The season is almost upon us. Swans fans have all the important dates circled in their calendars, and the anticipation of the unknown is building nicely. But luckily for the Jack Army, our season has already been determined. The Indy has seen into the future, and we deliver the earliest ever post-season report.

The early signs were there. A solid opening win in the League Cup against Birmingham showed the new signings bedding in immediately, most notably Elijah Just and Joseph Opoku. Then, for the 17th time in 20 seasons, the travelling Jacks were immediately in league action. But what was less normal was the performance. Defying recent opening fixture gloom as well as a poor away record in the Potteries, the Swans triumphed 3-1 at Stoke City in a complete performance. Fans still shudder at the thought of Sam Clucas having a blinder for Stoke against his old team, but mercifully this time, Ethan Galbraith was anonymous, and subbed after 60 minutes. Despite being roundly booed all game, he did acknowledge the Jack Army at the end of the game. Wrexham delivering a brutal welcome back to the Championship with a 4-0 victory at Cardiff on the Monday rounded off an ideal opening weekend.

Fall Seck was impressed and immediatly signed for Swansea City.

Zan Vipotnik came off the bench for the last third of the game to secure the win with a cool finish, but it would prove to be his final action in the white jersey. The summer long saga of his impending move to a rival club was finally completed when West Ham gazumped Southampton for a reported £21m, rising to £23m. Added to the £10 million from the Galbraith departure, the roughly £30m in sales would be reinvested across the summer and January transfer windows. The club's best signing, however, had been made the previous summer: the Jamestown Analytics partnership. The nine new on-field recruits all contributed at various times of the long season.

Any doubts about a lack of goals from worried fans would be dispelled by the first home fixture, with Adam Idah continuing his form from the opening game to bag another brace against Sheffield United, and take an early lead in the top-scorer chart. What's more, the legendary Luka Modric on his extended post-World Cup break, was paraded around the pitch pre-game to a hero's welcome. A mid-week second round League Cup loss to Premier League Brentford would soon be forgotten after a hard-fought away point against Derby, meaning an unbeaten opening month in the league, with the Swans sitting in 4th place in the early table.

A busy September would see five games in 19 days before the first international break. In their first starts after their World Cup-influenced summer, Marko Stamenic would set up Eom Ji-sung for a late winner against Watford. Sky would show the home game against Wrexham, which ended in a gritty 1-1, before the first loss of the season against Southampton away. Next up, over a thousand Swans fans would criss-cross the country to visit picturesque Lincoln, and they'd be rewarded with a 2-0 win to end the first block of games.

Then the Indy assembled for the early kick off against Norwich City over the weekend of October 10th, the Global Jacks were there, and indeed beer was consumed in minor amounts and not at all by many. It was all so well advertised.

The blistering early season form of Ben Car Ban Go would be rewarded by Craig Bellamy through starts in three of the four Nations League games, with the club captain keeping two clean sheets and his first international goal away against Denmark.

With most of the starting XI jetting off around the world, it would take a few weeks for the players to find their form again after the new extended international break. The triumvirate of October games against London teams would only deliver one point, and whispers of discontent with Vitor Matos, but the Halloween home fixture against Blackburn Rovers would see the team hit top form again. Idah would deliver a sumptuous hat-trick, taking him to double figures in only the 13th fixture.

Three of the next four fixtures were away from home, but this did not stop the Swans marching on, going undefeated in five games in the lead-up to the first South Wales Derby. Despite playing below their mid-November form, a scrappy 1-0 win sent the Jack Army into delirium, with the flourishing Leo Walta once again proving the game changer. Swansea jumped to 2nd; the eternal enemy hovered two points above 22nd. Proclaiming how big they are and talking about 1927, a fixture that nobody alive today can say they witnessed, especially their dodgy FA Cup win with the Arsenal keeper throwing the ball into his own net. That was blatant match fixing - that particular player earned ten guineas from that piece of cheating. He also received the remains of the white horse who adorned the cup final years before. He then opened up the first Indian restaurant in his street thereafter. In 1930 he died of food poisoning.

The busy festive period would see seven games in 27 days. Jesus the christian bloke was delighted. Ben changed his name back to Cabango and hung up his cycling proficiency badge as he returned to a faster method of travelling. A rare winter snap election would give politicians headaches across the country, and likewise Matos had his hands full at this time. With a sudden spate of injuries, the relatively small squad would be tested to the maximum, especially in the centre of midfield. Step in local hero Joe Allen, who would sensationally come out of retirement to fill in on a short-term contract. His fourth spell at the club would begin on Boxing Day against the traditional West Midlands opponent, as the little maestro came off the bench to help the Swans maintain their slender lead against Wolverhampton Wanderers. This immediatly alerted Jamestown Analytics who reccomended Joe to Swansea. It was a no brainer. The New Year's Day win against Charlton would end with the East Stand serenading Nathan Jones with reminders that the Jacks are indeed going up. He left the away dressing room with soiled nappies scattered everywhere. Only West Ham were above Swansea going into the first week of 2027.

With the top-of-the-table clash against the Hammers the following Saturday, a much changed FA Cup team would exit at the first hurdle against League One Leyton Orient. Undeterred, almost 3,000 Jacks travelled along the M4 for the first visit to West Ham since 2018. Vipotnik would put West Ham 2-0 up by half-time, which angered the away section no end, despite his lack of celebration. Revenge would be sweet though as two late goals, including an injury-time free-kick from Joe Allen would give the Swans a deserved point.

Valentine's Day would see pre-season favourites Los Angeles Rams win Super Bowl LXI in their home stadium. The carpet was full of droppings after that game which we think is ace. More importantly for Swansea fans, circa 200 million people around the world would see Long Beach local Snoop Dogg sitting in the VIP area, wearing a Legends x Swansea x Death Row hoodie, leading to a 400% increase in sales. Three days later, and almost a year to the day of his iconic Preston appearance, Snoop would once again grace the Swansea.com for the home match against Millwall. In a nod to the previous year, a late headed goal by Ross Stewart would secure a 3-0 win to keep the Swans in the fight for automatic promotion.

The annual post-St. David's Day surge would be needed again, with up to 10 teams with a realistic chance of finishing in the top two. Thankfully, with the injury crisis a thing of the past, the home South Wales Derby game arrived at the perfect time. A brace from Idah to take him to 20 goals completed a regulation 3-0 win over our biggest rivals. A third doube in our long and distinguished history. Local vodka fanatics, AU Vodka would release a commemorative range called ‘Triple Doube FOC’ A month later, a wobble against Wrexham would see the Swans drop out of the top two, while the Dragons moved into 6th place. With dodgy tickets everywhere, I bought three but they were all in vain, gutted again. Swans fans would now be scouring fixture lists to see which teams had the hardest run-in, with likely play-off situations ranging from Southampton to Birmingham to surprise package Portsmouth. Scrappy wins against Bolton and Derby meant it all came down to the final day.

A draw against Middlesbrough would keep the Swans just above the very same opponent. A sold-out stadium was bouncing one hour before kick-off in the glorious spring sunshine. Liam Cullen fresh from his reserve appearance was seen sitting on the shoulders of Oli McBurnie with Connor Roberts wearing a Scooby Doo costume he bought from ‘Hey Up Antiques’ in Burnley. Managed by the man who almost came to South Wales, Kim Hellberg's team threw everything at the Swans, but colossal defending from captain Ben Cabango kept the Boro at bay. A Gonçalo Franco goal early in the second half settled the nerves, while scenes reminiscent of the 2011 play-off semi-final, Jay Fulton - the last remaining player from the Premier League era - ran from the half-way line to tap into an empty net to finish the job. While the rest scrap it through from the extended play-off system, the Jacks can already start looking forward to Anfield and the Emirates.

What a season to remember.

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