4th Annual ANZAC Friendship Match – Saturday 27 April, 2013

  • 12 Midday – Legends and All Stars Match (4 x 20min Quarters). (Would you like to play in this match? Please email the Vietnam Swans now!)
  • 2.00pm – Pre match formalities inc. national anthems
  • 2.25pm – 4th Annual ANZAC Friendship Match: Vietnam Swans Vs Jakarta Bintangs (4 x 20min Quarters)
  • 4.00pm – Presentations and celebratory drinks
  • 5.00pm – Last person leaves ground (so that ground staff can prepare for the greyhound races that night)
    McMillan Dinner

    • 7.00pm – ANZAC Friendship Match McMillan Dinner. 5 Star Imperial Hotel, Vung Tau. $50 or VND1 million. Includes buffet, drinks (3hrs free flow beer, French wine, soft drinks and water. After 3hrs, cash bar (approx $2.50 per beer)), band and Middleton Address*. Bookings essential. Please email nationalpres@thevietnamswans.com (Max 200 tickets). Preferred dress code: neat casual including collared shirt, slacks, closed footwear. Ladies a similar standard.

Middleton Address

This year’s keynote speaker to deliver the Middleton Address will be Stan Middleton himself. Stan Middleton is the Official Historian for the Vietnam Football League which ran from 1966-71 in Vung Tau.

ANZAC Day, Thursday 25 April, 2013

  • 2013 Pre Dawn: ANZAC Day Dawn Service, Long Tan Cross (seats on buses can be arranged from Vung Tau through Glenn Nolan at Tommy’s Bar. Tickets cost $5 and buses will leave from Tommy’s Bar at 4am)
  • 5.15am – ANZAC Day Dawn Service, Long Tan Cross. Minimum dress code: collared shirt, dress shorts, shoes. Ladies a similar standard.

*Please note, Australia is one of only two countries to have a memorial site in Vietnam. This is a very generous gesture by the Vietnamese Government to Australians. Visitors to the Long Tan Cross should NOT wear medals or military uniforms, raise or display flags or play music. Speeches should be low key and short.

The Vietnam Swans thank the Vietnamese Government for allowing the ANZAC Dawn Service to be held each year. We also agree to the above listed conditions.

For anyone wishing to attend the ANZAC Dawn Service independently of an organised group, you shall be required to seek approvals from the relevant local authorities.

Please check the Australian Consulate’s website for full details.

  • Live telecast of Collingwood Vs Essendon ANZAC Day Match (MCG), Tommy’s Sports Bar, Vung Tau
  • Live telecast of St Kilda Saints Vs Sydney Swans ANZAC Day Match (Wellington), Tommy’s Sports Bar, Vung Tau

Battlefield Tours; Wednesday 24 April and Friday 26 April, 2013

Visit Long Hais, Long Tan Cross, Nui Dat and the Long Phuc tunnels. $40 per person. For full details, email Glenn Nolan at Tommy’s Bar (Tommy’s Bar is a sponsor of the Vietnam Swans).

Documentary of 2012 ANZAC Friendship Match Weekend

Click on the You Tube clip below for a documentary on the 2012 ANZAC Friendship Match which includes interviews with Vietnam Veterans, players and other key people.

*** Click for the Official 2012 ANZAC Friendship Match Footy Record. Includes articles by Alex “You Beauty!” Jesaulenko, Tony Morwood (Sydney Swans), Tony Woods (AFL), the Australian Consul General John McAnulty and Vietnam Veterans Stan Middleton, Kev McMillan and Ron Vernon. Former Saigon President Derrin Limbrick also has a say.

*** For a copy of the 2012 Official Press Release, click here.