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Swansea City
Swansea.com Stadium 17/8/2024 15.00 hrs

MACS VIEW

Never usually get anything when we play here , once remember taking a point at the Old Vetch Field in a 2 all draw 14/9/1991, the postponed game in 1993 still makes me laugh manically, 15 minutes before kick off. Last time I remember going to the first away game of the season at this venue lost 4-0 under Ferguson, got relegated that season.
Anybodies guess who Marsh will pick.
Finally the last time we arrived was just before Christmas lost 2-1 the steward on the coach that day was Janet McDonald, sadly Janet died this week RIP

https://www.swanseacity.com/

MANAGER



Luke Williams (born 1 May 1981) is an English professional football manager who is the head coach of Championship club Swansea City.

Born in London, Williams played youth football but suffered an injury at age 19, which stopped him from playing professionally. He began his coaching career at Leyton Orient and West Ham United. He spent several years coaching Brighton & Hove Albion's under-21s and made his first-team managerial debut with Swindon Town in 2015. After coaching Bristol City's under-23s, Williams became the assistant coach to Russell Martin at Milton Keynes Dons in 2019 and Swansea City in 2021.

Williams was appointed head coach of Notts County in 2022, leading them to Football League promotion in his first season and breaking several club records, including the most wins and points in a season.[2] In 2024, he returned to Swansea City as head coach.

IN AND OUT



LAST TIME OUT



LOST 1-0 at MIDDLESBROUGH

OTHER FIXTURES



PREVIOUS



OFFICIALS

Stephen Martin will have the whistle when Swansea City host Preston North End at the Swansea.com Stadium on Saturday (3pm).

Staffordshire-born Martin - whose father and grandfather officiated in the Football League - first took up refereeing in 2002 and had made it to step five of the football pyramid within six years.

He joined the National List of Referees ahead of the 2012-13 season and took charge of his first Championship match in January of that campaign. In 2015, he was included in the list of Select Group 2 officials.

This will be the 15th time he has taken charge of a Swans games. 12 of the previous contests were league matches and the most recent of these was the Swans victory at Blackburn last season.

On Saturday he will be assisted by Mark Dwyer and Carl Fitch-Jackson. Tom Reeves will be the fourth official.

Things to do

Usually wander around the ground and neighbouring retail park for the sheer hell of it

Still cannot believe the first time I went to this particular venue I missed this

The Landore viaduct is a railway viaduct over the Swansea valley and the River Tawe at Landore in south Wales. It provides a link between Swansea city center and the West Wales Line to the South Wales Main Line. The valley crossing provides a panoramic view of Landore, Kilvey Hill, the Liberty Stadium and the Swansea Enterprise Park.

The Landore viaduct was constructed as a key element of the West Wales Line during the late 1840s. The structure, which has a length of 536-metre (1,759 ft), was originally designed by the famed engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, and incorporated a diverse range of structural design elements and was primarily constructed out of timber. It was officially opened to traffic in 1850. The structure was first updated in 1889, using wrought-iron for the central span. Between 1978 and 1979, the majority of the viaduct was re-decked using steel beams. The structure remains in use to the current day.