Liberty Stadium in July 2019

Swansea City 4 Bristol City 1 – Under 21 Professional Development League

4-1 sounds like a convincing victory and it probably was in the end, but our U21s didn’t have everything their own way earlier in ths contest.  Coach Anthony Wright had the comparative luxury of being able to select players from the fringes of the first team squad in the form of returning Ricardo Santos, plus …

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Landore training complex

Swansea City 3 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 – Under 17 Premier League Cup

The Swans kicked off this season’s U17s PL cup competition with an encounter with Wolverhampton Wanderers at Landore.  With the exception of goalkeeper Jakub Nowak, all of the Swans’ starting XI featured at some stage on the previous Saturday’s U18 match with Wigan Athletic. Coach Joe Roberts selected an interesting set-up.  Although it was very …

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Swansea City v Wigan Athletic - Under 18 Professional Development League - JOMA High Performance Centre, Landore, Swansea, Wales, UK.

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

A very young U18s squad played out a 3-1 defeat to a comparatively more experienced Wigan Athletic team at Landore.  Still missing a number of otherwise eligible players through international duties, coach Joe Roberts picked a side that included 4 Under 16 players plus a further 3 among the substitutes.  Close season signing centre half …

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Haverfordwest County v Swansea City U21s - Nathaniel MG Cup

Haverfordwest County 4 Swansea City U21s 1 – Nathaniel MG Cup Round Three

We’ve been rather spoilt to date with the strength of the U21s playing squad.  That all changed in Wednesday’s Nathaniel MG Cup 3rd Round tie with Cymru Premier Haverfordwest.  With a number of players absent either on loan or international duty, coach Anthony Wright was reduced the bare bones of a squad that featured players …

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Liberty Stadium in July 2019

Swansea City 6 Huddersfield Town 0 – Under 21 Professional Development League

Our U21s claimed a  convincing 6-0 win in  the sun over Huddersfield Town today at the stadium.  The game was effectively over by half-time, with the Swans 5 up, totally overwhelming a weak opposition.  Huddersfield improved slightly in the second half (in truth, they couldn’t have got any worse) and the prospect of double figures …

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Swansea City v Hull City - Under 18 Professional Development League - JOMA High Performance Centre, Landore, Swansea, Wales, UK.

Swansea City 5 Hull City 1 – Under 18 Professional Development League

I was able to attend only the first half of this morning’s U18s fixture with Hull until leaving for the first team appointment against Watford, so it was pleasing to learn that from being one up at the interval we’d earned a convincing 5-1 win by full-time. In the first half, we played attractively and …

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Sky Bet Championship

How will Swansea City do in the 2025/26 EFL Championship season?

What are the outright odds on promotion & relegation for Swansea City? With the season now up and running for Swansea City, we’ve taken a look at what the bookies think will happen to the Swans this season.  After the outstanding loan signing from Brighton & Hove Albion for Malick Yalcouye, who was man of …

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Swansea City v Fleetwood Town - Under 18 Professional Development League - JOMA High Performance Centre, Landore, Swansea, Wales, UK.

Swansea City 4 Fleetwood Town 0 – Under 18 Professional Development League

4-0 sounds like a thoroughly convincing victory, but our U18s didn’t have things all their own way this morning at Landore.  Opponents Fleetwood gave as good as they got during a competitive 1st half and only succumbed only through a flurry of 2nd half goals and a dismissal, which took the wind out of their sails. There …

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Liberty Stadium interior

Swansea City 3 Crewe Alexandra 2 – Under 21 Professional Development League

A win’s a win and we keep our excellent U21s record at the stadium going.  Our U21s clinched a 3-2 victory over Crewe on a warm evening. We didn’t look entirely convincing over the entire match, though.   On the face of it, our initial match line-up looked imbalanced: 3 widemen – 4 if you …

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Afan Lido v Swans U21s Cup - August 2025

Afan Lido 0 Swansea City U21s 5 – Nathaniel MG Cup Round Two

A comfortable 5-0 win for our U21s in this Nathaniel MG Cup 2nd round tie against Afan Lido, held at Goytre United’s picturesque Glenhafod Park due to Lido’s own ground undergoing necessary improvement work. We started 3-4-3 and rotated to 4-3-3 after half-time, maintaining this shape for the rest of the game.  Both styles worked well.  …

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