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Swansea City 5 QPR 0 – Under 18 Professional Development League

Great result for the U18 and with what was a very young side. The formation and shape was excellent and fluid – initially Mawongo, Ludvigsen and Dabrowski in the middle with Lissah and a deep lying Hillier either side, a powerful midfield of skipper Josh Edwards and Josh Carey, with Kyell Wilson further forward supporting …

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Swansea City 1 Charlton Athletic 3 – Under 23 Professional Development League

Not a very encouraging performance, particularly given the apparent strength of our starting eleven.  We opened promisingly enough – Dhanda and Morgan Whittaker each creating chances for themselves in the first 15 minutes. Then 2 avoidable goals in quick succession – the first on 19 minutes through playing in the wrong places.  Possession was lost on …

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Swansea City Under 23s 1 Pontypridd Town 1 – Friendly

Pontypridd stepped in at the last minute at Landore tonight when the arrangement with Llanelli fell through. Pontypridd are currently top of Cymru South, the same level as Llanelli and Carmarthen. No teamsheet.  Russ Martin and Mark Allen were present.  I’m not sure how much they would’ve learned.  We had loads of possession, dominated throughout, …

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Swansea City 0 Cardiff City 2 – Under 18 Professional Development League

We played a 4-3-3 formation that’s been tried before this season with mixed success. This meant we dominated the middle, but looked very lightweight up front. Cotterill, Congreve and Lloyd are very accomplished at this level and peppered the Cardiff goal with shots in the first half. This masked the fact that most of our moves broke down …

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Swans Under 23s draw with Peterborough United

Peterborough got the draw at the last, the very least they deserved after a dominant 2nd half performance against a Swans side that fell away after a decent first half. The Swans had gone ahead after 3 minutes when a Posh defender inexplicably handled a harmless looking cross.  Tarrelle Whittaker’s penalty went straight down the …

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Swansea City 0 Bristol City 2 – Under 18 Professional Development League

An entertaining game, but largely due to the performance of the visitors who, as the match progressed, dominated possession and created a host of chances. Fairly uneventful first half. We played 4-3-3 but struggled to get wingers Wilson and Hillier and centre forward Geoff Bony into the game.  Our first attempt on goal came almost …

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Swansea City Under 23s 7 AG Academy 2

An open and entertaining final friendly for the Under 23 at Landore today, resulting in a 7-2 win.  AG Academy is a London-based team designed to give second chances to players who haven’t succeeded at other clubs. Unusually for a friendly, a welcome teamsheet was available today.  At 9 for us was the trialist centre …

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