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.

Silly season starts early again

You can always tell when the March international window comes around as it generally sparks off the first of the transfer rumours ahead of the summer window and generally they start with rumours that have little (or more likely) no truth in them at all. Today’s story from ‘Football Insider’…
Monday, 22 March 2021, 19:53

Ayew will link up with Ghana next weekend

Steve Cooper has revealed that leading scorer Andre Ayew will link up with Ghana next weekend after it was initially reported that he would stay in Swansea having been left out of the international squad. Cooper now says that, in line with the other UK based players, he will travel…
Monday, 22 March 2021, 7:36

Hourihane injury forces Irish pull out

Conor Hourihane has pulled out of the Irish squad for the upcoming internationals against Serbia, Luxembourg and Qatar having originally been named in the squad. The Swans midfielder, who is on loan from Aston Villa, was forced off in yesterday’s 1-0 defeat against Cardiff City at the Liberty. The full…
Sunday, 21 March 2021, 20:26

Another comfortable win for Swans Ladies

Katy Hosford scored a hat-trick as Swansea City Ladies kept up their 100% start to the season with another comfortable win this afternoon as they coasted past Cascade with a 4-0 win to move top of the league. The Ladies moved three points clear with their sixth win of the…
Sunday, 21 March 2021, 16:49

Speculation links Cooper with Sheffield United

Reports have emerged via today’s press reports that former Sheffield United manager Chris Wilder has suggested that Steve Cooper would be his ideal replacement as the Blades face up to the reality of relegation and aim to bounce back to the Premier League at the first attempt. Chris Wilder departed…
Sunday, 21 March 2021, 16:33

Our best performance for a while?

Korey Smith says that the performance against Cardiff City was the best that the Swans have out in for a while but concedes – as he has to – that the only stat that mattered at the end of the day was that they scored one goal and we scored…
Sunday, 21 March 2021, 11:50
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