The Concourse: Everything Welsh Football

With the new season kicking off this weekend, we caught up with the usual suspects about how their teams are looking and what their expectations are. We've got Ed Bridges from 1912 Exiles on Newport County, Tom Phillips from View from the Ninian on Cardiff City, Louis Moore on Merthyr Town, our very own Tomi Caws on Wrexham and Barney Lloyd from You Jack Podcast on Swansea. AW14 and more is av...

It's that time of year again! The Cymru Premier kicks off in less than a fortnight so joining Ryan this week is Tomi Caws, Agent Phillips and Chris Hughes. We discuss how each team are shaping up ahead of the new season and make some predictions that will no doubt age like milk on a hot day. AW14 and more is available from www.alternativewales.com/shop. It's the best way to support the pod...

The podcast returns from a summer hiatus as Ryan, Agent Phillips and Rhodri discuss the new Wales manager, Craig Bellamy, as well as a good fortnight for the Welsh clubs playing in Europe. Megan Feringa also pops in for a chat about the recent women's team qualifiers, Jess Fishlock's recording breaking goals and the play-off draw. We also play the line up game and answer your questions. AW...

Ryan is joined by Rhodri and Agent Phillips to discuss Rob Page's departure as Wales manager, his reign as a whole and who the likely candidates to take over are. Tomi Caws has sent in a voice note of his thoughts while he's away managing in the illegal summer league. AW14 and more is available from www.alternativewales.com/shop. It's the best way to support the podcast. Hosted on Acas...

Ryan is joined by Tomi Caws, Rhodri and Agent Phillips as we review a disastrous international window for the men's team, Rob Page's future and Wales away. Megan Feringa joins Ryan for a chat about the recent women's team qualifiers against Ukraine. We also play the line up game and answer your questions. AW14 and more is available from www.alternativewales.com/shop. It's the best...

Ryan is joined by Rhodri and Agent Phillips to look ahead to Wales' summer friendlies against Gibraltar and Slovakia. We also play the line up game and answer your questions. AW14 is now available to pre-order from www.alternativewales.com. It's the best way to support the podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ryan is joined by Rhodri and Agent Phillips to look back on the Cymru Premier play-offs, Caernarfon qualifying for Europe, the upcoming summer friendlies and what young players we'd like to see included in the squad. We also play the line up game and answer your questions. AW14 is now available to pre-order from www.alternativewales.com. It's the best way to support the podcast. Hosted on...

Ryan is joined by a fan of each of the five Welsh clubs playing in the English pyramid to look back on their team's seasons. We've got Tomi Caws on Wrexham, Ed Bridges (1912 Exiles) on Newport County, Louis Moore (Disturbed District) on Merthyr Town, Barney Lloyd (You Jack Podcast) on Swansea City and Tom Phillips (View From The Ninian) on Cardiff City. Subscriptions for 2024 and a number...

Ryan is joined by Tomi Caws and Rhodri to look back on a weekend that saw Connah's Quay Nomads beat The New Saints in the Welsh Cup final. We also discuss the end of the Wrexham, Newport and Merthyr's season, pay tribute to Leighton James, hear the latest from Agent Phillips, play the line up game and answer your questions. Subscriptions for 2024 and a number of back issues are available n...

It's a bumper Cymru Premier podcast as Ryan is joined by Tomi Caws to look back at the final day of the season and chat about the new strategy for the league. Agent Phillips fills us in on his day out at Aberystwyth on Sunday, we catch up with Noel Mooney, Jack Sharp and Tony Pennock at the strategy launch and hear Flint Town United manager Lee Fowler's thoughts on the plans. Subscriptions...

Ryan is joined by Rhodri Davies and Tomi Caws to discuss a weekend that saw Wrexham promoted to League One and also look ahead to the final day of the Cymru Premier season. We've got a brand new 'Off You Go, Phillips!' where him and Rhodri head to Cwmamman United vs Evans & Williams. And finally, in part two we answer your questions and play the line up game. Subscriptions for 2024...

Ryan is joined by Rhodri Davies and Megan Feringa to discuss the start of the women's qualifying campaign, the end of the Adran League season, Wrexham's potential promotion and much more. 'Off You Go, Phillips!' also returns with the chancer heading to Penrhyncoch vs Trethomas Bluebirds. And finally, in part two we answer your questions and play the line up game. Subscriptions for...

Ryan is joined by Rhodri, Megan and Agent Phillips less than 24 hours after Wales' hopes of qualifying for Euro 2024 were quashed in a penalty shoot out with Poland. We try and sum up our feelings in the aftermath of our first major heartbreak for a number of years. AW13 and subscriptions for 2024 are available now from www.alternativewales.com. It's the best way to support the podcast. Ho...

Ryan is joined by Rhodri Davies and Tomi Caws to look ahead to Thursday's massive play-off tie with Finland. We also chat the South Wales Derby, Wrexham & Newport's form, Cymru C and more. Finnish football journalist, Ari Virtanen also joins Ryan for a chat about how our opponents are shaping up. We also answer your questions and play the line up game. Subscriptions for 2024 are availa...

This week's podcast is a bit different as Ryan is working abroad and can't tie down the boys for a traditional episode. Instead, Ryan speaks with Cymru C manager Mark Jones about the upcoming game against England C next week. He also talks to Charlie Phillips of Teras about our upcoming film, FORGED: Football in Steeltown. Tickets for Cymru C vs England C can be purchased from faw.cymru/ti...

Ryan is joined by Rhodri Davies and Agent Phillips to discuss Phillips' shambolic weekend, the Welsh contingent at Leeds, Aaron Ramsey's injury and much more. Megan Feringa sends us a voice note with all we need to know about new Wales WNT manager, Rhian Wilkinson. We also catch up with Aled Lewis of the Cymru Football Foundation to find out about all the work they do. And finally, in part...

Ryan is joined by Rhodri Davies and Megan Feringa to discuss a poor weekend for Cardiff and Swansea, a good weekend for Wrexham and Newport, the Welsh Cup quarter finals, the form of our players a month out from the play-off semi final and the upcoming women's international break. We also answer your questions and play the line up game. Subscriptions for 2024 are available now from www.alterna...

Ryan is joined by Tomi Caws to discuss Wales' Nations League group, a bad week for the Welsh clubs playing in England, the Welsh players on the move in January and much more. We also answer your questions and discuss KFC's new chips. Subscriptions for 2024 are available now from www.alternativewales.com. It's the best way to support the podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy f...

Ryan is joined by Tomi Caws and former Newtown manager Chris Hughes to discuss Chris' time at Newtown, what the future holds, the start of Cymru Premier's second phase, Wrexham's away form and much more. Chris also takes on Caws at the line up game. Subscriptions for 2024 are available now from www.alternativewales.com. It's the best way to support the podcast. Hosted on Acast. See...

Ryan is joined by Tomi Caws and Rhodri to discuss the weekend of FA Cup football as all three remaining Welsh teams were knocked out. Rhys Thomas joins Ryan for a chat about his upcoming book, The Future of Wales. (https://x.com/_rhysthomas_) Agent Phillips drags Rhodri along to Llambed for another instalment of 'Off You Go Phillips'. We play the line up game, answer your questions and dis...

Ryan is joined by Tomi Caws and Rhodri to discuss Newport's win over Wrexham, the Nathaniel MG Cup final and the upcoming weekend of FA Cup football, amongst much more. Agent Phillips also joins us to discuss Sunday's charity match. Donate to Matthew's fundraiser here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/glioblastoma-dcvaxl-immunotherapy-vaccine www.alternativewales.com Hosted on Acast. See aca...

Ryan is joined by Tomi Caws and Rhodri to discuss the final day of phase one of the Cymru Premier, Leeds' brilliant Welsh lads and much more. Megan Feringa also joins us to look at the year ahead for women's football in Wales, Gemma Grainger's departure and her potential successor. Agent Phillips debuts his new feature as he heads out on the road to take in a local football match. All...

Ryan is joined by Tomi Caws and Rhodri to discuss the weekend's FA Cup action and the upcoming final day of phase one in the Cymru Premier. Agent Phillips also stops by to discuss his latest venture, we play the line up game and answer your questions. www.alternativewales.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ryan is joined by Tomi Caws and Rhodri to look ahead to a new year of Welsh football. We talk expectations, make predictions and who might have a big year ahead. Agent Phillips drops in to have a go at our line up game and we announce the winners of the Alternative Wales Awards 2023. www.alternativewales.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ryan is joined by Megan Feringa and Lewis Sharpe for the final pod of the year and our now traditional Alternative Wales end of year awards. We discuss our men's and women's player of the year, manager of the year, result of the year and more. Agent Phillips shows his face as we make our nominations for the inaugural 'Agent Phillips Chancer of the Year' award. Complete our survey h...