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.

Liverpool and Chelsea – memories you never forget

“I had that League Cup in the back of my taxi once.”ย  ย Well, that may not be the most accurate of descriptions but I did have it on my kitchen worktop for a while shortly after that magical day when we lifted our first – and to date only –…
Tuesday, 10 August 2021, 7:45

Swans ready to complete Ipswich and Man Utd deals this week

The Swans are ready to do business with both Ipswich Town and Manchester United this week as they will be welcoming both Flynn Downes and Ethan Laird to the Liberty Stadium this week. Downes will have a medical at the Swans early this week to complete a move to the…
Monday, 9 August 2021, 8:53

Piroe to feature against Reading

There was a host of rumours floating around at the weekend for the reasons for Joel Piroe’s absence from the matchday squad against Blackburn but Russell Martin has confirmed that the summer signing will feature against Reading in the Carabao Cup tomorrow evening. The rumours started to surface on Friday…
Monday, 9 August 2021, 7:39

No blame from Martin despite individual errors

When you have had less than a week with your squad ahead of the first game and you are trying to change the way that they have played for two years then you know you are going to witness mistakes and that was certainly the case for Russell Martin in…
Saturday, 7 August 2021, 18:31

Swansea.com to be the new stadium sponsor?

It looks like someone may have let an accidental cat out of the bag earlier today with the swansea.com website proudly declaring their sponsorship of the stadium which would carry the Swansea name after 16 years as the Liberty Stadium. Swansea.com – one of shareholder Martin Morgan’s businesses – have…
Saturday, 7 August 2021, 18:12

Blackburn 2 Swansea 1 – Swans beaten on opening day

The opening day of the football season is the day where new dawns appear, optimism is high and it’s a chance to see just what the work of the close season has done for the side that, for many, you left behind in May. For us that May date was…
Saturday, 7 August 2021, 17:00
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