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July 24, 2007
Until now, we have had to rely on our memories as to what really happened on the 14th July at the Champs – as well as taking Boz’s unofficial results at face value which were posted on the blog just yesterday. Well […]
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July 24, 2007
Yesterday’s Timeout magazine, distributed with the weekly Vietnam Investment Review, featured a wrap up of the Vietnam Swans’ inaugural assault on the Asian Champs on 14 July. Click on the link, Timeout article, 23 July 2007, for a pdf version of the article […]
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July 23, 2007
With just two days before leaving Vietnam for the Asian Champs, Jim Beam and the Swans went out to HCMC’s “4 in 1” nightclub to do a cross promotion. The Swans were excited to be with the Swanettes again and to see our JB/Swans […]
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July 23, 2007
The Boz has posted a comment with what he says are the final scores for each of the Swans matches. (The Organising Committee over in Thailand is still to forward the Official Scores from each of the matches that were played on […]
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July 23, 2007
Self confessed international football slut, Chris “Newy” Newport, who loves to play for anyone playing against the Swans (he’s played for the Thailand Tigers and Jakarta Bintangs against us), has written to us to say, “Well done on a successful tour by the Swans. […]
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July 20, 2007
Today in Hanoi, the City turned on a magnificent show of support for the Hanoi-based Swans with a ticker tape parade. It seemed more like a Grand Final Parade in Melbourne with the crowd up to 6 deep in places. […]
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July 20, 2007
Every Club has its staunch supporters and the Swans are no different. Yesterday, the Vietnam Swans received an email from Jeremy Palmer who has played one game for the Swans – last year when we recorded our first victory which was […]
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July 19, 2007
Final Score: ?? With Bali always the favorite in our group, nobody expected, except the Swannies of course, that this would be anything but an easy match for the Geckos. How wrong they were as once again the Swannies […]
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July 19, 2007
You may remember the story last week that mentioned former Hanoi Swan Rick Trewavas being the inspiration behind the naming of the Bobby Skilton Club Rooms in Hanoi (see the side photo with a younger looking Micky Francis). Well, Rick has written […]
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July 19, 2007
In those heady days immediately prior to the Asian Champs, a message wishing the the Swans luck was received from our first ever Jim Beam winner in Saigon, Kerry Armstrong. But, unbelievably, it wasn’t published on the blog! Kerry, who has […]
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July 18, 2007
Final Score: We’re trying to find out! After a less than perfect start in Game 1, it was imperative the team got off to a positive, attacking start and that it did. The first half of the game was […]
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July 17, 2007
Perched in a stand high above the ground on Saturday were the Australian Ambassador to Thailand, Bill Patterson and Thailand Tiger’s President, Ryan “Rhino” Collett. In an email just received from Rhino, he has written: It was great that (the […]
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July 17, 2007
The Thailand Tigers have just advised that ESPN’s Sportscenter will screen a segment on the Asian Champs tonight. Check your local guides for details and see if you can master the fine art of making sense of times on satellite TV.
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July 17, 2007
The Swans’ favourite son, Wayne “Bubbles” Tinlin has just announced the birth of his own son, Alexander Thang Long Tinlin! Bubbles says Alexander is strong and fit weighing in at 4.1 kgs. The Match Committee of Micky J and Super […]
