Sunday, September 6, 2009

Like watching Brazil

Wales U21 2 - 1 Italy U21.

Wales U21 beat Italy U21 thanks to the below superb effort by Aaron Ramsey and an early goal by Mr Christian Ribeiro.

Well done Wales !

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Wales U21 Versus Italy in Swansea

Brian Flynn's Wales U21 football team will face their counterparts from Italy on Friday 4th September 2009 for a qualifying game for the 2011 Euro championships.

The game, at the Liberty Stadium in Swansea will be the first international for about a year - the last one being the senior Wales side versus Georgia.

The 2011 European finals will be held in Denmark following the succesful tournament in Sweden that just finished with Germany overcoming England in the final.

If you fancy going down to The Liberty to watch Wales youngsters taken on Italy, tickets will be on sale soon and will be £8 for adults with kids at half price. Kick off time is TBA.

Friday, June 26, 2009

England beat Sweden in U21 finals

Shame Wales didn't qualify for the U21 finals in Malmo this year.

England have just beaten Sweden on penalties in the semi final having drawn 3-3 with the hosts. England threw away a 3 goal lead to draw with Sweden who were resurgent in the second half, Swedish sub Leminot Harbuzi playing a blinder.

Wales narrowly lost out to England (5-4 agg) for the right to go to the finals in Sweden in qualifying.

Friday, March 27, 2009

New Wales U21 football squad

WALES U21 coach Brian Flynn sends out a new wave of raw youngsters tonight as he starts building all over again for his country’s football future.

Flynn’s side play their first match of a new Uefa Championship campaign away to Luxembourg, having been denied the chance of a warm-up friendly in Northern Ireland last month because of a frozen pitch.

It will be the U21s’ first match since their play-off with England in October, a 5-4 aggregate defeat which saw Flynn’s young stars do themselves proud but ultimately fail to reach this summer’s European finals in Sweden.

But now the bulk of that squad are too old for the new Uefa tournament.

Flynn said: “This is a new dawn, a new beginning for these lads. They will have a lot to live up to after what the previous squad achieved, but I have high hopes for them.”

Flynn has seen a raft of bright youngsters progress into John Toshack’s senior squad and will hope many of the teenagers who will play against Luxembourg – the return match will be played in Llanelli next Tuesday – will follow in those footsteps.

Flynn now has to do without Wayne Hennessey, Jack Collison, Gareth Bale, Chris Gunter, Aaron Ramsey, Lewin Nyatanga, Neal Eardley, David Edwards, Sam Vokes and Ched Evans, who have all made it into the full squad.

Of that team who took on England in the second leg of the play-offs at Villa Park, just four are still involved with the U21s.

That quartet – Cardiff’s Darcy Blake, Swansea winger Shaun MacDonald, Leicester’s Andy King and Reading’s Simon Church – will become the spine of Flynn’s new squad.

Football Association of Wales spokesman Ceri Stennett said: “Brian has done a great job bringing through players, and now he has another group to work with.

“The fact that we won our qualifying group last time and reached the play-offs means we have been seeded and received what we feel is a favourable draw.”


Article reproduced from Wales Online

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Joe Allen wants a Wales cap

Wales U21 star Joe Allen dreams of pulling on a Wales senior shirt soon.

Swansea City player Allen, who has broken through into the Swans first team this season and impressed in the absence of Ferrie Bodde has told the BBC :

"hopefully international recognition will come as the performances and the game time come as well"

Sunday, March 1, 2009

Wales U21 fixtures 2011 European Championship

Wales Under 21 Football fixtures - 2011 Euro's

Here are the fixtures that Wales have for the qualifying part of the 2011 European Championship. Wales are in group 3 (of 10 groups) with Luxembourg, Italy, Hungary and Bosnia Herzegovina. Wales narrowly missed out a trip to the 2009 finals in Sweden (to be held in June) - and will hope they can qualify for the 2011 finals in Denmark. Only group winners and best four runner-ups qualify for the straight elimination play-offs to advance to the final U21 tournament in Denmark.

27 March, 2009
Luxembourg v Wales

31 March 2009
Wales v Luxembourg

12 August, 2009
Wales v Hungary

4 September, 2009
Wales v Italy

10 October, 2009
Wales v Bosnia-Herzegovina

18 November, 2009
Bosnia-Herzegovina v Wales

4 September, 2010
Hungary v Wales

7 September, 2010
Italy v Wales