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.

No crowds for 6 months?

It was always going to be a challenge that was very hard to overcome and now it seems almost certain that we will be waiting at least six more months before we can return to football stadiums given the words of the Prime Minister today. Whilst some games were played…
Tuesday, 22 September 2020, 14:49

When you are in the company of legends

I have been fortunate enough over the years to have hosted and introduced many things at the Liberty Stadium due to my tenure as Chair of the Supporters Trust but none of them will ever top the day that popped up on my Facebook memory timeline this morning. I remember…
Tuesday, 22 September 2020, 12:00

Good luck Julian, actions speak louder than words

So yesterday the club officially welcomed new Chief Executive Julian Winter into his new role and it was accompanied by the expected press release, one that has been trotted out a few times in the past and one that will – as ever – need to be backed up with…
Tuesday, 22 September 2020, 7:55

Palace rubbish Brewster stories

Looks like the football agents are out and about drumming up interest in their stars again with Crystal Palace forced to rubbish claims that they have made a ยฃ19m (with ยฃ6m add ons) bid for Rhian Brewster. After Sky Sports reported this as a story this morning, Palace Chairman Steve…
Monday, 21 September 2020, 14:43

Tate makes the headlines once again

It was interesting to see both managers play down the melee involving Alan Tate at half time when asked about the incident after the game especially when you factor in that Tate had taken his seat for the second half clearly indicating that the referee was going to take no…
Sunday, 20 September 2020, 10:45

Swansea 0 Birmingham 0

There are exciting 0-0 draws and then there are games like this afternoon’s at the Liberty where Swansea and Birmingham played out a complete snooze fest with the biggest talking point probably being the half time altercation involving first team coach Alan Tate. Tate grabbed Jon Toral by the neck…
Saturday, 19 September 2020, 17:09
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