Your Top 10 Swans’ memories

My personal Top 10 memories are:

1) beating Reading 4-2 at Wembley in May 2011 to secure promotion to the PL
2) beating Hull 4-2 at the Vetch in May 2003 to stay in the Football League
3) sitting on the front wall/step of the North Bank watching us play Arsenal in the FA Cup 4th Round in February
1968. Lost 0-1, and we had a goal disallowed. Bobby Gould scored their only goal - I think it was his first for the Gooners
4) beating Valencia 3-0 away in September 2013. We were in the front row of the stand (actually the second row as the front row was cordoned off)
5) the Stockport County match in March 1977 at the Vetch where we were 4-0 down and came back to draw 4-4.
6) Tosh’s first game in charge when we drew 3-3 with Watford at the Vetch in March 1978
7) beating Hartlepool 8-0 at the Vetch in 1978
8) beating Forest 3-1 to win the Play-off Semi-Final. I was there with my son and my late father.
9) beating Cardiff 3-0 at the Liberty in Monk’s first game in charge. Defeat that day could have been catastrophic .....
10) Swansea 1 v 1 Peterborough in May 1966. My first game - hooked ever since. I was 8 years old.

 

1) Has to be the play off win. The fella I was next to was in panic mode when we were pegged back to 3-2, then the Monk block and off the post. I turned to him and say, that’s there lot we’ll beat this now, and the rest is history.
2) My first game against Plymouth. My sister took me and sat in the double decker. I was hooked from that day onwards.
3) Panathanikos that night down The Vetch was mental. Loved it.
4) Beating Cardiff at Ninian Park, away fans banned, sat in the main stand with my Cardiff supporting brother in law and his father, when Keith Walker pops on late on, I then didn’t engage brain to my surroundings jumped cheered going nuts and my brother in law pull me back down to my seat, i did get a fair bit of abuse then, but it was worth it.
5) Beating Pompey at Fratton Park, couldn’t get tickets for the away end, so bought Pompey hospitality, funny enough after me tuning them for this, they opened it up to Swans fans. Anyway when Nath scores, I jump up (see Cardiff reaction) Then got pellet with various pies, and they moved us to the away end. It was sweet revenge after the loss to Havant. Also fair does to Pompey the girl was most apologetic about the pies incident that they refunded my sons ticket. Ironic really as he ended up playing academy football for them. (Next five to follow)

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6) Liverpool away in the FA Cup, yes I know we lost, sorry I’ll re phrase that stuffed, but a great day. I thought we scored think it was Chalmers or was it Raynor I end up on the deck with my mate pissing himself laughing.
7) Torquay away second leg play off, got ****ing socking wet, great win and Peter Guthrie having a stormer considering he was ****. Police keeping us in the ground because the Torquay fans were going nuts outside. Players were getting on their coach before us. Anyway a stop of to the off licence on the way back to the car for a celebratory drive home.
8) Taking my son to see his first game, 3rd Round FA Cup match at Reading, game was a stale mate and that was fine as they were a PL team then. But the look on his face walking into the ground then seeing the likes of Trundle playing got him hooked.
Finals time!!
9) League Cup win we’re were excellent that day, pity DeGuzman was a twat and never let Dyer go for his hatrick.
10) Johnson’s paint trophy, just for Trundles goal, just pure quality.

 

If I may intrude a little on your reminiscences....I remember a number of games v Cardiff in the Welsh Cup in the North End at the Vetch. But my emmory (I think) is one guy who would always start a chant with him shouting "Boomerlacker" or something similar with crowd answering him. The second part was "Oh my knacker, etc."
1. Did I make that up?
2. Do I also recall that at some stage in one season, there was a bit of a scandal when the Old Bill took him off for offensive shouting when he did this. (I also seem to think he would grab his nether regions when shouting the second part.)
Can anyone confirm this or am I going off my rocker?

 

Goals by
Curtis
Robbie
Trundle
Thomas
Michu
Bode
Pratts
Leon
Akinfenwa
Bony

 

So many choices but my top 5 is as below, same top 3 as Taff
1. Reading Premier league play off final
2. Hull survival game
3. Arsenal FA cup 1968, only difference was I was sitting on some corrugated fencing by the floodlight between the North bank and the East bank
4. 1982 Beating a star studded Liverpool team 2-0 - Liverpool would go onto to be Champions and the Swans 6th. Two fantastic goals from Leighton James and Alan Curtis and a ram jammed Vetch on a wonderful Tuesday night game.
5. 1970 away to Leeds 3rd round FA Cup my mates dad took us to the game. As a 14 year old I vividly remember the game. We had top notch seats next to the director's box. Leeds were a team of stars and we were lowly 4th Division. We more than held our own and were leading through a Dai Gwyther goal until 30 minutes from the end when Mel Nurse was sent off. A dodgy penalty got them level then Mick Jones scored with no Mel there.

 

I know the guy,a good mate of mine.
It was "Ziggar zaggar Ziggar zaggar rah rah rah......oh my knackers oh my knackers rah rah rah"

 

Taff....good thread and interesting to read fans thoughts.
For me so many I just can't list in order.
I guess though my number one will be my first game v Stoke FA Cup replay 1964.Thanks dad.
Others that come to mind....Ivor scoring straight from the kick off v.....sorry can't remember but I can see the man waltzing the goal.
Stuffing Leeds in our first First Division game.
Win at PNE to send us up.
Max Thompson goal v Arsenal.
Ardilles coming down with fukn snow on.
4-4 v Rotherham after Gwyther scored a hat trick.
Expect more from me as I recall....lol.

 

Many of mine are the same as already been mentioned :

1. Playoff Final against Reading
2. The third goal against Forest in the Playoff Semi - Darren Pratley from almost the half way line into an empty net. I went ballistic.
3. Beating Leeds 5-1 in the first game in the old Division 1. I remember being right at the front of the North Bank as a 10 year old watching Alan Curtis score that screamer.
4. Orient as a maybe 8 year old. My family used to work in Nigeria and a couple of the Nigerian guys came over to stay for a couple of weeks. We took them to watch a Friday night match v Orient. We stood in the open end at the Vetch. I can't remember the score, but I remember it started snowing and the 2 Nigerian guys could not believe it. The look on their faces stays with me even now. Such a good personal memory.

Edit: just did a bit of skulking around online and discovered the Orient match was Friday 21st December 1979 and we lost 1 nil.

 

Oh and of course....
Last game at The Olde Lady
First game at The Liberty

 

I was there when we beat Liverpool 2-0, had just recently got married and took my wife! I think we went top - Liverpool didn’t lose another game!

 

It was a great night Taff hope your wife enjoyed herself

 

Only took her 36 years to make a second visit!

 

Two more than my wife but my daughter has managed three

 

She’s seen 5 (in total) now! Almost a fanatic!

 

It would appear I'm not as old as some posters and I must admit to starting late .
1.My first game was 1972 losing to 2-0 to Shrewsbury on boxing day and getting arrested for back mouthing a constable (not at all proud of that , I remember we seem to play them always around Christmas time.
2. Beating Leeds in the first game in Div 1
3 West Ham in the FA cup when Martin Thomas scored a beauty to silence the PL big boys
4. Last Vetch home game v Wrexham in the FAW final
5. Last league game at the Vetch with Forbesy scoring the winner v Shrewsbury (Joe Hart in goal )
6 Wembley when we lost v Northampton , I still have a pristine condition programme, can't think why
7. Bury away when we took over the 3 stands , Willie got arrested and 3 pitch invasions made it a very memorable long weekend away
8. Millennium Stadium when we beat Carlisle 2-1 to win the FL trophy trundle and Tate with the "flag" and t shirt and I met Matthew Bound who was "up " for the cup
9. Forest away in the first leg semi final then the return match when the earth literally shook after Pratley scored
10 and the obvious Play off final at Wembley , what can I say other than from joy to fear then back to pure unadulterated joy when Scotty put away the last penalty to secure the win.
So many memories

 

Youngster

 

Some one should tell my aching joints

 

Well Phil and Glam are older than I am

I’m 61!

 

Oh I do remember that Max Thompson goal, quality. Loved Gary Stanley’s goal v Man City, that’s one of my fav goals.

 

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