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First European match: Swansea Town 2–2 Motor Jena, European Cup Winners' Cup first round, first leg, 16 October 1961 [31] First match at Vetch Field: Swansea Town 1–1 Cardiff City, Southern Football League Division Two, 7 September 1912 [26] First match at Liberty Stadium: Swansea City 1–1 Fulham, friendly, 22 July 2005 [32]
Three years later, their 2007–08 season in League One, ended in a first-place finish and promotion in the process to The Championship. After a few near-misses reaching the play-offs, which included a last day of the season miss for a play-off berth, due to a 0–0 draw with Doncaster Rovers during the close of the 2009–10 season, Swansea ...
Swansea have won 42 of the 115 competitive meetings, compared to Cardiff's 45, who also have the biggest result between the two sides with Swansea losing 5–0 in 1965, with a further 28 drawn; neither team had done the double, until the 2021–22 season where Swansea had completed the first ever double in the 110 year rivalry, beating Cardiff ...
The first football league in the Swansea area was the Swansea Association League, played as early as 1897. [1] The current league was formed in 1901 as the Swansea Junior League, and launched a Senior League in 1903–04, followed in 1904–05 by a name change to the Swansea & District League. [2] The league was suspended during World War I. [3]
Swansea City (2) Reading 1949–50: Doncaster Rovers (3) Gateshead: Notts County (2) Northampton Town 1950–51: Rotherham United: Mansfield Town: Nottingham Forest: Norwich City 1951–52: Lincoln City (3) Grimsby Town: Plymouth Argyle (2) Reading 1952–53: Oldham Athletic: Port Vale: Bristol Rovers: Millwall 1953–54: Port Vale (2) Barnsley ...
In October 2021, Swansea won 3–0 against Cardiff City. [64] Later in the season, Swansea beat Cardiff 4–0 in the reverse fixture; Swansea became the first side to complete the league double in the derby's 110-year history. [65] Swansea have also won both fixtures in the 2022–23 season making them the first team to win four in a row.
During the 1981–82 English football season, Swansea City A.F.C. competed in the Football League First Division, following promotion from the Second Division.It was their debut season in the English top flight and the first season in which a Welsh club was part of the top English league since arch-rivals Cardiff City were relegated at the end of 1961–62.
Liverpool, managed by Bill Shankly, were promoted from the Second Division after eight years. Accrington Stanley resigned from the league because of financial difficulties on 11 March 1962. As a consequence, all their previous results for the season in the Fourth Division were expunged from the records. They were replaced in 1962–63 by Oxford ...