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FRESH Wales

Leeds United's Gary Speed: An Inspiration

Three years ago today we lost Gary Speed. This archive piece from Leeds fan and Sabotage Times owner James Brown shows just how much he meant to fans of the game.

43 Comments James Brown

Man United Legend Mark Hughes: His Ten Best Utd Goals

A tribute to an Old Trafford legend who scored some of the sweetest goals of the 80s and 90s. And none of them off his shin either...

James Calder

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Midnight Terror: The Story Of Welsh Vigilantes 'The Scotch Cattle'

They patrolled the Welsh valleys in the early 19th century, reaping havoc in their response to unreasonable working demands. But who were the Scotch Cattle?

1 Tom Law

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Cachau Bant: Mind Your Language

Angry about the 150 year crushing of his native Welsh language, the writer asks 'How would you feel if you were made to speak German?'

95 Tom Law

Jon Langford: 50 Songs I Love

The much-loved member of The Mekons and Three Johns declares his love for U-Roy, Bowie, Merle Haggard, Pere Ubu and The Kinks. Eclectic? yes.

Jon Langford

RECENT Wales

Gary Speed: The Cool Kid From My School

Unbelievably it's been three years since Speedo ended his life, I wrote this at the time as a tribute to the kid at my school everyone wanted to ...

20 Stephen Tudor

Stereophonics' Word Gets Around: An Appreciation Of The Cinematic Masterpiece

Stereophonics may have turned into a by-the-numbers rock band, but their first album is a generation defining, faultless record.

1 Harry Harris

Swansea Vs. Cardiff: Police Escorted Road Trips And Getting Chased By Cardiff Mods

As Swansea and Cardiff contest the first ever Premier League south Wales derby, a Swansea fan remembers the bad old days of Vetch Field and near ...

Antony Thomas

The 5 Best Things About Being Welsh

National identity is more than just a language and a shared box ticked on application forms, it’s the little things you can’t put your finger...

14 Harry Harris

Terry Yorath's Top 5 Leeds United's Welsh Dragons

The former Whites and Wales man turns the spotlight on his favourite Leeds countrymen in this classic from the archives of Leeds Leeds Leeds magazine...

1 Comment Leeds Leeds Leeds

Charlotte Church On Fame, Kebabs & Being A Bit Weird

Know for having an incredible voice and bashing the paparazzi over the head, we speak to Charlotte Church on how sh...

1 Comment Stephen Tudor

Wales: Arsenal's Ramsey Comes To The Fore With Tottenham's Bale Underperforming

Friday night's game against Scotland had all the hallmarks of a familiar Welsh collapse, but Coleman's patient appr...

2 Comments Ben James

Six Nations Preview: This Is France's Year But Don't Rule Out England

You wouldn't believe it, but tries win games. Ireland and Wales have a great opportunity to win the Six Nations, bu...

1 Comment Brodie Smithers

The Greatest Player I Ever Saw: Everton Hero 'Big' Neville Southall

You can keep your big name signings and hefty price tags, the best player to ever grace the Premier League is a goa...

3 Comments Jim Keoghan

MORE Wales

Getting Cardigan Bay Making Denim Again

In founding two jeans companies and an award-winning lecture series I’ve learned the importance of three things in business: talent, luck and k...

3 David Hieatt

The Most Powerful Welshman You've Never Heard Of

One man's fantastic rise from scamming on the South Wales coalface to power and fortune in California. The untold story of Carwyn S. Hale and The...

1 F. Cooper Black

Liverpool: Ignore Shearer, Allen Has Been Your Best Player This Season

It should come as no surprise to anyone that Alan Shearer has piped up with yet another moronic opinion, this time slating Allen. Here's why he's...

1 Marc Braterman

Coleman Deserves Credit For Getting Bale To Play Like Maradona

Coleman has made Gareth Bale into Wales' Maradona. No, he's not going to win them the world cup - but he will use his phenomenal talent to contin...

3 David Brayley

Inept Coleman Has Torn Out Wales' Footballing Heart

Under Gary Speed Wales had begun to play like a Spain-lite. Coleman was always the wrong choice and his outdated methods and poor man-management have taken us back to the dark ages...

8 Comments Benjamin James

Kubricks: 9 Go Mad In Tribute To The Great Director

This is the story of how me and a gaggle of crew and actors disappeared to Wales, with the help of Alan McGee, to m...

9 Comments Dean Cavanagh

Twitter: The Ched Evans Rape Apologists Are A Disgrace To Humanity

Following Ched Evans' imprisonment for rape, his fans and, in one case a fellow player, have taken to Twitter to a...

62 Comments Madam J-Mo

5 Reasons Why Chris Coleman's Wales Appointment Is A Terrible Idea

He's tactically inept, got the intelligence of a turnip and definitely isn't the man to continue Gary Speed's legac...

15 Comments Benjamin James

RIP Gary Speed

Elegant, straight-backed and the general of every team he played in. RIP Gary Speed.

14 Comments Owen Blackhurst

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