The case for and against James Collins
There can be few players who have split Wales fans’ opinion quite as much as James Collins. Tough, towering centre back with a wealth of EPL experience to some; error-prone liability to others. With...
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Best Sheffield Wednesday Welsh XI
Having previously featured guest blogs selecting all-time Preston North End and Ipswich Town Welsh XIs, it’s now Richard Taylor‘s turn, whose research took him deep into the annals of the history of Sheffield Wednesday FC,...
Best Ipswich Town Welsh XI
As a football-mad teenager obsessed with fanzines Iwan Rowlands recalls writing an article on Welsh Ipswich Town players for TWTD.co.uk. Using the book The Men Who Made The Town as his reference point, Iwan...
Best Preston North End Welsh XI
Preston-born, Radyr-residing long-time friend of the podcast Jamie Grundy shares his all-time Preston North End Welsh XI. You might not know that Preston North End were the first English league champions in 1888, and also...
We Need to Talk About North Wales
Following on from Leon Barton’s recent blog about why The Racecourse matters, Ryan ap Dafydd explains why he fears north Wales might be becoming a footnote to the resurgence of the national team and the...
Republic of Ireland – a rivalry at last?
In this joint-blog Buzz Boncath and Russell Todd look at Wales’s burgeoning rivalry with the Republic of Ireland It had to happen, didn’t it? Buzz said in his previous guest blog for Podcast Pêl-droed that...
The Racecourse Matters
Last week was the tenth annivesary of the last time Wales played a full international at The Racecourse in Wrexham. Leon Barton recalls that game and considers the ground’s importance in the annals of the...
The Nations League – hopefully more successful than the League of Nations
Despite the failure to qualify for this summer’s World Cup, there was plenty for fans of Welsh international football to look forward to at the start of 2018. Not least the Nationa League draw...
