You can feel the warmth in his voice as he reminisces about tormenting his former boss.

For Tommy Butler and his team-mates, drinking their way through the fine establishments of Wind Street was just as much a part of being a Swansea City player as stepping out and doing the business on a Saturday.

That's despite the disapproval of Kenny Jackett, whose attempts to rein in his unruly, but largely talented rabble of a squad were doomed from the start.

"Kenny came in one day and just said he didn't want us going out," the former winger tells WalesOnline..

"He was just saying 'it's not good for you. You're professional players. What are you doing? I'm here and you're out two, three nights a week'.

Jackett, in a desperate attempt to try and keep his squad under control, tried to get his players to sign an agreement preventing them from going out.

Needless to say, his efforts were largely ignored.

"It probably didn't help that probably 80% of us were single lads," Butler says. "We're all living...