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July 24, 2007
On 13 July, the Swans blog was in orbit having passed through 3,000 hits. 16 days later (yesterday), the Swans have passed through 5,000 hits and might be in space for the long term! Our biggest single day came the day […]
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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
Now that we’ve got the Asian Champs out of the way, the Vietnam Swans can really get started. Here’s a taste of what’s coming up: Saturday 1 September: Vietnam Swans Vs Hong Kong Dragons, HCMC Saturday 29 September: 2007 AFL […]
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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 22, 2007
Last night a number of Swans in Hanoi went out to My Dinh National Stadium to see the Soceroos face off against Japan in the quarter final of the Asian Cup. The boys witnessed a scoreline of 1-1 after 90 minutes […]
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July 22, 2007
You may recall the recent story about the Broadbeach Cats giving the Vietnam Swans a plug on their website. Well, the Swans Blog has just learnt that ex Hanoi Swan, Rick Trewavas “is happy to report that Skilts (Bobby Skilton) and Barry […]
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July 21, 2007
For the Hanoi Chapter of the Swans, we’re spoilt with choices. On Cat Ba Island tonight, Club Sponsor, the Green Mango Restaurant is celebrating its 3rd Birthday. If you’re wearing your Swans hat, you get 10 free beers. That’s fairly fair. Back […]
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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 20, 2007
In unheard of news, it’s been announced that Ms Xu Jinglei, a former Chinese actress and now director has just become the world’s most widely read blogger notching up 100 million page views in the last 600 days. This makes […]
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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 […]
