Leckwith Stadium in Cardiff

Cardiff City 0 Swansea City 1 – Under 21 Professional Development League

A fine and thoroughly deserved win for our U21s in the driving rain at Leckwith this evening. After the very youthful side put out earlier in the week shipped 6 goals at Charlton, this evening’s starting line-up featured just 2 U-18 players, Carter Heywood and Harlan Perry, with a number of scholars making up the …

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Landore training complex

Swansea City 4 AFC Bournemouth 2 – Under 21 Professional Development League

A fine win for the U21s in the bitter cold this evening against a team that traditionally gives our U21s tough contests. For much of the game, play was fairly even, but the quality of Swans’ finishing made all the difference.  Coach Anthony Wright maintained a  4-3-3 set-up, with newcomer Joe Collins making his debut …

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Landore training complex

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

A remarkable win today against visitors Charlton, who always provide a strong opposition and went into today’s game 4 points clear at the top of the U18s PDL South league.  We were 4th in the table this morning but fielding a very young side today. Bobo Evans was the only starter to be selected from …

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Cardiff City U18s v Swansea City U18s - PDL February 2026

Cardiff City 3 Swansea City 1 – Under 18 Professional Development League

A visit to Leckwith in atrocious weather is never a pleasant prospect.  Actually, given that Leckwith resembles a grim piece of austere Soviet Bloc architecture and has no open refreshment facilities, you could quite easily remove 3 words from that opening sentence without changing the sentiment.  I came here last January to watch our U18s …

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

Swansea City 1 Millwall 1 – Under 18 Professional Development League

A confusing end to an otherwise strong performance by a very young U18s squad today at Landore, in conditions that were bitterly cold, blustery and rainy for much of the afternoon. After the FA Youth Cup heroics against Leeds earlier in the week, it was a much-changed selection, which operated as 3-5-2: Jakub Nowak; Kaven …

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Swansea City Academy Building

Swansea City 3 Cardiff City 0 – Under 18 Professional Development League

Coming off the back of last weekend’s 4-1 age grade cup win against the same opponents at Leckwith, today’s victory over our South Wales rivals was deserved and hard earned. On a sunny day wintry at Landore, the line-up was a familiar 4-3-3.  Jon Beale, who was previously at the academy before moving off to …

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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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