Wales

Abertillery Bluebirds 4-1 Llandrindod Wells 📍 Cwmnantygroes | Blaenau Gwent, Wales🏆 Ardal South East⚽ Wales (Tier 3)📅 Sat 19 Mar 22 | 2.30pm🎟️ £4 | Att:...

Newport County 2-3 Hartlepool United 📍 Rodney Parade | Newport, Wales🏆 EFL League Two⚽ England (Tier 4)📅 Fri 18 Mar 22 | 7.45pm🎟️ £22 | Att:...

“Cardiff’s Will Vaulks patrols the field clapping his hands and geeing his teammates like a fifth-rate Jordan Henderson, never thinking to expend his energy by actually taking up a position in which he could conceivably receive the ball.”

📍 Cardiff, Wales

“A nearby fan implores the referee to blow up early and “put us out of our fucking misery”, his existentialist outburst instantly lost among the chants of “keeper, you’re a cunt” breaking out among some teenagers behind the goal. Under the stand, a fat ginger lad threatens to report the referee to the FA every time a decision is given to Harrow.”

📍 Merthyr Tydfil, Wales

“These vignettes illuminate a lot of what local amateur football is often about, with clubs usually casting certain roles to type. The most prominent of these is Aberfan captain Blaine Webber, a strict acolyte of the dogma that ball and man is an absolute necessity.”

📍 Trelewis, Wales