Joe Rodon | Team-mates
In the latest installment of our team-mates feature, Joe Rodon lifts the lid on life in the Swansea City squad.
We hope you've enjoyed our week of features reflecting on the 15th anniversary of Swansea City's farewell to the Vetch Field. As part of our final day of content, we share with you how several members of that 2004-05 squad recall the Swans' famous old home.
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.
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.
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 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.