I can't but help admire the way Swansea have gone about building their club into an established premier league side, when they installed Monk as manager I would have bet heavy money that was them finished.. Good on him though!
My best mate went out with Ann Marie, I went to same school as her and Heather. We used hang round Gloucester park skiving school by the house. So I can fully understand what you mean.
I used to work in Newport 1 day a week, and its one of the biggest **** holes anywhere I've ever seen, where a Greggs Sausage Roll is seen as haute cuisine by the locals. It would therefore have to be Swansea City who have done remarkably well since they went up.