Earlier today, the Swans Trust hosted the latest in its series of free events that aim to delve into the rich and proud heritage of Swansea City Football Club to bring together fans who remember or would like to learn more about the history of our football club.
This is part of Swansea Council’s COAST Grant Funding Programme and the events have been created and delivered by Award Winning Author and Sports Writer, David Brayley.
David is in his 50th season as a supporter of the Swans, and has written four books linked to the club, two featuring former players, Tony Cottey and club legend, Ashley Williams.
He also made a film about the extraordinary story of the five Welsh International players to have been produced by one single Swansea community, Alice Street in Cwmdu and this presentation allowed another re-run of the film and also provided more background on the players and stories as to how it came about and then eventually produced.
In addition to the information shared by David an important part of the event was the discussion session at the end of the presentation which again was fully booked up by Swans Trust members and supporters.
A reminder that back in February David delivered his first three-hour talk and presentation which covered the ‘Golden Era of the 50’s’ and was packed with images, video clips and stories not widely shared before, more details of which are available HERE.
Once again David was really pleased with how this event was received and said afterwards:
“I really enjoyed sharing with the audience some of the background and stories about how we managed to get the Wonderland film together. I love to listen to the memories and the passion our supporters have for our wonderful club and I hope everyone enjoyed the event and were able to remember at least some of what we were able to discover”.
“And again, it underlines the relevance of the club’s history and heritage to what is being achieved out on the pitch by those lucky enough to represent our great club today.”
If anyone has yet to see the film “Wonderland: The Alice Street Story” it is available to watch on YouTube HERE
The next talk from David will be ‘From Famine to Feast – the 1970’s’ and will again be held in the Cwtch at the Swansea.com Stadium next Friday 19th April at 10:30am but unfortunately all seats have already been booked up.
However, due to the obvious popularity of how these talks are been received we are looking to host similar repeat events later this year and more details will be announced should we manage to set anything up.
Some pictures of the event are available below [add pictures from Sammy] and we’d like to take this opportunity to thank the Swans Foundation for their help and support for all these events.
If you have any further questions about this or any other of our planned heritage-based events, please do not hesitate to contact us at info@swanstrust.co.uk
Swansea City Supporters’ Trust
11th April 2024
