London: Wigan Athletic's Premier League survival hopes suffered a huge blow on Tuesday after Swansea City recovered to win 3-2 with a late goal from Dwight Tiendalli that left the FA Cup finalists staring at relegation. Wigan, who face Manchester City in the cup showpiece at Wembley on Saturday, fell apart in the second half at the DW Stadium and remain third from bottom of the standings on 35 points...
07:50 AM, May 08, 2013
Swansea: Manchester City dropped points in their bid to secure second place in the English Premier League by drawing 0-0 with Swansea in a lackluster match on Saturday. Edin Dzeko and David Silva missed gilt-edged late chances at Liberty Stadium for the deposed champions, who are provisionally seven points clear of third-place Chelsea having played a game extra. "The first half was so-so but we missed five incredible chances to...
11:18 PM, May 04, 2013
London: Swansea City have announced plans to increase the capacity of their Liberty Stadium by more than 12,000 seats in another reflection of the boom in Welsh soccer. The current capacity of the Liberty Stadium, which replaced the Vetch Field as Swansea's home in 2005, is 20,500 with Swansea submitting plans to the city's council for an increased capacity of 33,000. They will be joined in the Premier League next...
03:21 PM, Apr 18, 2013
Michael Laudrup will not be drawn on his future as Swansea City manager ahead of Capital One Cup final, with speculation linking him to Real Madrid. ...
07:04 PM, Feb 22, 2013
Hazard has apologised for kicking a ballboy during the League Cup semi-final against Swansea. ...
12:53 PM, Jan 24, 2013
Swansea City inflicted the second shock home defeat in eight days on Chelsea, goals from Michu and Danny Graham giving the Welsh club a 2-0 win in their Capital One (League) Cup semi-final first leg on Wednesday. ...
08:14 AM, Jan 10, 2013
The red-devils were held to 1-1 on Sunday by Swansea. Now, they are only four points ahead of City. ...
06:37 PM, Dec 23, 2012
Swansea City manager Michael Laudrup praised his team for continuing to bamboozle the Premier League's top sides after a 2-0 win at Arsenal piled more pressure on opposite number Arsene Wenger. ...
06:36 PM, Dec 02, 2012
Swansea played out a evenly-contested 0-0 draw with Liverpool on Brendan Rodgers first ever return to the Liberty Stadium. ...
08:53 PM, Nov 25, 2012
Swansea: Chelsea lost top spot in the English Premier League for the first time in more than two months after conceding a late equalizer to Pablo Hernandez in a 1-1 draw with Swansea on Saturday. Hernandez drilled the ball into the corner of the net in the 88th minute at Liberty Stadium, ending Chelsea's stay on top of the standings since Aug. 22. Manchester United is two points above Chelsea,...
11:00 PM, Nov 03, 2012
Manchester: Manchester City defender Micah Richards has been sidelined for eight weeks after undergoing knee surgery. The right back had sustained an injury on his right knee during City's 1-0 defeat of Swansea City on Saturday. Richards damaged the meniscus cartilage of his right knee and underwent immediate surgery to mend a torn knee cartilage. The defender was carried off in a stretcher deep in to the second half of...
06:03 PM, Oct 30, 2012
Swansea City goalkeeper Michel Vorm will be out for between six and eight weeks after rupturing his groin against Manchester City on Saturday, the Premier League club said on Sunday. The Dutch international suffered the injury trying to keep out Carlos Tevez's winner just after the hour. He was replaced by Gerhard Tremmel in what was his second Premier League appearance. "It's a big blow for us because Michel is...
06:58 PM, Oct 28, 2012
London: Swansea City's Dutch international goalkeeper Michel Vorm could be out for six weeks after injuring his groin in the 1-0 defeat at Premier League champions Manchester City on Saturday. Vorm was hurt while trying to save Carlos Tevez's winning goal in the second half and was taken off on a stretcher after a lengthy stoppage. "It is his groin so we'll miss him for some weeks," Swansea manager Michael...
10:00 AM, Oct 28, 2012
Swansea: Everton eased to a 3-0 victory at Swansea on Saturday, with Victor Anichebe, Kevin Mirallas and Marouane Fellaini scoring to maintain the club's fine start to the Premier League season. Anichebe fired home from close range in the 21st minute, and Kevin Mirallas finished off a superb flowing move just before half time. Swansea's hopes of a comeback were thwarted early in the second half when substitute Nathan Dyer...
07:47 PM, Sep 22, 2012
Swansea: Swansea recorded a 3-0 victory against West Ham with an impressive display on Saturday in its first home game of the Premier League season. The hosts opened the scoring in the 20th minute through defender Angel Rangel, his low shot across West Ham's goal deflecting off the body of goalkeeper Jussi Jaaskelainen, who failed to get down quickly enough to save the attempt. West Ham defender James Collins was...
07:53 PM, Aug 25, 2012
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