I grew up about 22 miles from Corwen - my parents had friends living there so we visited quite often when I was a kid. It was a pleasure writing about the area. But, of course, it was an even greater pleasure to write about such an exceptional player for Wales and a seemingly humble bloke too.

NEW EPISODE | RHIFYN NEWYDD Ep.195 - Seventh Heaven @leonbarton.bsky.social and @llannerch.bsky.social look back at an international window that started stodgy and ended with a sparkle. They share their thoughts on Bosnia & Herzegovina in next year's play-offs on.soundcloud.com/MyT4T6P6jN68...

If you'd said last week 'we'll win one of these games 1-0 and the other 7-1', I'm pretty confident ZERO Wales fans would have predicted it being that way round...

Alan Partridge reporting live from Cardiff

Brian Flynn in Port Talbot, 2018: "The reintroduction of reserve team football up there will help. I predict Scotland will come good again in the next decade.." I wasn't convinced about that but I've learned it's best not to question Flynnie on football. He's right 99.9% of the time

As Wales prepare to take on England for the 105th time on Thursday, hoping to record what would be just a fifteenth victory, ✍️Leon Burton looks back over the 146-year history of matches between the two sides wp.me/p8Mk4U-16PG

Oh, Joey Joey 💔

Thanks for posting @simonprice.bsky.social I'd have loved to see some of the folkier, Pentangle-influenced songs in there like the piccolo snare and Sarn Helen cos that folky side of them is maybe the only side not really repped in the top 30.

It's now thirty years since Wales' most brilliantly unique band Super Furry Animals released the 'Llanfairpg (In Space)' EP on the Ankst label. To celebrate the Furries' landmark, Leon Barton enlisted the help of a selection of prominent Furry fans to compile the 30 greatest SFA tracks

Leon’s Substack leonbarton.substack.com?utm_source=n...

If we finish same points as Belgium, is it Head to Head, goal difference or goal difference minus the games vs the team that finishes bottom of a 5 team group????? ...cos nobody seems to have a clue

John Cale is arguably Wales' most influential musician, and to mark his recent 83 birthday, Leon Barton selects the great man’s best songs, filtered through the medium of the cover version

NEW EPISODE Ep.185 - A new World Cup campaign soundcloud.com/podcast_peld...

Happy 83rd birthday to the greatest, most influential artist that Wales has ever produced. When JC turned 80 three yrs back I wrote the longest article I've ever written to mark the occasion. Not for me to say but it might be the best article I've ever written too: nation.cymru/culture/penb...

Cliff Jones at 90 by @leonbarton.bsky.social for @nation.cymru One of our greatest ever nation.cymru/sport/cliff-...

NEW EPISODE | RHIFYN NEWYDD Discussing the Welsh players at @leedsunited.com with Ian Hall soundcloud.com/podcast_peld...

If you're searching for the perfect soundtrack to celebrate St Dwynwen's Day, look no further. Leon Barton shares his favourite love songs for you and your cariad wp.me/p8Mk4U-UiH

Delighted we can't get Sweden or Poland. Appalling record against those 2

Another decent display from Josh Sheehan Liam Cullen excellent Mark Harris selfless Each barely even fringe players under the previous regime. Remarkable couple of months

Our @leonbarton.bsky.social over at that there @nationcymru.bsky.social on some of the history between Cymru and Iceland nation.cymru/sport/how-ic... #NationsLeague

On the 25th anniversary of Cymru-Romania match @leonbarton.bsky.social wrote this terrific blog www.podcastpeldroed.cymru/25-years-on/