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 await next pieces as the optimism increases

It was several weeks back that we talked on these pages about a summer of change at the club.ย  ย Well, it is proving to be exactly that with a new Chairman at the helm, a new manager and new investors already confirmed. That summer of change was added to yesterday…
Sunday, 25 June 2023, 9:00

Winter departure confirmed but cold club statement tells you much

The club confirmed the departure of CEO Julian Winter yesterday afternoon with what could well be the shortest departure statement in history – certainly one that many will read into that the departure was anything but amicable. It has been widely speculated and reported over the past couple of months…
Sunday, 25 June 2023, 6:30

Swans fans heavily backing the new boss

It’s only two days since Barnsley said goodbye to Michael Duff and he arrived in SA1 but during that time he has shown that he will – as he requested – have a heavy backing of the supporters as detailed by our recent Twitter poll. More than 90% of the…
Saturday, 24 June 2023, 6:30

Martin says goodbye as he heads to Southampton

Russell Martin took to social media to issue his “goodbye” statement after he was confirmed as the new manager of Southampton on Wednesday evening. After what felt like a long drawn out process for his appointment he moved to Southampton to spearhead what they hope will be an immediate return…
Saturday, 24 June 2023, 6:15

I just can’t see a Southampton move for midfielders

Ever since the first discussions came about regards Russell Martin’s move to Southampton there has been plenty of speculation about whether he would return to SA1 after his confirmed departure and take some of the key members of his squad. The initial discussions were very much about Matt Grimes but…
Friday, 23 June 2023, 6:30

“We all need to pull together” – Duff arrives in SA1

It’s been quite the week in SA1 and today the players will return to pre-season training with much having changed in the close season, not least the management of the club which was sealed yesterday with the arrival of Michael Duff in SA1. Just as we reported yesterday morning, the…
Friday, 23 June 2023, 6:15
1 57 58 59 60 61 304