Wrecsam born 🏴resident of Innsbruck 🇦🇹 @PodcastPeldroed contributor. Wrote a book 'Brian Flynn: #LittleWonder' Writing a screenplay.
Joined July 2013
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Leon Barton retweeted
When Brian Clough nearly became Wales manager | @leoncbarton
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Leon Barton retweeted
10 Dec 2025
‘Harry Wilson: Made in Corwen, born to play for Wales’ states a supporters' flag. Under Craig Bellamy the Welsh talisman appears to have found another level again - one which it's hoped can fire Cymru to the World Cup
✍️ Leon Barton
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19 Nov 2025
Wales vs Austria fifty years on: The most ‘Wrexham’ Wales game of all time open.substack.com/pub/leonba…
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Leon Barton retweeted
7 Oct 2025
As Wales prepare to take on England for the 105th time on Thursday, hoping to record what would be just a fifteenth victory, ✍️@leoncbarton looks back over the 146-year history of matches between the two sides wp.me/p8Mk4U-16PG
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Leon Barton retweeted
29 Aug 2025
It means that we're complicit in an ongoing genocide...
29 Aug 2025
What does a strong defence industry mean for Wales? 💪
✅High-skilled jobs
✅ Investment in technology
✅ Thriving local supply chains
✅ Economic growth
Welsh Secretary @JoStevensLabour visited @gduknews in Merthyr Tydfil to see how defence spending drives real benefits.
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Leon Barton retweeted
1 Jul 2025
How Bob Vylan will be viewed by history
The rest of them are the British political and media class
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Leon Barton retweeted
1 Jul 2025
1/ to celebrate 30yrs since the 1st EP there’s a top 30 SFA tunes chosen by @leoncbarton & friends running in @NationCymru
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Leon Barton retweeted
29 Jun 2025
It's now thirty years since Wales' most brilliantly unique band Super Furry Animals released the 'Llanfairpg (In Space)' EP.
To celebrate, @leoncbarton enlisted the help of a selection of prominent Furry fans to compile the 30 greatest SFA songs
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Leon Barton retweeted
11 Jun 2025
🗣️ "There should be a statue of Brian Flynn outside of pretty much every football ground in Wales…”
We spoke with @elisjames as Wales started their World Cup qualifying campaign. ⚽️
📖 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐅𝐥𝐲𝐧𝐧: 𝐋𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 by @leoncbarton
📖 𝐑𝐞𝐝 𝐃𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐬: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐡 𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥 by @ffwtbol
Find out why Elis thinks these two books stand out in Welsh football. ⤵️
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Leon Barton retweeted
22 Mar 2025
John Cale is arguably Wales' most influential musician, and to mark his recent 83 birthday, @leoncbarton selects the great man’s best songs, filtered through the medium of the cover version wp.me/p8Mk4U-WUZ
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Leon Barton retweeted
8 Feb 2025
Cliff Jones at 90. Happy birthday to one of Wales' greatest footballers nation.cymru/sport/cliff-jon… Thank you for your kind words, proud of my connection to @FAWales football.
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Leon Barton retweeted
25 Jan 2025
If you're searching for the perfect soundtrack to celebrate St Dwynwen's Day, look no further.
@leoncbarton shares his favourite love songs for you and your cariad wp.me/p8Mk4U-UiH
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21 Nov 2024
Jason Koumas. Next question.
19 Nov 2024
Based purely on ability, who is the Championship’s best ever player?
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Leon Barton retweeted
19 Nov 2024
As Wales prepare to take on Iceland in Cardiff tonight, @leoncbarton looks back on two controversial results against them, that derailed Mike England’s hopes of taking his star-studded squad to the finals of a major tournament in the 1980s wp.me/p8Mk4U-QZO
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Leon Barton retweeted
15 Oct 2024
Guess what.
My first @guardian column is out!
I explore how both red & blue UK gov's are allowing Wales to be shafted over HS2.
Just in case you don't know, HS2's defined as a England & Wales project, despite being solely in...you know...England
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2 Oct 2024
oooh, this is good news with the internationals coming up and Ramsey missing @PodcastPeldroed
1 Oct 2024
Absolutely ran the show. As dominant as I’ve ever seen him play for Cardiff tonight
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25 Sep 2024
Danny Ward has a great penalty saving record. The problem is all 5 Poland players took outstanding, near-unsaveable penalties
24 Sep 2024
Unbeatable Danny Ward saves THREE penalties to send Leicester through in Carabao Cup shoot-out. If only he had done that against Poland six months ago!! 🏴
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