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.

Davies joins up at Tottenham Hotspur?

Whilst there were several reports in the past week that suggested Chris Davies was the Swans’ preferred choice to replace Russell Martin at the club, it appeared yesterday that we may have missed out on Davies who seems set to be part of Ange Postecoglou’s staff in North London. The…
Friday, 16 June 2023, 6:30

Swansea City and Southampton making a crazy situation worse

I’m not actually sure anyone really cares about what the discussion is about any more but none of Swansea City, Southampton and Russell Martin can move on properly without this matter of compensation is resolved. On the day that the Premier League fixtures were released it looks for all money…
Thursday, 15 June 2023, 13:44

Double transfer link for Swansea City

It was only day 1 of the transfer window but Portsmouth defender Zak Swanson and USA international George Bello are both transfer links for the Swans if reports are to be believed. The Swans are expected to have a relatively busy transfer window and the latest two names are not…
Thursday, 15 June 2023, 6:45

Is the biggest investment yet to come?

The Swans this week announced new investment into the club with the news that Nigel Morris had invested ยฃ10m into the club in return for a 25% stake diluting the shareholding of all other shareholders which of course includes the Supporters Trust. Morris’s investment was confirmed and lodged at companies…
Wednesday, 14 June 2023, 9:06

New name added to the managerial links at Swansea City

As Russell Martin prepares for his Southampton move the managerial links at Swansea City continue to build up and this time reports in Belgium suggest that we have made an approach for Carl Hoefkens. All reports and rumours in South Wales over the past week have suggested that Chris Davies…
Tuesday, 13 June 2023, 7:41

The week that Southampton will finally get their man

It was almost a month ago that interest in Russell Martin was first reported and pretty much the same period of time that it has been said that he is making his managerial move to Southampton.ย  ย Since then discussions/stories about agreed compensation, non agreed compensation, player targets and Premier League…
Monday, 12 June 2023, 7:00
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