News Archive
  •  April 20, 2009

    ANZAC Day, 25 April 2009. The Thailand Tigers will play the Vietnam Swans in Kanchanaburi, Thailand – after attending the Dawn Service at Hellfire Pass. We will play for the Garry Burke / Scott Stacey Cup. The Vietnam Swans will […]

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  •  April 20, 2009

    The Grandfather of Asian football, the Rooster, is back on the pulpit. Following the success of last year’s Indochina Cup in Phnom Penh, some of the guys in Cambodia have been talking about the prospect of a permanent team and […]

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  •  April 17, 2009

    The Vietnam Swans have decided to honour the Little Guy, Scott Stacey, by renaming the Thailand – Vietnam Cup that we play for as the “Scott Stacey / Gary Burke Cup”. Gary Burke is a favourite son of Thailand’s. Previously, […]

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  •  April 17, 2009

    Last Saturday night, 11 April, Hanoi kicked off the 2009 Season with a Club Fundraiser at the Studio with Jim Beam. Hanoi President, Potsy, reports: A great night was had by all and sundry at the Studio Bar. It started […]

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  •  April 16, 2009

    Yesterday, RMIT University’s website in Australia posted a story about the recent Bushfire match between the Vietnam Swans and the Bali Geckos. The story is titled, Vietnam footy kicks bushfire goal. It says that, a game of Australian Rules football […]

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  •  April 15, 2009

    The Age newspaper has reported the tragic news that Rob Dickson’s eldest son dies after South Africa car crash. “Gabriel Dickson, 8, died in the Unitas Hospital yesterday from injuries sustained in the smash that also claimed the lives of […]

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  •  April 15, 2009

    Former Swan, Chris Canty has been very popular lately over there in Buenos Aires. He recently had Big Bad Baz (a Pom who played for us in the 2007 Asian Champs) and his brother stay with him. In this photo, […]

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  •  April 13, 2009

    Former Swan, Will Martin was in Argentina a month ago and met up with a genuine mate, another former Swan, Chris “Snags” Canty who now lives in Buenos Aires. Will had been hoping to travel to South America with two […]

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  •  April 11, 2009

    It is with great sadness that the Vietnam Swans read in The Age newspaper this afternoon that: Former Hawk, Robert Dickson killed in car crash. Dickson played 17 matches for Hawthorn between 1988 and 1990 and was named as an […]

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  •  April 10, 2009

    The Bali Geckos will play the East Timor Crocs for the inaugural Crikey Cup in Darwin on 13 June as a curtain raiser to the AFL Round 12 clash between the Western Bulldogs and Adelaide Crows. The Crikey Cup is […]

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  •  April 8, 2009

    Do you recognize this jumper from last year’s match against Singapore? Eddie the Mexican – who was fined for being the only Mexican on the 2007 Asian Champs tour – returned briefly to HCMC a fortnight ago to marry the […]

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  •  April 7, 2009

    The Bushfire Fundraiser & Match did get some coverage in the local media. Thanh Nhien News ran a story on Sport and Communities make a winning team. The Vietnam News wrote Rules football match kicks off to raise money for […]

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  •  April 6, 2009

    Damo files this report on the Bushfire Match between the Vietnam Swans and Bali Geckos held in Saigon on 28 March 2009. Saturday, 28th March 2:00 pm, marked the much awaited season opener for 2009. RMIT University was proud to […]

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  •  April 5, 2009

    Yesterday, 8 weeks on from Black Saturday, the Kinglake Footy Club ran out onto Memorial Oval. In front of a crowd of more than 2,000, the Kinglake “Lakers” ran through their “Rise from the Ashes” banner and went on to […]

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  •  April 4, 2009

    Thank you very much to all the sponsors and people who came out to support last weekend’s Bushfire Fundraiser & Match in Saigon which was co-hosted by the Vietnam Swans and Bali Geckos. USD3,047.74 was raised and transferred to the […]

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