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

Our U18 completed an astonishing recovery to completely overwhelm Brimingham 5-1 at a sunny Landore. Thomas Woodward took the honours with a hat-trick. Yori Griffith pulled all the strings in an outstanding 2nd half performance off the bench. We made full use of our substitutes and notably fielded a comparatively much stronger squad than on …

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Swansea City 2 Fleetwood Town 3 – Under 18 Professional Development League

A frantic end to today’s game at a cloudless Landore, but our U18 couldn’t pull back a 2-3 deficit against a tactically disciplined Fleetwood. We dominated long stretches of play, Fleetwood defended earnestly and broke ruthlessly to keep us at arm’s length. Excellent skipper’s performance from Harlan Perry, who made one and scored the other …

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Swansea City 2 Burnley 0 – Under 21 Professional Development League

Back at the stadium in front of a young and boisterous crowd, our U21 secured a 2-0 victory over Burnley. It’s no exaggeration to say we should have been 5 or more goals ahead at half-time – we passed up numerous opportunities as we totally controlled the contest. Burnley undoubtedly had a stern talking to …

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Swansea City 3 Charlton Athletic 1 – Under 21 Professional Development League

A very competitive and ultimately very satisfying 3-1 victory today in the Landore sun against a skilful and determined Charlton side. Coach Anthony Wright adapted to the unavailability of age grade international academy players with a youngish but still strong looking 4-4-2 line-up: Kit Margetson; Zac Jeanes, Arthur Parker (captain), Jack Fanning, Callum Deacon; Josh …

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

Watching the 1st half before wandering over to the stadium. On reflection, perhaps I should have stayed at the Academy! We were 2 up at half-time, the first coming on 16 minutes when Morgan Bates got a 2nd snatch at a chance after the keeper’s save from a Josh Pescatore shot landed opportunely for him …

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Swansea City v Cheltenham Town - Under 17 Professional Development League Cup - JOMA High Performance Centre, Landore, Swansea, Wales, UK.

Swansea City v Cheltenham Town – Under 17 Professional Development League Cup Match Gallery

Here is an image slideshow from the Under 17 Professional Development League Cup Semi-Final between Swansea City and Cheltenham Town at the JOMA High Performance Centre in Landore on Wednesday, 12 March 2025. Swansea City Under-17s secured a dramatic extra-time win over Cheltenham Town to book their place in the Professional Development League Cup final, …

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Swansea City 0 Ipswich Town 0 – Under 21 Professional Development League

A fast paced match in the Landore drizzle that finished goalless but was highly entertaining throughout. We initially lined up 3-5-2 and varied to 4-4-2 and 3-4-3 during the game: Kit Margetson; Arthur Parker, Richard Faakye (s – Aimar Govea 53m), Iestyn Jones, Seb Dabrowski; Josh Pescatore (s – Morgan Bates 80m), Jacob Cook, Dan …

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

Swansea City v Queens Park Rangers – Under 18 Professional Development League Match Gallery

Here is an image slideshow from the Under 18 Professional Development League game between Swansea City and Queens Park Rangers at the JOMA High Performance Centre in Landore on Saturday, 1 March 2025. Swansea City Under-18s fell to a narrow 1-0 defeat against Queens Park Rangers in the Professional Development League, despite creating numerous chances. …

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Swansea City 0 Queens Park Rangers 1 – Under 18 Professional Development League

Our U18s must be highly frustrated that QPR pinched the points today with a 1-0 win. We created and passed up a multitude of clear chances. The inevitable happened on 75 minutes when QPR left winger Kennedy carved some room for himself on the edge of the box, we switched off and he struck a …

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