t was an emotional evening as Wales took on Costa Rica on Wednesday night, and I think it’s fair to say that not many Welsh fans present were too bothered by the performance on the pitch … even though it would have been nice to win in what was Gary Speed’s tribute match. The Football [...]
t was an emotional evening as Wales took on Costa Rica on Wednesday night, and I think it’s fair to say that not many Welsh fans present were too bothered by the performance on the pitch … even though it would have been nice to win in what was Gary Speed’s tribute match. The Football [...]
t’s not altogether clear why the FAW decided to use a drawing of Neville Southall on the cover of the match programme as opposed to a photograph, perhaps times were hard! The match was Southall’s 75th international cap, extending his record as the most capped Welshman which he secured when breaking Peter Nicholas’ previous record [...]
verybody’s heard of the 92 club, that legendary list of grounds every self respecting football fan wants to be able to tick off. I’ve taken so long to tick off my 92 that quite a few of the grounds I onced visited no longer exist! My visits to Coventry City’s Highfield Road, Huddersfield Town’s Leeds [...]
n 27 May 1982, just 2,315 people turned out for a British Home International match between Wales and Northern Ireland at The Racecourse in Wrexham. Northern Ireland were never usually the biggest draw of the Home Championships, however this was a Northern Irish side who had just qualified for the World Cup in Spain and [...]
wales away, teenage kicks, vodka-sprite, i love you baby, qurban qurbanov, the karat inn, pintxos, belavia, bara brith, brøndby ultras, bullet-ridden belgrade taxis, joey jones, road trips accross croatia, mönchengladbach cocktails, san francisco limos, the hungry duck ...