Swansea City News, Match Reports & Academy
A very refreshing and ultimately decisive 4-0 victory for our U21 today. The heavens opened with about 20 minutes to go. Great credit to the players for continuing without any letup. The rain was biblical. Line-up in a fluid 3-4-2-1 formation: Ben Hughes; Harry Jones (sub Kai Ludvigsen 77), Brandon Cooper, Nathanael Ogbeta; Joe Thomas, Azeem Abdulai …
Northamptonshire referee Andy Woolmer will officiate Swansea City’s game at Birmingham City on Tuesday evening. It will be the second time that the experienced official will have been in charge of a Swans game this season, the previous one being the Swans win at Blackpool back in August. Assisting Woolmer for the game at St. …
Swansea City once again came from behind to claim a point in a 2-2 draw with Wigan Athletic at the Swansea.com stadium. The Swans found themselves 2 nil down after just 16 minutes, as poor defending from corners given the Latics the lead, as Will Keane and Tom Naylor punished the home side. Fortunately, Ryan …
Russell Martin reflected on the Swans 2-2 draw with Wigan Athletic, as the home side came from behind to snatch a draw. Not for the first time this season, poor defending from the Swans gifted visitors Wigan two goals in the opening 16 minutes, giving the home side yet another mountain to climb on a …
Swansea City fans faced a second away game in just four days when they ventured to Preston on Tuesday evening. The game at Deepdale meant a near 480 mile round trip for the Jack Army, but there were still 428 Jacks in attendance to cheer Russell Martin’s men on in the 13,631 crowd. Given it …
Swansea City fell to a narrow defeat at Preston after being punished for a sloppy first half display. Brad Potts capitalised on some individual defensive errors by the Swans on 30 minutes, in what turned out to be the only goal of the game. Despite dominating the second half, the Swans lacked the cutting edge …
Brad Potts took advantage of a defensive mistake by the Swans to earn the home side all three points as Preston ran out 1-0 winners at Deepdale. Although disappointed with the sloppiness of the first half display by a few of his players, Martin felt his team’s performance in the second half deserved a point, …
Swansea City came from behind to claim a valid away point as they drew 1-1 at Bristol City in the Championship. Roared on by around 2,500 Jacks, Russell Martin’s team made a slow start with some sloppy passing handing the home side the initiative, and it came as no surprise when Tommy Conway gave the …
Swans boss Russell Martin was pleased with the character his side showed, as they came from behind to grab a 1-1 draw at Ashton Gate. The Swans had fallen behind on 24 minutes as Tommy Conway pounced to give the Robins a half-time lead. After the break, the introduction of Cameroon international Olivier Ntcham and …
From my perspective, very much a game of two halves today at Landore. 4-0 wouldn’t have flattered us at half-time, it probably did at full-time. We lined up in a familiar and fluid 3-4-2-1 style, with some positional changes for a number of players: Ben Hughes; Harry Jones, Brandon Cooper, Kian Jenkins (Joe Thomas 81m); …