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2023–24 Swansea City A.F.C. Season
The 2023–24 season was the 112th season in the history of Swansea City A.F.C., Swansea City and their sixth consecutive season in the EFL Championship, Championship. The club participated in the 2023–24 EFL Championship, Championship, the 2023–24 FA Cup, FA Cup, and the 2023–24 EFL Cup, EFL Cup. First-team squad Transfers In : † signed for Under-21s Out Loaned in † Signed initially for the Under-21s Loaned out Statistics :Players with names ''in italics'' and marked * were Loan (sports), on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Swansea City. , - !colspan=15, ''Players who left the club during the season:'' Goals record Disciplinary record Pre-season and friendlies Michael Duff (footballer), Michael Duff was named Swansea City's new head coach on 22 June. Additionally, there were changes at boardroom level, including the appointment of Andy Coleman as the club's new chairman. Swansea began t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swansea City A
Swansea ( ; ) is a coastal City status in the United Kingdom, city and the List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, second-largest city of Wales. It forms a Principal areas of Wales, principal area, officially known as the City and County of Swansea (). The city is the List of cities in the United Kingdom, twenty-eighth largest in the United Kingdom. Located along Swansea Bay in south-west Wales, with the principal area covering the Gower Peninsula, it is part of the Swansea Bay (region), Swansea Bay region and part of the Historic counties of Wales, historic county of Glamorgan and the ancient Welsh commote of Gŵyr. The principal area is the second most List of Welsh principal areas by population, populous local authority area in Wales, with an estimated population of in . Swansea, along with Neath and Port Talbot, forms the Swansea urban area, with a population of 300,352 in 2011. It is also part of the Swansea Bay City Region. During the 19th-century industrial heyday, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy Fisher (footballer)
Andrew Lee Fisher (born 12 February 1998) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for club Swansea City. Club career Blackburn Rovers In January 2016 Fisher signed his first professional contract at Blackburn Rovers penning a two-and-a-half-year deal. On 29 August 2017 he made his first team debut, keeping a clean sheet in a 1–0 EFL Trophy group stage win over Stoke City U21. Two months later, Fisher signed an extended deal keeping him at the club until the summer of 2021. Over the following two seasons, Fisher found limited first team opportunities and was sent out on loan to FC United of Manchester, Northampton Town and Milton Keynes Dons. Milton Keynes Dons On 16 October 2020, Fisher re-joined former loan club Milton Keynes Dons on a permanent deal, eventually replacing Lee Nicholls as first choice goalkeeper under manager Russell Martin, and continued under Martin's successor, Liam Manning Liam John Manning (born 20 October 1985) is an Engl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torquay
Torquay ( ) is a seaside town in Devon, England, part of the unitary authority area of Torbay. It lies south of the county town of Exeter and east-north-east of Plymouth, on the north of Tor Bay, adjoining the neighbouring town of Paignton on the west of the bay and across from the fishing port of Brixham. In 2011 the built-up area of Torquay had a population of 65,245. The town's economy, like Brixham's, was initially based upon fishing and agriculture; however, in the early 19th century, it began to develop into a fashionable seaside resort. Later, as the town's fame spread, it was popular with Victorian society. Renowned for its mild climate (at least for England), the town earned the nickname the English Riviera. The writer Agatha Christie was born in the town and lived at Ashfield in Torquay during her early years. There is an "Agatha Christie Mile", a tour with plaques dedicated to her life and work. The poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning lived in the town from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defender (association Football)
In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Defenders fall into four main categories: centre-backs, full-backs, sweepers, and wing-backs. The centre-back and full-back positions are most common in modern formations. The sweeper and wing-back roles are more specialised, often limited to certain formations dependent on the manager's style of play and tactics. Centre-back The centre-back (also known as a central defender or centre-half, as the modern role of the centre-back arose from the centre-half position) defends in the area directly in front of the goal and tries to prevent opposing players, particularly centre-forwards, from scoring. Centre-backs accomplish this by blocking shots, tackling, intercepting passes, contesting headers and marking forwards to discourage the opposing team from passing to them. Centre-backs are often tall and positioned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joshua Key (footballer)
Joshua Myles Abraham Key is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for club Swansea City. Career Key started his career at Torquay United while attending St Cuthbert Mayne School in Torquay, but joined local rivals Exeter City after the Gulls were forced to close their youth academy as part of cost-cutting measures. The winger was part of a successful Grecians youth setup, winning the Youth Alliance South West Division as part of Exeter's under-18 side. Key joined Bideford on a three-month loan deal in February 2018, making his debut in against Tiverton Town on 7 February. He earned praise from manager Sean Joyce for his performances for the Robins, and was offered a senior contract by Exeter for the following season. In July 2018, Key (alongside teammate Joel Randall) joined Southern League Premier Division South side Tiverton Town on an initial six-month loan deal. Key made his professional debut for Exeter in November 2018 during Exeter's EFL Trophy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chippenham Town F
Chippenham is a market town in north-west Wiltshire, England. It lies north-east of Bath, west of London and is near the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The town was established on a crossing of the River Avon, where some form of settlement is believed to have existed since before Roman times. It was a royal vill and probably a royal hunting lodge, under Alfred the Great. The town continued to grow when the Great Western Railway arrived in 1841. It had a population of 36,548 in 2021. History Etymology The ''Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'' records the town as ''Cippanhamme'': this could refer to a person called Cippa who had his hamm, an enclosure in a river meadow. An alternative theory suggests that the name is derived from the Anglo-Saxon word ''ceap'', meaning 'market'. The name is recorded variously as Cippanhamm (878), Cepen (1042), Cheppeham (1155), Chippenham (1227), Shippenham (1319) and Chippyngham (1541). In John Speed's map of Wiltshire (1611), the name is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AFC Wimbledon
AFC Wimbledon is an English professional association football club based in Wimbledon, London, Wimbledon, London Borough of Merton, London. The team competes in , the third tier of the English football league system. The club was founded in 2002 by former supporters of Wimbledon F.C. after the Football Association allowed that club to Relocation of Wimbledon F.C. to Milton Keynes, relocate to Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire, about north of Wimbledon. Most of the Wimbledon supporters were very strongly opposed to moving the club so far away from Wimbledon, feeling that a club transplanted to a distant location would no longer represent Wimbledon or the club's historic legacy and tradition. Wimbledon moved in 2003 and formally changed the name of the club to Milton Keynes Dons F.C., Milton Keynes Dons in 2004. When AFC Wimbledon was formed, it affiliated to both the London Football Association, London and Surrey County Football Association, Surrey Football Associations, and e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manchester
Manchester () is a city and the metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It had an estimated population of in . Greater Manchester is the third-most populous metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, with a population of 2.92 million, and the largest in Northern England. It borders the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The city borders the boroughs of Trafford, Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Stockport, Tameside, Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Oldham, Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Rochdale, Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Bury and City of Salford, Salford. The history of Manchester began with the civilian settlement associated with the Roman fort (''castra'') of Mamucium, ''Mamucium'' or ''Mancunium'', established on a sandstone bluff near the confluence of the rivers River Medlock, Medlock and River Irwell, Irwell. Throughout the Middle Ages, Manchester remained a ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathan Broome
Nathan Lee Broome (born 3 January 2002) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bolton Wanderers. Broome spent time in the academies of Manchester City and Stoke City. He played on loan at Mickleover Sports and was capped by England up to under-18 level. He signed with AFC Wimbledon in January 2022. He played 13 games in the 2022–23 season and then joined Swansea City in August 2023. He was loaned out to Port Vale for the second half of the 2024–25 season. Career Stoke City Born in Warrington, Broome graduated from St Bede's College through Manchester City in 2018. He left the club's Academy to join the Academy of Stoke City on a free transfer. He played 43 games for the Potters Under-18 and Under-23 teams, helping the Under-18s reach the final of the Premier League Cup in 2020. He faced competition from Tommy Simkin and Josef Bursik to become the club's third-choice goalkeeper. He spent the 2019–20 season on loan at Northern Premier Leag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brighton & Hove Albion F
Brighton ( ) is a seaside resort in the city of Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, England, south of London. Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze Age, Roman and Anglo-Saxon periods. The ancient settlement of "Brighthelmstone" was documented in the ''Domesday Book'' (1086). The town's importance grew in the Middle Ages as the Old Town developed, but it languished in the early modern period, affected by foreign attacks, storms, a suffering economy and a declining population. Brighton began to attract more visitors following improved road transport to London and becoming a boarding point for boats travelling to France. The town also developed in popularity as a health resort for sea bathing as a purported cure for illnesses. In the Georgian era, Brighton developed as a highly fashionable seaside resort, encouraged by the patronage of the Prince Regent, later King George IV, who spent much time in the town and constructed the Royal Pavilio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halifax, West Yorkshire
Halifax is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, in West Yorkshire, England. It is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. In the 15th century, the town became an economic hub of the old West Riding of Yorkshire, primarily in woollen manufacture with the large Piece Hall square later built for trading wool in the town centre. The town was a thriving mill town during the Industrial Revolution with the Dean Clough Mill buildings a surviving landmark. In 2021, it had a population of 88,109. It is also the administrative centre of the wider Calderdale Metropolitan Borough. Toponymy The town's name was recorded in about 1091 as ''Halyfax'', most likely from the Old English ''halh-gefeaxe'', meaning "area of coarse grass in the of land". This explanation is generally preferred to derivations from the Old English ' (holy), in ''hālig feax'' or "holy hair", proposed by 16th-century antiquarians. The probably-incorrect interpretation gave rise to two legends. One concern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Rushworth
Carl Andrew Rushworth (born 2 July 2001) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for EFL Championship club Coventry City, on loan from club Brighton & Hove Albion. Club career Rushworth started his career with Huddersfield Town before being released at 16; he subsequently joined the academy of FC Halifax Town, before being signed by Brighton & Hove Albion in 2019. He signed for Worthing on a season-long loan in August 2019. He made 30 appearances in all competitions for the seventh tier side. He signed a new three-year contract with Brighton in July 2020. Rushworth moved on a season-long loan to League Two side Walsall in July 2021. He made his debut for the club on 7 August 2021 in the 1–0 away loss at Tranmere on the opening game of the 2021–22 season in what was also his Football League debut. On 5 January 2022, whilst on loan at Walsall, Rushworth signed a new contract with Brighton, committing to the club until 2025. On 8 July 2022, Rushwor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
