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...
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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...
Podcast / Podlediad #57: Brian Flynn – ‘Little Wonder’
Russell chats with Leon about his experience writing a biography of Brian Flynn for St David’s Press. They discuss Flynn’s playing career, his time as manager of Wrexham and Swansea and his role in the Swans’...
Wales vs Austria: A brief history
On the eve of the qualifier against Austria in Vienna Leon Barton reveals the significance of the fixture in Wales’s footballing history. When I think of the teams Wales have a bit of history with, the...
Bordeaux bound
Russell Todd is Bordeaux bound via Angoulême from Wrexham Travelling overnight to Dover from Wrexham isn’t on paper an attractive proposition. Nodding off on the outskirts of Oswestry and waking near Maidstone though takes...
Galwad am luniau cefnogwyr / Call for fans’ photographs
In Podcast #22 Russell chatted with Jonathan Gammond and Karen Murdoch from Wrexham Museum about the Welsh Football Collection. Plans for an exhibition to coincide with Euro 2016 were beginning to take shape. Here’s your...
Called Up But Not Called Upon – Jack Lewis’ story
In two blogs Russell Todd has brought into the spot light players who were called up by Wales but who were never fortunate, fit or favoured enough to be called upon to win a...
