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Taith Pêl-Droed @taithpeldroed.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I can tell you that one of the things was rumination on Cristiano Ronaldo leading a miserable & unfulfilled life. It’s exactly what I think about Jim Ratcliffe; the former can never be happy because goals are scored by other players & Ratcliffe can’t rest until he’s the only man who has any money.

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Taith Pêl-Droed @taithpeldroed.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

It is calling me tight so the algorithm knows best.

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Taith Pêl-Droed @taithpeldroed.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

That logo on the website seems to remove all doubt 🤣

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Taith Pêl-Droed @taithpeldroed.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The people who made Safia Middleton-Patel’s hoodie could have thought through how the brand name was displayed on it.

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Taith Pêl-Droed @taithpeldroed.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Apropos of nothing, you have ALWAYS managed to get away with being a rogue, as long as you can write a sentence, hold a conversation on the right subjects in the right company, and your victims are lesser people than the right company, and all the bad things that happen to them are unseen, unspoken.

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Taith Pêl-Droed @taithpeldroed.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Might have to make it seven for Pam Dawber as Mindy.

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Taith Pêl-Droed @taithpeldroed.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

If we include the actor who played Billy Corkhill I’m counting six. Not inclined to extend the fictional pass to Freddie Flintstone, Charlie Brown, Zippy or Bungle.

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Taith Pêl-Droed @taithpeldroed.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Crappy giveaway ✅ Racist headline ✅ Soften the edges with a picture of a beautiful woman who happens to be in the news ✅ Capped with “Kemi” - Kemi who? Poor journalism but serves its purpose ✅ 10/10 textbook Mail front page. My dad used to get it, amazing that I’ve still got my marbles.

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Taith Pêl-Droed @taithpeldroed.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I would not want to be in there if there were much more than the 1300 who saw the trophy lift. There were definitely more people who wanted seats today than could have one, a basic one to the right as cameras go and more disabled friendly one to the left and it would be pretty tidy there.

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Taith Pêl-Droed @taithpeldroed.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Playing each other in two weeks - that could be a scrap.

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Taith Pêl-Droed @taithpeldroed.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

After those opening exchanges I was on tenterhooks waiting for the deluge of goals aaaand, well, it was a bit hurried and hectic at times.

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Taith Pêl-Droed @taithpeldroed.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Honestly, despite that late kick in the balls I enjoyed every second of that, a Sunday blockbuster. Will have to upgrade my words from a week ago, even including Wrexham players Fiona Barry is the best player in the league and I don’t know why she’s playing in it #wxmafc

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Taith Pêl-Droed @taithpeldroed.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Nope, no idea either. Gradually got a bit more desperate as the half went on though, and got away with it somewhat to not concede a second there. Barry is quality, can’t wait until we sign her next summer 🤣 #wxmafc

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Taith Pêl-Droed @taithpeldroed.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Pob lwc i Newcastle achos mae “Cymry” yn ein tîm, dal yn cofio Tyson Frizell yn cynrychioli Cymru, croesi bysedd am Bradman Best yn y dyfodol! #rugbyleague #NRL

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Taith Pêl-Droed @taithpeldroed.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Wakefield taking the “you’ve got to lose one to win one” truism and kicking the shit out of it. Warrington need one of those mind boggling spells with back to back tries for this to not totally fizzle out #rugbyleague #superleaguegrandfinal

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Taith Pêl-Droed @taithpeldroed.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Even in the Guardian article it says that what they’re cracking down on is a tiny part of the benefits cost, so all that heartache is only for grandstanding. I know it’s Captain Obvious to say so, but it’s worth remembering what they’ll inflict on people the next time they increase military spending

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Taith Pêl-Droed @taithpeldroed.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The bleakest line in this is how the government hopes to “persuade more people on benefits back into work”, as if not being so has been a process of negotiation all this time, just waiting for the right package.

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Taith Pêl-Droed @taithpeldroed.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

As someone absolutely unsold on the previous Bellamy hype, that was a win worthy of it at last. Even across two other defeats, one less positive than the other, there are signs that the team isn’t windmilling. More steeetwise, not having an obligatory half hour of getting ripped to bits #walnor

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Taith Pêl-Droed @taithpeldroed.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Kinell, they included a picture of the Paula Vennels of football, Humphrey probably deserves better than that.

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Taith Pêl-Droed @taithpeldroed.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Fy mis Medi pêl-droed gan gynnwys, nos Wener yn Treffynnon ac Airbus yn Cymru Premier, brwydr ar y gwaelod Cymru North yn Rhuthun, a gêm derbi Wrecsam yn Ardal Northeast. Y gemau a phynciau llosg eraill yn y lle arferol! #peldroed taithpeldroed.wordpress.com/2026/09/27/t...

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Taith Medi 2026 – O Ben i Ben

Es i i fy ngemau cyntaf yn y Cymru Premier newydd, taith droellog yn Cymru North, a gêm fawr leol yn haen 3. GÊM Y MIS – WEL WEL WEL Mae’n teimlo fel dylai’r Cymru Premier wedi ymestyn i 16 t…

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Taith Pêl-Droed @taithpeldroed.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

You could lick your wounds about that Wales defeat OR you could read some blah about my September football adventures, Friday night at Holywell, Airbus and Ruthin, derby antics at Penycae, and bits and bobs about other NE Wales football issues. taithpeldroed.substack.com/p/end-to-end...

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End to End: Adventures in North East Wales Football, September 2026

I went to my first games in the re-booted Cymru Premier, poured through the turns to get to another in Cymru North, and saw an all-Wrexham battle royale in the Ardal Leagues.

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Taith Pêl-Droed @taithpeldroed.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

He's been left out of ONE game - and his team won!

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Taith Pêl-Droed @taithpeldroed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It's no reflection on the music at all, but the way the Ifand track ended & immediately, with no warning, went into the intense Vitals track really made me laugh - but not before I'd fixed the hole in the ceiling that was shaped like me. I should know better by now that these gear shifts come.

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Taith Pêl-Droed @taithpeldroed.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

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End to End: Adventures in North East Wales Football, September 2026

I went to my first games in the re-booted Cymru Premier, poured through the turns to get to another in Cymru North, and saw an all-Wrexham battle royale in the Ardal Leagues.

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Taith Pêl-Droed @taithpeldroed.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

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Taith Medi 2026 – O Ben i Ben

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Taith Pêl-Droed @taithpeldroed.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

TNS 4-3 up with stoppage time goal by Fiona “League’s Best Non-Wrexham Player” Barry. Tasty one next time, making plans to go after a morning with the Dynamic Signing Choir at the Terry Fox Run! #wxmafc #askwxm

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Taith Pêl-Droed @taithpeldroed.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Katy Hosford is the Wrexham women’s bogeyman, as Glynn Hurst and Martin Butler used to be for the men - keep her as far away from the ball as possible #wxmafc #askwxm

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Taith Pêl-Droed @taithpeldroed.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Next week Superleague will have its 4th different champion in 5 years, 2 other clubs having lost the final without winning one. 2 other clubs have been in the cup final in that period. Is that the “uncertainty of outcome” that the NRL would be praised for, or are we too dismal for that? #rugbyleague

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Taith Pêl-Droed @taithpeldroed.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Poured through some of North East Wales’ most treacherous roads to get to Ruthin v Penrhyncoch in Cymru North. Always pleasant although people insist on standing in front of the seats. A 2-0 Ruthin win that should have been more.

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Taith Pêl-Droed @taithpeldroed.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

While I wouldn’t say a point was deserved out of that, it was about the first Bellamy game against a decent team, albeit one that is less than the sum of its parts, where there wasn’t an obligatory half an hour of getting absolutely smashed to bits and grimly trying to cling on. Not too bad.

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Taith Pêl-Droed @taithpeldroed.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Mor drist - roedd hi’n fraint i ymddangos ar Ar Y Marc i drafod y blog. Gobeithio bydd Radio Cymru’n gwneud mwy na chwarae cerddoriaeth heb gyflwynwyr, dydy arwyddion ddim yn gadarnhaol.

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Taith Pêl-Droed @taithpeldroed.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I’ve basically always believed in stands being clearly marked - no drinking/swearing/persistent standing tolerated in some places, while being looser on all three in others.

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Podcast Pêl-droed @podcastpeldroed.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Thread of the 10 oldest surviving former Cymru male internationals: 10. Barrie Jones b. October 1941 in Swansea Won 15 caps (2 gls) between 1962-69 on the wing. All his caps came while on the books with Swansea and Cardiff, except for one which came while he was with Plymouth Argyle @pafc.co.uk

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Taith Pêl-Droed @taithpeldroed.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

👆poster is the type of person who has killed the music press. They’re probably right, but we had a more vibrant critical culture when someone with an axe to grind would dole out 1 star to a band you liked & get your blood boiling, or get you excited with a 5 star. Now it’s just hedging of bets.

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Taith Pêl-Droed @taithpeldroed.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

To labour the point, did the VHS with the video for Do What You Like make it into every girl’s house if they were born at the end of the 70s or start of the 80s? I swear they all remember it. My sister (1981) definitely borrowed it but I think it made more of an impression on my mum 🤣

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Taith Pêl-Droed @taithpeldroed.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

You’ll never ever catch me sticking up for Arsenal over Spurs BUT this is an excellent choice of video. Whatever happened to the guy who didn’t make it to the fame era line up of Boyzone?

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Taith Pêl-Droed @taithpeldroed.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Sort of - I expect all three get input on where the pod sponsorship money goes, and it’s Mike Bubbins who’s the one from Barry.

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Taith Pêl-Droed @taithpeldroed.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Cracking bit of arthouse direction of this game, got no idea what angle they’re going to show the action from next 🤣 #wxmafc

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Taith Pêl-Droed @taithpeldroed.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

OF COURSE he is talking about empire. He’ll never forgive God for not making him an Imperial policeman in 1900 getting to hang natives for stealing.

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Taith Pêl-Droed @taithpeldroed.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

She deserves her nomination just for being forced to listen to me talk in a tipsy manner about my daughter’s sign language choir after her gig in Wrexham last October.

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Taith Pêl-Droed @taithpeldroed.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

A blustery evening at Airbus, as they swept aside Flint 4-1 in Cymru Premier. Ten games in, Flint one of four teams without a win between them, and being 2 down here in 12 minutes left them in a pickle before they got going. You might have had Airbus down as a struggler but they’re well clear.

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Taith Pêl-Droed @taithpeldroed.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Some MPs might get their version of Ted Croker's "not our hooligans, but yours" towards Maggie Thatcher.

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Taith Pêl-Droed @taithpeldroed.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

And the various international rugby union teams were in and out of there every five minutes (an RFU approved England tour as late as 1984), although dare I say they presumably didn't disappoint many people expecting some progressive opinions...

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Taith Pêl-Droed @taithpeldroed.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

This piece of shit Man United team 🤣 I wouldn’t pay them in washers.

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Taith Pêl-Droed @taithpeldroed.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Chairman needs to give his head a wobble.

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Taith Pêl-Droed @taithpeldroed.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Very edgy about Plaid taking her in. Just what exactly made her a card carrying, public face of *that* in May THIS YEAR, that there is a place for in Plaid in September? No likey.

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Taith Pêl-Droed @taithpeldroed.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Almost like nastiness is something which is in the pores, and once it has a hold of you in such a way that you’ll behave in public as Reform types do, that it isn’t something you can just turn off and live a normal life.

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Taith Pêl-Droed @taithpeldroed.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

You can be a hipster OR you can understand that this is the real final. Strokes for the win, for the months it didn't go back into the case after buying (who remembers multi-CD changers?) & its new role as what I play when wrapping my wife's Christmas presents (one year it was at 11:30pm Xmas Eve)

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