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Great window overshadowed by Rodon giveaway

16 October 2020

The Jack Army has approached deadline day with a certain amount of trepidation in recent years. August 2018 is etched long in the memory after we gave away Federico Fernandez, Jordi Amat, Sam Clucas and Jordan Ayew in the hours of the transfer window and only one new player arrived.

Swansea seasons: 2010/11

29 June 2020

The thought of another campaign with this man in charge did make me tempted to not renew my season ticket…

Swansea seasons: 2009/10

22 June 2020

“I had to be kicked out as a player and it’ll be the same as manager.” The now infamous words of Roberto Martinez on the pitch at Gillingham when we won promotion in 2008…

Swansea City icons quiz: Lee Trundle

17 June 2020

We’ve reached the end of our Swansea City icons quizzes and there was one glaring omission from the list. We believe in good things coming to those who wait, so will round off this feature with a man who became a legend at the Swans… Lee Trundle.

Swansea seasons: 2008/09

15 June 2020

24 years. That’s how long it had been since we were in English football’s second tier and we were going to enjoy it. Sadly our plans started badly when Andy Robinson decided to remain in League 1 with Leeds and Paul Anderson elected to join promotion rivals Nottingham Forest. Martinez signed a handful of new players to compensate for this; the standout one was Jordi Gomez who would soon become a hero…

Top Twenty Away Days This Century. Number 11.

12 June 2020

We return to the capital for this week’s countdown and narrowly missing out on the top ten is one of our biggest ever results on the way to winning our first ever major trophy. Having despatched Middlesbrough in our first ever quarter final we faced the Blues at Stamford Bridge in the last four looking for a good result ahead of the return at the Liberty…

Swansea City icons quiz: Garry Monk

10 June 2020

Over the coming weeks we will be bringing you our Swansea City icons quizzes, testing your knowledge on some of the greatest players in the Swans’ history. This week it’s the turn of a former captain who would later become the manager – it’s Garry Monk.

Swansea seasons: 2007/08

8 June 2020

This was truly the start of the tika-taka football that we now see to this day. Roberto Martinez reshaped his squad during the summer with, Dorus De Vries, Angel Rangel, Ferrie Bodde, Paul Anderson and Jason Scotland all arrived and formed the basis of the new look side…

Top Twenty Away Days This Century. Number 12.

5 June 2020

The Swans came up against Brendan Rodgers for the first time since his departure, in a 4th round League Cup tie, and it would not be a happy reunion for our former manager…