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By Miles Chambers<\/h3>\n

24 Jun 2011 12:49:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n
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Stephen Dobbie,Swansea City<\/p>\n

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Swansea City<\/a> midfielder Stephen Dobbie<\/a> cannot wait for the 2011-12 Premier League<\/a> campaign to kick-off.<\/span><\/p>\n

Although never a favourite at Liberty Stadium under former-Swansea manager Paulo Sousa, the 28-year-old was an integral player with Brendan Rodgers\u2019 promotion-winning team in the last season.<\/span><\/p>\n

The new campaign will be the attacking Scot\u2019s first taste of top-flight football in England and he is relishing the prospect of it.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI could never have imagined \u2013 especially when I was at Queen of the South and Dumbarton \u2013 I’d be preparing to face Manchester City on the first day of the new season,\u201d he said, speaking the Western Mail<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI just want to get back to work, get started and be ready for the new campaign. I’ve worked so hard to get here and I’m now relishing it.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Dobbie won his second successive play-off final last season after having played for Blackpool on loan in the 2009-10 campaign.<\/span><\/p>\n

He made 44 appearances in the Championship last season and scored 11 goals for the Swans.<\/span><\/p>\n

The midfielder admits his fitness has improved dramatically since he made the move away from Scotland to the club two years ago.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBeing at Swansea, the boys here are conscious of doing gym work every day. I’ve bought into that and it has worked for me,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThere’s stuff I used to eat that I wouldn’t touch now. I used to drive home from Queen of the South and stop at the McDonald’s and get a take-away!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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