Swansea City A.F.C. Reserve Team

Swansea City Football Club Reserves are the reserve team of Swansea City. They play in the Wales & West Division of the Football League Combination.

Their home ground in the latest 2010/11 campaign was at Port Talbot Town's GenQuip Stadium, the ground where the team has played most of its home matches sinces leaving the Vetch Field in 2005. One season was spent playing at St Helen's Rugby Stadium (2005/06) and The Gnoll in Neath (2009/10).

A second string first appeared in the Welsh Football League and it enjoyed continuous success until it left the Welsh pyramid in 1980. Short stints in the Western League (1919–21) and the Southern League (1921–25) were partaken alongside before finally joining the London Combination in 1926.

The Swans have competed in this structure at different levels, on and off, to the present day.

Swansea City Reserve Team Honours

For a list of what the club's second string has achieved please follow the link below.

Swansea City Reserves - A Timeline

• 1912: A team is formed to play in the Welsh Football League.
• 1919: A second reserve team is added to the Western League First Division.
• 1921: The Western League team is elected into the Southern League Welsh Section.
• 1923: The Southern League Welsh Section is re-named the Western Section.
• 1925: The reserves leave the Southern League.
• 1926: But a second team is restored following election to the London Combination.
• 1930: The London Combination is split into two leagues; the Swans were placed in Division 1.
• 1933: A single division London Combination is restored.
• 1946: Following the War the Combination is re-named the Football Combination and split into two leagues; the Swans were placed in Section B.
• 1948: The team is moved into Section A.
• 1952: Section A & B are re-named Division 1 and 2, with the Swans placed in the former.
• 1955: A single division Football Combination is restored.
• 1958: Reverted back to two divisions; the Swans were placed in Division 1.
• 1960: The Swans are relegated for the first time in the Combination to Division 2.
• 1961: Left the Combination after a Saturday and Midweek Section were introduced.
• 1964: The top-flight of the Welsh League is re-named the Premier Division.
• 1966: The two division system was restored in 1963 and the Swans were back in Division 2 three years later.
• 1968: A single division Football Combination is restored.
• 1974: The team withdrew from the Combination after the season had started.
• 1983: But they were back nine years later to play in a single division league.
• 1986: The team decided not to enter a team after the 1985/86 campaign ended.
• 1992: Returned to play in Division 2.
• 1996: A single division Football Combination is restored.
• 1997: The team decided not to enter a team after the 1996/97 campaign ended.
• 1999: Returned to play in a five-team Second Division - consisting of Cardiff, Exeter, Plymouth & Torquay.
• 2000: The first-team won promotion to Division 2 and the reserve team was withdrawn.
• 2003: The regional Wales & West Division was formed and this is where the Swans competed from 2003 up until and including the 2010-11 season.
• 2011: Club competed in the Premier Reserve League for the first time. They were placed in the Southern Section.

Reserve League History

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