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I'll wager here that if they ask their Y Wal Goch / The Red Wall membership they'll go for Cymru. During the last few campaigns the FA announcements always refer to the team as 'Cymru'.
Marketing ploy, expression of identity, (I don't believe its) a political statement for independence, I'm not bothered? People who don't watch Cymru/Wales then getting their hands on their arrse about it stink of middle aged whoppers who got fuuck all else to worry about.
Only an opinion butt.
Imagine every time someone in the sporting media mentions 'Alba', for Scotland- they'd p*ss themselves laughing.
Sludge, you been to the CCS lately to watch a Wales game? They've constantly referred themselves to Cymru for years.
Cymru is integral to the Welsh FA'S branding, league identity. I'm assuming they feel its gives them a more distinctive identity?
I remember scarves, rosettes and hats with Cymru am byth on during the 70s/80s. I can't remember anyone getting their knickers in a twirl then?
Wales/Cymru who fuucking cares? People who feel it's a political or nationalistic statement need their heads examining.
lets see..in turkiye the speal turkish...and in england they speak speak english...and in wales they speak waleish..wait what! Even in Swedish you speak cymriska
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So everyone can start calling us Sim-roo? Can't wait.
Out of curiosity, how many of those who are moaning about Wales being named in its own language would rather a national anthem in English?
I've read the article. Mooney states they refer to themselves as Cymru. Have I missed anything? Don't see any indoctrination programme evident from anything Mooney has said.
Just another thing, hasn't most of the Welsh merchandise that is available have Cymru on it instead of Wales? Pretty sure my kids official bobble hat and scarf has Cymru not Wales.
He says they have talked to stakeholders and people with an interest in this
That's not included the fans ?
Stop being so calm and reasonable, this is clearly an attempt by the Cymric speaking overlords of Pontcanna to take over everything and stop the M4 relief road, or something
Joking aside what this has done is show how out of step some of the forum are with the Welsh setup/fanbase, like you said I imagine if it was voted on by FAW members then they'd go for Cymru and the atmosphere at games is definitely one that embraces the Welsh language and Welsh-language culture (they had Dafydd Iwan on the pitch ffs!). And that isn't down to supposed bandwagons either, it's been like it for some time and the FAW have tapped into it as well and they have done for some time
You're also absolutely right on the point regarding the FAW's branding, calling the national team Cymru is the logical next step to ensure consistency across their brand
Apart from already deliberately calling the team ‘Cymru’ instead of Wales, I see that they are now adopting that awful song Yma O Hyd as the official Wales World Cup anthem. They said something about it being recorded at CCFC stadium during the qualifiers and ‘sung by 70000 Welsh fans’. I very much doubt it - hardly anybody knows the words, including the players. Plus they played the song at full volume over the crowd anyway.