Aston Villa Wales XI
Darren Hamer picks a Wales XI from the rich history of his team Aston Villa, and finds a few personal connections along the way. As a lifelong Aston Villa fan from Aberystwyth I have...
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My Welsh Footballing Hero: Tony Millington by Chris Leek
Chris aka The Man From Uncle (one of the sax players with The Barry Horns) and long time Swansea City and Wales fan introduces one of his Swansea and Wales footballing heroes: the late...
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...
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...
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...
Where are they now? – Wales u21s 5-1 Luxembourg u21s
Ten years ago today Brian Flynn’s u21 team hosted their Luxembourg counterparts at Llanelli’s Parc y Scarlets in a 2011 European Championships qualifier, recording their biggest ever win. In a blog originally featured on...
