Swansea City News, Match Reports & Academy
Swansea City 4-0 Preston North End Match Report by Nigel Gigg Swans produced a performance of style to demolish Preston by four goals to nil. It came as something of a shock to see Swans score three first half goals. Last season under Paulo Sousa it was 16th January before we scored our third first …
Swansea City 3-0 Barnet Match Report by Nigel Gigg Swans eased into the 2nd round of the Carling Cup with a comfortable 3-0 win over League Two Barnet, with goals from Cedric van der Gun, Darren Pratley and Shefki Kuqi. The 100 days or so since the last competitive game at the Liberty has once …
Well, it’s been just over a year since I last contributed to this blog (apologies to Dai for being so tardy) and it’s amazing what’s happened in the intervening twelve months. When I read the piece below now, I’m more than slightly embarrassed at my uncritical adoration of the false Messiah. Let’s face it, as …
Who could have imagined that when I last wrote this column exactly a year later ago that in twelve months’ time the only topic I would be writing about would be the imminent departure of Roberto Martinez. Is it me or has the whole protracted saga been like a horrible nightmare from which you can’t …
I’ve been thinking about what to write in this column after that great season we’ve just had and, coming to the conclusion that our wonderful return to the Championship had been pored over and done to death by other posters, I decided to pen something more personal instead. I want to tell you what being …
Swansea City boss Roberto Martinez has fulfilled the dreams of six young hopefuls from the club’s youth team by offering them the chance to turn professional. Kieran Howard, Jazz Richards, David Cornell, Jamie Grimes, Daniel Sheehan and Casey Thomas have all been offered one-year professional contracts after impressing with the Swans youth team. “Slowly under …
He is thought to be the most talented manager outside The Premiership, and he is constantly linked to bigger clubs. The club has progressed under his leadership, and it is perhaps the biggest coup the club has ever done, when they signed a Chester-player, and put him in the manager chair. The year is 2007, …
“A phoneme”, I explain to my two teenagers, “is a group of words, spelt differently but which are all pronounced the same way, such as draft and draught. Can you give me any more examples?” Eventually, we come up with draw and drawer. My 14 year old daughter pipes up “But draw has got lots …
An argument has kicked off on the SCFC guestbook started by “the Realist” who has question our supporter base – our average crowds of 15k+ and he/she claims that’s appalling. Many observers have mentioned the fact that there is an economic downturn and money is tight right now. Others have reasoned that we have support …
“Swansea City is way bigger than (arbitrary large town/small city) FC”, “Swansea is a massive club”, we’ve heard them all. The my-football-club-is-bigger-than-your-football-club boast is about as popular as the playground my-Dad-is-bigger-than-your-Dad taunt and perhaps about as mature, too. It seems to be equally popular with fans and players. If we were talking about our cars …