PS Match Day Programme - Flipbook - Page 8
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SWANSEA CITY
Alan Sheehan
Born in Ireland, Alan Sheehan became part of Swansea’s
coaching staff in June 2023. With multiple successful spells
being caretaker manager, chairman Andy Cole decided to
make Sheehan permanent. With Swansea and Sheehan having
昀椀nally cemented his reign on April 30th, 2025. After having
managed the Swans since February guiding them to a comfortable
11th place missing out on the playoffs by just seven points. Sheehan
was the second youngest manager in the Championship in the season
just gone.
Sheehan was a vital part in Luton’s 2017-18 League Two campaign where he managed to
get second place winning Luton promotion to England’s third tier. Sheehan managed to win Luton
Town’s Player of the year and was mentioned in the PFA Team of the Year for League Two. He then
managed to grasp that illusive gold medal he had been chasing, Luton managed to win League One in
the 2018-19 season gaining promotion to England’s third tier of football.
Alan Sheehan achieved 昀椀ve Ireland U21 caps under his belt and a goal to compliment that. He had spells
at Leicester City, Leeds United, Swindon Town, Notts County, Bradford City, Luton Town, Lincoln City,
Northampton Town and Oldham Athletic, where Sheehan decided to end his 407 game career, with 26
goals to compliment. Sheehan decided to end his 20-year playing career. In 2021, before taking the role
as Head Coach of Oldham Athletic, this year long spell was followed by two roles within Southampton’s
and Luton’s coaching staff respectively
The Stadium
The Swansea.com Stadium is home to
Swansea City and Ospreys RFC, seating
21,088 people. Based in the heart of
Swansea their stadium is accessible to the
whole city, either by train or with the vast
amount of car-parking spaces available.
The Swansea.com stadium opened in
2005, formally known as Liberty Stadium,
and replaced Vetch Field as The Swans’
home ground. This new stadium is the third largest in Wales behind the Principality Stadium and The
Cardiff City Stadium. This has seen it hold eight Welsh national team matches, with the most recent
being against the United States in 2020. The club opened Vetch Field in 1912, which held 12,000 people
but held around 30,000 people at their peak (South) in 1924-25 and 1948-49, Football League One in
2007-08, and Football League Two in 1999-2000. The Swansea.com stadium saw the EFL cup brought
home in 2013 with a win against Bradford, thrashing fellow EFL side 5-0 to complete their lucrative
cup run.
