Henry Swain

Let me introduce Carlos Henrique Raposo, also known as Carlos Kaiser. Never heard of him? Neither had I, until a friend directed our group chat’s attention to his Wikipedia page. What I read simply had to be penned.  A relatively ordinary Brazilian man, born in 1963, Raposo possessed a footballing ability far below professional standard. […]

The opening round of the 2023/24 Premier League campaign saw Palace travel up to Sheffield to try their luck at a first opening day win time since 2021, a 1-0 victory over Southampton.  A slightly uninspiring summer transfer window has led to a lack of belief from many supporters, exacerbated by the departure of long-term […]

The striker position is, without doubt, the hardest position to nail down, with the majority of clubs in the top leagues of Europe still searching for a talisman to guarantee 15+ goals a campaign.  Because of this, they come at a cost, so here are 5 strikers who shouldn’t come at extortionate fees that I […]

The game began fast for the hosts as a determined run from Jack Diamond saw the winger cut the ball back across the edge of the box for Danny Mandroiu to curl first time into the top right corner. A goal in the first 6 minutes set the game up for the Imps to push […]

What are my plans for SwainFootball I hear absolutely no one ask… Well, I’ve got a few ideas.  Initially, I’m thinking of scrapping the name. I want my work to be associated with my name and therefore the plan is to use Henry Swain as the name for all content sites. Along with a couple […]

In all honesty, I could sit here for hours and talk about what I think is going wrong at Palace, but I don’t think that would get us anywhere. So today, I’ve restricted myself to 4 main points. I use the word stagnation as I don’t necessarily believe we’ve gone backwards, but there are clearly […]