Five years and counting….
Five years ago last month Wales played an end of season friendly against The Netherlands at the Amsterdam Arena. It was The Netherlands’ third pre-World Cup 2014 warm up game after playing Ecuador and...
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Podcast / Podlediad #83: Close season musings / Synfyfyrion y tymor caeëdig
In this podcast Gareth and Russell get together to discuss Wimbledon and Englandandwales winning the cricket. Like fuck they do. It’s all about Will Vaulks being a bluebird, celebrating Gareth Bale turning 30 and...
Bale’s 30 at 30
On the eve of Gareth Bale’s 30th birthday Leon Barton picks his top 30 Bale moments with Wales. I argued three years ago that Gareth Bale was our greatest ever footballer. Tomorrow Bale turns...
Wales and Hungary down the years
On Tuesday Wales will take to the field in Budapest to face Hungary for the eleventh time. Wales have only faced the other home nations, the Republic of Ireland, Belgium and the former Czechoslovakia...
Podcast / Podlediad #82: Croatia review, Hungary preview / Arolygiad Croatia, rhagolwg Hwngari
In this podcast Russell, Gareth and Daniel look back at the defeat in Osijek to Croatia and ahead to the clash in Budapest. They also share their thoughts on Daniel James’s move to Manchester...
Podcast / Podlediad #81: Ambassadors for a travelling #walesaway statelet with Dan Evans
Following his recent article in Planet – The Welsh Internationalist on his #walesaway experiences, Dan Evans joins Russell to explore some of the article’s themes: its egalitarianism and unity; its connections with community; its...
An Eligible for Wales XI
In light of the FAW telling Watford’s Will Hughes that he isn’t, as he recently claimed, eligible for Wales, Russell Todd picks an XI comprising players that were eligible to represent Wales but either...
The 10 greatest Wales away wins of all time
With Wales facing a tough away double-header in June, Leon Barton looks back at the most memorable times the national team has triumphed on foreign fields (outside of neutral venues). Let’s face it, our...
