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Swanseas story
- Thread starter EDS
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Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
Watching it.
clapham_gull
Legacy Fan
- Aug 20, 2003
- 25,303
Great stuff. Shame I can't stay up for The Palace Story on ITV4 at 3:20. I'd plus it but I'm got weeks of Emmerdale to get through.
The Buttery Biscuit Base
New member
It'll be us next time... And, it'll be a better story!
Seriously though, a wonderful story, makes me love football more than I already do!
Seriously though, a wonderful story, makes me love football more than I already do!
joeinbrighton
New member
Great story. 10 years ago Swansea beat Hull to stay in the Football League. This season coming they will play each other in the Premier League. A lot can change in a decade. Inspiring stuff.
clapham_gull
Legacy Fan
- Aug 20, 2003
- 25,303
Good programme. Cheers for that, missed it completely in the listings.
Reminded me of our history, except they never had to ground share 70 miles away!!!
Also, never knew they were still owned by fans. How did they manage to finance the Liberty stadium??
Another great football story, and no administration involved!!!!!
Also, never knew they were still owned by fans. How did they manage to finance the Liberty stadium??
Another great football story, and no administration involved!!!!!
countryman
Well-known member
- Jun 28, 2011
- 1,893
Is this worth watching on Iplayer tomorrow?
Barnham Seagull
Yapton Actually
With the Vetch Field, St Helen's and The Gnoll no longer being up-to-date venues to play at, and both the Swans and the Ospreys not having the necessary capital to invest into a new stadium, Swansea council and a developer-led consortia submitted a proposal for a sustainable 'bowl' venue for 20,520 seats on a site to the west of the River Tawe on the site of the Morfa Stadium, an athletics stadium owned by the City and County of Swansea council. It was funded by a 355,000 ft retail park on land to the east of the river. The final value of the development being in excess of £50m.
Lord Bracknell
On fire
I'm tempted to say that the Swansea story is much the same as ours, without the difficult bit - the stadium. But that would be churlish. Their fans had the faith and kept to it. And you can't say fairer than that.
CP 0 3 BHA
Well-known member
Very much so - I've just finished it now. I defy any Brighton fan to watch the bit where they survive in the League on the final day without a tear in their eye. Far too close to home!
MattBackHome
Well-known member
- Jul 7, 2003
- 11,723
Well told story as well - nice additions from the key people, all of whom have such an evident affection for the club.
red star portslade
New member
there's a film about their story being released soon, the star-studded team behind the project includes Oscar-winning James Marsh, who won an Academy Award for his documentary Man On Wire, executive producer, and two-time Bafta Cymru winner, Edward Thomas, as well as director Marc Evans, the man behind Swansea-based musical Hunky Dory, and multi Welsh Bafta winning feature film Patagonia.
Also on board is editor Gregers Sall, who worked on double Bafta award winning film Senna, and Swansea's award-winning broadcaster and documentary maker, Mal Pope.
Read more: http://www.thisissouthwales.co.uk/S...tory-19375253-detail/story.html#ixzz2ahmULlRl
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Also on board is editor Gregers Sall, who worked on double Bafta award winning film Senna, and Swansea's award-winning broadcaster and documentary maker, Mal Pope.
Read more: http://www.thisissouthwales.co.uk/S...tory-19375253-detail/story.html#ixzz2ahmULlRl
Follow us: @thisisswales on Twitter | thisissouthwales on Facebook
Why on earth are you posting on here? The mind boggles. Why not post on Spurs, Chelsea, Fulham forums etc. Might be an interesting story but why post on here? Some of the stuff you've posted on here you ought to have been banned.
Braders
Abi Fletchers Gimpboy
Really? The story is quite similar..