Tag: Swansea

Ethan Galbraith: Vitor Matos hopes midfielder will stay at Swansea for a decade
1 April 2026 Off

Ethan Galbraith: Vitor Matos hopes midfielder will stay at Swansea for a decade

By Total Football News

Matos says Galbraith has established himself as a “really important player” having made an “impact” whether playing in midfield or as a back-up right-back.

The player has quickly become one of Swansea’s biggest assets alongside striker Zan Vipotnik, who agreed a new long-term contract last month.

While Matos hopes Galbraith will follow Vipotnik by signing a fresh deal, he says the Swansea hierarchy must agree to make that happen.

“It

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Frank Lampard: Coventry boss delighted by win at Swansea
22 March 2026 Off

Frank Lampard: Coventry boss delighted by win at Swansea

By Total Football News

Coventry boss Frank Lampard was delighted with the discipline of his team as they won at Swansea to take another big step towards promotion to the Premier League.

“You can’t get more professional, you can’t get more tactically on point from the players – they [Swansea] are a good team, high pressing, rotations, the want to move ball and play through you,” he told BBC CWR.

“We dealt with every

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Swansea City 0-3 Coventry City: Matt Grimes scores against old club as Sky Blues go nine points clear
22 March 2026 Off

Swansea City 0-3 Coventry City: Matt Grimes scores against old club as Sky Blues go nine points clear

By Total Football News

Swansea head coach Vitor Matos:

“We had chances, we didn’t score. That shows that in this kind of game, being clinical is massive, having the mental focus in that kind of situation is massive.

“That’s something we need to improve. For 30 minutes I think we were a good team who properly pushed Coventry in moments they didn’t like.

“Cross bar, post, good chance for Franco as well, then a

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Matt Grimes: ‘Nothing much I can say’ about fan reaction – Swansea City boss Vitor Matos
19 March 2026 Off

Matt Grimes: ‘Nothing much I can say’ about fan reaction – Swansea City boss Vitor Matos

By Total Football News

Grimes joined Swansea, who were then a Premier League side, from Exeter City in 2015 for £1.75m.

Though his impact was limited during the club’s spell in the top flight, the midfielder established himself as a key figure following their relegation from the top flight in 2018.

Grimes was a regular in the second tier, going on to make 333 Swansea appearances and captaining the club for five-and-a-half seasons before

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Portsmouth 1-2 Swansea City: Pompey survival hopes suffer a blow as Galbraith and Key strike
11 March 2026 Off

Portsmouth 1-2 Swansea City: Pompey survival hopes suffer a blow as Galbraith and Key strike

By Total Football News

Portsmouth’s Championship survival prospects suffered a blow as Swansea City climbed into the top half of the table thanks to a 2-1 victory at Fratton Park.

Ethan Galbraith’s precise finish put Swansea in front and the visitors’ first-half control was rewarded with a second goal when Josh Key’s deflected drive dipped inside the far post.

Portsmouth had hit the woodwork through Jacob Brown early on, but laboured in attack until

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Ipswich Town 3-0 Swansea City: Mehmeti, Azon and Hirst goals boost top-two hopes
2 March 2026 Off

Ipswich Town 3-0 Swansea City: Mehmeti, Azon and Hirst goals boost top-two hopes

By Total Football News

Ipswich boss Kieran McKenna:

“A good performance. I thought the boys went at it with a lot of humility, recognised exactly what the opponent was and what we needed to do.

“That meant first half a really aggressive high press, man to man. We put together some really good moves through the pitch ourselves and got the goals.

“Second half we needed to stay humble, defend, limit them and know

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Ipswich 3 – 0 Swansea
2 March 2026 Off

Ipswich 3 – 0 Swansea

By Total Football News

Ipswich maintained their challenge for automatic promotion to the Premier League as they confidently defeated Swansea 3-0 at Portman Road.

Their return to the Suffolk stadium after four straight games on the road came after man-of-the-match Anis Mehmeti gave them the lead with just three minutes on the clock.

Ivan Azon added the second in the 41st minute with an acute effort and substitute George Hirst added the gloss with

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Snoop Dogg’s surreal Swansea visit heralds late drama in Preston draw
25 February 2026 Off

Snoop Dogg’s surreal Swansea visit heralds late drama in Preston draw

By Total Football News

Preston had only brought around 200 fans for what was a sell-out. With tickets in the away end sold to Swansea supporters, this was a record number of home fans at a game in this stadium.

Yet the away fans were loudest during a first half in which their team led to puncture the party atmosphere.

“Snoop Dogg, what’s the score?” sang Preston’s travelling contingent, before later chanting: “Where’s your

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Swansea City 1-1 Preston North End: Liam Cullen rescues Snoop Dogg’s Swans party against Preston
25 February 2026 Off

Swansea City 1-1 Preston North End: Liam Cullen rescues Snoop Dogg’s Swans party against Preston

By Total Football News

Midweek Championship fixtures do not tend to generate this much fanfare but, then again, most matches in this division do not have rap royalty in the stands.

Fans had queued outside the Swansea.com Stadium five hours before kick-off to see Snoop, the man who had sold more than 35 million records and was now responsible for a surge in ticket sales in south Wales.

Each seat was adorned with a

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Snoop Dogg: Legendary American rapper drops in on Swansea City training
24 February 2026 Off

Snoop Dogg: Legendary American rapper drops in on Swansea City training

By Total Football News

Legendary rapper Snoop Dogg paid a visit to the Swansea City training ground, a day before watching the team play for the first time.

The American hip hop star is an investor in the Championship club and will be part of a record Swansea turnout for the Tuesday night visit of Preston North End.

Read more: Snoop Dogg and Swansea – the story behind football’s unlikeliest link-up

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