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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.

Life could have been so different?

It was December 2015 when a very innocuous but now very infamous tweet was made from a then Swansea City director that simply said “Hola” and it was assumed that this meant that Huw Jenkins’ trip to South America was to prove successful and Marcelo Bielsa was about to be…
Tuesday, 14 July 2020, 10:46
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Our “bouncebackability” is in question?

Urban legend says that it was then Crystal Palace manager Iain Dowie that first used the word bouncebackability back in 2004 after a they beat Wimbledon 3-1. It is a term largely used only in sporting circles and of course relates to the way that a team/individual can come back…
Monday, 13 July 2020, 8:45
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Cooper – That was tough to take

There can be nothing worse as a manager than watching from the touchlines and seeing your team concede a last minute goal that snatches a top 6 position away from you so you can imagine how Steve Cooper was feeling when he talked about that last minute goal against Leeds.…
Monday, 13 July 2020, 8:25
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Swansea 0 Leeds 1

It was heartbreak for the Swans at the Liberty Stadium this afternoon after a last minute goal from Pablo Hernandez was enough to move Leeds within touching distance of the Premier League and leave the Swans still staring upwards at the play off spaces. When the league leaders arrive at…
Sunday, 12 July 2020, 15:32
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A sad footballing day

The news that one of football’s greatest characters had passed away would have saddened everyone whether they were attached to football but it will make tomorrow’s visit of Leeds United to the Liberty just a little more poignant. It was April 1953 when Charlton made the first of what was…
Saturday, 11 July 2020, 22:00
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All eyes on the Liberty

Leeds United arrive in Swansea tomorrow knowing that they are just seven points away from a place in the Premier League, something that they have craved since they were relegated back in 2004.All eyes on the Liberty During that time, the Swans of course spent seven years in that particular…
Saturday, 11 July 2020, 20:59
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