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.

Great news as Cabango signs

Ben Cabango signing his new contract will prove to be excellent news for the Swans as the defender put pen to a paper that will take him through to the summer of 2025. The central defender has proved to be one of the real highlights of this season as he…
Thursday, 18 March 2021, 22:18

Meet The Ref – Cardiff City

The referee for the South Wales derby on Saturday evening is Paul Tierney – a Premier League referee taking charge of his first Championship game of the season. Tierney was promoted to the Premier League list back in 2014/15 and his first game after that promotion was in charge of…
Thursday, 18 March 2021, 7:45

A great message to be supporting

Full marks should go to both Swansea City and Cardiff City this evening for joining forces to unite against racism ahead of the derby clash at the Liberty on Saturday evening. Saturday’s game co-incides with United Nations Anti-Racism Day and has seen the clubs and their associated supporter groups coming…
Wednesday, 17 March 2021, 20:45

Changes need to be made for Cardiff clash

If there is one thing that we should have learned from the recent fixtures is that it is the age old definition of insanity which simply says that the definition is “doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results” rings very true for Swansea City at…
Wednesday, 17 March 2021, 19:59

Woodgate on his “brilliant” Cherries

Bournemouth manager Jonathan Woodgate was full of praise for his Bournemouth side after they brushed aside the Swans at the Vitality Stadium last night to very much keep their play off hopes alive. Woodgate saw his side score three unanswered goals to put a big dent in the Swans automatic…
Wednesday, 17 March 2021, 7:52

“We got what we deserved” – Cooper’s frank admission

The words of Steve Cooper were clear enough after the Swans surrendered with nothing much more than a whimper at Bournemouth and that was that we got what we deserved after yet another disappointing performance. It is not the first time in recent weeks that Cooper has talked about a…
Tuesday, 16 March 2021, 22:30
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