from 0-2 and 2-3 down to secure a spirited 3-3 draw this evening, in filthy weather at Landore. We operated mostly 3-5-2, with Morgan Bates making his home starting debut at this level: Ben Hughes; Iestyn Jones, Arthur Parker, Richard Faakye; Zac Jeanes (s – Kyrell Wilson 59m), Mitchell Bates (captain), …

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Swansea City 2 Millwall 1 – Under 18 Professional Development League

The Swans clinched a thrilling 2-1 comeback win this afternoon against one of our traditional bogey teams. 2nd half goals by Morgan Bates and an excellent direct free kick by Josh Pescatore won us the points. Delighted for the boys, who showed tremendous appetite. A really exhilarating 2nd half performance won us the points today …

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Swansea City 1 Southampton 2 – Under 21 Professional Development League Cup

Our U21 can count themselves rather unlucky to come away with nothing from a strongly contested cup game with Premier opponents Southampton this evening. Ultimately, we lost 2-1 – due essentially to 2 passing errors that the visitors punished. Although we pressed hard, we didn’t quite possess the necessary sparkle up front to pull the …

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Swansea City 0 Cardiff City 1 – Under 21 Professional Development League

We haven’t beaten our neighbours at this level since 2020 and the hoodoo continued tonight at a well packed Landore academy. The weather was dreadful and the atmosphere was boisterous. Swans lined up 4-3-3: Evan Watts; Arthur Parker, Iestyn Jones (s – Zac Jeanes 73m), Richard Faakye, Seb Dabrowski; Mitchell Bates (captain), Jacob Cook (s …

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Swansea City 2 Cardiff City 3 – Under 18 Professional Development League

Desperately disappointing conclusion to tonight’s match with our neighbours. We gave up a 2-0 lead to succumb at the last to lose 3-2. Having completely disrupted our pattern in the 2nd half, Cardiff deserved it, overcoming a 10-man Swansea side that lost its way after half-time. We fielded what seemed a very decent starting XI …

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Swansea City 3 Newport County 2 – Under 17 Professional Development League Cup

This is a new age grade competition for us and the fixture was not terribly well publicised. We got through tonight’s tie with Newport 3-2 under the lights at Landore, but it was something of a scruffy battle after a confident start. The team was a mixture of qualifying U18 and U16 players, all of …

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