The Swansea City Courier
Match21 Aug 2027
The run at home goes on for Swansea City
20 matches unbeaten here. Every visiting manager is asked about it in the week before, which is precisely why it keeps going.
The dugout23 Aug 2027
Ayyoub Bouaddi: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Swansea City have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market23 Aug 2027
Moussa Yeo hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Swansea City can pretend not to have heard.
Player ratings23 Aug 2027
Stephen Eustáquio scores twice — 8.24
Two goals and a mark of 8.24 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Market23 Aug 2027
Ronald has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Swansea City they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Boardroom23 Aug 2027
Graduation day at Swansea City
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Transfer targets23 Aug 2027
Swansea City rebuffed over Karim Konaté
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Benfica have kept their man, and Swansea City go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Player ratings23 Aug 2027
Moussa Yeo did the work nobody counts — 7.00
12 combined actions and 7.00. The job he did is the one that shows up as other people looking good, and the only reliable way to notice it is to watch what happens on the afternoons he is missing.
Market23 Aug 2027
Eyes on Joel Ward again
The phone has started ringing about Joel Ward again, and this time the name on the line is Harrogate Town. Swansea City are listening politely and promising nothing.
In brief
- Match Swansea City find a way past West Bromwich Albion
- Market Swansea City promote Charles Shaw from within
- Match Stephen Eustáquio the difference as Swansea City beat Blackburn Rovers