To England fans who constantly state “but the Falklands!” Every time we post support for Argentina:
This is a very important story to us. In 1865, our people fled English oppression to preserve their language, religion and culture. In Chubut they created a new home, and that connection remains strong today in the language, place names, and traditions that are honoured in the Wladfa. You can still find authentic Welsh foods and desserts, Eisteddfodau, and overall a great group of people who are both proud of their heritage and proud Argentinians.
This connection isn’t new. It deepened after the Falklands War after we discovered Welsh-speaking Argentine POW’s. But the decades since, our football clubs like Wrexham AFC have hosted special nights for Argentina because of that bond.
We aren’t cheering for them because we’re jumping on an anti-England bandwagon.
Here are two of the flags representing Y Wladfa, reminiscent of the land they still loved and called home.
Choose Argentina.
Choose the blue and white.
Choose Messi.
Choose Maradona.
Choose the Hand of God.
Choose the left foot, the low centre of gravity and the ball that somehow never leaves their control.
Choose a nation where football isn’t just a sport, it’s a religion.
Choose packed streets in Buenos Aires.
Choose flags hanging from every balcony.
Choose drums, flares and 90 minutes of absolute chaos.
Choose number 10s who don’t just play the game, they change it forever.
Choose Maradona dancing through defenders like they weren’t there.
Choose Messi walking around the pitch, waiting for the exact moment to ruin someone’s night.
Choose outrageous goals.
Choose impossible passes.
Choose free-kicks that bend around walls and into history.
Choose last-minute winners.
Choose penalty shootouts you can barely watch.
Choose grown men crying in the stands.
Choose the World Cup champions.
Choose a country that gave football two of the greatest players it has ever seen.
Choose temporarily forgetting every argument you’ve ever had about Messi and Ronaldo.
Choose learning the words to Muchachos by kick-off.
Choose backing Argentina with the same passion as someone born and raised in Rosario.
Choose anyone playing England.
Choose Argentina. 🇦🇷
@andymould10@TheFootyFeed Think you should know there’s been a small Welsh settlement in Argentina (Patagonia) for about 160 years. There’s about 5000 Welsh speakers there today. Last wc Welsh and Argentines got on great partly because of that bond
You may want rethink that map
@joseinaciopilar Ayrton Senna’s 1990 McLaren MP4/5B looks tiny next to Lando Norris’s 2025 McLaren. The modern car is roughly 56cm longer, 37cm wider and 13cm taller. #F1#McLaren