Jack to a King - The Swansea Story

[Dick Swiveller]

Might be of interest to someone. This documentary about the rise of Swansea was on BBC2 Wales last night and is therefore on iPlayer.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b07cbdt0/jack-to-a-king-the-swansea-story

Might have a little watch later.

 

[Dick Swiveller]

Looks like no-one was interested but I watched most of it last night and this morning and it is a very good watch. If you haven't seen it, it is a history of a club that had to get a result on the last day of the season to avoid dropping out of the league, a fans group ousting an unpopular chairman who bought the club for peanuts, brought in a despised right hand man and then wanted more money than he paid to get out, a move to a new stadium from a loved but crumbling old one, the rise of the club under a Spanish speaking manager in his first job and a general upturn in fortunes. Sound familiar?

And it ends with a Championship Play Off final. I know a lot of people who would be interested in it would have seen it already but if you haven't, give it a watch.

 

[RM-Taylor]

I think I saw this a few years ago on the BBC. Does it involve the fans group at the end buying the club? Was a good watch

 

[Dick Swiveller]

I think I saw this a few years ago on the BBC. Does it involve the fans group at the end buying the club? Was a good watch

Doh - you spoilt the ending! Yep - a group of people raised £50000 each and then tried to run the club by committee.