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Flipping heck!
The best way to process the full extraordinariness of Cymru’s 7-1 win over North Macedonia this week is to examine a few statistics. ■In 729 international encounters with 80 different …
Player ratings
STARTING XI Karl Darlow 3AWOLBen Davies 2One hundred and outBen Cabango 2A whimper not a bangJoe Rodon 4Next appearance: the tattoo parlourNeco Williams 4Much ado about nothingEthan Ampadu 3DisarmedJordan James …
Has the Bellamy bubble burst?
The 3-0 loss at Wembley this week took the head-to-head record versus yr hen elyn to P105, W14, D21, L70, Goals F91, A256, an atrocious record that is almost as …
The enshittification of football
“Enshittification” is a word coined in 2022 by Canadian author, journalist and blogger Cory Doctorow to describe the relentless decline of products and services over time. Originally, he was particularly …
Belgium 4 Cymru 3
Match report: Oh no! Updated head-to-head records:v Liechtenstein P4, W4, D0, L0, Goals F11, A0v Belgium P18, W5, D5, L8, Goals F27, A28 Video: YouTube/Universal
The way of the world
Qualification for the 2026 World Cup is underway. The 23rd tournament will be the first to be triple-hosted (by Canada, Mexico and the US, heaven help us) and the first …
Unbelievable and unbeatable!
Craig Bellamy’s dream start to life as an international football manager just goes on and on and gets better and better. After this week’s 0-0 draw in Kayseri against Türkiye …
Enigma wrapped in a riddle
A 2-2 draw in Iceland* and a 1-0 win over Montenegro* in Cardiff keeps Cymru in the running for at least the Nations League play-offs while Craig Bellamy is now …
Craig’s Cymru revolution
Craig Bellamy couldn’t have had a more impressive start to his job as Cymru’s 15th full-time manager than last week’s two Nations League games against Türkiye in Cardiff and Montenegro …
Craig Bellamy: discuss
The FAW have appointed Cardiffian Craig Bellamy as Cymru’s new manager and, notwithstanding my own counter-intuitive idea of who should replace Rob Page, I agree wholeheartedly with the FAW’s decision. …