It was a big night in north Wales as the country's national team returned to Wrexham, an important moment for those associated with the club
Not until the familiar refrains of ‘Yma o Hyd’ fill the north Wales air does it truly feel real. This paean to the survival of the Welsh language against all the odds — the title translates as ‘Still Here’ — is played over the Racecourse Ground PA system before every home game. This time, though, Dafydd Iwan, the Welsh nationalist who wrote and released this rousing song of defiance in the early eighties, is here in person to perform live an anthem that has .
It helped that previous improvement work on the Racecourse, such as the new floodlights that went up in May and the extending of the dressing rooms before that, had been done with welcoming the national team back very much in mind. Gibraltar’s maiden visit to Wales was the latest step on a road the FAW had embarked on last season when Wales Under-19s played a home fixture at the Racecourse, coincidentally also against Gibraltar.
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