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.

Swans confirm Martin appointment – Russell joins from MK Dons

The Swans managerial search is finally over after the club confirmed the appointment of Russell Martin as Head Coach and he has officially signed the three year contract that was agreed in principle on Friday evening. Martin joins from MK Dons and will take charge of the Swans training session…
Sunday, 1 August 2021, 18:12

Martin agrees three year contract to join Swansea from MK Dons

It’s been a strange drawn out managerial chase but it seems to be over with several trusted journalists saying that Russell Martin has agreed a three year contract to join the Swans from MK Dons. The contract – reported as agreed in principle – will see him take charge of…
Friday, 30 July 2021, 22:34

Jody Morris leading the way in manager chase

In amongst all the speculation and guesswork, it continues to look as if Jody Morris is increasingly likely to be the man that the Swans turn towards as they look to end a managerial hunt that has been elongated due to certain approaches being rejected. Sources close to the club…
Friday, 30 July 2021, 11:29

Where do we go next? The managerial hunt continues

It has been a pretty depressing week to be a Swans fan.ย  ย From a position – and one not the many years ago – where we were able to attract the likes of Michael Laudrup we now seemingly cannot entice a manager from MK Dons to try and push us…
Friday, 30 July 2021, 8:07

Is former Sheffield United boss in the hunt?

Interesting developments in the last couple of hours have linked former Sheffield United manager Chris Wilder with the Swans managerial job – speculation which increased as his former assistant Alan Knill was confirmed to have left Bramall Lane earlier today. A short but simple statement from Sheffield United stated “United…
Thursday, 29 July 2021, 12:50
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