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.

Obafemi tops your Coventry City ratings

Michael Obafemi topped your ratings from the Swans weekend win over Coventry – an entirely predictable outcome given the two goals and one assist that he posted in the game. It was arguably Obafemi’s best game in a Swans shirt, as he too the two finishes with some customary ease…
Monday, 7 March 2022, 8:05

Five things we took from…the impressive win over Coventry City

The Swans made it back to back league wins yesterday when Coventry City were defeated 3-1 at the Swansea.com stadium yesterday thanks to an impressive display for the first half of the game although Russell Martin rightly pointed out the drop in intensity after the third goal went in early…
Sunday, 6 March 2022, 8:43

Financial lessons to learn from Cardiff City

You can throw many criticisms at Swansea City owners – both past and present – but the one thing that has been consistent over the past twenty years has been the desire for the club not to spiral into debt. The club has largely lived within its means for many…
Friday, 4 March 2022, 12:00

As a Man Utd fan playing Old Trafford would be a dream

New Swans goalkeeper Andy Fisher admits that as a goalkeeper starting out on his career he looked up to Edwin Van Der Sar at Manchester United as one of his heroes – helped by the fact that he was a fan of the Red Devils anyway. Van der sar played…
Friday, 4 March 2022, 11:00

Martin ready for Coventry City challenge

Russell Martin will tomorrow welcome a Coventry City side to SA1 looking to complete a second league double of the week after Monday night’s win at West Brom. The Swans recorded one of their best away performances of the season against the Sky Blues back in November and Martin knows…
Friday, 4 March 2022, 9:00

Coventry City and their superb away support

Coventry City will be backed by more than 1700 of their own fans tomorrow when they arrive in SA1 with tickets for away fans going off sale today. The support – one of the strongest seen here this season – will all be travelling in the optimism that they can…
Friday, 4 March 2022, 8:00
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