• I am not saying that it's not at all possible that both Scotland and Wales will look to stay in the UK, you do after all have a very powerful and well funded propaganda machine in England. (siberiantimes.com)
  • have you ever met anyone from Wales or Scotland? (siberiantimes.com)
  • And are you syre Scotland will be so easily defeated? (siberiantimes.com)
  • Scotland has been a particular bugbear for the Welsh side, controversially hampering them in 1977 and 1985. (midfielddynamo.com)
  • Although the FAW had been founded way back in 1875 at this point in time Wales had never played anyone other than England, Scotland or Ireland (Northern Ireland from 1924). (dicmortimer.com)
  • Oswestry-born Gough, in his Oswestry Town playing days a goalie who won one Welsh cap against Scotland in 1883, was actually a member of the FA's ruling council at the same time as being FAW president. (dicmortimer.com)
  • Although, in theory it applies only to England, because of the UK's internal market, it will impact in Scotland, Wales and in some ways in Northern Ireland. (ivydenegardens.co.uk)
  • World Rugby was founded as the International Rugby Football Board ( IRFB ) in 1886 by Scotland , Wales and Ireland , with England joining in 1890. (wikipedia.org)
  • Following the dispute, the home unions of Scotland, Ireland and Wales decided to form an international union whose membership would agree on the standard rules of rugby football. (wikipedia.org)
  • In 2021, the 'Demons' name was resurrected for a new women's side, managed by Wales Rugby League to compete in the RFL Women's Super League South Western Conference, along with The Golden Ferns and Cornish Rebels. (wikipedia.org)
  • 1068 - Morcar leads a revolt in Northumbria, but William the Conqueror defeats the rebels at York [5] and builds a wooden motte-and-bailey castle probably on the later site of York Castle . (wikimili.com)
  • Captain Fred Keenor lifted the trophy and Wales had a famous victory over her big neighbour. (midfielddynamo.com)
  • Wales qualified for the 1958 World Cup in Sweden with a 4-0 aggregate victory over Israel in a play-off tie, a curious tale for another time. (midfielddynamo.com)
  • In October 2002 Wales entertained group favourites Italy after starting their Euro 2004 qualification attempt with a fine victory in Finland. (midfielddynamo.com)
  • Mediocre Moldova rolled over and Wales cruised to a comfortable 4-0 victory in Cardiff this month to get the qualifying campaign for the 2018 World Cup in Russia off to a flying start. (dicmortimer.com)
  • It proved to be quite a debut for the youngster as the Welsh county posted a record run-chase in the televised contest at Hove with Roman ending the contest by nonchalantly clipping a ball high over mid-wicket for six to clinch victory for his team. (glamorgancricketarchives.com)
  • These performances led to Roman, and some of the other young cricketers, appearing in Glamorgan's closing T20 games of the summer and he again enjoyed success against the South Coast club taking 3/39 in the victory over Hampshire at Sophia Gardens. (glamorgancricketarchives.com)
  • He played one season with Swedish club IFK Holmsund in 1986, helping to lead the team to a Division 3 victory. (alchetron.com)
  • of Mao, I have to say that unfortunately there isn't any great movement for separation of my country Cymru (I prefer it to 'Wales', which means 'foreign') from the UK. (siberiantimes.com)
  • My coverage began with Corruption Bay and a Tale of Cymrophobia (23.08.2021), in which I related that surveys commissioned by the Arts Council of Wales and Amgueddfa Cymru concluded both bodies were racist! (jacothenorth.net)
  • The club is best known for having produced Billy Boston, who went on to become a rugby league footballer in the 1950s. (wikipedia.org)
  • Vincent Peter "Vinnie" Jones (born 5 January 1965) is a British actor and former professional footballer who played as a midfielder from 1984 to 1999 notably for Wimbledon, Leeds United, Sheffield United, Chelsea and Wales. (alchetron.com)
  • 6: South Africa, now under Prime Minister Jan Smuts, declares war on Germany. (ata-ferry-pilots.org)
  • Having written for the journal of the South African Communist Party, The African Communist and Communist pamphlets (eg Homes, Jobs, Immigration: the Facts, 1968 and Unite against racism: defeat the immigration bill, 1971 and a 'Bibliography on Africa' for the Marx Memorial Library Bulletin (1971), Joan turned to literature. (open.ac.uk)
  • [5] Each member country must also be a member of one of the six regional unions into which the world is divided: Africa, Americas North, Asia, Europe, South America, and Oceania. (wikipedia.org)
  • [7] Australia , New Zealand and South Africa became full members in 1949. (wikipedia.org)
  • Allegations of 'racism', campaigns to bestow 'inclusivity' and other joys, or funding and appointments, are all used to increase 'Welsh Government' influence over certain bodies, even to the point of total control. (jacothenorth.net)
  • For Wales it was the end of a wonderful adventure, and to date their only appearance at a major finals. (midfielddynamo.com)
  • He was also a member of the Glamorgan 2nd XI which won the Second Eleven T20 competition, defeating Nottinghamshire and Hampshire on Finals day at Arundel Castle. (glamorgancricketarchives.com)
  • Three seasons later, he contributed to another strong season for the club, who reached the semi-finals of both cups and finished eighth in the league. (alchetron.com)
  • Between 2003 and 2009 there were two rugby union teams based at Cardiff Arms Park. (wikipedia.org)
  • The side compete in the annual Welsh Varsity Match against Swansea University RFC, the biggest varsity game outside of Oxford - Cambridge in the UK.The match is the highlight of the university sporting year and is played at alternating high-profile venues including, Liberty Stadium in Swansea, Cardiff Arms Park and the Millennium Stadium. (wikipedia.org)
  • The two clubs, both previously playing their open age sides in the Welsh Conference, would run two open age sides in the 2015 season, playing home games at Cardiff Arms Park, as well as develop the junior sides based at Llandaf North and Rumney. (wikipedia.org)
  • The last of his nine caps came on 29 March 1997 in a 2-1 defeat to Belgium in a World Cup qualifier, also at Cardiff Arms Park. (alchetron.com)
  • The club's finest achievements came through getting through to the fourth round of the Challenge Cup in 2000, bowing out to Keighley Cougars and as winners of the Rugby League Conference National Shield in 2004, beating South Yorkshire side Moorends-Thorne Marauders in the final a competition for amateur clubs based outside the traditional 'heartland' of the sport. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Core Cities Group is a coalition of some of England's major regional cities:*Birmingham - West Midlands*Bristol - South West England*Leeds - Yorkshire and the Humber*Liverpool - North West England*Manchester - North West England. (absoluteastronomy.com)
  • The IRFB was warned by all the chief clubs in Lancashire and Yorkshire that any punishment would lead to the clubs seceding from the union. (wikipedia.org)
  • [17] The debate over broken time payments ultimately caused the 22 leading clubs in Yorkshire and Lancashire to form the Northern Rugby Football Union . (wikipedia.org)
  • Rugby is played in Cardiff in both rugby league and rugby union forms. (wikipedia.org)
  • Past players include current Welsh Rugby Union internationals Gethin Jenkins and Andy Powell. (wikipedia.org)
  • On 5 December 1887, committee members of the Irish Rugby Football Union , Scottish Rugby Union (named the Scottish Football Union at the time) and Welsh Rugby Union met in Manchester and wrote up the first four principles of the International Rugby Football Board. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Australian Rugby Union , New Zealand Rugby Football Union and South African Rugby Board joined the board with one seat each in 1948, with England's seats being reduced to two, the same as the other home nations. (wikipedia.org)
  • It's not so much seeing Wrexham play in the upper echelons of the football pyramid that gets my juices flowing though, it's more about what it could potentially mean for the infrastructure of the club. (podcastpeldroed.cymru)
  • I want Wrexham players in the Wales squad again (the last was Neil Taylor way back in 2010…I think…don't @ me). (podcastpeldroed.cymru)
  • I want to see Wrexham become a real hub for the womens game in Wales. (podcastpeldroed.cymru)
  • But most of all, I want to see Wales play competitive games in Wrexham again, just as they did I was growing up. (podcastpeldroed.cymru)
  • There's surely never been a more 'Wrexham' Wales game. (podcastpeldroed.cymru)
  • even the south Wales contingent- the likes of Toshack, Brian Flynn, Terry Yorath, Leighton James - loved the atmosphere for internationals in Wrexham, and enjoyed the drinking…, sorry, 'team bonding' sessions at The Sun in Trevor. (podcastpeldroed.cymru)
  • Hmm…I'm good at unremitting misery…so here then, as a companion piece to my history of Wales in the European Championships (see http://tinyurl.com/poogw48 ) is the harrowing saga of Wales and the World Cup. (dicmortimer.com)
  • The following year manager Mike Smith departed following a loss in Turkey which meant Wales were unable to qualify for the 1980 European Championships. (podcastpeldroed.cymru)
  • Since their only attendance at a major tournament in 1958 Wales have had many, agonising near misses during qualification. (midfielddynamo.com)
  • In the manner of a Mafia boss musing on what might happen to a property if someone was careless with petrol, Wenger took to discussing a possible revolt among the G-14 clubs if seeding wasn't looked at within the Champion's League. (squarefootball.net)
  • Crowd trouble in the second leg of the European Championship versus Yugoslavia the previous year meant a ban from playing within 200 miles of Ninian Park, making The Racecourse the only viable Welsh venue to host the qualifiers for the 1978 World Cup. (podcastpeldroed.cymru)
  • He made his debut under Mike Smith for Wales on 14 December 1994, three weeks before his 30th birthday, in a 3-0 home defeat to Bulgaria in the Euro 96 qualifiers. (alchetron.com)
  • Bob was a Scottish-born full-back who joined Newcastle West End from Scottish club Renton in 1890. (newcastleunited-mad.co.uk)
  • The history of Welsh football is not a narrative that is littered with greatness. (midfielddynamo.com)
  • Treating Wales' national football team as important would not just draw attention to Wales' lack of national statehood, it would also tacitly endorse the concept of Wales as a nation - absolute anathema to the British nationalists in charge. (dicmortimer.com)
  • Essentially, the international team was an incidental afterthought, set up to give England a game now and then, while long-serving secretary Robbins was otherwise engaged trying over and over again, and failing over and over again, to organise Welsh domestic football. (dicmortimer.com)
  • Northampton Town Football Club badge - Link to home, Travelling to Sixfields by public transport. (castromar.com)
  • Northampton Town Football Club is looking to recruit some casual Academy Coaches to work within the schoolboy phase. (castromar.com)
  • Visit PayScale to research SOUTHAMPTON Football Club salaries bonuses reviews. (castromar.com)
  • Over a thousand fans had made the trip from Austria and there was a sizeable media contingent also present for a match billed as one of the biggest in Welsh football history. (podcastpeldroed.cymru)
  • His six years in charge rejuvenated Welsh international football though, following a horrible post-1958 World Cup slump which lasted for around sixteen years. (podcastpeldroed.cymru)
  • Born in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, Jones represented and captained the Welsh national football team, having qualified via a Welsh grandparent. (alchetron.com)
  • Jones' career in football began in 1984, when he was 19 years old, at Alliance Premier League side Wealdstone. (alchetron.com)
  • In December 1994, Jones was named in the Wales squad qualifying via his Ruthin-born maternal grandfather. (alchetron.com)
  • The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. (absoluteastronomy.com)
  • Gloucester lies close to the Welsh border, and on the River Severn, approximately north-east of Bristol, and south-southwest of Birmingham. (absoluteastronomy.com)
  • Later played for both Bristol clubs. (newcastleunited-mad.co.uk)
  • Though the counter-terrorist teams are based at RHQ in Credenhill, a specialist eight-man team is based within the outer London region (4, south London border & 4, north London border/Hertfordshire). (semperfidelis.ro)
  • Wales had only finished second in the group to Czechoslovakia but they were given a second chance thanks to Middle Eastern politics. (midfielddynamo.com)
  • Ironically the goal was a result of a frankly hilarious mistake by Arsenal's Welsh international keeper, Dan Lewis. (midfielddynamo.com)
  • The Welsh had a number of very good players including keeper Jack Kelsey, Ivor Allchurch and Cliff Jones. (midfielddynamo.com)
  • Having picked up a pass from Guido Buchwald in midfield, the livewire Pierre Littbarski skinned his marker, charged down the left flank, and chipped in a testing high cross… The ball then landed at the feet of Litti's fellow Kölner Thomas Häßler, who instinctively swept in lovely left-footed volley to beat Welsh 'keeper Neville Southall. (schwarzundweiss.co.uk)
  • Coal mining had been present in Blaenavon since the late 18th century, but by the time Big Pit opened, the British coal mining industry was experiencing an unprecedented boom," says Ben Curtis, lecturer in modern Welsh history at Cardiff University. (historyextra.com)
  • Given how ridiculously easy winning games has suddenly become for Wales, even I am confident of three more points in Vienna - despite the fact that nothing in the entire history of Wales in the World Cup would justify the merest smidgen of confidence. (dicmortimer.com)
  • Persevering with the rescuing of articles from the Gwent County History Association's Newsletter: this is roughly the text of a lecture to the Friends of Llandaff Cathedral based on my article 'The Cloister and the Hearth: Anthony Kitchin and Hugh Jones, two Reformation bishops of Llandaff' in the Journal of Welsh Religious History vol 3, 1995. (heritagetortoise.co.uk)
  • Former players include current Welsh international Jamie Roberts. (wikipedia.org)
  • There are many other recreational non-affiliated sides playing in the city, including Cardiff Bus RFC, players being employees of the local transport authority. (wikipedia.org)
  • Rugby league in Cardiff was represented by the successful men's Cardiff Demons RLFC side, a team that produced a handful of Super League players including Elliot Kear and Lloyd White as well as many other Welsh internationals in its short existence. (wikipedia.org)
  • Cardiff Blue Dragons RLFC is now the largest Rugby League club in Wales with age grades up to senior sides for both male and female players. (wikipedia.org)
  • They have produced a number of players for Cardiff Demons and the successful Wales Students side. (wikipedia.org)
  • He was an English stooge, a colonial governor implanted to keep the Welsh in order, and thanks to him English clubs had no obligation to release players for Wales duty (and wouldn't until 1993), meaning Wales often had trouble finding 11 fit players to field a team. (dicmortimer.com)
  • I want to see the top young players from north Wales come through with us, just as Mickey and Joey did in the seventies before they got their big moves. (podcastpeldroed.cymru)
  • Following the introduction of working-class men to the game in Northern England, clubs began paying "broken time" payments to players, due to the loss of earnings from playing on a Saturday. (wikipedia.org)
  • Add the growing international stature of Joe Allen ( b 1990), manoeuvring and marauding magnificently in a Pirlo-esque midfield masterclass, the intimidating aerial power of Sam Vokes ( b 1989) and the penetrative passing of Andy King ( b 1988) and it's hard to imagine any team preventing this Wales side scoring, especially when the brilliant Aaron Ramsey ( b 1990) is back from injury. (dicmortimer.com)
  • Club record holder for most competitive appearances. (castromar.com)
  • A Welshman born in Pontypridd, initially played for Ton Boys Club before making two senior league appearances for Swansea Town during the 1934-35 season. (silkmenarchives.org.uk)
  • But the National Library of Wales now holds no fewer than seven important Lloyd George archives, six of them acquired during the last twenty years. (liberalhistory.org.uk)
  • Not that it really mattered, since Wales never had more than three games per year, and some years only two. (dicmortimer.com)
  • With Eaton Hodgkinson and William Fairbairn he developed wrought-iron tubular bridges, such the Britannia Bridge in Wales, a design he would later use for the Victoria Bridge in Montreal, for many years the longest bridge in the world. (ncl.ac.uk)
  • 1976-77 brought relegation back to Division Four, the season started with ex-Manchester United Assistant Manager, Pat Crerand in charge, however his resignation was accepted following a 2-0 defeat at Brighton just into the new year. (castromar.com)
  • At this time, mining productivity in south Wales was something like 300 tonnes of coal per person, per year," says Curtis. (historyextra.com)
  • Additionally, from time to time the Welsh have had their moments of glory and here we celebrate 10 of those, both internationally and at club level. (midfielddynamo.com)
  • In Stockholm Wales were only denied by an injury time goal for Mexico. (midfielddynamo.com)
  • Gareth Bale ( b 1989) has overtaken Ivor Allchurch (1929-1997) and Trevor Ford (1923-2003) to become Wales' second highest scorer and is within just four goals of Ian Rush's ( b 1961) all-time record of 28. (dicmortimer.com)
  • FIFA, which had been founded in Paris in 1904 by the FAs of Belgium, Denmark, France, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland, had 41 members by the time of the first World Cup in 1930 - but Wales was not among them. (dicmortimer.com)
  • The result meant Wales topped a qualifying group for the first, and so far, only time. (podcastpeldroed.cymru)
  • Ironically given Wenger's moan, the last 16 of this year's competition had 11 G-14 clubs so how UEFA were supposed to keep them apart is a mystery. (squarefootball.net)
  • Born in Lanarkshire, Tom was chased by a number of clubs north and south of the border. (newcastleunited-mad.co.uk)
  • North and South - Gaston Gazette - "Bankrupt toll road in South Carolina casts doubt over Garden Parkway" WCNC - "SC toll road goes bankrupt" . (notolls.org.uk)
  • As well as Cardiff RFC, playing in the Welsh Premiership, National Championship side Glamorgan Wanderers RFC play in the Ely area and are a well established first class club having been part of the old Merit Table structure. (wikipedia.org)
  • Cardiff University RFC though affiliated, do not play in the WRU league structure and instead compete in the BUCS Leagues for university sides. (wikipedia.org)
  • Demons won the inaugural title by defeating Eastern Conference Winners Army Rugby League 30-26 in the grand final, with a winning score in the last play of the match. (wikipedia.org)
  • For 2017, Cardiff Blue Dragons Rugby League has entered into a partnership with Glamorgan Wanderers to play at The Memorial Ground. (wikipedia.org)
  • The men's team continues to play in the South Wales Premier. (wikipedia.org)
  • On leaving Macclesfield he signed for St Neots Town and went on to play for several clubs - Bishop's Stortford (2013-14), Kingstonian (Mar 2014) on dual registration forms with Bishop's Stortford, Hendon (2014-17), loan Metropolitan Police (December 2015), Edgware Town (March 2017), Beaconsfield (summer of 2017) Potters Bar Town (October 2018), Southall and Northwood (2020) leaving them at the end of the 2021-22 season. (silkmenarchives.org.uk)
  • The university's Medical School runs its own separate team, Cardiff Medicals RFC which competes in separate competitions and in 2015 are the current UK Medical School Rugby Champions. (wikipedia.org)
  • In what was a small four-team group alongside Finland, Wales and the Netherlands, Germany would be given an immediate opportunity to exorcise the demons of the recent Euro '88 tournament and their semi-final defeat at the hands of the Dutch. (schwarzundweiss.co.uk)
  • The unlucky draw in Amsterdam was followed by a scrappy goalless encounter in Wales, which saw Beckenbauer's team drop a point and move a sigle point ahead of the Dutch having played a game more. (schwarzundweiss.co.uk)
  • I also have to ask, have you read anything, anything at all about politics in Wales and the the republic movement? (siberiantimes.com)
  • Tim Jackson scored the final point needed for the U.S. to secure the Cup by defeating Barry Hume 4&3. (concessioncup.com)
  • In the quarter final, Wales were deprived of the great Charles, kicked out of contention by the brutal attentions of Hungary's thuggish defenders. (midfielddynamo.com)
  • Wales roared into the quarter final of the European Championship in front of a packed Racecourse on a properly wet and windy Welsh night. (podcastpeldroed.cymru)
  • The youngster also bowled the final over in the final against Hampshire and held his nerve as the Welsh county won a dramatic contest by one run. (glamorgancricketarchives.com)
  • This equation left Germany having to win their final home fixture against Wales to take them through regardless of the outcome in the Romania-Denmark game - there were a number of other possible permutations based on goal difference, but Germany's fate was entirely in their own hands. (schwarzundweiss.co.uk)
  • As a member of the "Crazy Gang", he won the 1988 FA Cup Final with Wimbledon, a club for which he played well over 200 games during two spells between 1986 and 1998. (alchetron.com)
  • With the solitary exception of 1958, so long ago it merely proves the rule, the Welsh World Cup experience has hitherto been a saga of unremitting misery. (dicmortimer.com)
  • For example, the contrived furore over rappers being banned from the National Eisteddfod was clearly a warning shot about the Eisteddfod's all-Welsh rule. (jacothenorth.net)
  • Cardiff Metropolitan University/UWIC RLFC were consistently one of the best university sides in Great Britain having won the national title twice in the early part of this century. (wikipedia.org)
  • With Wales needing a goal manager Mike Smith was about to send on the uncapped Jack Lewis of Grimsby , when local hero Arfon Griffiths popped up to score the only goal in the 69th minute. (podcastpeldroed.cymru)
  • From the start of the 2009-10 season, the Cardiff Blues relocated to the Cardiff City Stadium in the Leckwith area of the city. (wikipedia.org)
  • CIACS has always reflected the multicultural nature of the docks area, hence the name Cardiff Internationals. (wikipedia.org)
  • They played at four grounds in and around the Cardiff area. (wikipedia.org)
  • Sitting on the north-eastern edge of the south Wales coalfield - an area of about 1,000 square miles, stretching from Pontypool in Torfaen, to St Brides Bay in Pembrokeshire - the huge, red winding tower of Big Pit is an impressive and unmissable sight for visitors as they pull into the museum car park. (historyextra.com)
  • Cardiff Blues were renamed to "Cardiff Rugby" for the 2021-22 season. (wikipedia.org)
  • Having previously been at Taffs Well RFC, Old Penarthians RFC, and St. Albans RFC, they finally settled at the St Peters RFC ground in the East of Cardiff. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Cardiff Blues represented the region in the Celtic League and Heineken Cup, whereas Cardiff RFC represented the city in the Welsh Premier Division. (wikipedia.org)
  • In 2014, it was decided that the two open Rugby League sides in the city, Cardiff Demons and Cardiff Spartans would merge to form a new club, Cardiff City RLFC. (wikipedia.org)
  • It was in order to rectify these deficiencies that the Welsh Political Archive was established at the NLW in the spring of 1983. (liberalhistory.org.uk)
  • Cardiff has around 23 clubs playing in the WRU national league system. (wikipedia.org)
  • Born in Jarrow, Newcastle was his first league club and he was 22 before he signed pro. (newcastleunited-mad.co.uk)
  • My attention was soon drawn to the Welsh Arts Anti-Racist Union (WAARU). (jacothenorth.net)
  • In this context, 'seeding' means finding ways to ensure that irritating clubs like Monaco don't get in the way of the super elite fighting out the later stages and splitting the huge revenues accrued. (squarefootball.net)
  • 3: SS Athenia , a British cruise ship en route from Glasgow, UK, to Montreal, Canada, is torpedoed by the German submarine U-30 250 miles (400 km) Northwest of Ireland. (ata-ferry-pilots.org)
  • WARNING: Contains long paragraphs, big words, philosophical musings, pro-Wales attitudes and flashing images. (dicmortimer.com)