Swans Criticised For Cancelling Friendly

The Swans have been criticised for pulling out of a friendly against Haverfordwest County just ten days after local rivals Cardiff City did the same.

It was supposed to be a development squad that the Swans sent down to West Wales for the game but in a statement posted on Facebook yesterday, Haverfordwest announced that the game had been cancelled.

The statement read "For the second time in a little over ten days, we at Haverfordwest County AFC find ourselves in the situation of having to postpone a football match as a result of matters beyond our control.

"Today we have been informed by Swansea City that they are unable to fulfil the pre-season friendly with our club arranged for the 29th July at the Bridge Meadow Stadium.

"We would like to take this opportunity to express our disappointment that this fixture cannot now take place and would like to apologise to all supporters of our club and those of Swansea City for this situation.

"We are a little surprised at this latest cancellation, as this was not a fixture which had been initiated by our club. Recent events have certainly caused us to reflect on the 'benefits' of arranging pre-season friendly games with high profile clubs as it has proved a costly exercise for us both financially and in terms of the lost goodwill that such cancellations inevitably bring about.

"We must hope that the disappointment felt by you, our supporters, is not too acute and that it strengthens your resolve to support the club in the forthcoming Welsh Premier League fixtures

"Once again we can only apologise for this situation and assure you that we did everything possible to ensure that both fixtures would proceed."

Interestingly once the cancellation was announced via Facebook it was former Swans defender Christian Edwards who jumped in and offered an alternative

It is disappointing that the Swans have cancelled the game at short notice especially so soon after Cardiff did the same and you would hope that somewhere there has been a solution offered to keep any remaining goodwill between the two clubs.

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