The South Wales Derbies

Author:

By Dean Hayes

Format:

Hardback

Availability:

In print, usually dispatched within 48 hours.

Price:

£14.95

Tagged with:

Football, British Team, Rivalry, Cardiff City FC, Swansea City (Town) FC

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Further Details

• Published: 1st Nov 2003
• ISBN: 1903158435
• Pages: 224
• Size: 240mm x 165mm

From Word of Sport:

The rivalry between the Bluebirds and the Swans shows no sign of cooling, and this first written account is a welcome complement to 90 years of South Wales disharmony. All 149 derbies are carefully researched, and the player profiles and statistics should (remarkably) please both sets of fans.

From the Publisher:

This is the first-ever written account of the intense rivalry between Cardiff City and Swansea - the Bluebirds and the Swans - two great Welsh clubs that first met in the Southern League in 1912. Their derby games stretch over ninety years and this is the first opportunity to read about the clubs' origins and how their histories have been played out against the local and national events of the last century - with old rivalries surfacing each time the teams met.
Each of the derbies has been carefully researched, with a full report on each of the 149 first-team meetings of the clubs - in the League, FA Cup, League Cup, Associate Members Cup, Welsh Cup and Southern League - plus the lesser-known Wartime and Friendly encounters. Details about the clubs' grounds, profiles of their 'star players' and a statistical section provide compelling reading for supporters of both teams.
There may be further exciting encounters if Brian Flynn can turn the Swans' fortunes around; if they give those balls in the velvet bag a really good shake at Lancaster Gate, who knows what lies ahead?