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Trouble at the Mill – Thank godness it’s all over

Last Updated on February 8, 2017. Published on May 2, 1998 by Jim White.

Saturday 2nd May, 1998 – Mansfield Town 1 v 0 Swansea City – Nationwide Football League Division Three TROUBLE AT MILL – THANK GODNESS IT’S ALL OVER By John Burgum SWANSEA left the war behind them at Field Mill to head for the calmer waters of the close season to regroup and plan for a […]

Red Shoes Local Hero

Last Updated on November 24, 2016. Published on May 29, 2003 by Jim White.

So it all came good in the end, in the best Hollywood traditions. Not even Stephen Spielberg could have manipulated our emotions more effectively in a tale that kept twisting to the very last. Now the final credits are rolling, and if the story had been turned into a multiplex blockbuster, an emotive theme song […]

Here we go again

Last Updated on November 24, 2016. Published on April 10, 2000 by Jim White.

Excerpt from a Western Mail article printed on Monday 10th April 2000. Job-for-life Offer Is On Cards For Hollins If Swans Make The Climb Karl Woodward Chief Soccer Writer – Western Mail SWANS are ready to offer John Hollins a long-term future as manager of a team needing eight points from the last five games […]

Swansea City 1 Leyton Orient 0 – Match Report

Last Updated on November 24, 2016. Published on January 18, 1997 by Jim White.

League Division Three – Swansea City 1 Leyton Orient 0 – Saturday 18th January, 1997. Jeremy Kivell has written this match report. I almost didn’t go to this game, but for once in my life, I think I made the correct decision. Swansea stuck with the same team that beat the Barnet Cinderellas in mid-week. […]

Northampton Town 1 Swansea City 2 – Match Report

Last Updated on November 24, 2016. Published on February 8, 1997 by Jim White.

League Division Three – Northampton Town 1 Swansea City 2 – Saturday 8th February, 1997. Match Report By Richard Major. Northampton have a nice enough ground, but sadly its stuck in the middle of nowhere which means that you just HAVE to go to the pub if you turn up early as there’s nothing else […]

Swansea City 2 Torquay United 0 – Match Report

Last Updated on November 24, 2016. Published on November 30, 1996 by Jim White.

League Division Three – Swansea City 2 Torquay United 0 – Saturday 30th November, 1996. Match Report by Jeremy Kivell. Another 3 well-deserved ponts for Swansea take them into the top half of the table and within touching distance of the playoff places for the first time this season. Swansea team: Freestone O’Leary Edwards Walker […]

Chester City 0 Swansea City 0 – Match Report

Last Updated on November 24, 2016. Published on May 11, 1997 by Jim White.

League Division Three – Chester City 0 Swansea City 0 – Sunday 11th May, 1997 Match Report by Richard Major. The referee certainly took note of the pre-match comments of both Molby and Ratcliffe which called for some tough refereeing from the man in black. Unfortunately, there seemed to be little consistency in his decisions […]

Colchester United 3 Swansea City 1 – Match Report

Last Updated on November 22, 2016. Published on April 11, 1997 by Jim White.

League Division Three – Colchester Utd 3 Swansea City 1 – Friday 11th April, 1997. Match Report by Richard Major Team: Freestone, Thomas, Ampadu, Willer, Edwards, Jones, Jenkins, Penney, Torpey, Molby, Coates. About 200 Swansea fans travelled to Colchester for this Friday night game which, after last Saturday’s result, was a surprise in itself. Sadly, […]

Barnet 0 Swansea City 1 – Match Report

Last Updated on November 22, 2016. Published on March 15, 1997 by Jim White.

League Division Three – Barnet 0 Swansea City 1 – Saturday 15th March, 1997. Match Report by Jeremy Kivell I’m normally very worried when we have a defender making his debut in a league match. Remember Mark Harris’s first game for Swansea? Yesterday, I needn’t have worried, as Swansea overcame a Barnet side lacking in […]

York City 1 Swans 0 – Match Report

Last Updated on November 17, 2016. Published on August 7, 1999 by Jim White.

Saturday 7th August 1999 – York City 1 v 0 Swansea City – Nationwide League Division Three Just returned from York with my 2 sons, and the phrase ‘here we go again’ comes to mind. We played some nice football in areas where it does not hurt the opposition. York did not have a look […]