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We hope you have enjoyed reading and watching our feature material on Swansea City's final season at the Vetch, hearing the stories of the likes of Lee Trundle, Alan Tate, Garry Monk and Kevin Austin.

May 11 marked 15 years since Swansea City played their final game at their old Vetch Field home. To mark the anniversary we are running a series of features about that final 2004-05 campaign under the guidance of Kenny Jackett. Today, in the sixth and final part, we look over the promotion showdown at Bury, those celebrations, and how beating Wrexham rescued one man's Swansea City career.

There are certain moments in life when even the most passionate football fans are forced to put the beautiful game into perspective. You only have to look at the current situation surrounding the Coronavirus pandemic to highlight that.

Sadly, that was also the case exactly 10 years ago, on May 15, 2010, when Swansea City and the rest of the footballing fraternity were stunned by the sudden death of young striker Besian Idrizaj.

May 11 marked 15 years since Swansea City played their final game at their old Vetch Field home. To mark the anniversary we are running a series of features about that final 2004-05 campaign under the guidance of Kenny Jackett. Today, we move on to part five, which deals with the final league game at the Vetch; a crunch meeting with Shrewsbury.

May 11 marked 15 years since Swansea City played their final game at their old Vetch Field home. To mark the anniversary we are running a series of features about that final 2004-05 campaign under the guidance of Kenny Jackett. Today, we move on to part four, where a blip from the Swans sees them fall out of the automatic promotion places, but set up a tense and emotional final league game at the Vetch.

May 11 marked 15 years since Swansea City played their final game at their old Vetch Field home. To mark the anniversary we are running a series of features about that final 2004-05 campaign under the guidance of Kenny Jackett. Today, we move on to part three as the Swans hit their stride over Christmas and New Year, and one club stalwart sparks a dressing room ruckus at Boston.

May 11 marked 15 years since Swansea City played their final game at their old Vetch Field home. To mark the anniversary we are running a series of features about that final 2004-05 campaign under the guidance of Kenny Jackett. Today, we move on to part two, which looks at an indifferent start to the campaign before form began to pick up.

Today, May 11, marks 15 years since Swansea City played their final game at their old Vetch Field home. To mark the anniversary we are running a series of features about that final 2004-05 campaign under the guidance of Kenny Jackett. We start with part one, which looks at the events of the summer of 2004, including a host of new arrivals and a pre-season tour of Holland.

Monday marks 15 years since Swansea City played for the final time at the Vetch Field, and we will mark the anniversary with a week of features about the club's final season at its famous old home.

Today marks 39 years since Swansea City secured promotion to the top-flight for the first time with victory over Preston at Deepdale on May 2, 1981.
From our archives, we revisit a recent interview with club legend Alan Curtis about his memories of that incredible day.