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Wound up by court order in December 1985, Swansea City was saved by local businessman Doug Sharpe who took over the running of the club, although the change of ownership was not enough to prevent relegation to the Fourth Division in 1986. [10] Eight years on from the first promotion under Toshack, the club was back where it had started.
In the 1996–97 season, Swansea reached the final of the 1997 Third Division play-offs for promotion, but lost to 1–0 to Northampton Town, whose goal came from a re-taken free kick by John Frain in the final minute.
Statistically, Roberto Martínez is Swansea's most successful manager with a 50% winning percentage in all competitive games. As a player-manager, John Toshack guided Swansea City to three promotions in four years, from the Fourth Division to the First Division. Swansea finished the 1981–81 season in sixth place – their highest ever league ...
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Doug Sharp isn't a rich man — but he has played one in Hollywood. Sharp, 59, lives in Los Angeles and until recently got the bulk of his income by driving for Uber and Lyft while moonlighting as ...
Steve Hamer is a former chairman of both Swansea City and Bristol Rovers football clubs. He held the position at Bristol Rovers from February 2016 until November 2019, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] having previously been chairman of Swansea from 1997 to 2000.
This is a list of English football transfers for the 2015 summer transfer window.Only moves featuring at least one Premier League or Championship club are listed.. The summer transfer window began once clubs had concluded their final domestic fixture of the 2014–15 season, but many transfers officially went through on 1 July because the majority of player contracts finished on 30 June.
This is a list of notable people born in, or associated with, the city of Swansea, in Britain. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .