Our first home meeting with Swansea Town was in the inaugural season of DIvision 3 football. We beat them 3-0 at Cassio Road on 8 September 1920, having gone down 2-1 the week before at the Vetch FIeld.
At home we've played Swansea 18 times, winning 10, drawing 4 and losing 4, scoring 29 and conceding 18. Our last home meeting with them was arguably Judas' finest hour. They were taking all the plaudits for their beautiful football and had just drawn 1-1 with Fulham in the FA Cup. We simply outplayed them and the 2-0 scoreline didn't do justice to our through superiority.
Back in August we drew 1-1 at the Liberty Stadium following Mike 'Geordie' Williamson's declaration that he wasn't fit to travel. Danny Graham put us ahead before Alan Tate equalised in the 90th minute.
Swansea are currently 5th with 42 points. On Tuesday they drew 0-0 at home with Coventry. Their away record this season is won 4, drawn 6, lost 3. They last won on their travels on 19 Dec when they beat Sheff Wed 2-0. Last Saturday they drew 1-1 at Middlesbrough.
Swansea might give a first ever start to our old Palace friend Shefki Kuqi. We can play Martin Taylor but are unlikely to include Will Buckley who is still recovering from an ankle injury.
