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As a new season starts the team take a look at the movements, stay-puts and rumours that have taken place so far in the August 2024 transfer window. Permanent moves for the likes of...
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After a bitterly disappointing evening against Poland, Rich, Leon and Russell look back at the whole qualifying campaign and consider what its failure means for Rob Page. They also reflect on an encouraging start...
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Russell, Leon and Huw cast their eye over a terrific night under the lights versus Finland/Suomi. They also look ahead to the play-off final versus Poland, the u21s victory over Lithuania and the new...
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Jamie Yates from Everton Heritage Society joins the podcast to share some of the research he is doing into Oswestry-born George Farmer who won two Wales caps in the 1880s. Farmer was one of...
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On the day Rob Page picked a bumper squad for the Euro 2024 play-off games, Leon and Russell look ahead to the game against Finland. Ar y diwrnod y detholodd Rob Page garfan fwy...
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Round up of the January transfer window, Nations League draw and any other business (with apologies to John Craven). Y diweddaraf ynglŷn â ffenest trosgwlyddo mis Ionawr, Cynghrair y Cenedloedd ac unrhyw fusnes arall...
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Ed Bridges from the 1912 Exiles podcast is our guest discussing Will Evans’s chances of a Wales cap and takes Russell and Leon on a Maindee Run of all things Newport County Mae Ed...
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Leon and Russell take a look at some of the news headlines including the sacking of Steve Cooper and another health scare for Tom Lockyer. They are then joined by Tim Edwards from the...
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Gareth and Russell review a frustrating window against Armenia and Türkiye that sees Cymru have to settle for the Euro 2024 play-offs, which – thanks Steffan Freund! – turned out pretty favourable. Mae Gareth...
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Leon and Russell spend a cosy Saturday night in to chat bollocks ahead of the Armenia and Türkiye games. Mae Leon a Russell yn treulio nos Sadwrn glyd gartre a chlebran o flaen y...
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Rob Sawyer from the Everton Heritage Society joins the podcast to discuss his Everton Wales XI which can be viewed here. Mae Rob Sawyer o’r Gymdeithas Dreftadaeth Everton yn ymuno â’r podlediad i drafod...
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Second part of our look back at the Gibraltar and Croatia matches. Dyma ail ran ein hedrych yn ôl ar y gemau yn erbyn Gibraltar a Chroatia.
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Leon, Huw, and Russell look back at a terrific week for Cymru at several age grades and capped off with victory over Croatia to haul themselves right back into the mix for Euro 2024...
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Gareth, Huw and Russell take a look at the early season form and fortunes of Wales squad players and those making an impression from outside it. Mae Gareth, Huw a Russell yn ystyried y...
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The Dragon On My Shirt is a brand new series looking at the experiences of some of the people of colour to represent Wales in football. Produced by East Sleep Media and supported financially...
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Huw, Rich and Russell review a disastrous international window that puts Rob Page’s future in doubt. (Contains squeaky chairs). Mae Huw, Rich a Russell yn arolygu ffenest rhyngwladol trychinebus sy’n bwrw amheuaeth ar ddyfodol...
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Leon and Russell look ahead to the final internationals of the 2022/23 season: at home to Armenia, away to Türkiye. They discuss the returns to the squad for Brennan Johnson, Ben Davies and David...
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On the occasion of this season’s FA Cup semi-final between Manchester United and Brighton & Hove Albion, 40 years after the two clubs faced each other in the 1983 final, our Leon Barton wrote...
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Russell, Leon and Huw look back at an ideal start to the qualifying campaign for Euro 2024 in Split and at home to Latvia. The international window also saw an historic qualification for the...
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Jaz Long (@photophobian), member of the Wal Goch y Menywod fans group who follow the Wales women’s team home and away, joins the podcast to look back on Helen Ward’s international career. Cymru’s record...
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Rich, Huw, and Russell discuss Rob Page’s first squad announcement since Qatar ahead of the Euro 2024 qualifying campaign and fixtures against Croatia and Latvia. Mae Rich, Huw, a Russell yn sgyrsio cyhoeddiad carfan...
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With the news that Joe Allen has retired from international football, like London buses, it’s a second consecutive tribute episode. Fittingly, it was Valentine’s Day and Leon and Russell pay tribute to the heartbeat...
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After Gareth Bale announced his retirement from all football Leon, Rich, Huw and Russell attempt to pay tribute to him and his remarkable career; consider what will come next for him; and what his...
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As we know, Wales waited 64 years to reach a second World Cup. But is that the longest period between appearances on the game’s biggest stage? Who else has waited as long, or is...
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Russell, Leon, Gareth and Huw reflect on Wales’s first World Cup finals match in 64 years, against the United States. They also look back at the other match in Group B, England versus Iran,...
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Leon, Rich and Russell continue their preview of the World Cup. Mae Leon, Rich a Russell yn parhau eu rhagolwg o Gwpan y Byd.
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As the squad touch down in Qatar, Leon, Rich and Russell get in the mood for the World Cup with part 1 of a long preview. Credit: commentary at the start of the episode...
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Huw, Russell and Gareth pick their 26 man squads for Qatar. Also be sure to check out Huw’s contribution to the Talking Tactics podcast and to the World Cup edition of Four Four Two....
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Leon and Russell look back at the final Nations League 2022 games which ended in narrow defeats to Belgium and Poland, and ultimately see Cymru return to tier B of the NL. Mae Leon...
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Huw and Russell look ahead at how Rob Page might approach the final 2022 Nations League games against Belgium and Poland given the absence of Aaron Ramsey, Joe Allen, Ben Davies, Harry Wilson and,...
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After a short break, Rich, Gareth and Russell reconvene to catch up on all the early season news. Ar ôl egwyl fer, mae Rich, Gareth a Russell yn ailgynnull i ddal i fyny gyda...
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Swansea fan and Patreon subscriber Ian Derrick is our guest this episode to discuss Joe Allen’s return to his boyhood club. Ian explains how he sees Joe fitting in at the Swans in terms...
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Leon, Gareth and Russell review the June Nations League programme: who enhanced their reputation and stake for a seat to Qatar; who did their chances harm; the likelihood of avoiding relegation from tier A...
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In 1958 Wales snuck in through the back door to reach its maiden World Cup. 64 years later Russell, Leon and Huw revel in Wales striding in through the front door for Qatar. Ym...
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Huw, Gareth and Russell look ahead to one of, if not, the biggest fixture in Welsh footballing history with Ukraine confirmed as the play-off opponents after they triumphed 3-1 at Hampden Park. They also...
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Yn y rhifyn Cymraeg arbennig er gefnogaeth cais Dinas Diwylliant #Wrecsam2025 mae sawl o bobl yn mynegi pam mae pêl-droed mor arbennig i Wrecsam a gogledd-ddwyrain Cymru, ac annog Y Wal Goch i ddod...
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In this special episode in support of the #Wrecsam2025 #CityofCulture2025 bid a range of people express why football is so special to Wrexham and north east Wales, and encourage The Red Wall to get...
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Ben James from the View From The Ninian podcast and website joins the podcast to share his insights into the young talent coming through at Cardiff City and getting their chance by Steve Morison....
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Russell is joined by Ronnie and Paul from The Dode Fox Podcast, a fan podcast about all things Dundee United, to discuss how Dylan Levitt’s loan spell at Tannadice is going. Mae Russell yn...
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In the run-up to Wales’s crunch qualifying match with France for the 2023 Women’s World Cup, Russell is joined by Hales Evans, founder of feWales to discuss the match, the growing Red Wall at...
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In this episode Russell, Gareth, Leon and Huw celebrate Wayne Hennessey’s hundredth cap won in the friendly with the Czech Republic; and, should Wales qualify for Qatar 2022, who will join them in World...
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On one of the great nights in Welsh football history, the Wales men’s team took a step closer to Qatar 2022 with a deserved victory over Austria at an electric Cardiff City Stadium. Ar...
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In addition to Russell and Gareth looking ahead to Austria’s visit to Cardiff for the World Cup play-off game, the Other Bundesliga podcast answer questions from Patreons about the clash and Huw Davies shares...
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In this episode – sponsored by Sporting Heritage CIC – Russell is joined by football historian Ian Garland and Ashley Drake of St David’s Press publishing. Ian has co-written, with Gareth M Davies, Sons...
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Click on the image below for a Patreon only review of all the Wales related movements in the January transfer window including Aaron Ramsey’s controversial move to Rangers; the slightly sour end to Kieffer...
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In this episode Russell and Leon are joined by former Wales captain Laura McAllister. Laura recalls her childhood experiences of being drawn into football in Bridgend and in the Llynfi valley and subsequently at...
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Scott McIntosh (@Amoruso1998) from the Hearts fan site Amoruso Lets It Run joins the podcast to provide a Hearts eye view of how Ben Woodburn is doing in his season long loan spell at...
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Patreon only episode | Rhifyn Patreon yn unig We were hoping our first ever Patreon only episode would be an interview with the Wales legend Joey Jones. Unfortunately, Joey has been unwell so we...
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For this episode Lewis Eldred discusses some of the findings of his Masters research into the political, social and linguistic identities of fans in The Red Wall in comparison to those among supporters of...
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It’s a full house this week – fittingly, given what was arguably Rob Page’s finest window – and Leon, Russell, Gareth and Rich deep dive into the Belarus and Belgium qualifiers. Despite stellar performances...
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Leon and Russell are joined by Huw Davies (he’s only 35 you know?) to look ahead to Wales’s final World Cup qualifiers against Belarus and Belgium. Mae Huw Davies (dim ond 35 oed ydy...
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In this episode author Tim Hartley chats with Russell about his brand new book on Pitch Publishing, The World At Your Feet: Searching for the soul of football. They chat about the domestic scene...
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One of the founders of the Welsh Sports Hall of Fame, journalist Rob Cole, joins Russell to explain why the Hall of Fame was founded in 1989 and runs through the footballers who have...
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In this episode Rich, Leon and Russell review the recent international window. After an encouraging performance in Prague, Estonia once again frustrated Wales. But 4 points away from home is also a handy return...
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Russell is joined by Matt Shaw from the And He Takes That Chance Huddersfield Town fan podcast to get the lowdown on Wales-qualified Sorba Thomas, the Championship Player of the Month for August. Mae...
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Rich and Russell review Wales’ disappointing goalless draw at home to Estonia in World Cup qualifying. Mae Rich a Russell yn arolygu gêm gyfartal di-sgor siomedig Cymru yn erbyn i Estonia gartre yn yr...
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Leon and Russell are joined by guest Josh Embling to dissect the Belarus qualifier played in Kazan, Russia and look ahead to the Estonia game that completes the World Cup qualifying window. Mae Leon...
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Rich, Russell and Gareth review the comings and goings of the summer transfer window on the eve of its closing. Mae Rich, Russell a Gareth yn arolygu bwrlwm ffenest trosglwyddo’r haf ar drothwy ei...
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This also appears in issue 7 of Wrexham fanzine SHAG available to purchase from Ryan Jones. I have to admit to being excited by the recent takeover, despite my socialist political leanings. It’s not...
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Leon, Rich and Russell come to the end of the road of Euro 2020. They dissect the dismal performance against Denmark, the quality of the refereeing Wales experienced, and what next for Robert Page,...
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As the twists and turns of Group B play out with Wales’s round of 16 opponents changing throughout the course of the recording, Gareth and Russell are joined by Cardiff based poet Sarah McCreadie...
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Gareth, Rich, Leon and Russell bask in the glory of one of the great nights of Welsh football. Recorded immediately after the victory over Turkey at Euro 2020, it’s the podcast equivalent of a...
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Rich, Leon and Russell look back at the opening weekend of Euro 2020 including Wales’s clash with Switzerland. They also look ahead to the game with Turkey. The tournament has been overshadowed by Christian...
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It’s here. Our Euro 2020 preview episode. Dyma fe. Ein rhifyn rhagolwg o Ewro 2020
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Russell is joined by Fez, Matt and Gareth Trombone from The Barry Horns to discuss their brand new single Cymru Rydd and to hear how they think Wales will do at the Euros. Mae...
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The band gets back together again to consider who makes the cut for the Euros. Mae’r bois yn dychwelyd i ystyried pwy fydd yn llwyddo carfan yr Ewros
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Leon and Russell review an encouraging international window and start to the World Cup 2022 qualifying campaign. The episode is dedicated to Lee Collins, his family and all at Yeovil Town. Mae Leon a...
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Originally from Swansea, now resident in Brno in the Czech Republic, Ralph Davies (@RalphDavies1) provides Wales fans with insight on the Czechs ahead of their visit to Cardiff: who will be their dangermen; how...
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Gareth and Russell look ahead to the start of the Qatar 2022 qualifying campaign with the games against Belgium and Czech Republic – betwixt which is a friendly against Mexico – and consider what...
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Leon and Russell are joined by Kent-based Spurs fan, Jason Campbell aka @indiehasbeen, for his views on Spurs’ Welsh Mafia: Joe Rodon, Ben Davies and Gareth Bale. They discuss how Gareth Bale is slowly...
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In this episode Leon, Russell and Gareth pay tribute to Ashley Williams, who retired in January 2021, and to Dai Davies who sadly lost his battle with cancer in February. Between them they won...
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The podcast returns after its winter break to celebrate #WorldRadioDay and the medium’s intrinsic connection to sport and in particular football. Russell chats with one of the iconic Welsh English language voices in football...
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Russell, Gareth, Leon and Rich weigh up Wales’s qualifying group for Qatar 2022 in which they will face Belgium – for the first time since that magical night in Lille in 2016 – Czechia,...
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In this paradigm-bending, Inception style episode Russell, Gareth and Leon review the Autumn games and the Nations League campaign that culminated in promotion for Wales. They assess where they think the squad is ahead...
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Russell, Leon and Gareth look ahead to another triple header versus the United States and in the Nations League against the Republic of Ireland and Finland. With another heavy burden on players they consider...
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Russell, Leon and Gareth look back at the October triple header of games versus England and in the Nations League against the Republic of Ireland and Bulgaria. They wax lyrical about Jonny Williams; assess...
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Get in the mood for this week’s England-Wales friendly by listening to how, fifty years ago Chris Leek, saxophonist in The Barry Horns, caught a train to Cardiff from Swansea and made his way...
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Gareth and Russell look ahead at the triple header of Wales games coming up: the friendly at Wembley against England; and the Nations League games versus the Republic of Ireland and Bulgaria. With three...
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