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December 28, 2012
Given the unmitigated disaster of the Sri Lankans being smashed by an innings and two hundred runs – and there now being no fourth day’s play, the Swannies will move on. The Swannies will spend Day 4, 29 December, at […]
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December 27, 2012
Ross McRae Design has designed the poster with all the details for the Swannies Melbourne Summer Triple Header which kicks off tomorrow! Below is the very latest updated information – including some of the huge names that will be attending the Swannies Celebration […]
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December 26, 2012
On Christmas Eve, the Phnom Penh Post published an article, Eagles host Swans in AFL match to mark Australia Day. The article by H S Manjunath, and reproduced below, previews the big match on Australia Day, 26 January, 2013, between […]
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December 25, 2012
Natty Payne has only just arrived back in Australia but already he is creating waves. This time, he has photographed a Swannies Clothing Company in Merimbula, NSW! Unheard of. But makes sense given the escalating demand for Swannies’ merchandise. Meanwhile, […]
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December 23, 2012
Dave O’Shea loves his Mum nearly as much as his Swannies. Dave O’Shea’s Mum loves him nearly as much as her Swannies. Dave has just sent in this photo of his Mum and a couple of unidentifieds dressed in their Swannies […]
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December 21, 2012
The Swannies don’t often rehash yesterday’s news. Unless it’s timely and/or important. Given today is a special day (the Mayon calendar says today is the end of the world), we’ve decided to shamelessly relive the glory days. Who could ever […]
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December 21, 2012
Sunday, 9 December, the day after the Swannies Christmas Party in Saigon, National President, Phil Johns and Ross McRae, Gun Designer, met up with 10 students from the University of West Sydney. Leading the tour were Tim Hall and Colin […]
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December 19, 2012
Last week, former coach of the Swannies, Josh Little, who now lives in Melbourne, caught up with Garry West-Bail. Garry is the former CEO of Queensland Hockey and ongoing father of Melbourne Football Club champion, Rohan Bail. Garry is also […]
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December 18, 2012
On the weekend, Age journalist Jake Niall wrote an interesting article, Cricket – dropped, kicked. Jake was saying that “football remaining in the headlines beyond grand final day is proving detrimental to summer sport”. He adds, “the Kurt Tippett scandal, […]
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December 17, 2012
Swannies’ Skipper, Dukesy, flew back into Melbourne on Saturday – and a barrage of updates commenced. First, he opened up the Age newspaper – and there was a review of the AFL Footy Almanac (the Foreword to the Almanac was, […]
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December 16, 2012
The Official Footy Record at the then Hanoi Swans’ first ever international tournament, the Hanoi Invitational in November, 2003, did a great job of deftly managing our expectations of the Little Guy. The Record wrote: “Scott Stacey (The Little Guy) […]
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December 15, 2012
Uncle Brian is not a Great Uncle of Saigon President, Nick Shiells. In a further sign of unadulterated awesomeness, Uncle Brian is an Awesome Uncle of Nick’s. Well may you ask, “Why?” Well, when the Swannies were desperately looking for […]
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December 14, 2012
Last weekend, the Pyramid Power Football Club celebrated “International Day” in the neighbouring Yarrabah Aboriginal Shire by wearing footy jumpers from different clubs around the world. Including the Vietnam Swans. Wes Hull, the man behind the idea of holding an […]
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December 13, 2012
Yesterday, this website ran an extraordinary story titled, If the Swannies were WWE superstars… A fantasy by Dave O’Shea“. Dave’s fantasy manifested itself as an in depth study that described and compared no less than 40 Swannies with their WWE […]
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December 12, 2012
The Swannies are a team of substance. Unquestionably. Last weekend at the Saigon Christmas Party, Swannies’ Superstar, Dave O’Shea took us all on a flight of fantasy and asked us to imagine we were all wrestlers from the smash hit […]
