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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 ...
14 October 1961: Ninian Park, Cardiff: H England: 1–1 1961–62 British Home Championship: Graham Williams: 61,556 243 8 November 1961: Hampden Park, Glasgow: A Scotland: 0–2 1961–62 British Home Championship: 74,329 244 11 April 1962: Ninian Park, Cardiff: H Northern Ireland: 4–0 1961–62 British Home Championship: Mel Charles (4 ...
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.
8 August – Simon Weston, war hero [13] 18 August – Huw Edwards, newsreader [14] 30 August. Denise Gyngell, pop singer and actress; Delyth Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Drefelin, charity worker and Labour peer; 29 September – Julia Gillard, Prime Minister of Australia (in Barry) [15] 20 October – Ian Rush, footballer; 1 November – Nicky ...
[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.
The 1960–61 season was Middlesbrough's 78th year in existence and 7th ... = Champions, Promoted to 1961-62 ... 15 April 1961 40: Swansea Town: 3–2:
Swansea went on to win the return fixture 3–0 in February 2014, [62] but Cardiff's relegation at the end of the season saw the two sides separated again. The derby was not played for a further five years as the two clubs swapped leagues before both returned to the Championship for the 2019–20 season with Swansea winning the first meeting 1–0.