Tagged: cymru
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...
Thanks for the memories, Robert Earnshaw
Last month Robert Earnshaw announced his retirement from international football having won 59 caps for Wales since his memorable debut against Germany in a pre-2002 World Cup warm up game at the Millennium Stadium....
Get With The Programme
With the return of Welsh rugby’s Judgement Day to the Millennium Stadium this weekend, Podcast Pêl-droed contributor and Scarlets and Swansea City fan, Hywel Picken reminisces about the importance of programmes to his childhood match day experience,...
Called-up but not called upon
When you consider the likes of Paul Mardon, Stephen Roberts, Mark Bradley, Glyn Garner and Simon Davies (not that one, but this one) all managed to win an international cap it must be a...
