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Swansea City Association Football Club is a Welsh professional football club based in the city of Swansea, South Wales that plays in the Championship. Swansea City represents England when playing in European competitions, although they have represented Wales in the past. They play their home matches at the Liberty Stadium.
The club was founded in 1912 as Swansea Town and joined the Football League in 1921. The club changed their name in 1969, when it adopted the name Swansea City to reflect Swansea’s new status as a city.
In 1981, the club were promoted to the original Football League First Division. It was during the following season they came close to winning the league title, but a decline then set near the season’s end before finishing sixth, although a club record. It was from here the club suffered a relegation the season after, returning to the Football League Fourth Division a few seasons later, then narrowly avoided relegation to the Football Conference in 2003. Prior to playing home matches at the Liberty Stadium, the team had previously hosted at the Vetch Field. The Swansea City Supporters Society Ltd owns 20% of the club, with their involvement hailed by Supporters Direct as “the most high profile example of the involvement of a supporters’ trust in the direct running of a club”.
In 2011, Swansea were promoted to the English Premier League, becoming the first Welsh team to play in the top division since its formation in 1992. On 24 February 2013, Swansea beat Bradford City 5-0 to win the 2012-13 Football League Cup (the competition’s highest ever winning margin for the final), winning the first major English trophy in the club’s history and qualifying for the 2013-14 UEFA Europa League.
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Ref shocking for both teams, on balance for what we were denied, we deserved to get away with it at the end. Shame for derby, I’ve been backing them all season to stay up but I think it might be too late now. Great to see us push up the table even without much to play for. Nothing feels better than a rich vein of form, long may it continue
If they sell Piroe in the summer, I'm going to cry. Keep him and promotion is on the horizon. Pure class
i really hope the swans can get the last slot for playoff..6×3=18 points… and really hope we can buy wolf…keep on the performance and need to maintain players without injury as they are all in top form
Comical refereeing from both teams point of view. No denying that was a stonewall red for their GK, no denying that was a stonewall pen for them at the end. I can only imagine he bottled the latter because of the former. Justice? in a weird way. But Jesus, the standard of officiating in this league…
Rooney has always been a shit. Proof positive here, if needed.
Swansea, Derby, or neutral, the ref had a total shocker.
Defo pen for the Rams. Overall the Swan's deserved the win. Hans Wolfe mom for me.
Defo pen for handball, keeper should have been sent off!
9 points in 3 games COYS!!!!!
This fella shouldnt be anywhere near a whistle, totally inexusable, if you cant get those decisions right, then youve got no chance
No Piroe no party 🎉
the ref should have been sent off with the derby goal keeper
Good playing Joel Piroe 🔥⚽🇳🇱
Wolf is becoming a real threat
Wolf was class and so was piroe
Lol another nail in the cheats coffin
Love how Obafemi has his hands up celebrating Piroes goal before hes even hit the ball on the second goal
2 Nil up after 15 minutes and we were all going to be 'entertained' by us scoring 5 or 6 Goals against a relegation zone team.
But they played a ball over the top and Fisher hesitated and it ended up a Penalty. I was 20 yards away and it was clearly Fisher's ball to come and collect. So then we had to 'endure' 60 minutes of nerves.
You have to have a Top Keeper (which gives confidence to the Defence) but unless one steps up we have 3 back-up Keepers.
Can we keep Wolf and Piroe whatever the cost plz USA Owners?
Joel is the exact striker we've needed. Come on YJB!
Lowe wasn't it. Ayew had success – credit to him – but he was never a true number 9. Joel is finding the same spaces and similar finishing quality we saw from Oli, Llorente, & Bony. I'd love to see him more of an aerial threat, but if we can continue to feed him high-quality chances in the box, he'll keep putting them away.
WE NEED TO KEEP JOE P PLEASE…