The Swans were relegated in 1996 due to bad statistics. However the club was being managed by Kevin Cullis whose previous experience was with non-league Midlands club Cradley Town youth team, was certainly not the "big name" manager promised by the new owners. Cullis was willing to buy the club at this time. Soon The chairman, Doug Sharp cancel the deal with Cullis and he was sacked after six days from his designation. During his short managerial period he did not satisfy the senior players like Christian Edwards and
Dave Penney ejecting Cullis from the dressing room during half time and giving the team talk themselves in a 4–0 defeat to Blackpool, which proved to be his second and last game in charge
Cullis's successor was the Dane,
Jan Molby, a former Liverpool player taking his first steps in management. His appointment inevitably prompted comparison with the Toshack era which began nearly 20 years earlier. Despite relegation in 1996, the club reached the final of the 1997 Third Division promotion play-offs but lost to Northampton Town, whose goal came from a re-taken free kick by John Frain in the final minute. Molby was sacked just weeks into the following season, with Swansea struggling near the foot of the league. After the initial optimism, the Liverpool connection had not caused history to repeat itself.
Alan became the manager and soon was dissmissed from the managership due to a lowest league finish for 23 years.
John Hollins was his successor. Soon the club got the promotion play-offs, only to lose in extra time at Scunthorpe United.The season was remarkable in sense that The Swans had won the 3rd round of the FA Cup over Premiership opponents West Ham United, whose team included Frank Lampard, Joe Cole, Rio Ferdinand and John Hartson.So the Swansea city became the first bottom team to defeat the premiership club in the FA Cup since the reorganization of the league structure in 1992.
The 2010–11 season was Swansea City's 82nd season in the Football League. They finished in 3rd place, and won the Championship playoff, to win promotion to the Premier League. This will be their first return to top-flight football since 1983. This season was their third consecutive season in the second tier following a 7th placed finish in the previous campaign, narrowly missing out on a play-off place. Swansea City Premier League Tickets are available at FootballTicketExchangeOnline.com at affordable price. Football fans can buy or sell Football Tickets especially Swansea City Premiership Football Tickets at FootballTicketExchangeOnline.com conveniently.
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