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SWANSEA CITY 1999-00

WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
By Neil Fissler

DIVISION THREE CHAMPIONS

JOHN HOLLINS told his side to remember the pain they felt as they sat in the Glanford Park dressing room after losing a play-off semi-final to Scunthorpe United.
He wanted them to use it as motivation when they returned the following season to go one step further and climb out of the Third Division.
Hollins made Swansea watertight for their tilt at the title. Roger Freestone was sensational in goal and, along with central defenders Jason Smith and Matt Bound, the Swans kept 22 clean sheets.
Goals were in short supply, only ...

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