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Alternative Wales

Alternative Wales is the home of independent Welsh football content. Through a variety of podcasts, we bring you all the news, opinions and discussion about the beautiful game in Wales — from the grassroots to the international stage.


Everything Welsh Football is our bi-weekly show, where Ryan March, Tomi Caws, Rhodri Davies and Agent Phillips break down all the biggest stories in Welsh football with their trademark irreverent and light-hearted style.


The Concourse is the definitive Welsh international football podcast. Released during every men’s international break, Ryan March is joined by some of Welsh football’s best voices to unpack the latest developments as Wales chase World Cup qualification and beyond.


The Welsh Women’s Football Show does exactly what it says on the tin. Featuring Sion Misra, Ffion Owen and guests, the show covers all things women’s football in Wales, with episodes dropping whenever Rhian Wilkinson’s side are in action.


The Cymru Leagues Review is our weekly deep dive into domestic football across Wales. Ryan March is joined by a rotating cast of Cymru Leagues experts to round up all the weekend’s action from across the country.

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Episodes

Alternative Wales: The Podcast - Episode #129

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 acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 24, 20241 hr 10 min

Alternative Wales: The Podcast - Episode #128

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 info on our charity match and how to donate here: https://www.alternativewales.com/kick-cancers-head-in www.alte...

Jan 17, 20241 hr 36 min

Alternative Wales: The Podcast - Episode #127

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.

Jan 10, 20241 hr 4 min

Alternative Wales: The Podcast - Episode #126

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.

Jan 04, 20241 hr 20 min

Alternative Wales: The Podcast - Episode #125

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 here: https://forms.gle/i1LifTk3P7EoHovS7 www.alternativewales.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more in...

Dec 21, 20231 hr 12 min

Alternative Wales: The Podcast - Episode #124

Ryan is joined by Tomi Caws and Lewis Sharpe to discuss the end of the women's Nations League campaign, the draw for Euro 2024, the Cymru Premier admin drama and Swansea's search for a new manager. Agent Phillips also pops in, we play our line up game and answer your questions. Apologies for some audio issues with Ryan's microphone - we've done our best to fix it but it's not quite right in some parts. www.alternativewales.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Dec 13, 20231 hr 3 min

Alternative Wales: The Podcast - Episode #123

Ryan, Caws and Rhodri discuss the play-off draw, our potential Euro 2024 group, the weekend of club football and much more. Agent Phillips also calls in to update us on his latest movements, we play our line up game and answer your questions. www.alternativewales.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 29, 20231 hr 14 min

Alternative Wales: The Podcast - Episode #122

Ryan is joined by Tomi Caws and Rhodri for a debrief after Wales drew 1-1 away to Armenia and 1-1 at home to Turkey as they failed to qualify automatically for Euro 2024. We chat about what went wrong, what positives we can take, penalty shouts and look ahead to a play-off in March. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 23, 20231 hr 16 min

Alternative Wales: The Podcast - Episode #121

With a massive week of international football ahead of us, Ryan is joined by Tomi Caws and Rhodri Davies to preview Armenia (a) and Turkey (h). Agent Phillips also stops by to catch us up on his recent antics, we play the lineup game and answer your questions. alternativewales.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 15, 202353 min

Alternative Wales: The Podcast - Episode #120

Ryan is joined by Tomi Caws and Rhodri to discuss the Cymru Premier, the upcoming international games, play our line up game and answer your questions. www.alternativewales.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 08, 202358 min

Alternative Wales: The Podcast - Episode #119

Ryan is joined by Tomi Caws and Megan Feringa to discuss the latest goings on in Welsh football. We chat the Wales women's team, all the Welsh clubs winning in the EFL, Rosie Hughes' goalscoring exploits and more. www.alternativewales.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 01, 20231 hr 2 min

Alternative Wales: The Podcast - Episode #118

Ryan is joined by Rhodri and Gwilym to chat about the latest goings-on in the Cymru Premier, Adran Premier and the Welsh clubs playing in England. Agent Phillips also calls in, we play our line up game and answer your questions. www.alternativewales.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 25, 20231 hr 1 min

Alternative Wales: The Podcast - Episode #117

Ryan is joined by Tomi Caws and Rhodri Davies to reflect on another famous night of Welsh football™ as Wales beat Croatia 2-1 in qualifying for Euro 2024. Agent Phillips also stops by, we play our line up game and answer your questions. www.alternativewales.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 17, 20231 hr 21 min

Alternative Wales: The Podcast - Episode #116

Ryan is joined by Tomi Caws and Lewis Sharpe ahead to the international break to chat about Wales' upcoming fixtures against Gibraltor and Croatia, the first 11 games of the Cymru Premier and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 10, 20231 hr 4 min

Alternative Wales: The Podcast - Episode #115

Ryan is joined by Rhodri and Megan Feringa to discuss the recent squad announcement, the weekend of EFL and Cymru Leagues action and much more. Agent Phillips also has some news for us, we play our game and answer your questions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 04, 202355 min

Alternative Wales: The Podcast - Episode #114

Ryan is joined by Tomi Caws and Rhodri to discuss the week in Welsh football. We cover the Cymru Premier, Cardiff City's good form, Wrexham heavy defeat in Stockport and the Wales women's start to the Nations League campaign with Megan Feringa. We've also got Agent Phillips, our usual game and your Twitter questions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 27, 20231 hr 21 min

Alternative Wales: The Podcast - Episode #113

Ryan is joined by Tomi Caws and Rhodri to catch up on the latest in Welsh club football. Including the South Wales Derby, Wrexham's form and the Cymru Premier. alternativewales.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 20, 20231 hr 5 min

Alternative Wales: The Podcast - Episode #112

Ryan is joined by Tomi Caws and Rhodri Davies to for an international break debrief. We look back at the South Korea friendly and the victory in Latvia. We also speak to Gwilym Hughes about the start of the Adran Premier season and Agent Phillips about whatever nonsense he's been up to this week. --- If you want to help support the podcast, the best way to do that is to purchase a fanzine, pin badge, t-shirt or stickers from our online shop - alternativewales.com/shop Subscribe, follow, rate and...

Sep 14, 20231 hr 33 min

Alternative Wales: The Podcast - Episode #111

Ryan is joined by Tomi Caws and Rhodri Davies to discuss the upcoming international break. We talk fur goalkeepers, Page's future, Wales' chances and much more. We're also joined by Agent Phillips, play our game and answer your questions. --- If you want to help support the podcast, the best way to do that is to purchase a fanzine, pin badge, t-shirt or stickers from our online shop - alternativewales.com/shop Subscribe, follow, rate and leave a comment - it all helps. Diolch for your support an...

Sep 05, 20231 hr 20 min

Alternative Wales: The Podcast - Episode #110

Ryan is joined by Tomi Caws and Rhodri Davies to discuss goals galore at Wrexham, Will Evans on fire, Aaron Ramsey screamers and much more. Agent Phillips calls in once again to give us some useless information, we play our game and answer your questions. --- If you want to help support the podcast, the best way to do that is to purchase a fanzine, pin badge, t-shirt or stickers from our online shop - alternativewales.com/shop Subscribe, follow, rate and leave a comment - it all helps. Diolch fo...

Aug 22, 20231 hr 1 min

Alternative Wales: The Podcast - Episode #109

Ryan is joined by Tomi Caws and Rhodri Davies to look back at the first couple of weeks of the new season. We cover it all, from the Welsh sides in England to Cymru Premier to the Cymru North and South and of course, goalkeepers scoring goals. Agent Phillips stops by to update us on his summer dealings, we play our game and answer your questions. --- If you want to help support the podcast, the best way to do that is to purchase a fanzine, pin badge, t-shirt or stickers from our online shop - al...

Aug 16, 202355 min

Alternative Wales: The Podcast - Episode #108

Ryan is joined by Tomi Caws and Gwilym Hughes to preview the upcoming Cymru Premier season. We talk through how each team is shaping up and make our bold league table predictions. --- If you want to help support the podcast, the best way to do that is to purchase a fanzine, pin badge, t-shirt or stickers from our online shop - alternativewales.com/shop Subscribe, follow, rate and leave a comment - it all helps. Diolch for your support and thank you for listening,. --- www.alternativewales.com Tw...

Aug 10, 20231 hr 26 min

Alternative Wales: The Podcast - Episode #107

It's that time of year once again, the season preview pod! Ryan is chatting with fans of the five Welsh clubs playing in England about the upcoming season. We hear from Barney Lloyd on Swansea, Jamie Harries on Newport, Tomi Caws on Wrexham, Tom Phillips on Cardiff and Louis Moore on Merthyr. If you want to skip to any particular part, the time stamps are below: 2:53 - Swansea City 27:04 - Newport County 42:16 - Wrexham 1:01:00 - Cardiff City 1:16:54 - Merthyr Town --- If you want to help suppor...

Aug 02, 20231 hr 33 min

Alternative Wales: The Podcast - Episode #106

On this week's show Ryan, Caws and Rhodri look back at the Welsh sides' European fixtures, discuss Wales' return to Wrexham, ticket prices for friendlies and much more. We also hear from Agent Phillips as he returns from his warm weather pre-season training camp. --- If you want to help support the podcast, the best way to do that is to buy a magazine, pin badge, t-shirt or stickers from our online shop - alternativewales.com/shop Subscribe, follow, rate and leave a comment - it all helps. Diolc...

Jul 26, 202359 min

Alternative Wales: The Podcast - Episode #105

Ryan is joined on by Tomi Caws, Rhodri and Agent Phillips (for a rare full episode). On the agenda this week is Aaron Ramsey's move to Cardiff, Ethan Ampadu's move to Leeds, the Cymru Premier sides in Europe, the Llandudno and Cefn Druids situation and much more. --- If you want to help support the podcast, the best way to do that is to buy a magazine, pin badge, t-shirt or stickers from our online shop - alternativewales.com/shop Subscribe, follow, rate and leave a comment - it all helps. Diolc...

Jul 19, 20231 hr 3 min

Alternative Wales: The Podcast - Episode #104

Ryan is joined on this week's podcast by Penybont manager Rhys Griffiths to chat all about his sides preparations for their first taste of European football against FC Santa Coloma in the Europa Conference League. --- If you want to help support the podcast, the best way to do that is to buy a magazine, pin badge, t-shirt or stickers from our online shop - alternativewales.com/shop Subscribe, follow, rate and leave a comment - it all helps. Diolch for your support and thank you for listening,. -...

Jul 05, 202333 min

Alternative Wales: The Podcast - Episode #103

Ryan, Rhodri and Gwilym Hughes talk through all the latest goings on in the club game in Wales, including Cardiff & Swansea's new managers, the Cymru Premier sides in Europe, the transfer window and much more. --- If you want to help support the podcast, the best way to do that is to buy a magazine, pin badge, t-shirt or stickers from our online shop - alternativewales.com/shop Subscribe, follow, rate and leave a comment - it all helps. Diolch for your support and thank you for listening,. -...

Jun 28, 20231 hr 14 min

Alternative Wales: The Podcast - Episode #102

Ryan, Rhodri and Megan Feringa look back at a miserable international break as Wales suffer two defeats to Armenia and Turkey. We discuss what went wrong, how it can be fixed and if Rob Page can turn it around. --- If you want to help support the podcast, the best way to do that is to buy a magazine, pin badge, t-shirt or stickers from our online shop - alternativewales.com/shop Subscribe, follow, rate and leave a comment - it all helps. Diolch for your support and thank you for listening,. --- ...

Jun 22, 20231 hr 15 min

Alternative Wales: The Podcast - Episode #101

After a two week hiatus, the boys are back and it's international week! Ryan, Rhodri and Caws look ahead to Armenia (H) and Turkey (A). Agent Phillips also joins to announce the squad for Friday's charity game, we answer your burning questions and ask Tomi Caws: do aliens exist? The new theme tune is How To Recognise A Work Of Art by Meilyr Jones. You can donate to Jason Bowen's battle with MND on the following link: https://gofund.me/f477830b --- If you want to help support the podcast, the bes...

Jun 14, 20231 hr 15 min

Alternative Wales: The Podcast - Episode #100

It's the century! Who'd have thought it? To celebrate 100 episodes of the podcast Ryan, Rhodri and Tomi Caws talk Haverfordwest in Europe, Caws' terrible pre-season predictions and Cardiff and Swansea's manager situations before being joined by Agent Phillips for a catch up and to answer your questions. This week's Alternative Wales Soundtrack is Can I Gymru by Tara Bandito. --- If you want to help support the podcast, the best way to do that is to buy a magazine, pin badge, t-shirt or stickers ...

May 24, 20231 hr 5 min
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