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Taith Pêl-Droed

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Dysgwr Cymraeg yn trio gwella ei sgiliau Cymraeg drwy pêl-droed yng Ngogledd Cymru. A Welsh learner trying to improve his Welsh skills via North Wales football. taithpeldroed.wordpress.com

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Taith Pêl-Droed @taithpeldroed.bsky.social · Jan 18

Hefyd, tasech chi isio ymarfer dy sgiliau ysgrifenedig fel dysgwr Cymraeg, ac isio sgwennu rhywbeth am #peldroed byddwch yn rydd i anfon rhywbeth ata i i gyhoeddi #dysgucymraeg

Taith Pêl-Droed @taithpeldroed.bsky.social · Jan 18

Prynhawn cystadleuol rhwng Brickfield a Canton yn y Tlws Amatur FAW efo’r tîm gartref yn ennill ar giciau o’r smotyn. Ymddiheuriadau i’r chwaraewyr am gymryd rhai o’r selsig!

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Brickfield 0 Canton 0 (Brickfield wedi ennill 4-1 ar giciau o’r smotyn) 18/1/2025

Ar ôl penwythnos rhwystredig yr wythnos diwetha, dim gemau’n agos o gwbl oherwydd yr amodau rhewllyd, dewisais i barhau fy antur yn y cwpanau. Dw i wedi mynychu gêm leol yn y Tlws Amatur yn barod y…

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Taith Pêl-Droed @taithpeldroed.bsky.social · 15m

Yup. Without wanting to sink to mud slinging (ok, it’s mud slinging) it isn’t every other country in the world’s fault that England are more boring now they win than they were when they lost more, so you should always resist the idea that there needs to be a change to make internationals interesting

Tom Mortimer @tmortimer.bsky.social · 13h

International breaks get so much hate, but ones like these are good. So many stories, so many incredible moments:

Nigeria coming from nowhere to secure a qualifying berth
South Africa qualifying for the first time since they hosted
Cape Verde becoming second smallest nation to ever qualify

Taith Pêl-Droed @taithpeldroed.bsky.social · 13h

Doesn’t hurt to have been on the Gwladys Street! It definitely feels like it’s in a good place, quite vibrant and visible with a big demand for Welsh education, although it doesn’t seem to translate into a bounce for overall numbers of speakers, although a brain drain doesn’t help there.

Taith Pêl-Droed @taithpeldroed.bsky.social · 14h

No for both but the Welsh pronunciation deserves praise. Feel free to lean into the accent, it’s the next stage of my Cymraeg journey, to say Abergele in the correct manner without sounding like I’m doing a bit.

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Taith Pêl-Droed @taithpeldroed.bsky.social · 1d

My alarm bells went when Bellamy said he’d rather fail “having a go” than succeed not doing so. I can tell you now that I wouldn’t. He’s under no risk in this tournament cycle but he’s going to have to compromise between now and the end of the next one.

Taith Pêl-Droed @taithpeldroed.bsky.social · 1d

Well, we did make a 32 team World Cup and all a lot of people did was call the guy who got them there a joker, so hopefully we can have a reassessment of that after a reminder of how hard it is.

Taith Pêl-Droed @taithpeldroed.bsky.social · 1d

I mean…there was a bit of hope for a minute, literally a minute. But I reckon if Wales had scored six Belgium would have managed to get eight. Soooo much work to do to be halfway adequate without the ball #walbel

Taith Pêl-Droed @taithpeldroed.bsky.social · 1d

Less doubt about that one 🙈

Taith Pêl-Droed @taithpeldroed.bsky.social · 1d

An unnatural position eh? The irony being the only way Ampadu could have avoided that was by having his arms behind his back, an actual unnatural position. It’s bullshit.

Taith Pêl-Droed @taithpeldroed.bsky.social · 1d

An unnatural position eh? The irony being the only way Ampadu could have avoided that was by having his arms behind his back, an actual unnatural position. It’s bullshit.

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Taith Pêl-Droed @taithpeldroed.bsky.social · 1d

Sioned Dafydd might need to interview Kevin de Bruyne from behind a screen if the game continues in this fashion 🤣

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Taith Pêl-Droed @taithpeldroed.bsky.social · 2d

As promised, if you’re linguistically challenged (even more so than me) then some stuff in English about today & related issues below. The game, the slightly messy background, what Buckley did right & the sense that this team could go up a notch #wxmafc

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James Austin @jamesdaustin.bsky.social · 2d

Everyone knows at least one person (normally, but not exclusively, a guy) whose gone properly mental due to net rabbit holes.

We see public figures regularly go mad and destroy themselves.

And we have, at a policy level, just decided to put our fingers in our ears and go nahnahnah

Alastair Meeks @alastairmeeks.bsky.social · 2d

Last night I heard of another friend of a friend who has been lost to a rabbit hole of online propaganda. We need to start treating this as a serious public health concern.

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Taith Pêl-Droed @taithpeldroed.bsky.social · 2d

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Taith Pêl-Droed @taithpeldroed.bsky.social · 2d

There’s going to be lots to talk about on the English page later which I’ll direct anybody interested to, but in the meantime it must be said that it was a very successful day & everything came together so well in Buckley (apart from women’s toilets!) that the Rock has a tough act to follow #wxmafc

Taith Pêl-Droed @taithpeldroed.bsky.social · 2d

On a day where Buckley coped pretty well with a much bigger crowd than they’re used to, only a couple of people had to slum it without access to the gantry…

Taith Pêl-Droed @taithpeldroed.bsky.social · 2d

Diolch i CPD Bwcle am gynnal gêm gystadleuol rhwng timau merched @wrexhamafc.co.uk a @cardiffcity.bsky.social yn #adranpremier heddiw. Fydd ras y bencampwriaeth tan y diwedd eleni? Falle… #wxmafc

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Wrecsam Merched 1 Caerdydd 1 12/10/2025

Cyffro, pryder, ansicrwydd, gobaith. Mae’n swnio fel cymysg o emosiynau tebyg i ddêt cyntaf neu gyfweliad swydd, ond baswn i’n defnyddio’r geiriau i ddisgrifio teimladau cyn y gêm rhwng timau merch…

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Taith Pêl-Droed @taithpeldroed.bsky.social · 2d

Mae pethau’n mynd yn iawn hyd yn hyn #wxmafc

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Back to back to back olé olé @yetigoosecreat.bsky.social · 3d

Ian Watkins isn’t worth mourning.

But…

The state has a duty of care to those in prison which it is spectacularly failing in meeting.

Prisons shouldn’t be environments in which it’s possible to murder someone.

The prison estate has been underfunded and irresponsibly managed for decades.

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Taith Pêl-Droed @taithpeldroed.bsky.social · 3d

Only 19? Feels like more.

Podcast Pêl-droed @podcastpeldroed.bsky.social · 4d

Monday's game will be the 19th time Cymru men have faced Belgium since the first match in 1949 in Ougrée

It's only the other home nations and the ROI (19 times) that we have faced the same number of times or more

Overall record:
P18 W 5 D 5 L8 F 27 A28

Taith Pêl-Droed @taithpeldroed.bsky.social · 3d

Come on Hull KR, we have waited a loooong time for someone to upset the odds in a Grand Final #rugbyleague #slhkrwig

Taith Pêl-Droed @taithpeldroed.bsky.social · 5d

It was a bit better after England declared.

Taith Pêl-Droed @taithpeldroed.bsky.social · 5d

Wise choice. Planned half time washing up but might scrub the floor as well.

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Taith Pêl-Droed @taithpeldroed.bsky.social · 5d

The last time Ian Rush looked that miserable was when he walked out for Wrexham against Gillingham when the crowd was 1871 - although that one actually turned out quite well in the end.

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Taith Pêl-Droed @taithpeldroed.bsky.social · 5d

Like that already!

Taith Pêl-Droed @taithpeldroed.bsky.social · 5d

I have been informed by my representatives that a post appeared on my Bluesky account saying that I liked international football. It is clear that my account has been hacked and I will be conducting a full investigation. I wish to distance myself from any remarks made in my name about this.

Taith Pêl-Droed @taithpeldroed.bsky.social · 5d

UPDATE: the youngest child has put the Thundermans on Paramount+ so I might just watch that, shame he burned through every series of Henry Danger, that’s pretty good.