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Phil Stead. Author of 'Red Dragons: The Story of Welsh Football'. Sport columnist for Golwg since 2007.

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Fair play to Sparta Prague Ultras. Must have been tough to get this flag from Durham’s University Challenge team.
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“Worr is ‘e on about???”
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Dafydd Iwan has been singing ‘Yma o Hyd’ to Welsh language audiences for almost 40 years. Tonight he heard it sung back to him by 30,000 people from all parts of Wales. No wonder he cried.
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The most significant moment in our sporting history. A multicultural, bilingual, diverse group of players singing ‘Yma o Hyd’ with Dafydd Iwan. A progressive, inclusive self-confident Wales. A new Wales…Cymru.
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Look at his face! JUST LOOK AT HIS FACE! 😍😍
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With Wales and England both in USA’s group, there will be at least 329 million more people who understand that Wales is not the same country as England.
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How can anyone complain about the investment of a couple of actors, good genuine people who have grown to love Wrexham, when some clubs are funded by oil states and hedge funds? This is a good story. #wrexham
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You don’t owe us anything boys. You’ve given us the best days of our lives. Yma o Hyd.
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This week, we've had Bale prioritising Wales over Real Madrid, and now Aaron Ramsey giving Welsh language interviews. Incredible, positive effect this team is having on their country. Absolute heroes.
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But whatever you do, you must not stand outside watching football.
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Snowdon this morning 🙄🙄
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Familiar scenes at Cardiff Castle today.
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6 years
Here is all you need to know about our draw for Euro 2020. The average price of a pint of beer. Croatia £1.80 ; Slovakia £1.51; Hungary £1.34; Azerbaijan 69p.
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Do not go gentle into that good night….Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
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I’m just not having any criticism of Aaron Ramsey from now on. He was sublime again tonight and is one of the greatest midfielders we’ve ever seen in a Welsh shirt.
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I can’t tell you how much I love that team. Enjoy this. We’re living through the greatest era in the history of Welsh football.
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We’ve got no right to do this well. Absent manager. Lower league players. Reserve players. Injuries. Suspensions. Heroes. All of them.
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Cymru Leagues = £50-£100 season tickets, kids free, £3 beer in pitch-side clubhouse, £1 coffee in china mugs, each £1 benefits local economy. No VAR, and your local club will welcome you with open arms.
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My son watching Gunter’s debut. My son watching Gunter ‘s 100th cap. #Gunter100
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20 years ago tonight, at the Manics Millennium gig, I made a resolution to start speaking Welsh with my wife. Ac erbyn hyn, dwi’n hollol rhugl ac yn byw fy mywyd trwy’r gyfrwng Cymraeg. Dos amdani! Go for it!
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Exactly 6 years ago since this classic @elisjames
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For years, a large number of pundits and fans called for a big European name to manage Wales. They felt we could never improve under a Welsh manager. And who were the three people that got us qualified? Gary Speed, Chris Coleman and Robert Page. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
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I already feel like this is one of the iconic moments of Welsh football history.
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Gyda'n gilydd. Yn Gryfach. We're in this together 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 #TogetherStronger
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Pity the Welsh fan who saw a football on the floor in Ozijek Old Town and decided to wallop it. The ball was concrete and he has apparently broken his foot.
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I love Aaron Ramsey more than I can explain. I love his fragility, his humility, his wizardry, his enigmatic talent and his inexplicable genius. He comes from Caerphilly. Yes, Caerffili.
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Malcolm Allen celebrating goals is the best sound in the world.
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Dwi'n gwbod, mewn 20 mlynedd, fyddai'n dal i wylio ciips o Nic a Malcs yn colli' penna' yn ystod Ewro 2016. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 I know full well that in 20 years time, I will still be watching clips of Nic Parry and Malcolm Allen going crazy on commentary during Euro 2016. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
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If we invade the pitch, we don’t get to share this. We don’t get Yma o Hyd again, or any of the post-match interaction. It was much better without a pitch invasion.
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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 #TogetherStronger
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The Estonian name for Wales is 'Kõmrimaa' making it one of the few countries in the world to use a variant of Cymru instead of Gales/Wales.
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Some of the disrespect I’m reading towards Aaron Ramsey from his own people is a disgrace. This is an athlete whose leg was broken in 2 places at the age of 19. Despite this, he took us to the Euros and World Cup Finals. He’s not a ‘sicknote’ he’s a national hero.
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One striking thing for me last night was the singing of “Yma o Hyd”. Heard it in patches before but never en-masse like that.
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U21 Euros Final. VAR said this is not a red card.
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I think Italy will be tougher opponents in the final than Spain would have been. The combination of energy, discipline and shithousery will make it difficult for the Danes.
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The inclusion of Tom Lawrence sends out a very bad message. Get pissed, crash the car, severely injure a colleague, but still get to represent your country. Wrong call.
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If you’re dual-qualified, do you choose England where Gomez is booed and young players like Hudson-Odoi & Rice are hammered? Or do you choose Wales where every player is a hero?
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Here’s a handy note to use when people ask you why Welsh clubs play in the English Football League.
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Pure coincidence.
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Joe Morrell played the game of his life.
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Just noticed that the map of Wales on our Euros shirt includes the disputed territories of Herefordshire and Shropshire. Bit provocative?
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I think Harry and Megan are still miffed about this.
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Reminds me of that Bale interview in 2016. The most disrespectful media in the world. It’s not all about you.
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Kasper Schmeichel was asked what it would mean to stop football from 'coming home' ... 😅
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There is something very wrong about seeing thousands of England and Scotland fans travelling freely to their game, plus other stadia packed across Europe. Meantime Wales fans, with our low covid stats are denied even a tested bubble trip to Amsterdam.
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Really tough on Belgium’s Golden Generation to come against France & Wales in the tournaments when they’ve been at their prime.
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Awful that David Marshall had to check VAR before he could celebrate the greatest moment of his career.
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That Croatian president is coming out of this as the winner. Football shirt, rain, crying, hair ruined, doesn’t give a damn. 👏
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It’s the lads who screamed “Wales get battered” in my face that I feel sorry for.
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My money’s on the Croatians in this contest.
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Young Welsh fans provoked Croatian fans in Cardiff ahead of #WALCRO game in #EURO2020 .
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I’ll say it now. There will never be another tournament for us, quite like Euro 2016.
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2 games of the kind that Wales just do not win historically.
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Yes, that's a young Chinese lady waiting at the airport holding a photograph of Chris Gunter.
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🛬 🇨🇳 歡迎. Croeso. The #Wales squad has landed in China. #ChinaCup #TogetherStronger
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I think we had a bleak glimpse of the future tonight. An empty vacuous cup final in an oil rich state played in front of blaring music instead of fan noise. You disregard fans & this is what is left. Elevator football.
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Shout out to the all north Walians leaving work at lunchtime today and returning about 3am after a 10 hour round trip to watch a Thursday night friendly in Cardiff. Too much for me.
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Of all the crazy ideas I've heard to get into Amsterdam, my favourite is cycling discreetly along a canal tow-path across the German-Dutch border. Imagine the scenes.
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I think that proves I'm not a robot.
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Caernarfon fans had their big Euro away trip spoilt due to Legia’s total ban on fans. Yet this lot get to watch the away leg in Wales by booking a caravan lodge which overlooks Nantporth.
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It’s either “just a practice match” or “No such thing as a friendly”. Will confirm later depending on result.
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Good to see Cardiff City with “Diolch NHS” on the front of their shirts. it’s great to see our bilingualism reflected.
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In 2016 we qualified as a nation desperate to lose the curse of failure. Tonight we qualified as expected. A confident,independent nation that has confirmed its place among the best in Europe.
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Ethan Ampadu has won 31 caps and only played 43 club games.
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10 years ago today I met Chris Gunter and Gareth Bale playing skimmers in Montenegro.
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Beaten by the better team but they did us proud in adversity. Gave everything in difficult circumstances. Yma o Hyd.
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Wales 2-1 Italy. 18 years ago today. My wife went into labour during the game. I stayed till the end of course. Ifan Jones Delaney Melville Gabbidon Speed Savage Davies Pembridge Giggs Bellamy Hartson Stead was born the next morning.
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The amazing story of Klaus,a German fan who started following Wales in 1995 and who has learnt Welsh as a result.
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Dyma stori anhygoel Klaus o'r Almaen 🇩🇪 Mae wedi dysgu siarad Cymraeg er mwyn gallu cyfathrebu gyda'i ffrindiau ac aelodau o'r Wal Goch wrth deithio rownd Ewrop yn cefnogi Cymru ⚽️ Mae'n cefnogi Cymru ers 1995 ac wedi mynychu 53 o gemau'r cochion hyd yma 👏
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Turkey 🇹🇷, (pop. 83m) v Cymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 (pop.3m) . We’re punching so far above our weight. But we’re used to that. Ymlaen Cymru.
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My son made his @WPL_Official debut tonight and set up the winning goal for @CardiffMetFC . Never been so proud.
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The point about England is that the World Cup is about experiencing global football culture and now one of our precious games will be taken up against that lot.
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10 years ago today, I took our junior football club to watch @BarnsleyFC v @CardiffCityFC Craig Bellamy was warming down post-match, heard them speaking Welsh, came across & spent 30 mins with the kids. Absolute gent.
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I'm just imagining a Cardiff Stadium full of Catalonian flags for the game v Spain. Now that would be a fine thing.
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The 1st train from Bangor to our capital city tomorrow, arrives in Cardiff at 15:28. The last train back leaves Cardiff at 19:45, takes 6 hours and it costs £98. What a shit transport system we’ve got.
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Just to be clear. Your 2nd home & your bootfull of olives from Chester Tesco doesn’t boost our economy, it evicts a local family who would contribute all year round.
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Excellent night for Wales. 3 debuts, clean sheet and a win for a weakened side. Morrell, James, Ampadu good and Kieffer Moore superb. We’d never have won this type of game in years gone by.
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Yesterday Cardiff City were ready to sell control of the game to the Big 6 for a desperately needed bailout. Today they've paid £1m for Harry Wilson with £60K a week wages. Not a good look for the EFL.
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I don’t know if we’ll win tomorrow. I think it’s 50/50. But I can guarantee that they won’t let us down. They never do.
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Wayne Hennessey is a bit of an unsung hero isn’t he? He’s been fantastic for Wales. One of our most consistent performers in the past decade.
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I’d still rather be us.
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They’ve moved 11 league places in a decade. Some rollercoaster that is. In the past 7 years, Barry Town have gone from parks football to the Europa League.
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This decade has been a rollercoaster for Liverpool fans.. 🎢
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Poor old Maguire. Last thing he needs is Kieffer Moore on Thursday.
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Wrexham are not my club, but I couldn’t be happier to see them go up. Birthplace of Welsh football.
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Nadolig Llawen!
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As it’s nearly Christmas I’d thought I’d give you all a gift by reminding you of this fantastic moment of Euro 2016
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Someone asked me yesterday why the Welsh are so tetchy. Well, our culture, language and identity is being pushed towards a cliff. We’re just trying to push back a bit.
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Bread of Heaven, Feed me till I’m Keifer Moore.
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Imagine what it would be like in Amsterdam now.
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What happened next is impossible. And yes, I am watching it again.
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My son's school is running a 45-seat bus from Bangor to Wrexham - a 3 hour round trip - just to watch @FAWales train. That's how much hunger there is for international football up here.
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To be honest, if I had to pick one game to win out of the five…
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Train full of Millwall belting it out…”NO ONE LIKES US! WE DON’T CARE!”. A single lone voice responds with a strong Valleys accent. “I like yew boys, an’ I’m from Treherbert.”
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In 1927, the Radio Times published this diagram to help radio commentators describe the Cardiff City v Arsenal FA Cup Final. It gave us the phrase “back to square one”.
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Ralph Lauren have produced a Wales polo shirt and it’s an absolute shocker.
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New stadium plans released for Blaenau Ffestiniog Amateurs.
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The right man at the right time. Penblwydd Hapus Chris.
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So it turns out it wasn’t all Dan James and Neco Williams’ fault after all 🤔
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One of Wales’ most scenic grounds. Dros yr Aber, Caernarfon.
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We lost on pens. It’s a lottery. Anyone who wants to blame anybody for that can do one. They gave everything.
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Wow! Geraint Thomas wins the Tour de France and it’s not even one of the top 5 moments of the year. Joke.
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The nominees have been announced and now it’s over to you. What will you pick as the Greatest Sporting Moment of 2018 at @bbcspoty ? Vote here: Voting closes at 20:00 GMT on Friday, 14 December 2018 #SPOTY
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Aaron, no. Please don’t.
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I took this pic of a 19-year old left back called Gareth Bale winning a pen v Lichtenstein in 2008. This was before he changed our history. Diolch Gareth.
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Andy Morrison celebrating Nomads’ win by wearing the TNS Chairman’s hat and a “Keep the Trophy in Wales” hoodie.
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Nations League has been a huge success. Would never have got 28,000 for a friendly v Turkey. And half the team would have pulled out.
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Cardiff City’s official club app now offers 2 languages; English & Chinese. Not Welsh, but Mandarin Chinese. And they wonder why fans still feel disengaged.
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While Gomez and Sterling are scrapping at their hotel under huge press scrutiny, the Welsh squad pop out to a gig in the City Centre.
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Some of the @FAWales players are at the @liamgallagher gig, at the @MotorpointDiff
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Wow! fascinating that Ramsey is now giving Welsh language interviews - since speaking publically in Italian. Demonstrates a new confidence. Diolch Aaron.
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🎥 “Ni’n gwybod beth ni angen neud a gobeithio bydd rhywbeth i ddathlu dydd Mawrth” 👊 @aaronramsey is looking forward to our crucial final @UEFAEURO qualifying matches 🇦🇿🇭🇺 #TogetherStronger #AZEWAL
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13 years ago today, I took this photo of Aaron Ramsey playing for Wales U21 v England U21 at Ninian Park. He was incredible in that campaign, like a Welsh Platini.
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