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.

Could Champions League reform signal the end of EFL Cup?

Proposals from UEFA to revamp the Champions League could see the demise of the EFL Cup it is rumoured or at least the impact that it could for many sides just become a youth competition. UEFA’s proposal would see 100 more matches and four extra dates created for European fixtures…
Wednesday, 10 March 2021, 21:20

“It was clever from their lad in the box”

The Swans are clearly getting themselves a reputation as penalty specialists after a fourth penalty in as many games last night with each of them being converted by leading scorer Andre Ayew. After the drama of last minute penalties giving us a win in the previous two games over Stoke…
Wednesday, 10 March 2021, 19:50

Ladies all ready ahead of the weekend restart

Swansea City Ladies return to action this weekend after the recent lockdown of matches and face Aberystwyth at Llandarcy on Swansea. It will be the first outing of the year for the ladies team who will look to continue their title defence in their first match since November which resulted…
Wednesday, 10 March 2021, 19:33

Fulton on what could be a crucial point

When you get to the end of a 46 game season then you know that every point you have earned can prove to be crucial and it may well prove that a point from a poor performance at Blackburn on a Tuesday night in March may well prove to be…
Wednesday, 10 March 2021, 8:13

Mowbray says they deserved more

Blackburn manager Tony Mowbray thought his side deserved more after watching them hold the Swans 1-1 in a pretty dull encounter at Ewood Park. Bradley Dack’s first half strike was soon cancelled out by Andre Ayew’s fourth penalty in as many games as the two sides fought out a draw…
Tuesday, 9 March 2021, 21:32

Cooper – not the best of performances

Sometimes a football manager can only say the obvious and that was certainly the case for Steve Cooper this evening as he had to admit after the game that the Swans were not at their best in tonight’s 1-1 draw at Blackburn. You could probably build a case to say…
Tuesday, 9 March 2021, 21:21
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