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.

Let’s Go Again – Swans ready to enter the next phase

Swansea City return to action tomorrow when they travel to West Brom, two weeks since their last league outing and looking to build on the first ten game run of the season that sees us in 16th place in the league. It starts a run of matches that will end…
Friday, 30 September 2022, 8:06

Fine margins the difference for Swansea City

A famous striker once said “it’s a funny old game” although you could be forgiven for not thinking there is much funny about us already losing five points this season thanks to the conceding of stoppage time goals. However, what it does demonstrate with those five points is just how…
Sunday, 25 September 2022, 9:48

Losing Obafemi to Burnley is the better of the two options

Let’s face it we have speculated all summer about the sales that are likely to happen in SA1 this summer.ย  ย Losing Flynn Downes was not really a surprise and it was widely believed that at some stage Joel Piroe would be the one to follow him out of the door.…
Thursday, 1 September 2022, 8:00

Burnley close in – Obafemi on his way

It seems almost certain that Michael Obafemi will end the transfer window as a Burnley player as talks reportedly carried on between the two clubs on Wednesday as they looked to find the middle ground that would allow the deal to be completed. The interest from Turf Moor came about…
Thursday, 1 September 2022, 6:47

Burnley unwilling to match Swans current valuation

Last night’s news that Burnley were showing a late transfer interest in Michael Obafemi would have got much discussion going amongst Swans fans especially in the thoughts that it was always likely to be Joel Piroe that we lost this summer. The club have long since signalled their requirement to…
Wednesday, 31 August 2022, 7:04

Fulham defender a possibility?

There is never a dull moment in transfer deadline week and it has now been suggested that Fulham left back Joe Bryan could be a target for the Swans after Sky Sports reported that three Championship clubs were interested. Fulham, who won promotion to the Premier League last term, have…
Tuesday, 30 August 2022, 8:30
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