# 1912–13 Swansea Town A.F.C. season

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'.
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 City | H | D | 1–1 | Ball | 8,000 |
| 2 | 14 September 1912 | Ton Pentre | A | W | 2–1 | Grierson 2 | |
| 3 | 21 September 1912 | Newport County | A | W | 1–0 | Grierson | 5,000 |
| 4 | 5 October 1912 | Mid-Rhondda | H | W | 1–0 | Ball | 6,000 |
| 5 | 9 November 1912 | Pontypridd | H | D | 0–0 | | |
| 6 | 25 December 1912 | Llanelly | H | D | 1–1 | Coleman | |
| 7 | 28 December 1912 | Aberdare Athletic | H | W | 5–4 | Ball 3, Coleman, Grierson | |
| 8 | 18 January 1913 | Mardy | H | W | 1–0 | Grierson | 6,000 |
| 9 | 23 January 1913 | Aberdare Athletic | A | D | 2–2 | Coleman, Grierson | |
| 10 | 1 February 1913 | Southend United | A | L | 1–3 | Grierson | |
| 11 | 8 February 1913 | Luton Town | A | W | 4–0 | Messer, Coleman 2, Grierson | 6,000 |
| 12 | 20 February 1913 | Pontypridd | A | D | 0–0 | | |
| 13 | 1 March 1913 | Newport County | H | W | 2–1 | Ball 2(1p) | 10,200 |
| 14 | 8 March 1913 | Mid-Rhondda | A | L | 0–1 | | |
| 15 | 15 March 1913 | Cardiff City | A | D | 0–0 | | 12,000 |
| 16 | 21 March 1913 | Croydon Common | H | W | 1–0 | Hamilton | 10,000 |
| 17 | 22 March 1913 | Treharris | A | W | 3–1 | Anderson 2, Messer | |
| 18 | 24 March 1913 | Croydon Common | A | L | 0–3 | | 10,000 |
| 19 | 29 March 1913 | Luton Town | H | W | 2–0 | Ball, Anderson | 8,000 |
| 20 | 1 April 1913 | Mardy | A | L | 0–4 | | 2,000 |
| 21 | 8 April 1913 | Llanelly | A | L | 0–1 | | 6,000 |
| 22 | 26 April 1913 | Southend United | H | W | 1–0 | Anderson | |
| 23 | 28 April 1913 | Ton Pentre | H | D | 0–0 | | |
| 24 | 30 April 1913 | Treharris | H | W | 1–0 | Jepp | |
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### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Promoted to Division One |
| 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 | |

## Welsh Cup

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A | Goalscorers | Attendance |
| PreQ | 31 October 1912 | Milford | H | W | 3–1 | Ball 3 | 1,000 |
| 1 | 2 November 1912 | Mond Nickel | H | D | 2–2 | Messer, Davidson | |
| 1r | 7 November 1912 | Mond Nickel | A | W | 5–0 | Ball 2, Grierson 2, Swarbrick | |
| 2 | 7 December 1912 | Llanelly | H | W | 2–1 | Messer (p), Ball | 3,000 |
| 3 | 4 January 1913 | Wrexham | A | W | 3–1 | Ball 2, Swarbrick | 2,000 |
| 4 | 25 January 1913 | Merthyr Town | A | W | 3–0 | Soady 2, Coleman | |
| SF | 15 February 1913 | Cardiff City | N | W | 4–2 | Ball 3, Grierson | |
| F | 19 April 1913 | Pontypridd | N | D | 0–0 | | 8,310 |
| Fr | 24 April 1913 | Pontypridd | N | W | 1–0 | Grierson | 10,000 |
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## Player details

| No. | Pos. | Name | League | League | Welsh Cup | Welsh Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | - | D Anderson | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 |
| 2 | FW | Billy Ball | 19 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 26 | 19 |
| 3 | - | T Brazell | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Arthur Cleverley | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| 5 | - | J Coleman | 18 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 26 | 6 |
| 6 | - | H Davidson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | John Duffy | 23 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| 8 | GK | E Fisher | 17 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| 9 | - | G Fyfe | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 10 | - | RT Grierson | 19 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 27 | 12 |
| 11 | DF | Jock Hamilton | 19 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 26 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | Sam Jepp | 20 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 28 | 1 |
| 13 | - | P Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | Willie Messer | 19 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 26 | 4 |
| 15 | DF | Jack Nicholas | 21 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| 16 | - | F Prideaux | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 17 | - | Soady | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 18 | - | A Sutherland | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Jimmy Swarbrick | 22 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 31 | 2 |
| 20 | - | J Weir | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | Walter Whittaker | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
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## Transfers
### Out

| Date | Name | Fee |
| 27 June 1913 | F Prideaux | Released |
| 27 June 1913 | RT Grierson | Released |
| 27 June 1913 | Soady | Released |