The Swans Go Up!

by Geraint H. Jenkins

Here is the full, dramatic story of one of the most pulsating and successful seasons in the history of Swansea City football club. Follow the story of the club from the crisis of near extinction in May 2003 to the dizzy heights of Premier League football at the Liberty in 2011. In this book you'll get to know the players and coach Brendan Rogers through vivid profiles and great photographs. Here is a unique chance to relive the experiences of the push for the Premiership, with memories of some of the great matches, including that win against Nottingham Forest and the fantastic trip to Wembley, in a highly-readable account by one of the most prominent Welsh historians and loyal Swansea City supporter, Geraint H. Jenkins.

112 pages, Paperback

First published December 31, 2011

About the author

Geraint Huw Jenkins was a Welsh historian and academic who specialized in the history of Wales. He was Professor of Welsh History at the Aberystwyth University (then University College of Wales, Aberystwyth) from 1990 to 1993, when he became Director of the University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies. In 2009, he retired from academia and was appointed Professor Emeritus of Welsh History at the University of Wales.