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.

What a magical night

It is the morning after the night before and to my amusement last night I set my alarm clock this morning to play the Swansea City song on Amazon Music.ย  To my disappointment when it started playing it wasn’t the dulcet tones of Roger Evans but it did wake me…
Thursday, 23 July 2020, 7:16

Reading 1 Swansea 4

There are times when football surprises you and then there are times when football takes every single emotion you have, throws them around a few times for good measure and then throws them back out for you to enjoy the elation.ย  Swansea City are play off bound. I am not…
Wednesday, 22 July 2020, 21:57

Reading v Swansea City – Match Centre

The Swans play what could be the last match of a long 2019/20 season at the Madejski Stadium this evening in search of the win that could yet see them extend the season a little longer but that depends on results elsewhere too…
Wednesday, 22 July 2020, 18:45

This is officially last chance saloon

So, this is it.ย  353 days since we opened the season at home with a 2-1 win over Hull, the Swans will close a 46 game season at Reading knowing that nothing less than a win will do as we go in search of that elusive play off place. Of…
Wednesday, 22 July 2020, 7:00

It’s hard to see how this can work?

I can completely understand the desire of football clubs to want to allow fans back into stadiums and they must have had a celebrating moment when it was announced last week that stadiums could open as early as October but the reality of the situation makes you wonder just how…
Monday, 20 July 2020, 11:30
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