Landore training complex

Swansea City 3 Charlton Athletic 0 – Under 21 Professional Development League

This was a hard-earned victory at Landore against a Charlton Athletic side that was top of the Division 2 South table and unbeaten since August.  It was also the U21s first home game since September.    We fielded a strong-looking side, set up as 4-2-3-1: Evan Anderson; Sam Parker (s – Ramon Rees-Siso 59m), Arthur …

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Swansea City v Bristol City - Under 18 Professional Development League - JOMA High Performance Centre, Landore, Swansea, Wales, UK.

Swansea City 9 Bristol City 0 – Under 18 Professional Development League

In the first home game in over a month, our U18s achieved a special victory today against near neighbours Bristol City.  The last match here was a comprehensive 4-7 defeat to Bournemouth, so today’s outcome will taste especially sweet. We lined up initially 4-3-3 but varied the formation during the game, particularly when the visitors …

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Liberty Stadium in July 2019

Swansea City 4 Bristol City 1 – Under 21 Professional Development League

4-1 sounds like a convincing victory and it probably was in the end, but our U21s didn’t have everything their own way earlier in ths contest.  Coach Anthony Wright had the comparative luxury of being able to select players from the fringes of the first team squad in the form of returning Ricardo Santos, plus …

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Swansea City v Wigan Athletic - Under 18 Professional Development League - JOMA High Performance Centre, Landore, Swansea, Wales, UK.

Swansea City 1 Wigan Athletic 3 – Under 18 Professional Development League

A very young U18s squad played out a 3-1 defeat to a comparatively more experienced Wigan Athletic team at Landore.  Still missing a number of otherwise eligible players through international duties, coach Joe Roberts picked a side that included 4 Under 16 players plus a further 3 among the substitutes.  Close season signing centre half …

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Liberty Stadium in July 2019

Swansea City 6 Huddersfield Town 0 – Under 21 Professional Development League

Our U21s claimed a  convincing 6-0 win in  the sun over Huddersfield Town today at the stadium.  The game was effectively over by half-time, with the Swans 5 up, totally overwhelming a weak opposition.  Huddersfield improved slightly in the second half (in truth, they couldn’t have got any worse) and the prospect of double figures …

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Swansea City v Hull City - Under 18 Professional Development League - JOMA High Performance Centre, Landore, Swansea, Wales, UK.

Swansea City 5 Hull City 1 – Under 18 Professional Development League

I was able to attend only the first half of this morning’s U18s fixture with Hull until leaving for the first team appointment against Watford, so it was pleasing to learn that from being one up at the interval we’d earned a convincing 5-1 win by full-time. In the first half, we played attractively and …

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Swansea City v Fleetwood Town - Under 18 Professional Development League - JOMA High Performance Centre, Landore, Swansea, Wales, UK.

Swansea City 4 Fleetwood Town 0 – Under 18 Professional Development League

4-0 sounds like a thoroughly convincing victory, but our U18s didn’t have things all their own way this morning at Landore.  Opponents Fleetwood gave as good as they got during a competitive 1st half and only succumbed only through a flurry of 2nd half goals and a dismissal, which took the wind out of their sails. There …

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Liberty Stadium interior

Swansea City 3 Crewe Alexandra 2 – Under 21 Professional Development League

A win’s a win and we keep our excellent U21s record at the stadium going.  Our U21s clinched a 3-2 victory over Crewe on a warm evening. We didn’t look entirely convincing over the entire match, though.   On the face of it, our initial match line-up looked imbalanced: 3 widemen – 4 if you …

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Ben Lloyd scores for the U21s v Sheffield United

Swansea City 5 Sheffield United 0 – Under 21 Professional Development League

Our U21s drew the curtain on this season’s competition with a thoroughly convincing 5-0 victory over PDL2 North divisional champions Sheffield United at the Swansea stadium.  The manner of the victory was emphatic and exacted a degree of payback – the Blades gave us 3 hidings last season, including a chastening televised 4-2 defeat at …

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