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.

Swans fans confident of success

Swans fans head into our opening home game of the season this afternoon confident of repeating last season’s home win against Birmingham according to the results of a forum poll that has been running all week. With more than 240 votes, 66% of those who voted were predicting a home…
Saturday, 19 September 2020, 9:30

A night I will never forget

“That was the best trip I’ve ever been on” – the words that I cannot help throwing around in my head every time I think back to a magical night in Spain that is now incredibly seven years ago today but will live with me for ever – the night…
Saturday, 19 September 2020, 8:00

Thanks for the memories Nathan

The club finally confirmed Nathan Dyer would be departing Swansea City yesterday in a somewhat bizarre way in Steve Cooper’s press conference thus officially ending a long time connection between the club and player that really deserved just a little bit better official communication. Cooper said that “Nathanโ€™s still training…
Friday, 18 September 2020, 8:23

Home form will be critical this season

The biggest disappointment of last season was our home form at the Liberty where we watched (either live or distanced!) eight teams leave the ground with maximum points and just ten victories for the Swans. A total of thirty-five points were won at the Liberty which matched the total we…
Thursday, 17 September 2020, 8:28

What a difference a week makes

They do say that in football a week can make a huge difference and that is certainly the case for Steve Cooper who, just seven days after seeing his side surrender against Newport, watched them win away on the opening day of the season at Preston. Morgan Gibbs-White’s goal in…
Sunday, 13 September 2020, 8:22

Preston 0 Swansea 1

Morgan Gibbs-White scored on his league debut for the Swans to give us a win on the opening day of the season away at Preston and get the league campaign off to the perfect start. Gibbs-White was on hand to tap home a great square ball from Jake Bidwell to…
Saturday, 12 September 2020, 17:19
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