Remembering the August friendly
The end of season tour was long a staple for representative international teams. In June-July 1929 an FAW squad travelled from Canada’s eastern flank to its western flank and back again playing and winning...
Tagged: John Toshack
Cymru and Africa (pt.5) – Morocco
Tunisia? Check. Cote D’Ivoire? Check. Gambia and Egypt? Check. Zimbabwe, Guinea and Eritrea? Check Now it’s Morocco’s turn Morocco The darlings of Qatar 2022 were one of several unfancied to light up the World...
New caps in Croatia?
Although each of the uncapped players in the current Wales squad to face Croatia has spent time in previous squads, and a couple even accompanied the squad to Qatar, the more that senior players such as Ben Davies and Wayne Hennessey withdraw, the more transitional the squad begins to look.
Such is the strength of squad that Rob Page is able to pick in comparison to the bare bones that John Toshack selected for Croatia back in 2010, that even with seven uncapped players and the unavailability of five of the twelve most capped male players in history, Wales travel to Croatia this weekend with more belief than in 2010
Full backs…to the future!
Leon Barton Leon analyses the evolution of Wales full back options since the 1990s and early 2000s, when players would often be press-ganged into playing out of position to mask our deficiencies in quality....
Wales-Austria: A brief guide to every previous clash on Welsh soil
With heartfelt apologies to Podcast Pêl-droed’s legions of Ukrainian fans, if we are to finally get to a World Cup again after a 64 (SIXTY FOUR!) year gap, it’s perhaps fitting that we’ll have...
Podcast | Podlediad #93: The Toshack Years (part | rhan 3)
Like all the great trilogies – The Godfather, Three Colours, Bowie in Berlin, The Evil Dead and obviously Porky’s – we bring you part 3 of #TheToshackYears. Like all great epics it was beset...
Podcast | Podlediad #92: The Toshack Years (part | rhan 2)
Russell, Gareth and Leon continue their look back at #TheToshackYears. Part 1 of #TheToshackYears can be found here. Mae Russell, Gareth a Leon yn parhau edrych dros y Blynyddoedd Toshack. Gellir gweld rhan 1...
Podcast | Podlediad #91: The Toshack Years (part | rhan 1)
Having previously taken a forensic look at the reigns of Terry Yorath (podcast #23) and Mark Hughes (podcast #48), Russell, Gareth and Leon look back at #TheToshackYears. Parts 2 and 3 will follow soon....
