In the middle of Kyiv, 50 yards away from the Khreshatyk tube station is a restaurant/pub whose name escapes me.
On the menu are listed the usual starters, main courses, desserts, wines and half a page devoted to . . . chewing gums.
Continue reading Chew, what a scorcher – Ukraine 1 Wales 1 (2001)
All I can say is: ‘We wuz robbed.’
Port Talbot: the dramatic soul of Wales and producer of Michael Sheen, Richard Burton and Anthony Hopkins.
And today, unwanted football drama as visiting director of football Andy Preece threatened to take his team off the pitch after he was called a black bastard.
Continue reading Let there be light – Port Talbot 2 Airbus Broughton 2
The Boleyn – heading, like the woman it’s named after, for the chop.
Continue reading Till death us do part – West Ham 1 Wolves 0
Rum old Ramsgate: Van Gogh lived here, UKIP wooed it ardently and, a good sign this, the spirit of Dennis the Menace is alive and kicking.
Last game before the winter break, as Ukraine wraps up warm and retreats into hibernation.
Vorskla, fifth, versus Zorya, third.
First game for European football’s bad boys of the moment since they’ve had their backsides whipped.
Continue reading The banned played on – Dynamo Kyiv 2 Chornomorets Odesa 1
Finally someone has built a shopping centre that is socially useful.
Trouble is, it’s in Belgrade.
Continue reading The carpet in the clouds – Vozdovac 1 Novi Pazar 0
And about time too.
Continue reading Wales find zen in Zenica – Bosnia 2 Wales 0
Well, 725 fans are slowly making their way to Zenica – aka Port Talbot in the mountains.
The first rule of Welsh qualification is – never talk about Welsh qualification.
You-know-who put us in tantalising touching distance of Euro 2016 – guest post by ALAN LEWIS (@ABERTEIFI_) who was smitten by what he saw
A land of never-ending sunshine, olive groves, amber nectar and all the kebabs you can eat.
The place where Aphrodite, goddess of love and dazzling beauty, emerges from the foam of the sea enchanting anyone who sees her.
Miles from Nowhere 