Swanselona

 

...Swansea Out !

But for those who are taking you seriously, Swansea were formed to compete in the Southern League in 1912 and then were invited to join the Third Division in 1920, along with QPR and Norwich, who coincidentally also went up this year. ANd unlike the Scots and the Irish, the Welsh, as the descendants of the original Britons, also have genuine ties to what is now England.

But we have moved to a brand new stadium, and I hope you Tottenham guys grow to hate coming up there as much as you did the Vetch.

 

Could you please expand on this a bit more?

 

I had thought that youse were all Celts (throw in a bit of Pict for the Scottish).  It was those blimmin' Angles, Saxons, Jutes and the odd randy Viking that came along later and ruined it all for you Britons.

 

 

Edit:  Oh yes, and the filthy Normans (and of course the Romans, then the gypos, wogs, darkies...)

 

Junior. Without boring everyone with a history lesson, the Welsh name for England is Lloegr which is usually translated as the lost lands. There were British Kingdoms in what is now England, which were lost to the Saxon invasions, and several of the Kingdoms which were in traditional Wales had boundaries which extended into what is now England. The Welsh counties are named after some of those ancient kingdoms, Dyfed, Powys etc while the North Wales Kingdoms were ruled by descendants from the last Roman Governors, which came from the four British Kingdoms in what is now Scotland and what is now called Cumbria (which is virtually the same name as the Welsh name for Wales, Cymru). The Welsh dragon is also supposedly a link to the Roman Britons, being the former legionary banner. The Arthurian legends also go back to these times of fighting the Saxons, and the supposed retreat west into Wales. So, the Welsh are the descendants of the Roman Britons, who were the Romanised Celts before the Saxons came in the fifth century.

But Swansea wasn't founded until a Viking by the name of Svein Forkbeard set up camp in an Island in the Tawe reiver the 9th Century to go a'raiding. The name mean's Svein's Oy (Oy being Island). History is always complicated, and my head hurts.

 

However you were still Celts weren't you?  And if you were founded by a Viking then you'd be closer to the Geordies than the rest of England?

 

 

 

Interestingly I worked with a Breton student a while back and she said she felt more at home with Irish and Scottish than with other French.

 

Kulcha eh?

 

 

Won't take you to task on your interpretation of the "known world". 

 

 

 

The two empires never actually clashed and it is speculated that there was no need to enter into a conflict as both empires were logistically stretched as it was (and Trajan had troubles with pesky Parthians).  Later Marcus Aurelius established some diplomatic link with the Han empire.

 

 

 

Welcome to the EPL.

 

 

There is only one team to follow in Wales.............................CHESTER FC !

 

I went to see Stockport County v Chester City in 2008, my first County game after 17 years in NZ. Didnt see Stockport score, or concede a goal, didn't see them win, lose, or draw  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Bookies have us favourites to go right back down. Mind you they said that last year and the year before.

And a little treat from Magic Daps himself, Trundeldinho. Enjoy.

Still lives in Swansea, playing for Neath (the town next door) in the FAW.

Reports say they could not cope with Swansea's possession football.

We'll do that to a few more sides this year. Can't wait.

 

We aren't banking on points from the "Euro League" sides, so apart from the goal differnce, we didn't lose too much sleep over the loss.

We'll get a better handle on how we'll go against Wigan this weekend.

I was thrilled by the way our new goal keeper Michel Vorm went, and Joe Allen made a difference when he came on - he'll start in our "home" lineup on Saturday.

We still need a bit of strengthening, though, especially up front.