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...
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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...
Preview of Brian Flynn – Little Wonder by Leon Barton
“I’ve just Cruyffed them” Hal Robson-Kanu Stade Pierre Mauroy lies on the eastern edge of the French city of Lille, less than three kilometres from the A22 autoroute. Follow the road east for a...
It might be the Stockholm Syndrome talking, but we need to talk about Ireland
After reaching its maiden European Championships Wales was at a crossroads: return to qualification also-rans or become regular attendees at the tournament top table. Failing to reach its first World Cup in sixty years...
Wales’s goal scoring debutants (part 2)
In part 1 of this blog Russell looked back at players who made goal scoring debuts for Wales. Players such as Mark Hughes, Robert Earnshaw, Nick Deacy of recent vintage; Tommy Bamford, Ernie Curtis,...
Excerpt from / Detholiad o ‘Little Wonder’
12 October 2017. Brian Flynn’s 62nd birthday. Forty years ago today he celebrated his 22nd birthday by winning his 21st Wales cap in the infamous 2-0 defeat to Scotland at Anfield. To mark the...
Trauma in Tbilisi: Wales’ bid to right the pain of Georgia*
Ahead of the World Cup qualifier game in Tbilisi Leon Barton takes a look at Wales’s two previous to the city. You may want to look away now…. First, the good news: Georgia have...
