Why Does Swansea City AFC Play In The English Football League?
When the Southern League was formed in England at the end of the 19th century, it was based largely on English clubs, but also included a handful of Welsh clubs including Newport County, Cardiff City and Merthyr Town FC. The Southern League wrote a letter of invitation to Swansea in 1912 suggesting that they might like to submit a football team to represent their town. Swansea responded by founding Swansea City. Although the club has never held the FA cup, they have reached the semi-finals on two occasions in 1926 and 1954. Swansea City AFC play their home games at the ground of the Liberty Stadium which they share with the Ospreys rugby team. The ground has a capacity for 20,000 people. The club currently resides in the League One division and finished sixth in the table for the 2005/06 season. They are currently pushing for promotion into the Championship division.
