Stand Up For Barry
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Punch up, not down. π Barry Town nostalgia and whimsy. Seven-time champions of Wales. Six-time Welsh Cup winners. European adventurers. #GazaCeasefireNow
Joined December 2010
Happy New Year, everyone!. 2024 marks the 30th anniversary of our landmark Welsh Cup Final win over Cardiff City in Cardiff. It also marks the 25th anniversary of our milestone Premier Cup Final win over Wrexham in Wrexham. More to follow on both in 2024. #EmbraceYourHistory
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I remember when Gary Barlow's son came on tour with the Take That lads.
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Britain had it all, man. A strong Pound, a seat at the table in Europe, a Special Relationship with the US, global respect and standing. Tories flushed it all away, courting UKIP/BNP policies to keep power. And it wrecked Britain. Go to the electorate. #GeneralElection2022.
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No replays is shit. Five substitutes is shit. Straight to pens is shit. VAR is resoundingly shit. What are they doing to football?.
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There will never be #conscription or National Service again in the UK, as young Brits would sooner fight the Union Jack nutters than help them. And rightly so. Populist right-wing shit bags. Can't run a nation so will throw every desperate dead cat going out there to distract.
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BBC Wales News tonight. "Newport County have been the only Welsh team in action today". Full. programme. of. Welsh. games. ignored. by. Welsh. national. broadcaster.
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Des Lynam getting strays for saying football pundits should have played at the level of football they are analysing, while he didn't. Here's some handy info, Twitter. Des Lynam wasn't a pundit. He was the presenter. And the best one ever. Cheers. π.
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Barry Wetherspoons showing their support for all of Group B APART from Wales is quite the choice, like. Bold. ππ
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Took this photo a year ago today at the fabulous @HomelessWrldCup in Cardiff's Bute Park. Moments later, I watched an Indonesian goalkeeper dance to 'Come on Eileen'!. Great memories, man. @MichaelSheen and team did Wales proud. The joy on people's faces was something else.
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Welsh club, representing Wales, the Welsh language and the Welsh football pyramid - while other plastic patriots chase the English coin and Sky Sports glory, this is as real as it gets. Good luck, lads.
Byth meddwl sw ni gal βaway dayβ efo Cβfon yn Ewrop, ond dyma ni!β¦ππ»ππ°. I never, ever thought Iβd see the Town on an βaway dayβ in Europe, but here we are!. ππ»ππ°
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Here's a fact so deeply buried, even I only thought of it tonight. Wales has already been represented in the group stage of a European competition.
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Now that @WWENetwork have uploaded all of the old #WCWThunder episodes, the world can finally celebrate the sheer wonder of 90s WWF mainstay Brian 'Crush' Adams wearing a 2000 @Kappa_UK @Cymru shirt to the ring!. Still so random!. @TheBarryHorns @Ffwtbol @PhilJones77 #WalesAway
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As former Welsh Cup challengers, have Hereford, Shrewsbury, Crewe, Chester and the like been invited to the MG Cup party?. Could rebrand it as the 'Transport for Wales Cup'. π. @NoelMooney13.
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The whole 'Independent Football Nation' thing would have SO much more credibility if Wales' biggest clubs weren't, literally, dependent on England. I know, you all don't like it and you're angry at me, but it doesn't mean I'm wrong. #NoTeamGB.
Absolutely not. Independent football nation π΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώ
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Mooney and Sharp this week. "Give Barry's targeted European spot to Cardiff City". "Now, give Bala another go to knock them out of the Top Six". "Okay, now give Merthyr Β£6m".
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The Cymru Premier. Can't win it. Can't play at home in Europe, if you get to Europe. Can't get relegated. Thousands of miles. Thousands of pounds. Same fixtures on a loop. What are we all playing for?.
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@mirkobolesan "And, don't forget, you can listen to all the action from England vs Germany on BBC Radio Five Live. ".
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Remembering Mark Ovendale tonight. Gone but not forgotten.
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Remember when Connor Roberts played so well at Fiorentina there were calls for him to be in the Wales squad?. Add this on top. Keep on keeping on, keeper. You did your old man proud.
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Into the Welsh Cup quarters:. Airbus.Caerau Ely.Cambrian United.Carmarthen Town.Connah's Quay.Denbigh Town.Llanelli.TNS/Colwyn Bay. Only the holders and the champions left from the Cymru Premier. Be a lot of teams pulling for Colwyn Bay tomorrow. π.
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Charlotte Church is a very brave lady, as now all the right wing mafia will be after her. Well done, Charlotte. Another Welsh hero.
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@kelvmackenzie Of course it was going to go up, everyone wanted to see what it would look like. You guys are so desperate. Desperate to shut down the truth. Desperate to keep lying crooks in power. Why?.
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The BBC luring in viewers with the promise of them FINALLY holding the UK government to account. only to air a lengthy Boris Johnson tribute show is the most 2022 thing imaginable. When will there be people on the streets? Protesting, not starving. #Panorama.
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Good luck to the good people of Birmingham today, whose city is being used as the HQ for a gathering of people wrecking their lives and their country. The #ConservativePartyConference is little better than a criminal event at this point. Giving Britain's money to the rich. Sick.
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People go on about Merthyr coming to the Cymru Premier. how special will that be once we've played each other 14 times in three years?. TNS was special for ten minutes, we had four figures in the ground. Now it's been run into the ground. 12 teams doesn't work.
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@RaverOldskool @ColinEv86024056 The Tories best represent the working class?!. How many drugs did you do at those raves?! π€£.
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It's been 26 years (!) this week since @Gaza003 made his debut for Barry. Remember filling in his name on the Man of the Match slip (remember them?!) at that first game vs Inter Cardiff. Went on to win 16 national trophies with Barry, score against Porto and more. #Lloydinho
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"Llansantffraid to merge with Oswestry Town and dominate the League of Wales for years, before getting in a row with the Guinness Book of Records about a penalty shoot-out against East Fife. "
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@BellaWallerstei @NeilMonton It's protest against Israel killing tens of thousands of innocent people and trying to gaslight the world that is in any way justifiable.
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Officials at @ColwynBayFC receive their parcel from the FAW for coming into the Welsh system.
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If Jacob Rees-Mogg is now a Sir and Priti Patel is now a Dame, then being a Sir or a Dame is now completely worthless. Another thing wrecked by the political vandal Boris Johnson. Pathetic. Absolute pathetic. And insulting.
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Welsh football could learn from how pro wrestling TV is filmed. Rule 1, stick the hard camera OPPOSITE all the people! π. Logistics I know, but makes such a difference to see all the fans, it was the same when we played Cliftonville in Cardiff, looked like no one was there!
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@PennyMordaunt @CommonsLeader By "talking it down", you of course mean telling the truth, which is absolutely damning for your government.
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@kelvmackenzie Why do the Right hate everyone?. Pretend to be patriots, but hate British doctors, teachers, students, nurses, sportsmen. .
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@TheThirdPath_ @Footymac What, like the guy with the Irish passport who lives in Spain and isn't even really named Tommy Robinson?.
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@gareth_baker @abierkhatib "The Irish will pay" for objecting to innocent kids being killed?. Fucking hell, man. Seriously.
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Congratulations to Caernarfon Town. Joined the League of Wales in 1995. Played in the first TV match in 1997. Finally made it to Europe today. Chuffed for the fans. A football club the likes of which are all too rare in Wales, they'll fly the flag with pride. Good luck!.
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Proof beyond doubt that the standard of football in the @CymruLeagues Premier is not what needs improving, it's the promotion, the publicity, the profile, the perception, the participants and the poorly-performing format.
Another outstanding win for #CymruC tonight against an England C team full of professional players π . With no TNS players involved, none of our boys are full-time. Talent in the @CymruLeagues is evident for everyone to see π
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It seems pretty clear from this that if you voted #Brexit to curb migration, all you really achieved was keeping Tories from paying higher tax. All while making us poorer and taking away our right to move and live freely in 27 countries. What a con. #BrexitHasFailed
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Tonight I learned there's a team called Calsonic Kansei Swiss Valley AFC in the opening round of the Welsh Cup and I kind of want them to win the whole thing now.
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Never mind the 1922 Committee. Why is everyone not on their way to Downing Street right now to drag the whole criminal outfit out of there, before it's too late for us all?.
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On This Day in 1998. Eifion Williams scores one of the great Jenner Park goals in a Welsh Cup win over Haverfordwest County.
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Remembering Mark Ovendale and a remarkable couple of minutes at the 1996 Welsh Cup Final! #Ovengloves
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Six days ago, Jack Sharp of @FAWales said that clubs kicking off their final games simultaneously was *"imperative for sporting integrity"*. Tonight, @BalaTownFC kick off knowing what they need to pip @BarryTownUnited, who have no opportunity to adapt. @CymruLeagues are liars.
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On non-Barry matters. seeing loads of tweets from joyous Coventry City fans tonight! Brilliant!. Like us, the Sky Blues had to play out of different away grounds to keep on trucking in the lower reaches. Been through a lot. 20,000+ there tonight and a 3-0 win. Ace, man. #PUSB.
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@GillianKeegan @Conservatives I did my GCSEs, A Levels and degree under a Labour government, did brilliant, went abroad to do a Masters, couldn't afford to do it now because of your shitty Brexit. π. Kids these days actually aren't stupid. They're gonna help us vote you out soon. π.
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@ElectionMapsUK @wethinkpolling One in four still voting for these disastrous Tories blows my mind.
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English Prem gets a highlights show on the BBC. Scottish Prem gets a highlights show on BBC Scotland. Irish Prem gets a highlights show on BBC NI. Welsh Prem gets six BBC website articles a season. Perception is king.
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@addicted2newz @SimonClarkeMP "I want it to be real to fuel my agenda, so I'm going to ignore common sense".
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2,870 in attendance across the Briton Ferry and Haverfordwest games in the Cymru Premier, these last two days. so, people will go and watch. Is everyone just too busy normally with life stuff and it's as simple as that? And a week or two largely off makes a big difference? π€.
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@Coral @europacnfleague They're not called Total Network Solutions and it's not called the Welsh League. You know what doesn't make sense?. Relentless gambling sponsorship in football when gambling is an illness that preys on the vulnerable. And starting a sentence with 'Are'.
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You can't say Ton Pentre, Ebbw Vale and Conwy United in the UEFA Intertoto Cup doesn't count, either. They literally, factually, played in the group stages of a European competition. The tertiary European competition, like the Conference League is now.
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So why, @FAWales, is it the League Cup and not the Welsh Cup? Because the EFL clubs don't want to touch Tier 2 or 3 teams with a bargepole? Because they only fancy playing four fixtures, tops, against a select group? . It's all that, isn't it?.
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I saw today described as TNS' biggest ever game and made me remember they played holders Liverpool in the UCL at Anfield, as well as Man City at the Millennium AND opened the Etihad!. Could you imagine all that was us and how many times a week I would mention it all? π.
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Gym members of Wales queuing up to vote Mark Drakeford out in May.
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Will there be a single football kicked in Europe on Welsh soil this summer?. Embarrassing. Can't go on like this.
Caernarfon Town have confirmed that their UEFA Conference League home tie this summer will be played at Park Hall, the home ground of TNS. π· @sameaden/@FAWales . #JDCymruPremier
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From the archives. South Wales Echo.23rd July 1996. π
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If you believe in an independent Wales, you should believe in a Wales where Cardiff and Swansea are the Celtic and Rangers, Wrexham are Aberdeen and we're St. Mirren, fucking it up for everyone. Don't be half-in, half-out pansies because you want to play Reading in the league π.
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@marparwxm I would say it's the League of WALES and thus it's the highest standard in Wales, but it hasn't been called the League of Wales in 22 years.
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On This Day in 2000. The only instance in history of a father and son occupying the two nets in a Cymru Premier fixture. Mark Kendall in goal for Cwmbran. Lee Kendall in goal for Barry Town.
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#ITVCurse trending!. England is the most deluded nation going!. You beat Iran, Wales and Senegal and were booking the open top bus!. Can't event run a government, let alone a football team!.
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Remember Aberystwyth always used to bring probably the best opposition player in the league, Glyndwr Hughes. He was ace. One club man at that level as well, I think. Like a League of Wales Le Tissier!.
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Honestly. How real is this?! How raw is this?! People tried to shut us down, for good! And today we beat the champions of Wales. Incredible.
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As it's trending, here's a reminder that #WalesAway might no longer exist if not for the maligned, under-reported and under-supported Cymru Premier. People might not have their Eastern European holidays if there weren't buses going to Bala every other weekend.
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Michael Sheen put the bulk of his acting fortune into staging a football World Cup for homeless people. An absolutely wonderful man.
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Deeply sad news about Mattie Davies. A prolific League of Wales goalscorer, Mattie was a respected opponent in Barry's heyday, signing for us and playing his part in historic Champions League victories against Shamkir and FC Porto. Thoughts are with Mattie's family and friends.
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Next Saturday. @BarryTownUnited vs @The_Nomads. These fans can watch it on that screen, but not in that grandstand. Care to explain how this makes sense, @FMWales?. #LetFansIn
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Over 20 Welshmen in the Barry Town squad for tomorrow's #UEL tie, by my count. Must be up there with the most ever taken for a European club match. Great opportunities provided by club and manager.
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So Chris and Tom Fry are now the first father and son to have scored for Barry in the @WPL_Official, with Chris opening his account for the Town against TNS 19 years ago tomorrow.
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10 YEARS AGO TODAY . The past, present and future of Barry Town football hung by a thread. Judge Seys Llewellyn's ruling against the FAW ensued our team could return to the Welsh League, in what was Jenner Park's 100th year. The victory of all victories.
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Great pic from @SteffRobs84 of yesterday's Carmarthen vs Swansea. Shows the difference in crowds a competitive game vs Cardiff or Swans can make. If they'd been in the LoW from the get-go, we could have had 30 years of this, all over Wales. But, a positive! π. #NathanielMGCup
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Fantastic job at Jenner Park on Saturday, getting all these in for fireworks, kinda irks me we don't get anywhere near this for football, though. Have had a day of inspiration today about how to make more of our identity, hope to share soon and promote our great football club.
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It's Barry Town vs Haverfordwest County again at Jenner Park on Saturday. And thus worth revisiting this jaw-dropping goal from the same fixture, scored by Eifion Williams in 1998. I was sat up on the big bar at the top of the New Stand that Saturday; what a goal this was!
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25 years ago today, Richard Jones scored one of the greatest goals in Barry Town history. I've never seen one quite like THAT equaliser at @AberdeenFC, before or since. And what an occasion to do it, the first appearance of any Welsh team in the UEFA Cup First Round proper.
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The fantastic, historic and occasionally euphoric *WELSH CUP* returns this weekend, as 32 teams contest the Third Round. On 21/11/98, Eifion Williams scored this absolute belter against Haverfordwest County in the same Welsh Cup Third Round. And I was there!. Share it, enjoy it!
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@GoldingBF But I thought leaving the EU meant Britain took back control. are you saying Brexit was actually just a big con, designed to help Tories swerve EU tax regulations? π€.
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If Chris Coleman's @FAWales needed to beat Panama, then they would have. The purpose of the fixture was to give international experience to young debutants. Fin.
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Suella Braverman will torch every British person's human rights to become Tory leader. Devil woman.
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