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September 24, 2012
To see photos of more items that will be up for auction at next weekend’s Swannies’ AFL Grand Final Parties in Hanoi and Saigon, click onto our special photo library of Grand Final Auction items. Hanoi – Items for auction […]
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September 23, 2012
Yesterday, Kyle Hackenberg was on fire booting 4 goals for the Whites in Saigon’s fortnightly scratch match. He’s also on fire having already sold (with Esmira!) 22 tickets for next weekend’s Swannies’ AFL Grand Final Party. Yesterday he picked up […]
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September 21, 2012
We’re just one week away from the Swannies’ AFL Grand Final Parties in both Hanoi and Saigon. Remarkably, not even the awesomeness of these two events is enough to distract the indomitable, irrepressible, indefatigable poster boy from Saigon, Dave O’Shea, […]
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September 20, 2012
He was the then Hanoi Swans’ President in 2005/2006. He held aloft the spoils of our first international victory in 2006! He’s hard-hitting, opinionated and as controversial as ever – even picking zero from two in last week’s semi finals. […]
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September 19, 2012
Last weekend, Swannie, John MacFarlane caught up with AFL superstar, Barry Cable, in Perth. Barry, who knows Saigon’s Vice President, Mega Brett Jotta, agreed to sign a North Melbourne jumper that will be auctioned at the Vietnam Swans’ 2012 AFL […]
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September 18, 2012
The Vietnam Swans are delighted to confirm that Emirates Airlines has donated a pair (two) round trip economy tickets from Ho Chi Minh City to Dubai, UAE, at our 2012 AFL Grand Final Party in Saigon. The two tickets will […]
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September 17, 2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aC2KJ6grN1k&w=420&h=315] Last weekend, Vietnam Television screened a 40 minute documentary about the Vietnam Swans on Channels VTV1 and VTV4. The program, Talk Vietnam, interviews National President, Phil Johns, in the studio as well as other key people on site […]
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September 16, 2012
Official Historian of the Vietnam Football League (1966-71), Stan Middleton has recently sent in some new photos of back then. Stan, a very serious fellow, writes… “Thought I would send some old footy photos from the VFL in 1967 at […]
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September 15, 2012
Last year, we ran the Swannie of September photo competition for the first time. Ken Rowe of Newman in outback Western Australia won it (see winning photo here). All you need to do is take a magic photo with a […]
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September 14, 2012
Details for the Vietnam Swans’ 2012 AFL Grand Final Party, Hanoi Critical information! Venue – Ballroom of the Intercontinental Hotel, 1 Nghi Tam, West Lake ,Hanoi Live telecast of the AFL Grand Final on Australia Network – Official Media Sponsor […]
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September 14, 2012
Former National and Saigon Treasurer for the Swannies, Danny Armstrong, was the man who established the Commonwealth Bank in Vietnam. Often, he would dryly and impartially observe: “Son, there are two types of banks: shite banks and Commonwealth Banks”. The […]
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September 13, 2012
A week’s a long time in football. However, who could forget Mr Taber’s call in this column last week, when he controversially predicted, “This could be the year where a team comes from below 4th to win the flag. I’ll […]
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September 12, 2012
This month’s issue of the Vietnam Economic Times’ Guide Magazine has given the Swannies’ Grand Final Parties a mega push. The Guide has included a piece in its “What’s on” section in the September 2012 issue. The Guide is published monthly and […]
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September 12, 2012
Irish John (Redmond) loves playing for the Swannies – and he also loves his Gaelic footy. Next month, the Asian Gaelic Games will be held in Kuala Lumpur. Below, John puts a call out for fellow Swannies to join him […]
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September 11, 2012
Last weekend, the Hanoi Oi’s Netballers and Vietnam Swans rised a sweat to raise money. They ran across mountains in Sapa to help kids swim in central Vietnam. Adrian “Ado” Enright explains. Sunday morning saw a huge representation of members […]
