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.

Manning hails the resilience of his Bristol City team

Liam Manning was a happy – and probably more than a little relieved man – after his Bristol City side got a much needed three points against the Swans yesterday afternoon thanks to Rob Dickie’s second half header. It was a rare attempt at goal in a game that highlighted…
Monday, 11 March 2024, 8:19

Williams – Swans didn’t do enough to beat Bristol City

There was very much a case of Luke Williams stating the obvious when he addressed the questions of the media after yesterday’s 1-0 defeat at Bristol City gave the Robins a double over the Swans this season. When your side has had no shots at goal despite achieving more than…
Monday, 11 March 2024, 7:58

Bristol City 1-0 Swansea City – Your player ratings

The Swans were beaten 1-0 at Ashton Gate this afternoon in a disappointing (to say the least) performance ending a three match unbeaten run. All the challenges/shortfalls that have faced us this season were on display and there needs to be a massive improvement before next week’s derby clash against…
Sunday, 10 March 2024, 15:55

Swans look to extend run as they look to move up

Swansea City head to Ashton Gate this lunchtime looking to extend their unbeaten run to four games and move further away from the Championship relegations. A positive return from today’s lunchtime clash with Bristol City would be the prefect preparation for next week’s South Wales derby and Luke Williams knows…
Sunday, 10 March 2024, 8:45

Fighting for their club – Williams looks ahead to Bristol City

The Swans look to extend their three match unbeaten run tomorrow lunchtime at Bristol City in the first of two derby clashes in six days with both fixtures giving us the chance to avenge defeats earlier in the season. Back to back wins over Sunderland and Blackburn were followed up…
Saturday, 9 March 2024, 6:54

Swans fans needed for filming for Specsavers series

Swansea fans would not have missed the Specsavers series about Cwm Albion which has involved Harry Redknapp and others being involved in the team they call the “best worst team” We were contacted this morning to add to an appeal for Swans fans to be part of the filming for…
Friday, 8 March 2024, 13:23
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