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.

The first step towards ownership change?

It is never a quiet day at Swansea City but last night’s confirmation that the records had been filed at companies house of the resignation of Steve Kaplan as a director, almost two weeks after the decision was ratified at a board meeting of the club. The same meeting saw…
Tuesday, 6 October 2020, 8:13

Kaplan leaves Swansea City?

On the day when Sky Sports are reporting full transfer deadline news we see news of another departure from Swansea City as Steve Kaplan resigns his directorship of the club – a resignation effective from 21st September. Companies house records showed the resignation this evening with the date coinciding with…
Monday, 5 October 2020, 21:09

The news we didn’t want to hear

Well it was to be entirely predictable and it has been news that we expected to hear for most of the season but it seems that Trevor Birch is to use his extensive knowledge of the Swans finances to try and prise Joe Rodon away from the club at a…
Monday, 5 October 2020, 20:03

What can we expect now?

As the Swans head into international break time this week, we do so with the side looking good in 4th place in the table thanks to an unbeaten start to the season and ten points from the twelve available already on the board. With Reading and Bristol City on maximum…
Monday, 5 October 2020, 8:24

Reasons to be cheerful

Yesterday was a strange day.ย  ย Maybe it was the incessant rain that Storm Alex was bringing to Swansea but with an excellent win against a strong looking Millwall side in the afternoon sending us into the international break with ten points from twelve it was looking like a relaxing evening…
Sunday, 4 October 2020, 10:30

Real competition between the sticks

It may have been a change that was forced on Steve Cooper because of circumstance but the performance of Steven Benda between the sticks yesterday would have given him great comfort as the keeper did not look at all out of place on his Swansea senior debut. Benda was thrown…
Sunday, 4 October 2020, 9:12
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