Yr hogyn o Fôn done good 👏

So it’s official - this has been the Welsh clubs’ worst European campaign in over 10 years (& so soon after last season’s high water mark) The 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 coefficient drop also means the 1st season of expanded, relaunched Cymru Premier in 2026/27 will only have 3 European spots on offer

A pleasure to put this piece together and learn more about the Basque 'Children of 37', who were evacuated to Wales They're commemorated in a kit collab between Newport County & Athletic Bilbao - thanks to Christopher Evans Dan Parry Neal Heard & others for their contributions

- six Welsh youngsters in the starting XI - another two coming off the bench - two of them (Colwill & Kpakio) scoring crackers - early days, but there’s a chance this could be both an enjoyable season for Cardiff, and a developmentally fruitful one for the 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 national team

OUT NOW: The Cymru Premier Preview (Part 1) 🎧 Ryan is joined by Sgorio's @ifangwilym and Iolo Cheung to look at how the six southern based sides are shaping up ahead of the new season. Listen now 👇 Spotify: bit.ly/4jVUSsC Apple: bit.ly/4e67coZ

It’s the first time in 171 domestic matches that TNS have been defeated by a margin of three goals. Incredible BFL AFC 🔥

Am ddiweddglo dramatig 😮‍💨 A late 93rd minute winner for Penybont this evening in Barry, in a game where both sides had been ahead Noah Daley with a hat-trick, on his first league start since joining from Carmarthen ⚽️⚽️⚽️

If I was Kazakh I’d be in disbelief about how they didn’t win that one 😳

This btw is the main reason why a result in tonight's friendly v 🇨🇦 would be useful for Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿⬇️ Right now we're hovering between Pots 1&2 if we end up in playoffs (though things could change regarding other teams) Win tonight adds extra ranking pts (draw won't change things)

On their day, Penybont’s front three of Crole, Daley & Wood are up there with the best in the league - things certainly clicked for them today!

Why students like me are happier living at home bbc.in/3VoHq6U

Happy Squad Announcement Day…

Who wants to see a keeper go up for a last minute corner… 👀

All set for Wales v Belgium: Part 1! 🎙️ I’ll be on the English-language comms for tonight’s game (ko 6pm) - let’s see if the U21s can secure some early bragging rights before Monday’s big one 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 team is expected to include senior-capped midfielders Charlie Crew & Kai Andrews

Perfect result for 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 this evening - group is wide open now! Winning the final 3 games would now GUARANTEE Wales’ place at World Cup next summer 🌎 But that includes beating 🇧🇪 & 🇲🇰 at home - a huge ask given neither have lost yet this campaign Monday’s stakes just got higher!

Very tight for the playoff seeding now There’s still a perfectly realistic scenario where Wales can overtake Poland and regain a Pot 1 place - but it would almost certainly require 2 wins out of 2 in November

Plenty of plaudits for Ben Davies after his 100th cap last night, and deservingly so 💯👏 It also means Wales can now finally field a full starting XI of centurions (and in a pretty sensible formation too) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

If Wales win their final two games, but Poland draw vs Netherlands & beat Malta, they'd be ahead of us for Pot 1 by 2-3 pts Ranking pts lost by 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 in friendly defeat to 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿= 2.46 Picking that game, rather than vs a winnable lowly-ranked side, might end up being the difference 😳

I asked Bellamy about this risk before the England game. “There's no risk,” he said, before going on to explain why he wanted it (top opposition, convenient time and location etc). That’s Bellamy - has an answer for everything. But the scrutiny is cranking up a little now.

The fact that she’s played in over 2/3rds of all the official games Wales Women have played *in their entire history* is an insane stat A legend many times over 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🐐