Gavin Price

Expert consultant in sports diplomacy - Diplomacy, IR & trade expert - cultural relations - @SportsDipAll @counsel_ltd.

[Gavin Price @GavinMPrice]

📣 Check out my new substack article on Sports Diplonacy Unwrapped:

📝 A capital stage for diplomacy: Why Canberra needs a new stadium

For free access click here: https://t.co/Rrc6Se19nQ

#SportsDiplomacy #Canberra #Australia 🇦🇺🦘🪃🏀🎾⚽🏉🏃🎽

[Gavin Price @GavinMPrice]

At Rodney Parade to celebrate the @NewportCounty X @Athletic_en shirt fusion and historic links to the Basque Country-Euskal Herria 👍👏- it would be an ‘unofficial’ fixture so framed as a cultural relations event could circumnavigate @uefa @fifa red tape 👍

[John McAllister @johnmactravels]

20 years since Wales played in Bilbao. Fans who made the trip still rate it as one of the best of all time. It’s time we had a replay, either in Bilbao again or even bringing them to Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🟢🔴⚪️

[FA WALES @FAWales]

Mikel Arteta becomes the first coach from the FAW system to win the @PremierLeague, marking a significant milestone in a coaching journey that began at Dragon Park more than a decade ago. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Llongyfarchiadau, Mikel! 👏

[Gavin Price @GavinMPrice]

An appropriate ‘captain’s call’ and nice piece of #footballdiplomacy from the Hon Jacinta Allan MP and Premier of Victoria. Football unites.

[Jacinta Allan @JacintaAllanMP]

The World Cup should bring us together, not keep us apart.

[Athletic Club @Athletic_en]

👏 Well done, lads!

Congratulations from the Basque Country!

#AthleticClub 🦁

[Gavin Price @GavinMPrice]

🚀 𝗕𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗽𝘀 𝗨𝗽: 𝗟𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮'𝘀 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆-𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗗𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 🏀 ⚾ 🏈 ⚽ 🏃‍♀️‍➡️ 🎭

@WorldBoston x Sports Diplomacy Unwrapped 🤝

Check it out here: https://t.co/GHUCAfl7OY

[Gavin Price @GavinMPrice]

The game finished at around 2:15 am down under but I could not sleep after that until at least 4:30 am 😅😂- absolutely wired and amped 😂🤓👍 UTC 🧡🖤

[1912 Exiles: Newport County podcast @1912Exiles]

Genuinely now, that was one of those games where you need to check in on everyone afterwards.

Are you okay, Exiles? Emotionally, that was a proper rollercoaster. How are we feeling?

#ncafc 🧡🖤

[Gavin Price @GavinMPrice]

🚀 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗜𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗵 🇮🇪 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗗𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗰𝘆: "Activating Ireland's Sportscape — and a New Genre of Sports Diaspora Diplomacy".

🔗https://t.co/9SU8zSIsUY

[Gavin Price @GavinMPrice]

🏆 New ThinkPiece out: Activating Ireland's Sportscape to Achieve Ireland's International Sports Diplomacy Strategy 2026-2030.

🤝🏽 A collab betwn The Diaspora Institute × Sports Diplomacy Alliance × Sports Diplomacy Unwrapped, with Dr Martin Russell.

📄https://t.co/Bmb0U0VWFk

[Gavin Price @GavinMPrice]

Diolch Will, not sure why I did not think of the e:book option tbh! 😂👍 - it would be nice to get a hard copy all the same 👍

[Will Hayward @WillHayCardiff]

@GavinMPrice Ooof. I’ll check with the publisher. The e-book might be the best bet. Thanks mate

[Gavin Price @GavinMPrice]

@WillHayCardiff - what's my best option to buy and get a copy shipped Down Under? 👍🙏👏

[Will Hayward @WillHayCardiff]

@Ethnotweeter Glad you enjoyed it

[Gavin Price @GavinMPrice]

@Transport_CBR - why are your buses suddenly so crazily hot inside with no aircon. It’s unhealthy and dangerous. An elderly gentleman almost fainted this afternoon. That's 4 buses this week with the same issue. It’s actually quite dangerous for people’s health.

[Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @Cymru]

Ein hysbryd ar dân. I'r gad ✊

[Gavin Price @GavinMPrice]

I traverse the question of the need for our major political parties in Wales to make the case for a Welsh national cricket and Olympic team here: https://t.co/oM9i0Zc81F

[Gavin Price @GavinMPrice]

A very enjoyable, nostalgic read - BUT why is there no discourse on the need to explore the possibility of a Welsh national T20, ODI and - eventually - test team. That's how you guarantee overseas visiting teams and a greater profile for Cymru on the world stage 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🤝🏏🤝🌐

[Gavin Price @GavinMPrice]

A very enjoyable, nostalgic read - BUT why is there no discourse on the need to explore the possibility of a Welsh national T20, ODI and - eventually - test team. That's how you guarantee overseas visiting teams and a greater profile for Cymru on the world stage 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🤝🏏🤝🌐

[Nation.Cymru @NationCymru]

If to be a young Glamorgan supporter was to learn about the nature of Welsh society and community, it was also to draw on a crowd steeped in knowledge of the game ✍️Mark Drakeford https://t.co/cCEu2oOAev

[Will Hayward @WillHayCardiff]

I am so excited to announce my book "Who Cares About Wales" will be out this Friday!

What is even more exciting is the reviews. When you pour a year of work into 95,000 words you start to question if what you have written is any good.

I am so grateful for @MattChorley, Kiri Pritchard-McLean, @mrrobosborne, Richard Sambrook, David James and Katharine Viner for taking the time to review the book as well as to @carolvorders for penning the foreword.

The book dissects how the people of Wales have been relentlessly failed by their own Government in Cardiff Bay, and by politicians in Westminster. It calls on us to demand better. But to do that we need to really understand the problems and then use our anger to force the changes that are needed.

This book explains to you why the person you should be angry with is the politician in the suit, not the migrant in a boat.

You can order book now from Y Lolfa or wherever you get your books.

[Gavin Price @GavinMPrice]

📣 New Article launch

🏃‍♀️🏏 The Open Political Goal of 2026

With the May 2026 Senedd election looming, I ask a provocative question:

Should Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 back its own Olympic & cricket teams?

Olympic sovereignty = soft power.
Cricket rep = 🌐 visibility.

https://t.co/fFs5SyAL5O...

[UEFA @UEFA]

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Happy St David’s Day, Wales!

😍 From a first-ever appearance at #WEURO2025 to preparing to co‑host #EURO2028, @Cymru continues to make history.

[Gavin Price @GavinMPrice]

Da iawn @FAWales @NoelMooney13 - top table #footballdiplomacy and governance - Cymru style! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🤝🌎🌍🌏⚽

[Noel Mooney @NoelMooney13]

It was a huge honour for the @FAWales to host the meeting that decided the laws of football for the world 🌎

We made decisions to improve the tempo of our beautiful game, loved by billions of people everywhere ⚽️

And we did it all here in @Cymru @FAWales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[Gavin Price @GavinMPrice]

@Bankwest I'm a new customer that can't get into your app or website. You’ve a pop up making me call you to resolve it but I gave up after on hold for 1h 3 mins - not a great start to customer service & still ‘locked out’ - hugely frustrating waste of time. Doom loop, plus no DMs

[Gavin Price @GavinMPrice]

Thanks Tracey that's appreciated and means a lot coming from you 👍🙏 - just trying to balance a ‘brand’ that is credible and covers ‘serious’ issues but does not take itself too seriously or might be seen as ‘stiff’ / ‘pretentious’ 😂🤓👍

[Tracey Holmes @TraceyLeeHolmes]

@GavinMPrice I like it Gav👍