Swansea City News, Match Reports & Academy
Another convincing home victory for the Swans age grade side today at Landore and ahead of the Championship match at the main stadium against Blackburn Rovers. Colchester arrived with an experienced coaching staff – Joey Dunne, Paul Smith and Elliot Ward accumulated over 800 league appearances across their professional careers – but their young U’s …
The U21s have featured in a number of fast-paced and highly competitive fixtures this season and today was no different. The match started and finished during brief lulls in otherwise belting rain at Landore. In the first home U21 league game in almost a month, the hot news off the press is that the microphone …
Jameson and the EFL are hunting for one amateur team to live like a pro for a day, and grassroots clubs in the Swansea and west Wales area could be in with a shout. Just don’t mention the Swans 3-0 south Wales derby win to the gaffer. Every pub team has a manager who thinks …
The Welsh Sports Hall of Fame held its latest induction evening at the Parkgate Hotel in Cardiff, and the Vetch Field and Liberty Stadium were well represented. Of the new names added to the ‘Roll of Honour’, six have played for or managed Swansea City. The Toshack Generation The most emotional moment for Swans fans …
Regular visitors to this website will be familiar with Niall O’Brien, whose Swansea City Academy match reports appear here throughout the season. This time he’s the subject of the article rather than the author, as his first published book is about to be launched. The official launch of Swansea Town / City Football Club: The …
Our U17s successfully progressed to the next stage of this age grade competition, although it was a case of getting over the line this evening at Landore. Our squad featured a couple of new names from the U-16s, one of whom – Andrew Griffiths – came on late in the game at right back. Otherwise, …
Although I could stay only for the first half before wandering down to the main stadium for the Norwich game, here’s a partial view of this U18s contest to the interval. We greeted back a number of our age grade internationals and notably rotated the side and to offer what looked to be quite strong …
Anyone who follows Swansea in the Championship knows how quickly things can turn. Two wins and everyone’s talking about the play-offs. One bad week and the table looks a lot less friendly. If you’re a fan who likes a bet, that’s a good reason to look past the headline price. Odds are a snapshot of …
In an entertaining, competitive contest played at frantic pace, the Swans finally came through, although there were times in the second half where the visitors pressed us hard as they fought their way back into the match. We fielded a number of U18s and also welcomed Ramon Rees-Siso and Tom Searle back to the squad. …
A couple of quick-fire goals late in the game provided a convincing win for a young Swans side here at sunny Landore. Fleetwood had briefly threatened an unlikely late comeback when they took advantage of a soft penalty award to bring the score to 3-2 with just over 10 minutes remaining. A late resurgence by a …