1
Footie’s back!
International football has tentatively returned in empty stadiums after a six month hiatus. There’s now a huge backlog of fixtures stacked up that must be crammed into the already packed …
Nomads the champions
This month I should have been revelling in Wales’ Euro 2020 campaign, but the tournament has been delayed for a year due to the pandemic. The pause in international football …
Hat-trick chronicles
Pondering the three opponents that Wales will face this summer in Group A of Euro 2020 (Italy, Switzerland and Turkey), I can’t help but remember the last time Wales played …
Giggsy’s glory
What a magnificent achievement! Wales have qualified for the European championships for the second time running! Following the sensations of 2016, tiny, impoverished Wales will again rub shoulders with the …
The roar of the crowd
Two hard-earned 1-1 draws against Slovakia and Croatia last week mean there is still a mathematical possibility that Wales could qualify for Euro 2020 as runners-up in Group E. Put …
It is what it isn’t
Thanks to a comical og by Azerbaijani Pavlo Pashayev and a levitating late leap by Gareth Bale to log his 32nd Welsh goal, Wales snaffled an essential 2-1 victory in …
A lose-lose situation
Following two losses in four days this month against Croatia (2-1) and Hungary (1-0), Ryan Giggs was spot on when he said that Wales “will have to win nearly every …
Here we go again
Wales’ campaign to qualify for the Euro 2020 finals has got off to a great start with a hard-earned, slightly fortuitous 1-0 win over Slovakia in Cardiff. It’s not easy …
Honeymoon over
A 1-2 defeat at home to Denmark in the Nations League decider followed by a 1-0 defeat away to Albania in a friendly bring Ryan Giggs’ managerial record to five …
The pain of Spain is mainly on the wane
Wales’ 1-0 win over Ireland in the UEFA Nations League in Dublin has more than compensated for the chastening 1-4 drubbing by Spain in Cardiff five days previously. Wrecsam-born Harry …
