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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 […]
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December 11, 2012
Rod Gillet, or “Rocket” as he is known to those of us in the know, is an umpire extraordinaire for the Swannies. He is the master of lightening wit, erudite commentary and devastating insight. He has also just written the […]
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December 10, 2012
On 20 August 2012, World Footy News wrote and article that asked: “What does John Lennon’s ‘Imagine’ (‘Imagine all the people… sharing all the world’) have to do with linking up international Australian Football clubs all over the world? Well […]
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December 10, 2012
The Christmas bells have been ringing across the country this weekend with Swannies holding mega Christmas parties in Hanoi and Saigon. But the wedding bells have also been ringing. Earlier in the year, Dave Hadley married Margrete in Norway. He […]
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December 8, 2012
Last month, November, the Swannies website again recorded more than 10,000 hits; this time 10,054. This is a 16 per cent increase over the same month last year. It is also the 6th time in the last eight months that […]
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December 7, 2012
The Swannies’ website is always keen to see where our legion of fans are wearing their Swannies’ merchandise. Last week, Anon, sent in this photo of two hard core Swannies’ supporters, sailin’ the dream in Thailand. Obviously, they were proudly […]
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December 6, 2012
The Rocket is Saigon’s umpire. Below is the Rocket’s rant, which he self describes as Rocket’s Rave, on last weekend’s 2012 Saigon Grand Final Match Report, 1st December, 2012. Tu Cuc University, National Sports University Stadium. Arguably, this is teh […]
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December 5, 2012
Ah McRae, you’ve done it again! Ross McRae Design has just unveiled the poster for the Swannies’ Melbourne Summer December 2012 Triple Header! The Swannies have organised golf, celebration soirees and a day a the MCG for teh test cricket […]
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December 4, 2012
Max Ball is a Vice President of the Vietnam Veterans’ Association of Australia (VVAA). The VVAA is a key organisation that represents a large number of Vietnam Veterans. Recently, the Vietnam Swans proposed to the AFL that it consider dedicating […]
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December 2, 2012
On 11 November 2012, the Vietnam Swans Hall of Fame was launched. Three outstanding Swannies were inducted. Inductee No.2 was Dave “Flyer” Kainey. The Hanoi Swans hit the international stage in November, 2003 at the Hanoi Invitational Cup which was […]
