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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 […]
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July 18, 2007
In the space of a few months, we have seen the Vietnam Swans distinctive goal-striped hats in many places worn by the beautiful (the Swanettes at Austrade’s Australian Schools Open Day), the bold (Austrade Commissioner, Kevan Dacey when he left his hat […]
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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 […]
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July 16, 2007
Do you need a visual feed of the Champs? If you do, you’re in luck. The Swans have marshalled together significant resources to bring you the following pictorial review of our inaugural assault. Please click on The Champs – A Pictorial Review for all […]
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July 16, 2007
Yesterday’s Bangkok Post ran an article on the Asian Champs written by Alan Parkhouse. We seem to have misplaced the scanner in the Swans Control Room, so, it’s been retyped below: “The Hong Kong Dragons hung on to win their first […]
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July 16, 2007
The day was Saturday, 14th July, 2007. The event was the 8th Annual Asian Championships in Bangkok. The significance was that Vietnam, with its first National AFL Team, was making its first appearance at an Asian Championships. The touring party […]
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July 14, 2007
The 2007 Asian Champs have been played and won! Vietnam Swans President, Phil Johns rang Hanoi on the Red Line to pass on the results. Hong Kong v Bali in the Grand Final……………..34 points each. YES thats right folks, the […]
