Swansea City News, Match Reports & Academy
The latest news, match reports and match galleries from the Swansea City Academy.
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 …
Kristian O’Leary’s Swansea City Under 23s side are set to face Trefelin Boys and Girls club in a pre-season friendly. The Cymru South side will welcome the Swan Under 23s to their Ynys Park ground (SA12 8RB) on Saturday, 9 July with a 4pm kick-off. It will be a familiar venue for O’Leary and his …
In line with changes across the development leagues in English football, the Swans Under 23s will now play as Swansea City Under 21s for the upcoming 2022-2023 Professional Development League season. The amendment to the age limit, which was under-23 last season, has been introduced as part of an ongoing review of the Premier League’s …
Swansea City Under 18s played their last home game of the 2021-2022 Professional Development League yesterday afternoon, when Watford were the visitors to Landore. The ten-man Swans suffered a 2-1 defeat to Watford, with head coach Darren Davies feeling his side deserved more from the game. The defeat was the young Swans only loss in …
The Official Site match report is accurate enough in terms of key events in today’s 1-2 defeat. Also worth mentioning: How well our young side coped when down to 10 men for the last 20+ minutes. It was a real insight to watch and listen to Darren Davies coaching and coaxing his team through the rest …
Swansea City are set to sign Doncaster Rovers centre back Ben Blythe in the summer after impressing during a trial with the Swans Under 23s. According to an article in the Doncaster Free Press, the 20 year old has been spending time training and playing with the Swans Under 23s, with a deal having been …
Mixed feelings from this game: we started slowly, conceded early and sloppily and looked as though we’d be overwhelmed, despite fielding the majority of the team that has performed so well in recent weeks. The set-up was familiar: 3 central defenders, 2 full backs with licence to roam, a middle pair and a front pair …
Our U21 (or mostly our U18 representing our U21) went down to a 4-0 defeat to visiting Stoke City in today’s Premier League Cup tie at Landore. We started brightly enough, before Stoke gradually took control, scoring initially through a 21t minute penalty from centre forward Nathan Lowe. Lowe got a 2nd on 45 minutes after …
Swansea City Under 23s travel to Romford this Friday to take on West Ham United Under 23s in a Premier League Cup Group fixture at 2pm. It is the final Group F fixture for Kristian O’Leary’s side, who are yet to win a game in the competition, having drawn three and lost two of their …
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 …