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“How do you solve a problem like Wales’ innate ability to make its life needlessly difficult?” We’ve only played three games and we’re already in ‘must win” territory. Llion Carbis assesses the situation ahead of our Azerbaijan qualifier in Solving A Problem Like Wales.
In Lose-Lose Situation Dic Mortimer explains why we’ll have to win our five remaining group games to finish second in Euro 2020 Qualifying Group E. Statistically it’s not looking good with Croatia to come, a team we haven’t beaten in five attempts.
The start of our UEFA Women’s Euro 2021 Qualifiers are just days away and the Team GB debate rumbles on in the background. With Wales coming so close to qualifying last time out, Callum Ellis reasons why it’s time to put Team GB to one side and get behind our own nation in Team GB A Major Distraction.
Cardiff hosted the Homeless World Cup during the summer with a number of locals volunteering to help out. Elin Thomas was a team guide for the Greek team and enjoyed every minute of it. Here she reflects on her ‘amazing’ week.
Ticket ‘harvesting’ is a problem that the FAW’s intent on tackling, and justifiably so. Darren Jones offers a possible solution for future campaigns in Just The Ticket.
With over 50 Wales caps to his name, Joe Allen is undoubtedly one of football’s most under-rated midfielders. Scott Jones takes a look at the career of the man Ashely Williams called, ‘A great guy. Class player’ in I’m Just Joe.
We’re 13 games into the Ryan Giggs’ reign and time to check on progress. With a string of erratic performances, Darren Jones has done his research and in Progress Report: Ryan Giggs compared Giggs’ results to those of former manager, Gary Speed, in the hope that it’ll offer us an understanding of where we’re heading.
James Edwards gets creative and follows a ficticious Wales fan on a solo trip that personifies #TogetherStronger in Georgia On My Mind.
We go back 10 years and look at Wales v Russia at the Millennium Stadium. Buzz Boncath’s Get With the Programme features the World Cup Qualifier played in September 2009 as the Russians pass through Cardiff on their way to World Cup Finals in South Africa the following year.
One of my earliest memories of watching football on the telly is of Peter Rodrigues lifting the FA Cup at Wembley in 1976. Pandering to my nostalgia, Mike Pearce expands on the life of the former Southampton captain and Wales full-back in his Classic Internationals series.
It’s not often you travel away to watch Wales and get the chance to watch a band from back home at the same time. But if you went to Budapest you had the rare opportunity to catch two – John Mouse and Papur Wal. Ian Johnson ventured to the depths of the Harom Hollo cellar bar and came out smiling after listening to, “I was a goalkeeper”. (YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
David Rees continues with his Cwrw Am Byth column in an attempt to match beers with our next opponents. How difficult do you think it would be to find Azeri and Belarussian beers? Check out the article to find out.
Issue 13 closes with a slight deviation from the norm in that our Wales Fan Profile spotlights two Wales fans rather than the usual one. This time it’s father and son duo, Steve and Rhys Ward, from Rhondda, who discuss the highs (there’s never any lows are there?) of following Wales.
