As World Cup fever sweeps the world, Lost Boyos looks back on 1958 – arguably the most important year in Welsh football history. The year the Red Dragons qualified for the World Cup in Sweden. In this first part of two, we look at the road Wales took to the World Cup and the unorthodox nature to how they … Continue reading
With his second contribution to our site, Jimmy Weeks talks about a significant player in the history of Welsh and British footballing history: Eddie Parris. When John Edward Parris turned out for Wales against Northern Ireland in December 1931 the Monmouthshire-born winger wrote a piece of national footballing history. It wasn’t thanks to anything special … Continue reading
Golden age – definition: (n) 1. An idyllic, often imaginary past time of peace, prosperity, and happiness. 2. The period when a specified art, skill, or activity is at its peak. The term golden age is a term thrown about regularly in football. Obviously England’s ‘golden age’ will always be Moore, Charlton, Hurst and 66. … Continue reading
In 1976 Wales had one of the greatest teams in the history of sport. In 2003 the BBC put the Welsh team on a pedestal with other great sporting teams of the past century: Brazil’s 1970 World Cup winners featuring Pele; the 1988 McLaren F1 team with their two legendary drivers Prost and Senna; Michael … Continue reading
First in the series of famous Welsh away games, starting with Wales’ opening Euro 2004 qualifying game against Finland out in Helsinki. 5th June 1999: Wales have just been hammered by one of world’s elite footballing countries; Italy have won 4-0 against the Welsh with goals from Vieri, Inzaghi, Maldini and Chiesa. This result would prove … Continue reading
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