Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Swansea were 2–0 ahead in ten minutes after two own goals from Ipswich, but Phillips equalised with two minutes to go and forced the match to a replay. [57] The match took place three weeks later, and despite having travelled 5,000 miles (8,000 km) over the preceding ten days, Swansea took a 2–0 lead midway through the first half.
The Swansea Town team during its first season, 1912–13. This is a list of seasons played by Swansea City Association Football Club in English and European football. It covers the period from the club's inaugural season in 1912, to the end of the last completed season.
15 April 1961 40: Swansea Town: 3–2: Middlesbrough : Swansea: Roy Saunders 23' Reg Davies 48' Brayley Reynolds 54' 22' Alan Peacock 61' Brian Clough: Stadium: Vetch Field Attendance: 15,335 Referee: JA Cattlin
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]
28 April 1962: Ipswich, in the First Division for the first time, are crowned champions of English club football with a 2–0 win at home Aston Villa on the last day of the league season. It is the first major trophy of their history, and the first time that an English club has won the title in their first season as a top division club.
The 1961–62 season was the 63rd completed season of The Football League. ... Match results are drawn from Rothmans for all divisions. [2] ... Swansea Town: 42 12 12 ...
The 1961–62 Football League Cup was the second season of the Football League Cup, a knockout competition for England's top 92 football clubs; only 82 of them took part. [ a ] The competition began on 11 September 1961, and ended with the two-legged final on 26 April and 1 May 1962.
[3] [4] In July 1961, one of Clough's transfer requests was finally accepted and he moved to Boro's local rivals Sunderland for £55,000. [5] However, a poor start and a final day draw at Swansea saw the team finish third, a point behind Leyton Orient and nine points behind deserved champions Liverpool led by the inspirational Bill Shankly.