The Swans Manager has started pre-season training for his side, after the last two Southern League campaigns were halted due the pandemic, but Driver-Dickerson doesn’t feel that the club have lost momentum, and is looking forward to the new campaign. 

‘We’re all buzzing to be back’, he said. ‘We had a few new faces as well as some old ones at training on Thursday, and everyone involved is mad keen to get going again.

We have some great pre-season games lined up, two games against sides from the Hellenic Premier League and four against Southern League clubs. It’s a great mixture of different footballing styles for us to play against, and, of course, we have the added local interest of derby games against Fairford and Brimscombe, which always provide a different challenge.’ 

The Swans open their pre-season on Friday, 9^th July, when they travel to Fairford Town (7.45pm), before hosting Redditch United at Thornhill Park on Monday 12^th July (7.45pm).

On Monday 19^th July, the Swans go to Brimscombe and Thrupp (7.45pm), before another short road trip sees them down in Bristol at Lodge Road to take on Yate Town on July 22^nd (7.45pm). 

The Swans then welcome Taunton Town to Thornhill Park on Tuesday 27^th July (7.45pm), before concluding their fixtures with a home clash with Weston-Super-Mare on Tuesday 3^rd August (7.45pm).

If the Swans are drawn out of the hat to enter the FA Cup at the Extra Preliminary round, their season will start on Saturday 7^th August, if they are drawn as a bye straight into the Preliminary Round, they will commence the season with their first Southern League fixture on Saturday August 14^th. 

The Swans will know their FA Cup fate when the fixtures are released by the FA on July 9^th.