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.

We stood up to be counted

Steve Cooper would have been a happy man last night having watched his side deliver a good performance to bring a 1-0 lead back to the Liberty in their play-off semi-final against Barnsley. Andre Ayew’s first half goal proved to be the difference between the two sides on the night…
Tuesday, 18 May 2021, 8:04

Ayew strike downs Barnsley – we are halfway to Wembley

A singular piece of Andre Ayew magic and a solid and strong performance from the Swans was enough to give us a one goal advantage from the first leg of our play off semi final against Barnsley – can we finish the job off at the Liberty on Saturday and…
Monday, 17 May 2021, 22:11

Barnsley v Swansea – Our 2020/21 matches

The Swans and Barnsley have met twice this season and on both occasions the Swans ran out 2-0 winners with the two games taking place within a short space of each other either side of Christmas. It was 6 days before Christmas when the Swans picked up three points on…
Monday, 17 May 2021, 11:19

“These games are like derby matches”

There is nothing quite like Swansea City v Cardiff City games but you do see where Matt Grimes is coming from when he says that play off games are like derby matches. Grimes was referring to form not really playing a part in these games especially on the back of…
Monday, 17 May 2021, 8:47

This is it, our chance of glory – Barnsley preview

So this is it.ย  After what seems like an age to wait for the first leg to come around, the Swans head into play off action this evening knowing that they could be three games away from a return to the Premier League. It feels like longer than three years…
Monday, 17 May 2021, 8:00
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