2008–09 Swansea City A.F.C. season

Swansea City
2008–09 season
Chairman	Huw Jenkins
Manager	Roberto Martínez
Football League Championship	8th
FA Cup	Fifth Round
League Cup	Fourth Round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Jason Scotland (21); All: ; Jason Scotland (24)
Highest home attendance	18,053 vs Cardiff City (30 November 2008)
Lowest home attendance	11,442 vs Barnsley (9 December 2008)
Home colours	Away colours

The 2008–09 season was Swansea City A.F.C.'s first time in the second tier of English football for 24 years. Swansea gained promotion as champions of League One by 10 points.

Squad statistics

Playing stats

Last updated on 10 March 2009

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Dorus de Vries	46	0	40	0	3	0	3	0
2	DF		Ashley Williams	51	1	46	1	4	0	1	0
3	DF		Marcos Painter	12	0	11	0	0	0	1	0
4	DF		Kristian O'Leary	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
5	DF		Alan Tate	31	1	21+4	1	4	0	2	0
6	MF		Ferrie Bodde	19	7	17	7	0	0	2	0
7	MF		Leon Britton	49	0	43+1	0	4	0	1	0
8	MF		Darren Pratley	38	4	32+4	4	1	0	1	0
9	FW		Jason Scotland	50	23	38+6	20	3	3	3	0
10	MF		Andrea Orlandi	15	1	6+5	1	2	0	2	0
11	MF		Mark Gower	39	0	30+4	0	3	0	2	0
14	MF		Jordi Gómez	51	13	38+6	11	3	0	4	2
16	DF		Garry Monk	46	0	40	0	3	0	3	0
17	MF		Owain Tudur Jones	14	0	4+5	0	2	0	3	0
18	FW		Gorka Pintado	46	7	10+31	5	2	1	3	1
19	MF		Chris Jones	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF		Shaun MacDonald	9	2	2+3	0	1	0	3	2
21	DF		Federico Bessone	16	0	13+2	0	0	0	1	0
22	DF		Àngel Rangel	47	1	39+1	1	4	0	3	0
23	FW		Guillem Bauzà	21	3	4+11	2	3	1	3	0
24	MF		Joe Allen	26	1	17+6	1	2	0	1	0
25	MF		Matthew Collins	4	0	2+1	0	0	0	1	0
26	DF		Albert Serrán	18	0	10+3	0	2	0	3	0
28	MF		Thomas Butler	30	1	19+9	1	1	0	1	0
30	FW		Chad Bond	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	MF		Nathan Dyer	20	3	12+4	2	4	1	0	0

No longer at the club

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
–	GK		Dimitrios Konstantopoulos	6	0	4	0	1	0	1	0
–	GK		Artur Krysiak	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
–	DF		Stephen O'Halloran	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
–	FW		Febian Brandy	18	0	14	0	0	0	4	0

Disciplinary record

For games in the 2008–09 Championship.

No.	Player	Yellow cards	Red cards
6	Ferrie Bodde	6	0
8	Darren Pratley	6	0
2	Ashley Williams	3	0
7	Leon Britton	9	1
14	Jordi Gómez	8	0
22	Àngel Rangel	6	0
18	Gorka Pintado	1	0
3	Marcos Painter	2	0
21	Federico Bessone	2	0
11	Mark Gower	1	0
9	Jason Scotland	1	0
28	Thomas Butler	2	1
16	Garry Monk	3	1
5	Alan Tate	4	0
26	Albert Serran	3	0
23	Guillem Bauzà	1	0
24	Joe Allen	4	0
31	Nathan Dyer	1	0
1	Dorus de Vries	1	0
20	Shaun MacDonald	1	0

For games in the 2008–09 League Cup.

No.	Player	Yellow cards
14	Jordi Gómez	1
18	Gorka Pintado	1
17	Owain Tudur Jones	1
23	Guillem Bauzà	1
12	Febian Brandy	1

For games in the 2008–09 FA Cup.

No.	Player	Yellow cards
8	Darren Pratley	1
5	Alan Tate	1
7	Leon Britton	1

Awards

Manager of the Month

January: Roberto Martínez^[1]

Player of the Month

February: Jason Scotland^[2]

Championship Team of the Week

The following Swansea players have been selected in the official Championship team of the week.

26 August 2008: Àngel Rangel
6 October 2008: Ashley Williams, Jason Scotland
27 October 2008: Artur Krysiak, Jordi Gómez
3 November 2008: Dimitrios Konstantopoulos, Jordi Gómez
1 December 2008: Leon Britton
30 December 2008: Darren Pratley
12 January 2009: Garry Monk, Jason Scotland
19 January 2009: Joe Allen
2 February 2009: Jordi Gómez
9 February 2009: Jordi Gómez, Jason Scotland
23 February 2009: Jordi Gómez
6 April 2009: Nathan Dyer
15 April 2009: Leon Britton, Ashley Williams, Jason Scotland
20 April 2009: Garry Monk

Player transfers

In

Date	Pos.	No.	Name	From	Fee	Source
22 May 2008	DF	2	Ashley Williams	Stockport County	£400,000	^[3]
27 June 2008	MF	11	Mark Gower	Southend United	Free	^[4]
6 June 2008	FW	18	Gorka Pintado	Granada	£100,000	^[5]
28 June 2008	DF	21	Federico Bessone	Espanyol	Free	^[6]
1 July 2008	DF	25	Albert Serrán	Espanyol	£80,000	^[7]
10 July 2008	FW	–	Stefan Morrison	West Bromwich Albion	Free	^[8]

Out

Date	Pos.	No.	Name	To	Fee	Source
21 May 2008	MF	–	Andy Robinson	Leeds United	Free	^[9]
5 June 2008	DF	–	Kevin Austin	Chesterfield	Free	^[10]
9 June 2008	DF	–	Kevin Amankwaah	Swindon Town	Free	^[11]
3 July 2008	FW	–	Darryl Duffy	Bristol Rovers	£100,000	^[12]

Loans in

Date In	Date Left	Pos.	No.	Name	From	Source
6 June 2008	Season	MF	14	Jordi Gómez	Espanyol	^[5]
22 July 2008	12 January 2009	FW	12	Febian Brandy	Manchester United	^[13]
23 September 2008	22 December 2008	GK	–	Artur Krysiak	Birmingham City	^[14]
27 October 2008	28 December 2008	GK	36	Dimitrios Konstantopoulos	Coventry City	^[15]
5 November 2008	15 December 2008 (Injured – Loan ended)	DF	–	Stephen O'Halloran	Aston Villa	^[16]
2 January 2009	Season	MF	31	Nathan Dyer	Southampton	^[17]
8 January 2009	31 January 2009	GK	36	Dimitrios Konstantopoulos	Coventry City	^[18]

Loans out

Date Left	Date Back	Pos.	No.	Name	Loaned to	Source
31 December 2008	Season	DF	15	Dennis Lawrence	Crewe Alexandra	^[19]
August 2008	Season	MF	32	Scott Evans	Port Talbot Town	^[20]
New Year	Season	FW	33	Kerry Morgan	Neath Athletic	^[21]
August 2008	Season	DF	34	Kyle Graves	Neath Athletic	^[22]
7 October 2008	23 October 2008 (Injured – Loan Ended)	MF	24	Joe Allen	Wrexham	^[23]
27 January 2009	26 February 2009	MF	20	Shaun MacDonald	Yeovil Town	^[24]

Fixtures and results

Pre-season friendlies

Swansea City scores given first

Friendlies
Game	Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Scorers	Attendance	Report
1	9 July 2008	Away	Östersunds FK	6–0	Pintado 3', 22', 34', Bauzà 52', 70', Gower 64'	507	SCFC.co.uk
2	16 July 2008	Away	Neath Athletic	5–0	Bauzà (2), Bodde (pen), Van der Heijden, Morrison	7,500	BBC Sport
3	17 July 2008	Neutral	Port Talbot Town	4–0 (Dur:45 mins)	Pintado (3), Gower	1,000	SCFC.co.uk
4	17 July 2008	Neutral	Carmarthen Town	3–0 (Dur:45 mins)	Bauzà (3)	1,000	SCFC.co.uk
5	25 July 2008	Neutral	Espanyol	0–4		3,500	SCFC.co.uk
6	26 July 2008	Away	Peralada	2–0	Butler 15', Bauzà 82'	500	SCFC.co.uk
7	27 July 2008	Away	Palamós	1–0	Orlandi 47'	800	SCFC.co.uk
8	28 July 2008	Away	Barcelona B	3–3	Bauzà 50', 58', Brandy 88'	1,500	SCFC.co.uk
9	31 July 2008	Away	Chester City	3–2	Pratley, Morrison, Painter	889	BBC Sport
10	2 August 2008	Home	West Bromwich Albion	0–0		5,996	SCFC.co.uk
11	5 August 2008	Home	ADO Den Haag	1–0	Orlandi 67'	4,525	SCFC.co.uk

The Championship

The season finished on 3 May when Swansea City played Blackpool at the Liberty Stadium.

9 August 2008 FLC	Charlton Athletic	2 – 0	Swansea City	The Valley, London
	Hudson 9' Gray 85'			Attendance: 21,675 Referee: Richard Beeby

16 August 2008 FLC	Swansea City	3 – 1	Nottingham Forest	Liberty Stadium, Swansea
	Smith 9' (o.g.) Bodde 71' Pintado 86'		Perch 35'	Attendance: 16,611 Referee: Paul Taylor

23 August 2008 FLC	Plymouth Argyle	0 – 1	Swansea City	Home Park, Plymouth
			Scotland 44'	Attendance: 9,203 Referee: Andy D'Urso

30 August 2008 FLC	Swansea City	1 – 1	Sheffield Wednesday	Liberty Stadium, Swansea
	Bodde 36'		Watson 70'	Attendance: 16,702 Referee: Kevin Friend

13 September 2008 FLC	Crystal Palace	2 – 0	Swansea City	Selhurst Park, London
	Watson 28' Carle 66'			Attendance: 14,621 Referee: Lee Mason

16 September 2008 FLC	Swansea City	1 – 1	Derby County	Liberty Stadium, Swansea
	Williams 76'		Pearson 63'	Attendance: 14,003 Referee: Andy Penn

20 September 2008 FLC	Swansea City	1 – 1	Burnley	Liberty Stadium, Swansea
	Bodde 90'		Guðjónsson 59'	Attendance: 13,299 Referee: Andy Hall

27 September 2008 FLC	Reading	4 – 0	Swansea City	Madejski Stadium, Reading
	N. Hunt 19' Doyle 26', 90' S. Hunt 40'			Attendance: 20,093 Referee: Scott Mathieson

30 September 2008 FLC	Preston North End	0 – 2	Swansea City	Deepdale, Preston
			Bodde 19' Gómez 80' (pen.)	Attendance: 10,558 Referee: Carl Boyeson

4 October 2008 FLC	Swansea City	3 – 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Liberty Stadium, Swansea
	Gómez 1' Scotland 41', 57'		Keogh 16'	Attendance: 17,556 Referee: Trevor Kettle

18 October 2008 FLC	Ipswich Town	2 – 2	Swansea City	Portman Road, Ipswich
	Counago 43', 82'		Bodde 49' Gómez 69'	Attendance: 20,026 Referee: Jon Moss

21 October 2008 FLC	Swansea City	0 – 0	Queens Park Rangers	Liberty Stadium, Swansea
				Attendance: 13,475 Referee: Tony Bates

25 October 2008 FLC	Swansea City	3 – 0	Southampton	Liberty Stadium, Swansea
	Pratley 12' Gómez 58' Butler 72'			Attendance: 15,564 Referee: Peter Walton

28 October 2008 FLC	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2 – 1	Swansea City	Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton
	Ebanks-Blake 45', 57'		Pratley 49'	Attendance: 21,988 Referee: Richard Beeby

1 November 2008 FLC	Doncaster Rovers	0 – 0	Swansea City	Keepmoat Stadium, Doncaster
				Attendance: 9,534 Referee: Keith Stroud

9 November 2008 FLC	Swansea City	3 – 1	Watford	Liberty Stadium, Swansea
	Bodde 34' Scotland 59' Bauzà 90'		Williamson 33'	Attendance: 13,891 Referee: Rob Shoebridge

15 November 2008 FLC	Norwich City	2 – 3	Swansea City	Carrow Road, Norwich
	Lupoli 28' Rangel 61' (o.g.)		Scotland 43' Pratley 47' Bodde 49'	Attendance: 24,262 Referee: Grant Hegley

21 November 2008 FLC	Swansea City	2 – 3	Birmingham City	Liberty Stadium, Swansea
	Gómez 2' Ridgewell 45' (o.g.)		Bent 42' Phillips 74', 79'	Attendance: 16,956 Referee: Anthony Taylor

25 November 2008 FLC	Coventry City	1 – 1	Swansea City	Ricoh Arena, Coventry
	Fox 87'		Gómez 67'	Attendance: 15,149 Referee: Mark Haywood

30 November 2008 FLC	Swansea City	2 – 2	Cardiff City	Liberty Stadium, Swansea
	Pratley 19' Pintado 61'		Ledley 45' McCormack 48' (pen.)	Attendance: 18,056 Referee: Martin Atkinson

6 December 2008 FLC	Bristol City	0 – 0	Swansea City	Ashton Gate, Bristol
				Attendance: 16,405 Referee: Lee Mason

9 December 2008 FLC	Swansea City	2 – 2	Barnsley	Oakwell, Barnsley
	Scotland 66', 90'		Macken 49' Campbell-Ryce 56' (pen.)	Attendance: 11,442 Referee: Graham Horwood

13 December 2008 FLC	Swansea City	1 – 1	Sheffield United	Liberty Stadium, Swansea
	Scotland 56' (pen.)		Morgan 87'	Attendance: 14,744 Referee: Andre Marriner

20 December 2008 FLC	Blackpool	1 – 1	Swansea City	Bloomfield Road, Blackpool
	Gow 74'		Scotland 67'	Attendance: 7,007 Referee: Darren Deadman

26 December 2008 FLC	Swansea City	0 – 0	Coventry City	Liberty Stadium, Swansea
				Attendance: 17,603 Referee: Steve Tanner

28 December 2008 FLC	Birmingham City	0 – 0	Swansea City	St Andrew's Stadium, Birmingham
				Attendance: 21,836 Referee: Mike Riley

10 January 2009 FLC	Burnley	0 – 2	Swansea City	Turf Moor, Burnley
			Scotland 35' (pen.), 86'	Attendance: 13,740 Referee: Michael Oliver

17 January 2009 FLC	Swansea City	2 – 0	Reading	Liberty Stadium, Swansea
	Scotland 45' Orlandi 89'			Attendance: 15,197 Referee: Fred Graham

27 January 2009 FLC	Swansea City	4 – 1	Preston North End	Liberty Stadium, Swansea
	Gómez 2' Scotland 29' Bauzà 69' Tate 87'		Brown 90'	Attendance: 14,774 Referee: P. Gibbs

31 January 2009 FLC	Southampton	2 – 2	Swansea City	St Mary's Stadium, Southampton
	Saganowski 17' 76'		Gómez 33' Pintado 65'	Attendance: 17,623 Referee: Steve Tanner

7 February 2009 FLC	Swansea City	3 – 0	Ipswich Town	Liberty Stadium, Swansea
	Scotland 3', 73' Gómez 86'			Attendance: 14,020 Referee: Kevin Wright

17 February 2009 FLC	Watford	2 – 0	Swansea City	Vicarage Road, Watford
	Priskin 23' Template:Tommy Smith (footballer) 33'			Attendance: 13,727 Referee: Anthony Taylor

21 February 2009 FLC	Swansea City	3 – 1	Doncaster Rovers	Liberty Stadium, Swansea
	Scotland 28' (pen.) Gómez 71', 90'		Coppinger 11'	Attendance: 16,161 Referee: Scott Mathieson

28 February 2009 FLC	Swansea City	1 – 1	Charlton Athletic	Liberty Stadium, Swansea
	Dyer 42'		Bailey 55'	Attendance: 15,053 Referee: Keith Stroud

3 March 2009 FLC	Derby County	2 – 2	Swansea City	Pride Park Stadium, Derby
	Porter 14', 48'		Rangel 55' Pintado 87'	Attendance: 26,691 Referee: Phil Crossley

7 March 2009 FLC	Nottingham Forest	1 – 1	Swansea City	City Ground, Nottingham
	McGugan 76'		Scotland 61'	Attendance: 20,475 Referee: Jon Moss

10 March 2009 FLC	Swansea City	1 – 0	Plymouth Argyle	Liberty Stadium, Swansea
	Scotland 78' (pen.)			Attendance: 13,103 Referee: Iain Williamson

14 March 2009 FLC	Swansea City	1 – 3	Crystal Palace	Liberty Stadium, Swansea
	Pintado 66'		Moses 49' Fonte 61' Kuqi 90'	Attendance: 13,663 Referee: Roger East

17 March 2009 FLC	Queens Park Rangers	1 – 0	Swansea City	Loftus Road, London
	Leigertwood 30'			Attendance: 12,288 Referee: Graham Horwood

21 March 2009 FLC	Sheffield Wednesday	0 – 0	Swansea City	Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield
				Attendance: 22,564 Referee: Mike Jones

5 April 2009 FLC	Cardiff City	2 – 2	Swansea City	Ninian Park, Cardiff
	Chopra 54' McCormack 90' (pen.)		Dyer 11' Allen 88'	Attendance: 20,156 Referee: Mike Dean

11 April 2009 FLC	Swansea City	2 – 1	Norwich City	Liberty Stadium, Swansea
	Scotland 29', 50' (pen.)		Lee 33'	Attendance: 15,783 Referee: Graham Salisbury

13 April 2009 FLC	Barnsley	1 – 3	Swansea City	Oakwell, Barnsley
	Bogdanović 84' (pen.)		Williams 2' Gómez 36' Scotland 67'	Attendance: 11,788 Referee: David Foster

18 April 2009 FLC	Swansea City	1 – 0	Bristol City	Liberty Stadium, Swansea
	Monk 25'			Attendance: 15,327 Referee: Lee Mason

25 April 2009 FLC	Sheffield United	1 – 0	Swansea City	Bramall Lane, Sheffield
	Cotterill 37' (pen.)			Attendance: 28,010 Referee: Rob Styles

3 May 2009 FLC	Swansea City	0 – 1	Blackpool	Liberty Stadium, Swansea
			Campbell 13'	Attendance: 16,316 Referee: Carl Boyeson

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	W	D	L	D	D	L	W	W	D	D	W	L	D	W	W	L	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	D	D	D	W	L	L	D	D	W	W	W	L	L

A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

The FA Cup

13 January 2009 Round 3	Histon	1 – 2	Swansea City	Bridge Road, Impington
	Simpson 84'		Pintado 22' Bauzà 38'	Attendance: 2,821 Referee: Phil Crossley

24 January 2009 Round 4	Portsmouth	0 – 2	Swansea City	Fratton Park, Portsmouth
			Dyer 26' Scotland 45' (pen.)	Attendance: 17,357 Referee: Andre Marriner

14 February 2009 Round 5	Swansea City	1 – 1	Fulham	Liberty Stadium, Swansea
	Scotland 52'		Monk 44' (o.g.)	Attendance: 16,573 Referee: Howard Webb

24 February 2009 replay	Fulham	2 – 1	Swansea City	Craven Cottage, London
	Dempsey 77' Zamora 80'		Scotland 47'	Attendance: 12,316 Referee: Mark Halsey

League Cup

Swansea reached the Fourth round of the League Cup before losing to Championship strugglers Watford.^[25]

12 August 2008 Round 1	Swansea City	2 – 0	Brentford	Liberty Stadium, Swansea
	MacDonald 31', 69'			Attendance: 5,366 Referee: Steve Bratt

26 August 2008 Round 2	Swansea City	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Hull City	Liberty Stadium, Swansea
	Pintado 63' Gómez 105' (pen.)		Windass 11'	Attendance: 8,622 Referee: Mike Russell

23 September 2008 Round 3	Swansea City	1 – 0	Cardiff City	Liberty Stadium, Swansea
	Gómez 57'			Attendance: 17,411 Referee: Alan Wiley

11 November 2008 Round 4	Swansea City	0 – 1	Watford	Liberty Stadium, Swansea
			Williamson 21'	Attendance: 9,549 Referee: Andy D'Urso

References

↑ "Martinez named Championship's best". Football League. 2009-02-05. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
↑ "Scotland the Championship's best". Football League. 2009-03-09. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
↑ "Swans complete Williams signing". BBC Sport. 2008-05-22. Retrieved 2009-01-09.
↑ "Martinez confirms Gower signing". BBC Sport. 2008-06-27. Retrieved 2009-01-09.
1 2 "Spanish duo complete Liberty move". BBC Sport. 2008-06-06. Retrieved 2009-01-09.
↑ "Swansea sign Argentine defender". BBC Sport. 2008-06-28. Retrieved 2009-01-09.
↑ "Swans sign Serran in £80,000 deal". BBC Sport. 2008-06-01. Retrieved 2009-01-09.
↑ "Swans sign young Baggies striker". BBC Sport. 2008-06-10. Retrieved 2009-01-09.
↑ "Robinson agrees to Leeds switch". BBC Sport. 2008-05-21. Retrieved 2009-01-09.
↑ "Austin makes Chesterfield switch". BBC Sport. 2008-06-05. Retrieved 2009-01-09.
↑ "Swindon sign defender Amankwaah". BBC Sport. 2008-06-09. Retrieved 2009-01-09.
↑ "Duffy seals Bristol Rovers switch". BBC Sport. 2008-07-04. Retrieved 2009-01-09.
↑ "Swans snap up Brandy in loan deal". BBC Sport. 2008-07-22. Retrieved 2009-01-09.
↑ "Swans sign keeper from Birmingham". BBC Sport. 2008-09-23. Retrieved 2009-01-09.
↑ "Swans seal Konstantopoulos deal". BBC Sport. 2008-10-24. Retrieved 2009-01-09.
↑ "Swans sign O'Halloran from Villa". BBC Sport. 2008-11-05. Retrieved 2009-01-09.
↑ "Dyer completes Swansea loan move". BBC Sport. 2009-01-02. Retrieved 2009-01-09.
↑ "Konstantopoulos returns to Swans". BBC Sport. 2009-01-06. Retrieved 2009-01-09.
↑ "Lawrence extends Crewe loan spell". BBC Sport. 2008-12-31. Retrieved 2009-01-09.
↑ "Scott Evans". Welsh Premier. Retrieved 2009-01-09.
↑ "Kerry Morgan". Swans World. Retrieved 2009-01-09.
↑ "Kyle Graves". League of Wales. Retrieved 2009-01-09.
↑ "Swan Allen joins Wrexham on loan". BBC Sport. 2008-10-07. Retrieved 2009-01-20.
↑ "Kyle Graves". Swans World. 2009-01-27. Retrieved 2009-01-27.
↑ "Swansea 0-1 Watford". BBC Sport. 2008-11-11. Retrieved 2009-01-09.

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[1] "Martinez named Championship's best". Football League. 2009-02-05. Retrieved 2009-02-19.

[2] "Scotland the Championship's best". Football League. 2009-03-09. Retrieved 2009-02-19.

[3] "Swans complete Williams signing". BBC Sport. 2008-05-22. Retrieved 2009-01-09.

[4] "Martinez confirms Gower signing". BBC Sport. 2008-06-27. Retrieved 2009-01-09.

[Spanish_duo_complete_Liberty_move-5] 1 2 "Spanish duo complete Liberty move". BBC Sport. 2008-06-06. Retrieved 2009-01-09.

[6] "Swansea sign Argentine defender". BBC Sport. 2008-06-28. Retrieved 2009-01-09.

[7] "Swans sign Serran in £80,000 deal". BBC Sport. 2008-06-01. Retrieved 2009-01-09.

[8] "Swans sign young Baggies striker". BBC Sport. 2008-06-10. Retrieved 2009-01-09.

[9] "Robinson agrees to Leeds switch". BBC Sport. 2008-05-21. Retrieved 2009-01-09.

[10] "Austin makes Chesterfield switch". BBC Sport. 2008-06-05. Retrieved 2009-01-09.

[11] "Swindon sign defender Amankwaah". BBC Sport. 2008-06-09. Retrieved 2009-01-09.

[12] "Duffy seals Bristol Rovers switch". BBC Sport. 2008-07-04. Retrieved 2009-01-09.

[13] "Swans snap up Brandy in loan deal". BBC Sport. 2008-07-22. Retrieved 2009-01-09.

[14] "Swans sign keeper from Birmingham". BBC Sport. 2008-09-23. Retrieved 2009-01-09.

[15] "Swans seal Konstantopoulos deal". BBC Sport. 2008-10-24. Retrieved 2009-01-09.

[16] "Swans sign O'Halloran from Villa". BBC Sport. 2008-11-05. Retrieved 2009-01-09.

[17] "Dyer completes Swansea loan move". BBC Sport. 2009-01-02. Retrieved 2009-01-09.

[18] "Konstantopoulos returns to Swans". BBC Sport. 2009-01-06. Retrieved 2009-01-09.

[19] "Lawrence extends Crewe loan spell". BBC Sport. 2008-12-31. Retrieved 2009-01-09.

[20] "Scott Evans". Welsh Premier. Retrieved 2009-01-09.

[21] "Kerry Morgan". Swans World. Retrieved 2009-01-09.

[22] "Kyle Graves". League of Wales. Retrieved 2009-01-09.

[23] "Swan Allen joins Wrexham on loan". BBC Sport. 2008-10-07. Retrieved 2009-01-20.

[24] "Kyle Graves". Swans World. 2009-01-27. Retrieved 2009-01-27.

[25] "Swansea 0-1 Watford". BBC Sport. 2008-11-11. Retrieved 2009-01-09.

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