‘Home and Away, Near and Far’ with Elis James

Listeners to last week’s RYWYLF will know about the ‘studio incident’ and understand that in place of our regular format, this week’s episode is a special we recorded at Hotel Mundial, featuring Owen Blackhurst talking to Elis James about earliest memories, a crash course in football, a round-ball epiphany, seeing a grown man cry, Italia 90, the Kop, Ian Rush and his Sondico shin pads, why Swansea?, an underground oddball, time travelling, true grit, lager, fried onions, fags, terrible owners, being up in front of the beak, five managers in six months, going away, avoiding bricks live on air, a great era, doing the 92, Everton, a stag do sandwich, the Nou Camp bats, beating United twice, 58 years, being within a whisker of qualifying, Gareth Bale the Saviour, Dean Saunders’ parking tickets, taking Wales by surprise, where’s Wales?, Valencia, the best 24 hours in your life, half-time protests, being in a gang, breaking Denmark, the Ki Sung-yueng faithful, fickle fans, the best kept secret in Wales, getting nicked for just being there, chess with a captor, finding your people, Albania's fourth biggest city, going to places you wouldn’t normally go, crying like a baby, having a real passion, and somehow so much more.Get the latest issue of MUNDIAL Mag hereFollow MUNDIAL on Twitter - @mundialmagFollow MUNDIAL on Instagram - @mundialmag Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.