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• Nickname:Swans
• Founded:1912
• Manager:Brendan Rodgers

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• Capacity:20,000

Martinez relishes Swans win

25 Jan 2009 - 10:39:25

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Swansea City boss Roberto Martinez was full of pride in his players after they secured a famous 2-0 FA Cup fourth round victory at holders Portsmouth.

Goals from Nathan Dyer and Jason Scotland earned the Swans a deserved success at Fratton Park, with Martinez hailing his side's progress in recent months.

He said: "I'm delighted that we were able to come to a Premier League environment and be ourselves.

"If you look at our form in the Championship over the last six games, we've been at that level and I'm glad we've stayed there.

"We had no Championship experience at the start of the season and it was bit of an eye-opener when we came into the league.

"For me, I'm extremely proud of the way the players dictated things from the beginning against Portsmouth.

"There's room for improvement, but the average age of the players is 25-26 and there's huge hunger in the team.

"They want to win games for Swansea and that's why our dominance didn't surprise me.

"It would be very foolish to say we can go on to reach the final, but I know we can improve on this. This is a fantastic result."