Wales football: ‘I’m 150, you know.’

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And having seen more than 170 games, I feel like I’m 350, you know.

Perhaps a refund is in order?

In that time we’ve come a long way – from Bobby Gould basket case to an FAW marketing department peddling a range of ridiculous stuff you don’t need – an entire online shop dedicated to darts stuff.

Crumbs! Maybe we’re still a pub team now we’re suddenly channelling Sid Waddell as a sideline. Didn’t those days evaporate 25 years or so ago?

Other delights include a garden gnome who doesn’t resemble Hal Robson-Kanu (missed a trick there) – yours for £25. You pay £24 for the female version. Flippin’ heck!

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Flagshaggers 3 Sheepshaggers 0

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Perhaps this night was something of a victory after all!

Flagshagger boss Tommy Tuchel said: ‘If you hear just Wales fans for half an hour, it’s sad because the team deserved more support.

‘I would have wished for a bit more support in phases where it gets difficult. In the second half to get behind us, there was a bit too much support for Wales.’

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Ukraine mullered in Munich – Romania 3 Ukraine 0

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Perhaps the most anticipated game in the country’s history, what a shame many Ukraine fans weren’t able to attend. Some, of course, are no longer with us.

Half an hour before kick off a friend in Poltava messaged: “We’ve just got a bomb near my mum. They’re OK but very scared. Have a nice time.”

Which pretty much put everything in perspective. In the two hours or so of this match, it’s likely a few Ukrainians died on the front line fighting Putin.

This game was for them.

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Qatar v Wales (pt one)

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IN FEBRUARY 2000 the Welsh football team was a shellshocked shitshow that would have given Michael Sheen shingles.

Wales were stranded in a seemingly permanent existential crisis, marooned in terms of self-regard and status – people openly scorned fans as being idiots for going to, say, Moldova, which they had hitherto thought was some type of cheese.

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