Swansea Town
1912–13 season
ChairmanJohn William Thorpe
Player-ManagerWalter Whittaker
StadiumVetch Field
Southern Football League3rd
Welsh CupWinners
Top goalscorerLeague: Billy Ball (8)
All: Billy Ball (19)

The 1912–13 season was the first season in which Swansea Town (now known as Swansea City) took part in league and cup football. The club was elected to Division Two of the Southern Football League.

Swansea's first official match was played on 7 September 1912 against local rivals Cardiff City at the Vetch Field. All of Swansea's home games for the 1912–13 season were played on a 'Clinker pitch'.[1]

After a 24-game season the club finished third, narrowly missing out on promotion. The club also entered the Welsh Cup and won it at the first attempt, beating Pontypridd 1–0 in a re-played final.

Southern Football League

Win Draw Loss
Division Two Results
Game Date Opponents Venue Result Score
F–A		 Goalscorers Attendance
1 7 September 1912 Cardiff CityH D1–1Ball 8,000
2 14 September 1912 Ton PentreA W2–1Grierson 2
3 21 September 1912 Newport CountyA W1–0Grierson 5,000
4 5 October 1912 Mid-RhonddaH W1–0Ball 6,000
5 9 November 1912 PontypriddH D0–0
6 25 December 1912 LlanellyH D1–1Coleman
7 28 December 1912 Aberdare AthleticH W5–4Ball 3, Coleman, Grierson
8 18 January 1913 MardyH W1–0Grierson 6,000
9 23 January 1913 Aberdare AthleticA D2–2Coleman, Grierson
10 1 February 1913 Southend UnitedA L1–3Grierson
11 8 February 1913 Luton TownA W4–0Messer, Coleman 2, Grierson 6,000
12 20 February 1913 PontypriddA D0–0
13 1 March 1913 Newport CountyH W2–1Ball 2(1p) 10,200
14 8 March 1913 Mid-RhonddaA L0–1
15 15 March 1913 Cardiff CityA D0–0 12,000
16 21 March 1913 Croydon CommonH W1–0Hamilton 10,000
17 22 March 1913 TreharrisA W3–1Anderson 2, Messer
18 24 March 1913 Croydon CommonA L0–3 10,000
19 29 March 1913 Luton TownH W2–0Ball, Anderson 8,000
20 1 April 1913 MardyA L0–4 2,000
21 8 April 1913 LlanellyA L0–1 6,000
22 26 April 1913 Southend UnitedH W1–0Anderson
23 28 April 1913 Ton PentreH D0–0
24 30 April 1913 TreharrisH W1–0Jepp

Source:[2]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Promotion
1 Cardiff City 24 18 5 1 54 15 3.600 41 Promoted to Division One
2 Southend United 24 14 6 4 43 23 1.870 34
3 Swansea Town 24 12 7 5 29 23 1.261 31
4 Croydon Common 24 13 4 7 51 29 1.759 30
5 Luton Town 24 13 4 7 52 39 1.333 30
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up until the 1976-77 season. The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.

Welsh Cup

Round Date Opponents Venue Result Score
F–A		 Goalscorers Attendance
PreQ 31 October 1912 MilfordH W3–1Ball 3 1,000
1 2 November 1912 Mond NickelH D2–2Messer, Davidson
1r 7 November 1912 Mond NickelA W5–0Ball 2, Grierson 2, Swarbrick
2 7 December 1912 LlanellyH W2–1Messer (p), Ball 3,000
3 4 January 1913 WrexhamA W3–1Ball 2, Swarbrick 2,000
4 25 January 1913 Merthyr TownA W3–0Soady 2, Coleman
SF 15 February 1913 Cardiff CityN W4–2Ball 3, Grierson
F 19 April 1913 PontypriddN D0–0 8,310
Fr 24 April 1913 PontypriddN W1–0Grierson 10,000

Source:[3]

Player details

The Swansea Town 1912–13 football team.
No. Pos. Name League Welsh Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1-England D Anderson 741084
2FWEngland Billy Ball 1987112619
3-England T Brazell 101020
4DFEngland Arthur Cleverley 18040220
5-England J Coleman 18581266
6-England H Davidson 101121
7MFEngland John Duffy 23090320
8GKEngland E Fisher 17050220
9-England G Fyfe 700070
10-England RT Grierson 198842712
11DFEngland Jock Hamilton 19170261
12MFEngland Sam Jepp 20180281
13-England P Jones 100010
14FWWales Willie Messer 19272264
15DFEngland Jack Nicholas 21080290
16-England F Prideaux 10040140
17-England Soady 201232
18-England A Sutherland 9060150
19FWEngland Jimmy Swarbrick 22092312
20-England J Weir 401050
21GKEngland Walter Whittaker 7040110

Source:[4]

Transfers

Out

Date Pos Name To Fee Ref
27 June 1913 F Prideaux Released
27 June 1913 RT Grierson Released
27 June 1913 Soady Released

See also

References

General
  • Rundle, Richard. "Swansea Town". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
Bibliography
  • Jones, Colin (2012). Swansea Town & City Football Club: The Complete Record, 1912–2012. From Southern League to Premier League. Dinefwr Press Ltd. ISBN 978-1-904323-26-6.
  • Jenkins, Geraint H. (2012). Proud to be a Swan, The History of Swansea City AFC. Ceredigion: Y Lolfa Cyf. ISBN 978-1-84771-481-7.
Specific
  1. ↑ Jenkins (2012), p. 1.
  2. ↑ Jones (2012), p. 1–2.
  3. ↑ Jones (2012), p. 3.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Jones (2012), p. 4.
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