Sport Swansea




the liberty stadium.


swansea city a.f.c. (founded 1912) city s main football association team. playing @ vetch field, moved liberty stadium @ start of 2005–2006 season, winning promotion league 1 in final year @ old stadium. team presently play in premier league, after being promoted during 2010/11 season. football association of wales had decided euro 2012 qualifying campaign, wales play of home ties @ either cardiff city stadium or liberty stadium.


swansea has 3 association football clubs play in welsh football league: garden village, south gower , west end.



swansea rugby , cricket club.


swansea home swansea rugby football club (swansea rfc), founder member of welsh rugby union , 1 of important teams in history of welsh rugby union. playing out of st helens rugby , cricket ground club not produced several of greatest welsh rugby superstars, including billy bancroft , billy trew, hosted national touring sides australia, south africa , new zealand. known whites , swansea kept constant supply of players filled welsh ranks in history of game. in 1935 swansea became first club side beat blacks.


in 2003, swansea rfc merged neath rfc form ospreys. swansea rfc remained @ st helen s in semi-professional form, ospreys moved liberty stadium in landore start of 2005–2006 season. neath-swansea rugby games used hotly contested matches, such there debate whether team incorporating both areas possible. team came fifth in celtic league in first year of existence , topped league in second year. 2012 had won league record 4 times.


st helens rugby , cricket ground home of swansea rfc , glamorgan county cricket club have played matches there. in ground, sir garfield sobers hit 6 sixes in 1 over; first time achieved in game of first-class cricket. final ball landed on ground past cricketers pub outside ground. home of tallest floodlight stand in europe.


swansea s rugby league side plays 13 miles (21 km) swansea in small town of ystalyfera. known swansea valley miners formed swansea bulls in 2002.


the swansea bowls stadium opened in 2008. stadium hosted world indoor singles , mixed pairs championship in april 2008 , gravelles welsh international open bowls championships in 2009.








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