The Chris Gunter Top 10
On the tenth anniversary of his international debut and with the prospect of gaining his 79th cap against Serbia and moving into outright third in Wales’s list of all-time most capped players – with...
Category: Blog
The Balkan Complex
Wales will round off their 2016-17 season by heading to Belgrade in Serbia on 11 June. In 26 games against Yugoslavia and its composite independent nations dating back to 1953 Wales have triumphed only...
Wales and Scotland: the unrequited rivalry?
In this blog – originally featured in a Scotland-themed issue of The Football Pink entitled Our Thing – Russell Todd looks back at what has fueled Wales’s – largely unrequited? – rivalry with Scotland. The rivalry between...
I Love You Baby
Before Euro 2016 we had the pleasure of spending an evening in the company of Wales Online’s entertainment correspondent David Owen, not only a big Wales fan but a man of exquisite musical taste....
Rambo’s First Blood
Leon Barton recalls the 2008 Wales under 21 play-off matches against England and the first suggestion Aaron Ramsey might become the midfield general Wales had lacked for over half a century. Leaving aside two-legged...
Alternative Highlights of 2016
In many ways 2016 has tanked – Brexit, Trump, rise of fascism, death of Bowie, Ali, Lee et al, Joe Allen’s move to Stoke. But for several heady weeks in the summer we had the...
Wales vs Austria: A brief history
On the eve of the qualifier against Austria in Vienna Leon Barton reveals the significance of the fixture in Wales’s footballing history. When I think of the teams Wales have a bit of history with, the...
