Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Swansea City's first trophy was the Welsh Cup, which they won as Swansea Town in 1913. Their first league honour came in 1925, when they won the 1924–25 Football League Third Division South title. Since then Swansea have gone on to win the League Cup once, the Football League Trophy twice and the Welsh Cup a further nine times.
The 1912–13 season was the first season in which Swansea Town (now known as Swansea City) took part in league and cup football. The club was elected to Division Two of the Southern Football League .
Swansea had a good season in League One, finishing in sixth place to take the last play-off spot. After beating Brentford 3–1 on aggregate in the semi-final, the Swans faced Barnsley in the final. After a 2–2 draw at the end of extra time, Barnsley won the penalty shoot-out 4–3.
Swansea City gained promotion by finishing in third place. In the cup competitions, they reached the third round of the FA Cup, having defeated Cheltenham Town and Stockport County, before losing 2–1 on aggregate against Reading. A 3–0 loss against Queens Park Rangers saw Swansea exit in the first round of the League Cup.
Iriekpen joined Swansea City on a free transfer in August 2003, signing an 18-month contract in November 2003. [8] An ankle injury requiring surgery in July 2004 meant that he missed pre-season training but despite this, he helped Swansea to automatic promotion from League Two in May 2005.
BT Tower; Civic Centre; DVLA Computer Centre; Guildhall (Grade I listed); Kilvey Hill TV transmitter; The Tower, Meridian Quay; Mumbles Lighthouse (Grade II listed); Palace Theatre ...
W: Newcastle upon Tyne 10 May 1967 (aged 22) 8: 0: Blyth Spartans: September 1989: Martin Singleton: CM: Banbury 2 August 1963 (aged 26) 60: 5: West Bromwich Albion: 7 November 1987: £57,500 Aidey Thorpe: LW: Chesterfield 25 November 1963 (aged 26) 13: 3: Walsall: March 1990: £50,000 Forwards Bobby Barnes: FW: Kingston upon Thames
The Swansea Bay and West Wales Metro, or simply the Swansea Bay Metro (Welsh: Metro Bae Abertawe; originally proposed as the South West Wales Metro) is a proposed enhancement of railways, buses and active travel around the Swansea Bay and South West Wales (or just West Wales) areas of South Wales. [1] The project could take up to 10 years to ...