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.

Cooper brushes aside Barnsley’s pressure claim

It seems a little unusual to have nine days between the end of a football season and the start of the play offs but that is what Steve Cooper and his side have had to endure which has extended the build up and certainly led to some level of mind…
Saturday, 15 May 2021, 17:17

Barnsley,. Aston Villa and Swansea – a play off hat-trick?

Conor Hourihane arrived at Swansea back in January on the back of a huge amount of promise and the belief for many at the time that he would be the catalyst that would spring the Swans into a top two space and automatic promotion to the Premier League. Four months…
Saturday, 15 May 2021, 10:11

Barnsley head coach sees them as underdogs

You can call it mind games or you can call it a true belief but Barnsley manager Valรฉrien Ismaรซl sees his side as the clear underdogs as he puts the final preparations into the work ahead of the first leg of the play offs on Monday. Barnsley will welcome the…
Saturday, 15 May 2021, 9:19

We are not just there to be also-rans

Barnsley may have been the unfancied side that reached the play offs to most people but for those that watch Championship football they were one of the sides that went about their business very quietly and clearly deserve their place in the top 6 of the division. They always say…
Saturday, 15 May 2021, 7:53
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