Swansea City News, Match Reports & Academy
Daily news and opinion on all things related to Swansea City football club, from the senior team, Under 21s, Under 18s to the Swansea City Women’s team. Written by Swans fans to keep the Jack Army in the know about what’s happening at the Club.
A thoroughly entertaining friendly in thoroughly miserable weather! The meagre crowd had to put up with being fully exposed to the elements – the game was taking place on the open pitch nearest the academy and for which the available cover was unhelpfully roped off. There were wholesale personnel changes made by Swansea at half-time, …
The Swans Under 23s made the trip to JD Cymru Premier side Haverfordwest County for a pre-season friendly on the weekend. A crowd of almost 200 watched the young Swans continue their impressive pre-season form, with a comfortable 5-2 win at Bridge Meadow against Pembrokeshire’s very own Bluebirds. The Bluebirds with plenty of Swans connections …
Katy Hosford has been awarded the Swansea City Ladies Player of the Year Award for 2021-2022 at the teams awards presentation. The Ladies held the presentation after the 1-0 pre-season friendly win over FAWNL Division One South West Premier side Exeter City Women at the Llandarcy Academy of Sport on the weekend. The 2021-2022 campaign …
Stephen Martin has been appointed the referee for the Swans first home Championship game of the season, when Blackburn Rovers visit the Swansea dot com stadium on Saturday. The Staffordshire official is the son of former Premier League referee Andy, who officiated during the 1990s and this will be his first game of the 2022-2023 …
The Swans kicked off their 2022-2023 Championship campaign with a draw at newly promoted Rotherham United. Despite the visitors dominating the opening stages of this opening day contest in south Yorkshire, it was the home side that took the lead on 16 minutes, thanks to Chiedozie Ogbene’s header from a long throw. Harry Darling, making …
No official report so far as I know, other than snippets on Haverfordwest’s Twitter account, so here’s a quick summary. The Swans team was: Archie Matthews; Filip Lissah, Harry Jones, Ben Blythe (sub Kai Ludvigsen 46m); Abdul Abdulai (sub Tarrelle Whittaker 62m); Joe Thomas (sub trialist 83m), Dan Williams, Joel Cotterill (sub Sam Leverett 62m), …
Russel Martin reflects on his side’s 1-1 draw at Rotherham United in the Swans opening game of the 2022/23 Championship season. A stunning first half-half strike from Harry Darling ensured the Swans left south Yorkshire with a point, after Chiedozie Ogbene had given the Millers the lead after 16 minutes. Martin felt his side should …
Swansea City were backed by a large following in south Yorkshire as they kicked off their EFL Championship season at Rotherham United this afternoon. 1,492 Swansea fans made the 446 mile round trip to the AESSEAL New York Stadium to cheer on Russell Martin’s men. The Jack Army were in fine voice before kick-off as …
A demanding and often feisty workout for the U21 against a determined Briton Ferry Llansawel of Cymru South – and in front of a very decent and appreciative crowd at Old Road. We lined up in a familiar style: Remi Mitchell; Kai Ludvigsen, Fillip Lissah and Ben Blythe as a back 3; Azeem Abdulai pulling …
Matthew Donohue will be the official in charge of the Swans opening EFL Championship fixture at Rotherham United this weekend. The Greater Manchester referee will be assisted by Robert Hyde and Andrew Aylott, with Will Finnie the 4th Official for the game at the AESSEAL New York Stadium. The last time Donohue officiated a Swans …