CHELSEA have appointed Swansea City’s Josh Marsh as their Loans and Pathways Manager as they look to change the way they work with loans.

PATRICK ORME has left Bristol City after seven-and-a-half years to become Head of Sport Science at Swansea City.

GAVIN LEVEY has left Aberdeen after 17 years to become the new Academy Director at Swansea City. He replaces Andy Goldie, who joined Southampton in the summer.

LUTON TOWN’S Paul Watson has been appointed Sporting Director at Swansea City, overseeing “all football operations.”

JON GREY is ending his 45-year association with Swansea City and joining the Football Association of Wales as assistant for Wales Women.

ANDY GOLDIE has left Dundee United after three years to become the new Academy Manager at Swansea City. The 37-year-old replaces Jon Grey, who took charge of the Swans Academy last September and will now lead the Under-21s.

JOSH MARSH has left Huddersfield Town after six years to become Head of Football Operations at Swansea City.

MARK ALLEN has been sacked as Swansea City’s Sporting Director just eight months after being promoted to the role.

JON GREY has been promoted to Academy Manager by Swansea City following two years as their Head of Coaching.

SWANSEA CITY have promoted Mark Allen to become their new Sporting Director, just eight months after he joined the club as Academy Manager.

A quartet of assistants have left Swansea City after new manager Russell Martin finalised his backroom staff at the club.

RUSSELL MARTIN has been confirmed as the new Head Coach of Swansea City after signing a three-year contract with the Championship club.

SWANSEA CITY have announced new Under-23 and U18s coaches in a major overhaul that follows the arrival of Mark Allen as the club’s new Academy Director last month.

MARK ALLEN, the former Rangers Director of Football and Manchester City Academy boss, has been appointed Academy Director at Swansea City.

SWANSEA CITY are advertising for a new Academy Manager after announcing that Nigel Rees is stepping down from the role after six-and-a-half years.

SWANSEA CITY have downgraded their Academy to Category Two status after four years in the top tier.

DAN ALTMAN explains how he plans to 'liberate' football analytics with smarterscout - and shares the lessons of his two seasons with Swansea City.

CLUB LEGEND Leon Britton has been appointed as Swansea City’s first Sporting Director, making them the eighth side in the Championship to have this role or equivalent.

SOME might dismiss Harry Redknapp as a hangover from a bygone age, but Ben Dirs finds the 71-year-old as passionate and thought-provoking as ever about the game he loves.

SWANSEA CITY have made three Academy coaches redundant, including the first full-time female coach in men’s football.

DAN ALTMAN has stepped down from his controversial role as Senior Adviser for Football Operations at Swansea City after almost two years.

FORMER Premier League footballer (and champion boxer) Curtis Woodhouse tells Ben Dirs why he's learnt so much managing Bridlington Town in the Northern Counties Premier Division.

DANNY CIPRIANI is one of English rugby's great talents, but hasn't started a Test for 10 years. He tells Ben Dirs about refusing to fit the mould.

FOR YEARS, the barmaid at The Borough thought the small, grey-haired chap wearing an old England rugby shirt was just another regular. She was right, up to a point.

TRAINING GROUND GURU has been shortlisted for sport website of the year at the prestigious Sport Journalism Awards.

JONNY NORTHEAST has been appointed as Head of Sports Science at DC United - six months after losing his job at sister club Swansea City.

OUR top 10 best-read stories of 2017, ranging from Redfearn to Ranieri.

PAUL CLEMENT inevitably got the chop after Swansea's awful start to the season, but the spotlight also needs to fall on those responsible for recruitment, including Dan Altman.

JACK CORK has given a fascinating insight into Swansea’s recruitment process, suggesting it was NOT manager Paul Clement’s decision to sell him to Burnley this summer.

MARTIN EDWARDS transformed Manchester United from a club in the doldrums into a corporate juggernaut. So why doesn't he get more credit? Ben Dirs went to meet the club's unloved emperor.

JACK COLLISON has returned to West Ham United as an Academy coach - three years after leaving the club as a player.

Steph Curry and Danny Cipriani are enthusiastic members of the floating fraternity. We sent Ben Dirs down to Float Level in Manchester to find out what it's all about.

JONNY NORTHEAST, Swansea City's Head of Sports Science, is leaving the club after seven years.

WEST BROM won the Premier League fitness title in 2016/17, with the lowest number of significant injuries and days lost to injury.

DAVE ADAMS is doing consultancy work for the Football Association of Wales following his abrupt departure from Everton.

DAVE ADAMS has been named Everton’s new Academy Head of Coaching, after leaving the same role at Swansea City.

Ex-England striker Alan Smith reveals the truth about his acrimonious exit from Leeds, the injury that almost ended his career and why he is relishing every moment with Notts County.

SWANSEA CITY are looking for a new head of academy coaching following the departure of Dave Adams.