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Brentford and Swansea City have called for more of their fans to be allowed into Wembley for the Championship play-off final. Both clubs have questioned the 10,000-capacity limit set for the match, compared to the 21,000 who were present as Leicester beat Chelsea in the FA Cup final earlier this month. Brentford chief executive Jon […]
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Swansea survived a late Barnsley surge to book a Sky Bet Championship final date with Brentford at Wembley. The Swans held on for a winner-takes-all shot at Premier League football on May 29 by drawing 1-1 at the Liberty Stadium for a 2-1 aggregate victory. Matt Grimes had doubled their first-leg lead with a superb […]
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We have partnered with Betfair and the Benjamin Bloom Football Channel on YouTube to cover the Championship play-offs. Here, Ben looks ahead to the second leg between Swansea and Barnsley at the Liberty Stadium (Saturday, 6.30pm)… The first leg It was a big tick in the box for Swansea boss Steve Cooper after Monday’s first leg at Oakwell, with […]
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Swansea City boss Steve Cooper has insisted that he is focused on the Championship play-offs despite being linked with the Crystal Palace job. Palace announced this week that Roy Hodgson will be leaving the club after four years at Selhurst Park, and Cooper is among the early favourites for the position with the bookmakers following […]
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Andre Ayew scored the winner but Daryl Dike scored with us all. This was such good fun. There are cult heroes and there’s Daryl Dike. This was the first opportunity the Barnsley fans have had to pay homage to their 6’1”, 220 pound Oklahoman, and boy, did they make the most of it. They arrived at […]
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Swansea kept Barsnely at bay as Andre Ayew’s first half strike earned them a valuable victory in the first leg of their Championship play-off semi-final. Ayew produced the game’s only moment of class six minutes before half-time in the first leg when he curled home a crucial goal for Steve Cooper’s side. Swansea, who will […]
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The Championship play-off teams have been decided, if not the positions. Brentford, Bournemouth, Swansea and Barnsley each have pros and cons. Brentford Why they will go up: Currently sitting top of the best of the rest pile, Brentford have been threatening promotion to the Premier League for what feels like an eternity. While their […]
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Here are the 20 players currently active in the Premier League, with at least a season’s worth of appearances, yet to score a sodding goal… 1) Martin Kelly (Crystal Palace and Liverpool) Right-back Appearances: 153 Minutes: 13,459 Assists: 6 Palace away at Spurs in 5th round FA cup in 2016. Martin Kelly with his […]
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Racial abuse online is “spiralling out of control”, a leading cyber-bullying charity has said. Championship sides Swansea and Birmingham are taking part in a week-long boycott of social platforms in protest at what they see as the companies’ failure to tackle abuse, while players and staff at Scottish side Rangers are doing the same. A […]
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Swansea and Rangers are boycotting social media for a week in a respectable but futile protest. We must consider stopping using it completely Swansea City and Rangers have suspended their use of social media as a protest against racist abuse and discrimination. It’s for a week and has been widely welcomed. Apart from anything […]
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