We Need To Talk About Chris
June 12th 2015. Chris Coleman has just guided Wales to victory against Belgium in front of a fervent, deafening Cardiff City Stadium. Wales top Group B and reside in the box seat for qualification...
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Millennium Stadium vs Cardiff City Stadium
Podcast Pêl-droed contributor Richard Owain Roberts considers the relative merits of the FAW taking Wales games to the Millennium Stadium or remaining at the Cardiff City Stadium The following people have directly stated that they think...
Cymru-Gwlad Belg: Sylwadau @BelgoFoot / Wales-Belgium: @BelgoFoot’s observations
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Is Welsh international football – finally – about to go mainstream?
Tomorrow night Wales play Belgium in a crucial, top-of-the-table European Championship qualifying match at the Cardiff City Stadium. With the demand for tickets prompting calls for a return to the Millennium Stadium; a sense...
Wales players’ caps to games ratios
Among the heightened anticipation of Wales’s recent qualifier in Israel the Welsh media took time out to pay tribute to Ashley Williams as he prepared to win his fiftieth, and so-called golden, cap, such as...
The Curious Career of Jason Koumas
In the week Liverpool FC and the English Premier League says goodbye to Steven Gerrard, Podcast Pêl-droed contributor Leon Barton has been thinking about Gerrard’s old friend Jason Koumas, who, in contrast, has just been relegated from the Football League. Someone...
Wales’ best ever goals?
To mark the 30th anniversary of Mark Hughes’s volley against Spain at The Racecourse, Leon Barton recently blogged about his memories of that match, his first ever Wales game. There were social media exchanges about where Sparky’s...
Thirty Years a Wales Fan – the spark that lit a life-long love affair
Thirty years ago today Leon Barton became a Wales fan. On the 30th anniversary of the game here are his recollections of the game that cemented his allegiance…and that goal. It’s all my Dad’s fault really,...
