Recomendados
Mais conteúdo relacionado
Destaque
Destaque (14)
Semelhante a Fall and rise of SCFC
Semelhante a Fall and rise of SCFC (19)
Mais de iteclearners
Mais de iteclearners (20)
Último
Último (18)
Fall and rise of SCFC
- 1. The Fall and Rise of Swansea City FC Gareth Walsh, 11/2/14
- 2. History of Swansea City FC • In July 2001, after relegation to the third tier of English football, Swansea City FC was sold to managing director, Mike Lewis for £1. • After gaining promotion to the Premier League in the 2011/12 season, Swansea became the first Welsh team to play in the Premier League since it’s beginning in 1992. • In the 2012/13 season, Swansea won the Capital One Cup, beating Bradford City 5-0 in the final, held at Wembley Stadium. This was the club’s first major trophy in its history.
- 3. The Fall • The 1996/97 season was arguably Swansea’s worst season in league football, winning just 8 out of 45 matches. • At the end of the 2002/2003 season, they were in the relegation zone in the third tier of English Football. • They had to win their last home game against Hull City to keep their football league status. • They won the match 4 - 2 with James Thomas scoring a hat-trick.
- 4. The Rise • Swansea prepared for success as they built a new stadium called the Liberty Stadium in 2005. • In the same season, Swansea were promoted to the second tier of English football following an 18 game unbeaten run. • Swansea remained in the second tier for 6 years until the 2010/11 season, where they reached the play-off finals against Reading and won the match 4-2 with Scott Sinclair scoring a hat-trick, gaining them promotion to the Premier League. • The 2012/13 season was arguably their most successful season in their history, finishing in the top half of the table and winning their first major trophy.
- 5. 2012/13 Season Queens Park Rangers – 0 5 – Swansea City Fulham – 1 Swansea City – 3 Swansea City – 2 Swansea City – 2 0 – West Ham United 2 – Sunderland Aston Villa – 2 Swansea City – 0 Stoke City – 2 Everton – 0 Swansea City – 3 0 – Swansea City 0 – Swansea City Swansea City – 4 1 – Wigan Athletic 0 – Swansea City Swansea City – 1 1 – West Bromwich Albion Reading – 0 2 – Tottenham Hotspur Norwich City – 2 Swansea City – 3 Swansea City – 1 2 – Arsenal Swansea City – 1 0 – Liverpool Tottenham Hotspur – 1 0 – Swansea City Swansea City – 0 Swansea City – 0 Swansea City – 3 0 – Newcastle United West Bromwich Albion – 1 2 – Swansea City Arsenal – 0 0 – Swansea City Swansea – 1 1 – Swansea City Newcastle United – 1 1 – Queens Park Rangers Liverpool – 5 1 – Chelsea Southampton – 1 1 – Stoke City 0 – Swansea City 2 – Reading Manchester City – 1 0 – Swansea City West Ham United – 1 0 – Swansea City Swansea City – 2 2 – Aston Villa Sunderland – 0 3 – Everton Swansea City – 2 2 – Swansea City 2 – Swansea Swansea City – 0 Chelsea – 2 2 – Swansea City 0 – Southampton 0 – Swansea City Swansea City – 0 0 – Manchester City Wigan Athletic – 2 3 – Swansea City Manchester United – 2 1 – Swansea City 4 – Norwich City 0 – Swansea City 1 – Manchester United 0 – Swansea City Swansea City – 0 3 – Fulham Table Key: Green = Win Yellow = Draw Red = Loss Position Team Played Won Drawn Lost Goals For Goals Against Goal Difference Points 9th Swansea City 38 11 13 14 47 51 -4 46
- 6. Capital One Cup Glory 2013 Home Team Away Team Attendance Round 1 Swansea City – 3 1 – Barnsley 9,025 Round 2 Crawley Town – 1 3 – Swansea City 3,963 Round 3 Liverpool – 1 3 – Swansea City 37,521 Quarter Finals Swansea City – 1 0 – Middlesbrough 15,048 Semi-Finals (Played over 2 legs) Chelsea – 0 2 – Swansea City Swansea City – 0 0 – Chelsea 40,172 19,506 Swansea Win 2 - 0 on aggregate The Final (Played at Wembley Stadium) Bradford City – 0 5 – Swansea City 82,597
- 7. 19,000 v Fulham v Manchester City v Southampton v Tottenham Hotspur v Arsenal v Newcastle United v Queens Park Rangers v Stoke City v Aston Villa v Manchester United v Norwich City v West Bromwich Albion v Liverpool v Chelsea v Wigan Athletic v Reading v Everton v Sunderland v West Ham United Attendance figures for Swansea’s 19 home matches in the 2012/13 season 20,800 20,600 20,400 20,200 20,000 19,800 19,600 19,400 19,200
- 8. Attendance figures for Swansea’s 19 away matches in the 2012/13 season 80,000 70,000 60,000 50,000 40,000 30,000 20,000 v Manchester United v Wigan Athletic v Chelsea v Norwich City v West Bromwich Albion v Liverpool v West Ham United v Sunderland v Everton v Fulham v Reading v Tottenham Hotspur v Arsenal v Newcastle United v Southampton v Manchester City v Stoke City v Queens Park Rangers 0 v Aston Villa 10,000 It is clear that the away match against Manchester United was the game with the highest attendance in the season. This is because it was Sir Alex Ferguson’s last match in charge of Manchester United.
- 9. Normal starting 11 Swansea played with during the 2012/13 season Shirt No. Name Nationality D.O.B Appearances Goals October 20th, 1983 (Aged 30) 28 0 Goalkeeper 1 Michel Vorm Netherlands Defenders 33 Ben Davies Wales April 24th, 1993 (Aged 20) 38 1 4 Chico Flores Spain March 6th, 1987 (Aged 26) 32 1 6 Ashley Williams Wales August 23rd, 1984 (Aged 24) 41 0 22 Angel Rangel Spain November 28th, 1982 (Aged 31) 37 3 Midfielders 7 Leon Britton England September 16th, 1982 (Aged 31) 39 0 20 De Guzman Netherlands September 13th, 1987 (Aged 26) 44 8 24 Ki Sung-Yeung Korea Republic January 24th, 1989 (Aged 25) 37 0 Attackers 11 Pablo Hernandez Spain April 11th, 1985 (Aged 28) 34 3 9 Michu (Miguel Perez Cuesta) Spain March 21st, 1986 (Aged 27) 42 22 12 Nathan Dyer England November 29th, 1997(Aged 26) 41 6
- 10. Since then… • Swansea remain in the highest tier of English football, and are currently 10th in the table. • Swansea sacked Michael Laudrup as manager 18 months after their Capital One Cup success and appointed Garry Monk as player/manager. • Swansea qualified for the Europa League after winning the Capital One Cup, and played their first European match in 22 years, beating Malmö FF 4-0.