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.

Barnsley ticket priority for those who didn’t take refunds?

Yesterday’s announcement that the Liberty Stadium will potentially have a 3,000 crowd for the play-off semi final against Barnsley sparked much debate as to how the club would allocate tickets – or more to the point which names would be in the draw for such a restricted number. The good…
Wednesday, 12 May 2021, 8:12

Could the Swans raid Watford for Wilmot?

As the transfer rumours all start to gather pace the latest one suggests that the Swans are keen on bringing Ben Wilmot back to the Liberty Stadium despite him having a year left to run on his Watford contract. Wilmot spent all of last season at the Liberty on loan…
Wednesday, 12 May 2021, 7:45

Birch: Welsh government discussions remain ongoing

Former Swansea Chairman and current EFL Chief Executive says that talks with the Welsh government remain ongoing despite the confirmation that fans will be allowed back into stadia for the play off semi finals pleasing supporters of both Swansea City and Newport County. It was confirmed on Tuesday morning that…
Wednesday, 12 May 2021, 7:00

EFL welcome Online Safety Bill

The EFL have issued a statement welcoming the announcement of the Online Safety Bill outlined in today’s Queen’s speech to Parliament but have called on social media companies to recognise the impact of their inaction and to take moral responsibility by acting now to address abuse on their platforms before…
Tuesday, 11 May 2021, 22:22

As Fulham and West Brom come down, is the gap getting bigger?

This was always going to be a football season like no other.ย  ย The impact of the Covid pandemic was going to give a strange feeling to the season with it being considerably shorter than others and off the back of one of the shortest close seasons. But when you take…
Tuesday, 11 May 2021, 9:21
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