A Touch Far Vetched wishes to respond to the recent news about the Swans honouring Mel Nurse by renaming the Riverside Bar after our local hero by publishing this shared statement… Every Swans fan will know that the name Mel Nurse is synonymous with our club, firstly as a player
ATFV is BOND-ing with two new charities as we look to add to our good causes list for the 2024-25 season. Alzheimer’s Society Cymru and Faith in Families will receive the #atfvfundraising treatment and benefit from a big James Bond themed event at The Village at the start of October. Click
We’re bringing back an old feature but with a very new look to it! Swansea City’s coming off the back of a watershed week with grievances aired, rivals despatched and three valuable points secured. It has all inspired me to bring back the 100 Word Week, where the events of
The latest issue of A Touch Far Vetched, Vol 1 Issue 8, is now online and available to read for FREE…and what an issue this is, full of wholesome Swans goodness yet more provocative than a Paul Watson Fans Forumđ± Here are some of the highlights in the treasure trove
It’s been anything but simple to land a main sponsor for A Touch Far Vetched however the fundraising fanzine devoted to Swansea City has entered into an exciting new partnership with local start up business Simply Print Wales. Meanwhile, we’ve done a little sponsoring of our own… Over the last couple
For those fans watching Swansea City at the Vetch Field during the first half of the Nineties, Jason Bowen will be a familiar name – a cultured front man with pace to burn, an eye for goal and absolutely perfect hair (ok, that last bit is probably something that sticks
Last Sunday evening A Touch FarVetched gathered together a number of former Swans in the opulent surroundings of Morgan’s Hotel to raise money for two extremely worthy causes. We sang, we danced, we drank (some more than others, eh Samantha?!), we gasped at incredible magic tricks and we laughed at
A remarkable turnaround in form has seen Russell Martin’s Swansea City side record four wins in a row for the first time in what seems forever (it’s actually three years) – but it’s the qualities on display that have made it more phwoarr than merely four… Our early season frailties
Alan Curtis has always been a friend of A Touch Far Vetched and now both parties are calling upon some friends in order to pay tribute to fallen Jack Lenny Johnrose and raise lots of money for the Swans’ Former Players Association and the Motor Neurone Disease Association. Curt has
This evening sees the launch of a new ATFV charity campaign aimed at aiding the Swansea City Former Players Association – we weren’t going to formally announce this for a few weeks but this evening’s sad news that Lenny Johnrose has passed away has not only brought our timetable forward,