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Alternative Wales
Alternative Wales is the home of independent Welsh football and fan culture content.
Through a variety of podcasts, we bring you all the news, opinions and discussion around the beautiful game in Wales - from the grassroots to the international stage.
If the Concourse was a football match, the Monday is the game and the Thursday is the pint in the pub afterwards. Every Monday, Ryan March and Greg Caine review the previous week and discuss the biggest stories in Welsh football. On Thursdays, the…
Episodes
Alternative WalesThe Concourse: Christmas Special
Who knew Craig Bellamy owns a signed photo of the Tin Man? Will the war between Russia and Ukraine come to an end? And most importantly, will Wales qualify for…
Alternative WalesThe Welsh Women's Football Show: Adran Leagues Half Season Awards
Sion Misra is joined by Harry Ware to look discuss the Adran Leagues as it hits the half way point of the season…
Alternative WalesThe Concourse: Voice_Note_002 (World Cup Draw Reaction)
The Concourse is the definitive Welsh international football podcast. Ryan and Greg react to the World Cup draw that saw Wales drawn in a group with Canada…
Alternative WalesThe Welsh Women's Football Show: The 2025 Review
Sion Misra is joined by The Athletic's Megan Feringa to look back on what has been a monumental year for the Welsh women's team…
Alternative WalesThe Welsh Women's Football Show: Welsh Cup Review
Sion Misra is joined by Harry Ware to chat through a weekend of Welsh Cup action and a quick lookahead to next week's international fixtures…
Alternative WalesThe Concourse: Play-off Draw Reaction
The Concourse is the definitive Welsh international football podcast. Ryan and Greg react to the news that Wales will face Bosnia & Herzegovina in the World…
Alternative WalesThe Concourse: Liechtenstein (a) & North Macedonia (h) Debrief
The Concourse is the definitive Welsh international football podcast. Ryan & Greg are basking in the glory of a 7-1 victory over North Macedonia. Kicking…
Alternative WalesThe Concourse: Voice_Note_001
A new, revolutionary style of podcast from your boys at Alternative Wales. Introducing The Concourse: Voice_Note_Musings. We discuss the (albeit near…
Alternative WalesThe Concourse: Liechtenstein (a) & North Macedonia (h) Preview
The Concourse is the definitive Welsh international football podcast. Ryan & Greg are joined by Billy Webb of Welsh hip-hop legends, Goldie Lookin' Chain, to…
Alternative WalesThe Welsh Football Shamble: "Super artificial intelligence. Google that and tell me you’re not scared."
The Shamble returns with Ryan, Rhodri and Phillips discussing the last international break, the upcoming international break, Wrexham vs Cardiff and much more…
Alternative WalesThe Welsh Women's Football Show: Adran Leagues & the International Break
Sion Misra is joined by Harry Ware to chat all thing Adran Premier, Adran North and Adran South as well as look back on the recent international break…
Alternative WalesThe Welsh Women's Football Show: Australia Preview
Sion Misra is joined by Matildas expert, Jamie Spangher, to chat through Wales' opposition on Saturday…
Alternative WalesThe Welsh Women's Football Show: Farewell Fishlock
Sion Misra is joined by Sam Southall and Cerian Hedd to discuss Jess Fishlock's impending retirement and look at Rhian Wilkinson's squad for the upcoming…
Alternative WalesThe Concourse: England (a) & Belgium (h) Debrief
The Concourse is the definitive Welsh international football podcast. Ryan & Greg are joined by Sgorio's Sioned Dafydd to look back at a tough international…
Alternative WalesThe Concourse: EMERGENCY POD - Three wins from the World Cup
The Concourse is the definitive Welsh international football podcast. Ryan & Greg look back at a quite frankly dreadful evening at Wembley but with a renewed…
Alternative WalesThe Welsh Football Shamble: "I grew up with that war"
With a pretty stacked international break coming up, Ryan is joined by Rhodri and Caws to chat through the England game, the Belgium game and a load of other…
Alternative WalesThe Concourse: England (a) & Belgium (h) Preview
The Concourse is the definitive Welsh international football podcast. Ryan March is joined by fellow Alternative Wales comrade Greg Caine and BBC Wales’ Dafydd…
Alternative WalesThe Welsh Women's Football Show: The Adran Premier so far
Sion Misra is joined by Harry Ware to discuss the first few of the Adran Premier season. ----------------------------------------------------------------------…
Alternative WalesThe Welsh Women's Football Show: Lucie Gwilt (Llanfair United)
Sion Misra is joined by Llanfair United manager, Lucie Gwilt to discuss the new Adran North season…
Alternative WalesThe Welsh Football Shamble: "It's free to listen, but £100 to turn it off"
We are back! A new name, but the same old nonsense. It's still Ryan, Caws, Rhodri and Phillips, discussing all things Welsh football. This week we cover the…
Alternative WalesThe Concourse: Kazakhstan (a) & Canada (h) Preview
The Concourse is the definitive Welsh international football podcast. In episode 3, host Ryan March is joined by Alternative Wales' music mogul James Cuff and…
Alternative WalesThe Cymru Premier Preview (Part 2)
Ryan is joined by Chris Hughes and Tomi Caws to preview the new Cymru Premier season. In part two, we focus on the six north Wales clubs in the top flight —…
Alternative WalesThe Cymru Premier Preview (Part 1)
Ryan is joined by Sgorio's Ifan Gwilym and Iolo Cheung to preview the new Cymru Premier season. In part one, we focus on the six south Wales clubs in the top…
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The Alternative Wales Season Preview
Here we are again! Another season is about to get underway, that will no doubt be packed with all sorts of fun and games for the five Welsh sides playing in…
Alternative WalesThe Welsh Women's Football Show: Wales' debut at a major tournament
Sion Misra is joined by Penny Miles, George Rees-Julian and Cerian Hedd to chat about Wales' colourful and memorable entrance onto the major tournament scene…
Alternative WalesThe Welsh Women's Football Show: England Opposition Preview
Mia Claydon and Kian Ward join Sion to look at England's chances in Wales' Group D. ----------------------------------------------------------------------…
Alternative WalesThe Welsh Women's Football Show: France Opposition Preview
Women's football expert Tom Maher joins Sion Misra to discuss Wales' group D opponents, France…
Alternative WalesThe Welsh Women's Football Show: Netherlands Opposition Preview
Polly Starkie joins Sion Misra to give the lowdown on Netherlands' chances at the tournament…
Alternative WalesThe Welsh Women's Football Show: Squad Announcement Reaction
Following Rhian Wilkinson's historic squad announcement on top of Y Wyddfa, Sion Misra is joined by Penny Miles and Cerian Hedd to discuss it…
Alternative WalesThe Welsh Women's Football Show: Who's on the plane?
Welcome to the very first episode of the only podcast dedicated exclusively to the Welsh women's national team, hosted by Sion Misra. Sion is joined by Ffion…
Alternative WalesThe Concourse: Liechtenstein (h) & Belgium (a) Debrief
The Concourse is the definitive Welsh international football podcast. In episode 2, host Ryan March is joined by Greg Caine and author Ffion Owen to discuss…
Alternative WalesThe Concourse: Liechtenstein (h) & Belgium (a) Preview
The Concourse is the definitive Welsh international football podcast. In episode 1, host Ryan March is joined by The Athletic journalist Megan Feringa and…
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AN IMPORTANT UPDATE FROM ALTERNATIVE WALES
Things are changing around here - and Ryan gives you all you need to know in this brief update. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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#180: Liechtenstein (h) & Belgium (a) Preview
With another two big World Cup qualifiers on the horizon, Ryan is joined by Tomi Caws and Agent Phillips to talk through them both. We've also chat the Cymru…
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#179: The 2024/25 Season Review
Once again, it's been a season riddled with drama for the five Welsh teams playing in the English Pyramid. This is the now traditional season review featuring…
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#178: Wrexham up, Cardiff down and the Cymru Premier play-offs
It's a mixed bag of a podcast as a dejected Ryan is joined by a jubilant Tomi Caws and an above average Rhodri to discuss Wrexham's third consecutive promotion…
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#177: The Cymru Leagues season review
We take a deep dive into the Cymru Leagues to discuss all the ups, downs and inbetweens of another dramatic season. Ryan is joined by Tomi Caws and former…
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#176: A draw in Sweden, Wrexham's promotion charge and Cardiff's survival chances
After another broadly positive international window for the women's team, Ryan catches up with Sion Misra to hear all about it. Tomi Caws and Rhodri Davies…
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#175: Kazakhstan (h) & North Macedonia (a) Debrief
We're back after a busy few weeks away! Ryan is joined by the usual suspects to talk through a win over Kazakhstan and a draw in North Macedonia as well all…
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#174: Squad Announcement Reaction
Ryan and Caws spend a bit of time looking at Craig Bellamy’s squad for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers and discuss all the big decisions - the ins, the outs…
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#173: A historic result and a knee injury
In part 1, Ryan chats to Sion Misra about a pretty decent Nations League window for the women's team before Caws, Rhodri and Phillips turn up in part 2 to talk…
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#172: Swansea sack Williams, Wrexham's dodgy form and the Welsh Cup quarter finals
After another busy week in Welsh football that saw Swansea City pull the plug on Luke William's tenure at the club, Wrexham stumble in their quest for…
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#171: Cymru Premier catch up, eligibility rules and Welsh Cup quarter finals
It’s been another busy week of Welsh football, so Ryan is joined by Tomi Caws and Rhodri to chat through it all. On the agenda is a Cymru Premier catch up. We…
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#170: Around the houses of Welsh football
After a week off, Ryan is back with Agent Phillips, Rhodri and Tomi Caws to discuss all the latest news across the world of Welsh football. There's 7-0…
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#169: The fallout from last week & the South Wales Derby
After a big week of news, Ryan is joined by Tomi Caws, Rhodri and Agent Phillips to discuss all the fallout from Merthyr's £6 million offer, Project Cymru and…
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#168: Project Cymru, fog and BREAKING NEWS
A quiet week in Welsh football? Never heard of him. Ryan is joined by Rhodri and Phillips to discuss all the fallout from a busy news week in Welsh football…
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#167: A look ahead at Welsh football in 2025
It's the first pod of the new year and Ryan is joined by Tomi Caws, Agent Phillips and Rhodri to look ahead at what will be a huge year for Welsh football. We…
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#166: Old enemies, new frontiers and microstate minnows
It’s been a week of Welsh football dominated by draws. Ryan is joined by Tomi Caws and Rhodri to break down the men’s World Cup qualifying group and get all…
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#165: We all dream of North Macedonia (a)
With the World Cup qualifying draw approaching, Ryan, Rhodri, and Agent Phillips delve into the pots, share their dream groups, and discuss their worst-case…
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#164: WALES WOMEN QUALIFY FOR EURO 2025
Ryan March, Sion Misra and Megan Feringa discuss an historic moment in Welsh football as our women's national team beat Ireland to qualifying for their first…
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#163: Euro 2025 Play-offs & the Cymru Premier title race
Ryan is joined by Sion Misra in part one to discuss the upcoming Wales women's Euro 2025 play-off final against Republic of Ireland. Tomi Caws and Rhodri join…
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#162: Turkey (a) & Iceland (h) Debrief
Ryan is joined by Tomi Caws and Agent Phillips to discuss the latest Nations League ties with Turkey & Iceland. AW16 is now available to pre-order from…
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#161: Turkey (a) & Iceland (h) Preview
Ryan is joined by Tomi Caws and Agent Phillips to preview the upcoming Nations League ties with Turkey & Iceland. AW16 is now available to pre-order from…
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#160: Wales women on the brink of history
Wales women take a big step towards their first ever major tournament after beating Slovakia in a frustrating tie. Sion Misra joins Ryan to discuss all the…
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#159: Welsh Cup shocks & a big week for Wales women
Ryan, Rhodri, and Phillips discuss a weekend of shocks in the Welsh Cup and catch up on how the Welsh sides in the English system are performing. Ryan is also…
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#158: Iceland (a) & Montenegro (h) Debrief
The Alternative Wales team debrief after another broadly positive international break for Bellamy's Boys that saw us draw 2-2 out in Iceland before winning 1-0…
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#157: Iceland (a) & Montenegro (h) Preview
The Craig Bellamy era is in full flow as we head into the second international break of his tenure. Ryan is joined by Agent Phillips and Rhodri Davies to…
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#156: The Cymru Premier is shaken up
After two massive pieces of domestic club football news dropped over the weekend, Ryan, Tomi Caws, Agent Phillips and Chris Hughes discuss all the fall out…
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#155: Penybont stop The New Saints juggernaut and Cardiff sack another manager
It’s a deep dive into the club football news this week as Penybont toppled the champions, Cardiff sacked another manager and Wrexham returned to winning ways…
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#154: International Velvet
A bit of a change of pace this week as Ryan is joined by James Cuff and Neil Collins from the Welsh Music Podcast to discuss music, football, the 90s and…