2005 – 06 season, The Swans got off to a flyer on their return to League One and were in the automatic promotion places going into the Christmas period. But their form dipped dramatically going in to the New Year and the main priority soon turned to securing a promotion place. This was eventually achieved on the last day of the normal season with a thumping 4-0 win at Chesterfield to secure sixth place. Victory over Brentford in a two-legged play-off semi-final secured a showdown with Barnsley at the Millennium Stadium, with the Swans taking 34,000 fans with them. But with the game all square at 2-2 at the end of extra-time, the Swans lost 4-3 on penalties to miss out on promotion to the Championship. There was some consolation as the Swans picked up two pieces of silverware. Having beaten Wrexham 2-1 at the Racecourse to retain the FAW Premier Cup, manager Kenny Jackett also saw his side lift the Football League Trophy - formerly LDV - with a 2-1 win over Carlisle at the Millennium Stadium, with 27,000 Swans fans there to see it. Average attendance for Swansea's first season at the Liberty was 14,155.
2006-07 season, Expectations were high going in to the new season after the Swans just missed out on promotion at the end of the previous campaign. But it was very much a stop-start campaign that never really took off, despite the fact that the Swans went into the New Year on the fringe of the play-off zone. A giant-killing 3-0 victory at Premiership side Sheffield United in the FA Cup third round lifted spirits at the beginning of January, but by February 15 their form had slumped and the club were left searching for a new manager after Kenny Jackett resigned quoting lack of support from the fans, media and players. Assistant-manager Kevin Nugent took temporary charge,
but within two weeks former club skipper Roberto Martinez was appointed the club's new boss after deciding to hang up his playing boots atChester City. The popular Spaniard had an immediate effect as he strung together a five-game unbeaten run to spark talk of the play-offs again. But although Roberto lost just two of his 12 games in charge, a do-or-die final day defeat at home to Blackpool saw the Swans just miss out on the final play-off place. Average attendance at the Liberty for that season was 12,720.2007-08 - Swans fans expectations were high for the season following on from the positive impact Roberto Martinez had on the club towards the end of the 2006-07 season in his first managerial position. It might be said that the Swans board took a gamble on a young and unproven manager, but how that gamble paid off. The Swans, during one of the best seasons in the club's history, swept all before them. They gained a club record points total of 92, securing 14 away wins in the process. The famed "Swansea way" of playing football was upheld as the Swans played a style and quality of football that belonged to a much higher standard that their League One position would suggest. For once, the Swans secured promotion far earlier than their usual habit of leaving things until the final game of the season. However, as ever with the Swans, there was a twist in the tale. Leeds, who had 15 points deducted at the start of the season, won the right to appeal this decision in front of an arbitration panel. With less than perfect timing the panel sat during the business end of the season in April. What followed probably will never be repeated again. The Swans weren't allowed to celebrate winning only the fourth title in their history until the arbitration panel announced its decision. In the end the result was announced on Thursday, May 1st, only two days before the final game of the season. Leeds didn't have any of their points returned, so at around 5:05pm on the first day in May the Swans were crowned League One champions. To finish the season off in style, the Swans won 1-0 at Brighton as they finished 16 points ahead of Leeds, depriving the Yorkshire club of any bragging rights. Second came NottinghamForest who finished a distant 10 points behind. The consensus among League One managers was that the Swans were by far the best side. The only low points in the season being defeats to Havant and Waterlooville in the FA Cup (depriving the fans a day trip to Liverpool in the 4th round) and a defeat on penalties in the area final in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy, meaning the fans weren't going to see the side in the new Wembley. These defeats were forgotten about as the Swans could look forward to a return to the second tier of English Football for the first time in 24 years.
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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