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August 16, 2007
World Footy News continues to deliver the goods and makes good regular reading. Yesterday they posted a story with a link to the VFL video, War Without Weapons which can now be seen on the ABC’s website. The camera goes and visits North […]
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August 16, 2007
In an article titled, “Ghosts of failures past haunt Cats” that appeared in yesterday’s Age newspaper, Greg Baum looked at Geelong’s prospects at the business end of the season. “Geelong sits four games clear on top of the ladder and […]
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August 15, 2007
The tech savvy Australian Prime Minister, Mr Howard, who also likes You Tube to speak to his fans, contacted the Swans Blog today. Mr Howard just needed a shoulder to cry on following revelations that his Deputy, Mr Peter Costello, had vowed to destroy his leadership […]
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August 15, 2007
Is there anyone out there in the la la land of AFL who should be called a genius? Mick Malthouse doesn’t think so. Daryl Taber has just forwarded to the Swans Blog a bit of evidence that supports Mick’s claim about […]
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August 14, 2007
One month to the day since the Asian Champs, we can now bring you the Match Report on the 4th and final match of our campaign; Vietnam Vs the Thailand Tigers. Special thanks to our Assistant Coach, Micky Johnston for […]
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August 13, 2007
Special thanks to Assistant Coach, Micky Johnston for the following match report from the Asian Champs. Game 1: Vietnam Swans Vs China Reds – Everyone arrived at the bus pick-up: Good start. Scotty said, “For the next 8 hours, […]
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August 12, 2007
Former Swans President, Dave “Flyer” Kainey, often points out what’s good and what’s not in Asian football. It’s since been pointed out that the Flyer was the Bintang’s runner during the recent Champs – for which he miraculously escaped the wrath of the […]
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August 12, 2007
If you thought those Elephants would have quietly returned to Laos, never to be seen again, think again. The rumble from the jungles of Laos is turning into thunder. The boys have just received a burst of publicity from World […]
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August 11, 2007
1. There’s just 3 weeks to go before Vietnam will host the Hong Kong Dragons down in Saigon on 1st September. Please confirm if you will be playing. It’s always good to go into a match with a bit of confidence that we […]
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August 10, 2007
With only 50 days to go before the Grand Final, the Club believes we should treat like any other block of 50 days. So we’ve managed to find a website that deals with beer – cheap beer. Chris Canty (former Swans […]
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August 10, 2007
Peter “Harbs” Habel from the Malaysian Warriros did some good, solid research prior to the Asian Champs. He produced a White Paper on Asia’s Best Bars. So whether you’re living in or going to Vietnam, Malaysia, China, Hong Kong etc, you […]
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August 8, 2007
You may remember an incident during the match against the Bali Geckos where there were a few people who were sin-binned. The first guy sent off for the Geckos was a guy by the name of Sam Pritchard. Shane’s a best […]
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August 8, 2007
Last week, World Footy News reported that the Japan AFL has officially started promoting the 2007 Narita Cup. The Narita Cup will be held on 6 October in Tokyo and will coincide with the 20th anniversary of footy in the country. […]
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August 8, 2007
With all the excitement of the Asian Champs and the unification of an Australian Rules Footy team in Vietnam, the Swans Blog has unwittingly and regretfully got behind with what our Vietnamese cousins are getting up to back in Australia. A […]
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August 7, 2007
This afternoon in Hanoi, superstar of the 1970’s Countdown TV show, Ian “Molly” Meldrum, officially launched the Vietnam Swans Grand Final Countdown Clock. The Countdown Clock will appear in the sidebar of the Swans Blog and is expected to generate […]