{"id":195,"date":"2023-07-16T14:59:54","date_gmt":"2023-07-16T13:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/djcommunications.uk\/?page_id=195"},"modified":"2026-01-02T18:17:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T18:17:50","slug":"international-scene","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/djcommunications.uk\/index.php\/international-eyes\/international-scene\/","title":{"rendered":"International Scene"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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David\u2019s iconic home-made banner from 1977. This magnificent creation is now housed at the Football Museum for Wales in Wrexham.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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David has been following the Welsh international team for what seems like forever. He has endured the highs, and the many lows.<\/p>

Anfield 77.<\/a>Victory at Wembley. <\/a>Qatar.<\/a><\/span><\/p>

You can read David\u2019s accounts of these adventures across this website as other publishers, magazines and digital platforms have showcased David\u2019s passion for the national side. It has become his core business.<\/p>

David doesn\u2019t go in for critical analysis. If you want to understand the strategic thinking of the game\u2019s key decision-makers, then look away now.<\/p>

Sure, he reports the goings-on in individual games, describing who scored when and how, but you are just as likely to see his imagination study the history of flags&banners <\/a><\/span>at games, or contemplate the joys of football kits down the ages as he unravels such joys from a Welsh perspective.<\/p>

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David has become a regular feature in the pressbox at Cardiff City Stadium, where recent events seem light years away from his recollections of visiting crumbling stadia across Wales to cheer on the team.<\/p>

Heroics<\/a><\/span> from Gareth Bale to take Wales to the World Cup, global media interest<\/a><\/span>, and the emergence of the Nations League. David has been there every step of the way.<\/p>

Rest assured that he will continue to bring you his unique observations and opinions, loosely tied to events on the field. Here <\/a>are more of his 2025 contemplations as Craig Bellamy leads the Welsh into international battle.\u00a0<\/p>

And Wales @ Wembley 2025? <\/a>Did you go?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Links<\/strong><\/h4>

RhysOwainWilliams.com – Currently Reading: David Collins<\/a><\/p>

BBC.co.uk – Euro 2016: Wales football fans await draw\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

International Scene International Scene David\u2019s iconic home-made banner from 1977. This magnificent creation is now housed at the Football Museum for Wales in Wrexham. David has been following the Welsh international team for what seems like forever. He has endured the highs, and the many lows. Anfield 77.Victory at Wembley. Qatar. You can read David\u2019s … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":78,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-195","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/djcommunications.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/djcommunications.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/djcommunications.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/djcommunications.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/djcommunications.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195"}],"version-history":[{"count":46,"href":"https:\/\/djcommunications.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/195\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1339,"href":"https:\/\/djcommunications.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/195\/revisions\/1339"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/djcommunications.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/78"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/djcommunications.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}