Middlesbrough v Swansea City – Line-Ups and Match Centre

ByPhil Sumbler

Aug 9, 2025

The Swans are in action at Middlesbrough this afternoon and you can follow all the action here on JackArmy.net with our Team news and match centre covering all the key action from the Riverside Stadium.

Follow it all below or keep up to date with the views of the fans in our matchday thread here

Phil Sumbler

By Phil Sumbler

Been watching the Swans since the very late 1970s and running the Planet Swans website (in all its current and previous guises since the summer of 2001 As it stood JackArmy.net was right at the forefront of some of the activity against Tony Petty back in 2001, breaking many of the stories of the day as fans stood against the actions where the local media failed. Was involved with the Swans Supporters Trust from 2005, for the large part as Chairman before standing down in the summer of 2020.

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Martyn - Derwydd

Alan Waddle

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#1 1 day ago

Phil, your banging out too many articles. For almost 2 weeks I have been hitting the ignore button on every one without reading them just so I can see the threads I want to read and participate in. Just sayin!!!

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Muteswan

Roger Freestone

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#2 1 day ago

Maybe other people on here enjoy them. It’s not just for you. Keep up the good work Phil. 👍

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PSumbler

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#3 1 day ago

The articles are there for people to enjoy , entirely your decision whether you read them or not although somewhat bizarre to decide if you want to participate in or not without actually reading it but as I said your call entirely

This site has been running for 25 years, I like to think I know what I’m doing 🤣

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PSumbler

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#4 1 day ago

Cheers Mute 👍as I said above people can choose to read or not , it’s personal choice but I’m sure the comments that have come in recently suggest they are appreciated

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Martyn - Derwydd

Alan Waddle

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#5 1 day ago

Phil. My apologies. It kinda came across the wrong way from me.

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PSumbler

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New #6 13 hours ago

No apologies needed, I don’t get offended

It was a genuine reply , reading is a personal choice and one everyone is entitled to make .

There have genuinely been some very positive comments on recent articles, some less so. In the same way I suspect people read my posts on the forum and some don’t. Same with you and no doubt same with everyone

For me it’s the easiest thing to do to scroll past something if you don’t like it or - as you choose - hit the ignore thread button .

For 25 years the site has welcomed fans from all over the world and from many clubs but not everyone will enjoy every asoect of it but so long as they enjoy the aspects they do like then it’s what matters

And, as has always been the case, everyone is welcome to submit their own articles - the more wide ranging the better

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