Swansea City News, Match Reports & Academy
Swansea City Under 21 travel to the Cardiff International Sports Stadium this afternoon to take on Cardiff City Under 21 in a Professional Development League fixture at 1pm. The young Swans will be looking to build on the 4-1 victory over Colchester United at Landore recently, when they play the first south Wales derby Under …
Swansea City became the first team to do the south Wales derby double as they hammered Cardiff City 4 nil at the Cardiff City stadium. Neither side had managed to achieve the south Wales derby double, but a Michael Obafemi brace and goals from Ben Cabango and Hannes Wolf, ensured Swans manager Russell Martin and …
2-1 sounds closer than it was – we really should have been out of sight in the 2nd half. The players should be rightly proud of their display today. A few isolated self-inflicted errors aside, this was a powerful performance and a credit to the team. We played a distinct 3-4-3 when in possession and …
A decent game today at Ice Station Zebra, but one in which our standard shortcomings were all on show: lots of possession; no real cutting edge; inexplicable errors at key times putting the team behind; lots of resilience and fortitude; a moment when we could have got back on terms; another goal for the opposition …
We played a 4-3-3 formation that’s been tried before this season with mixed success. This meant we dominated the middle, but looked very lightweight up front. Cotterill, Congreve and Lloyd are very accomplished at this level and peppered the Cardiff goal with shots in the first half. This masked the fact that most of our moves broke down …
It may not avert a standard feeding frenzy, but my take on tonight’s game was that: We played pretty well overall and in the formation favoured by the first team. We made some calamitous mistakes at the most inopportune moments, costing us the game. Cardiff are not, by any stretch of the imagination, a good …
After the Swans emphatic south Wales derby victory on Sunday, savour the moment by enjoying the highlights of the 3 nil triumph over our bitter rivals from down the M4. Extended Match Highlights – 14 Minutes Match Highlights – 4 Minutes Hopefully this season, the Swans will be the first team to achieve the south …
Swansea City brushed aside a poor Cardiff City team this afternoon as they eased to a comfortable 3-0 victory at the Swansea dot com stadium. Apart from the opening 20 or so minutes, when Cardiff looked the more likely to score, the home side dominated proceedings and never looked back after Jamie Paterson’s classy 29th …
It’s the one fixture all Swans and Bluebirds look for when the teams are in the same division, and this Sunday sees the 113th south Wales derby taking place at the Swansea dot com stadium. So what better way to get in the mood for the big occasion than by trying our south Wales derby …
The South Wales derby is arguably one of the most fierce in British football, but this weekend, it takes on another twist with a double header! On Saturday lunchtime (12:30), Neil Harris’ resurgent Bluebirds entertain Steve Cooper’s fourth placed Swans, in what is sure to be an intriguing Championship encounter, regardless of the bitter rivalry …