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May 31, 2007
Today (yesterday, truth be known), Potsy officially became the 31st person to sign up for the Vietnam Swans touring party. Apparently he was able to secure a ticket of leave from Hanoi’s world famous, “Relax Bar”. Rumours were strong beforehand that this […]
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May 30, 2007
Hot on the heels of the previous day’s frenzy of emails being fired between Asia’s Footy Houses, things went unusually quiet. By lunchtime, still with nothing to distract the Swans from their day job, an email was urgently sent to Pizza Dan […]
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May 28, 2007
Ring-a-ding ding! The 2007 Asian Champs are already underway. Make no mistake about that. Yesterday’s blog was headlined “Proposed Match Schedule” for the Asian Champs. Today, that proposal was turned into pulverised pulp by some of the region’s biggest hitters. The Malaysian […]
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May 28, 2007
Swans Super Star, Mr Ed & his lovely wife, Kate, recently took Kate’s folks to meet the staff and students from the 19-5 Warmhouse Orphanage. They presented a big bag of educational and recreational materials donated by Gekko Trails NZ, which were […]
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May 28, 2007
After suffering Australian (& Borat) accents at bia hoi after training for a few weeks in a row, our newest Vietnamese recruit, Mr Ngo Cong, recently invited players back to his house for some local culcha. Beer was cold, wife […]
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May 28, 2007
Marty Sharples’ life in Laos is on fire with his mates as they train for the Champs. We’ve just received this piece of enthusiastic news from Marty and the boys: Geez it’s exciting. The Vientiane chapter had a kick around last […]
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May 27, 2007
In terms of giving the people what they want – footy – the 2007 Big Day Out in Hanoi was a great success. It started at 2pm and didn’t stop until after dark. That’s a lot of Vietnamese and foreigner […]
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May 27, 2007
The Organising Commitee for the 2007 Asian Champs has just released the proposed match schedule. The Vietnam Swans are in Group B and are scheduled to play China, Thailand, Bali and Japan – before we play off in the Grand […]
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May 27, 2007
Saturday, 26 May 2007 – SIN Vs MALAYSIA. Under the watchful eyes of former Pres, Dave “Flyer” Kainey and former Captain Coach, JD, the Singapore Wombats beat the Malaysian Warriors at home by 4 goals.
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May 27, 2007
Launched just a few weeks ago, the Hanoi Swans blog site has punched through the 300 hits barrier. On Friday we scored 87 hits.
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May 24, 2007
It’s not unusual for stunners to stalk stars of the Swans. After all, we’re elite athletes and they’re only human. Last weekend, Austrade’s Australian Schools Open Day in HCMC was no exception. Seizing a photo opportunity, the Vietnam Swans presented […]
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May 24, 2007
If you’re wondering what the difference is between playing 14 or 16 a side at this year’s Asian Champs, you’ll understand why this very point is currently being debated at the highest levels of Asian Football. Some are saying that […]
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May 24, 2007
What an incredible football show the Mighty Micky J put on at the 2006 Big Day Out in Hanoi. According to those who saw him and his team mates, it was “Amazing!”. High praise indeed. If you would like to […]
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May 24, 2007
Following lengthy discussions between the Hanoi Swans and the AFL about our wish to hold our own Grand Final Breakfast, the AFL has agreed to consider shifting its Grand Final Brekky to Grand Final Lunch time. It’s unheard of and […]
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May 23, 2007
Special thanks to Captain Touch, the Big Texan, Mighty Matt Otto for this report – The Hanoi Swans Touch Team entered the 3rd Annual Dragons Touch Tournament last weekend and performed fabulously – but just missed out capturing the Cup […]
