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ISBN: 9781902638898 | 1902638891
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Copyright: 10/1/2007

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Examining Wales' sporting identity, this collection includes essays by Richard Burton, Dylan Thomas, Dannie Abse, Richard Llewellyn, Carolyn Hitt, Leslie Thomas, Sheenagh Pugh, Alexander Cordell, Lewis Davies, Max Boyce, Jon Arlott, Eddie Butler, John Toshack, Rupert Moon, Gerald Davies, and many more.

Warming Up
The Welshman as Sportsman	p. 1
Early Football
Cnapan c.1600	p. 5
Football in the Olden Time	p. 9
Bando
The Bandy Match	p. 13
Song of the Margam Bando Boys	p. 15
Soccer
The Game	p. 19
Leigh Richmond Roose	p. 21
Billy Meredith	p. 30
Fred Keenor	p. 34
Stirring Moments at Wembley, 1927	p. 39
The Bluebirds	p. 44
Jack Fowler	p. 45
Parry, R.	p. 51
The Arsenal Welsh	p. 61
The Jones Boys	p. 67
Ninian Park, the first time	p. 71
The Night Before the Game	p. 72
A Rhondda Derby	p. 75
City Supporter	p. 79
The Centre Forward	p. 89
The Gentle Giant	p. 93
Ivor	p. 94
Inter-City Rivalry	p. 97
Ryan Giggs	p. 100
Meeting her lover	p. 107
Four Legs and Feathers
Send out your homing pigeons, Dai	p. 109
Black Diamond	p. 110
Gentlemen, Horses and the Turf	p. 117
Tivyside and its Hunts	p. 121
Hyperion	p. 124
The Mystery of the Homing Pigeon	p. 127
Boxing
Elegy for Lyn James	p. 129
Teaching Huw to fight	p. 130
Jim Driscoll - and others	p. 136
The Welsh and the Irish	p. 150
Focal Heroes	p. 155
Jimmy Wilde	p. 166
Hector Bebb, British Champion	p. 175
Billy Eynon	p. 181
Dying Demonology	p. 189
The Ballad of Billy Rose	p. 194
Merthyr v. Mexico 1965	p. 197
Decided Long Ago	p. 201
Johnny Owen's Last Fight 1980	p. 203
A Big Night	p. 209
Palpable Hits	p. 218
Cricket
Cricket at Swansea	p. 221
Valete, Wilfred Wooller	p. 222
Daffodil Summer	p. 227
Cricket Ball	p. 233
Sober Reflections	p. 234
Don Shepherd	p. 239
Speed and Strength
Guto Nyth Bran	p. 247
Athletics
The Powder Monkey	p. 248
Lynn the Leap	p. 263
The Runner	p. 264
Swimming
Martin Woodroffe	p. 266
Motor Racing
The Swan-song of Babs	p. 268
The Death of Richard Beattie-Seaman in the Belgian Grand Prix, 1939	p. 272
Cycling
The Funeral of Arthur Linton, 1896	p. 273
Climbing
The Mountaineering of Wales	p. 275
Accident on the Cyfrwy Ridge	p. 285
Archer Thomson: mountaineer	p. 286
A Sense of Place	p. 289
Tee Breaks
'147'	p. 295
Golf
Sad News about the Welsh	p. 296
The Spill	p. 299
Golf in Wartime	p. 300
A Golf-course Resurrection	p. 304
Snooker
Man getting hammered between frames	p. 306
Exhibition	p. 306
Cue Dracula	p. 307
Forgiven	p. 309
Rugby
Vive le Sport	p. 311
The Rugby Match	p. 312
The Greatest Player of All	p. 314
The Greatest Match	p. 318
Prince Gwyn	p. 326
Reminiscences and Opinions	p. 329
Canute	p. 324
Shouting and Swearing	p. 347
Enoch Davies and the stranger	p. 349
Padded up for Action	p. 351
Ups and downs of a climber	p. 354
After the Singing, January 1953	p. 357
Wales v New Zealand 1953	p. 362
The Last Time I Played Rugby	p. 365
Post-match analysis	p. 373
Billy Boston	p. 381
Excursion Train, 1955	p. 384
The Great Shrine	p. 388
Fly-Half	p. 390
Cliff Morgan	p. 394
South Africa v British Isles 1955	p. 399
The Irrepressible Cliff	p. 406
Cardiff Arms Park	p. 412
Pre-match tension	p. 413
Gerald Davies and Barry John	p. 416
9-3	p. 423
Phil Bennett	p. 425
A Rugby Diary, 1984-5	p. 432
Carwyn	p. 437
Fan who became a pioneer	p. 442
Gareth Edwards	p. 444
Cardiff	p. 449
Prosser's Pontypool	p. 449
Jonathan Davies	p. 458
Moonstruck	p. 460
The Stadium	p. 462
All Played Out	p. 466
Final Whistle
River Walk, Cardiff	p. 481
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