Podcast / Podlediad #79: Post-Trinidad & Tobago, pre-Slovakia
In this podcast Rich, Leon and Russell look back at the friendly against Trinidad and Tobago – the first international at The Racecourse in 11 years – and what we learned from such a...
Tagged: The Racecourse
When Wales went away at home
Wales will soon return to The Racecourse for the first time since playing Norway in February 2008. The importance of the ground, and Wrexham and north Wales more generally, in the history of our...
The international year ahead
In another guest blog Buzz Boncath (known as Gareth to his mam) looks ahead to Wales’s 2019 international calendar, which includes the entire Euro 2020 qualifying campaign, and considers the potential permutations that might...
We Need to Talk About North Wales
Following on from Leon Barton’s recent blog about why The Racecourse matters, Ryan ap Dafydd explains why he fears north Wales might be becoming a footnote to the resurgence of the national team and the...
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...
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,...
Thirty Years a Wales Fan – the spark that lit a life-long love affair
Thirty years ago today Leon Barton became a Wales fan. On the 30th anniversary of the game here are his recollections of the game that cemented his allegiance…and that goal. It’s all my Dad’s fault really,...
