Wales to meet Spain at Principality Stadium


International football will return to Principality Stadium for Wales’ October International Challenge Match against Spain. Wales have not played at the Cardiff city centre-based stadium since 2011 and the match against Julen Lopetegui’s Spain on Thursday 11 October provides a fantastic opportunity to watch this mouth-watering encounter,


Jonathan Ford, FAW Chief Executive, said: “We are delighted that we will playing against Spain, arguably the most successful international side in world football during the past few years. “This is a fantastic opportunity for our supporters to see a great team and world class players. We want to provide everyone with the opportunity of watching the game and playing at the Principality Stadium enables us to do so.” This will be the fi rst meeting with Spain


47 beaches across Wales will be able to fl y a Blue Flag – an international award that tells the public it’s one of the best beaches in the world. Awarded beaches include Rest Bay, Trecco Bay and Pendine so those visiting them can be sure of a clean, safe beach with great facilities and water quality. What’s more, 83 beaches in the region have also received the Seaside Award – Keep Britain Tidy’s own award for the beaches that meet the very highest standards for cleanliness and facilities. The news comes as research from Keep


The last football match to be played at the venue was the 2017 UEFA Champions League Final


since 1985, when goals from Ian Rush and Mark Hughes secured a 3-0 FIFA World Cup qualifying victory over the Spanish at the Racecourse, Wrexham.


Britain Tidy reveals that over a quarter (27%) of children have never been swimming in the sea in this country. Surprisingly, one third (33%) have never been on holiday to the coast and nearly one in fi ve (18%) have never even set foot on a British beach. Four in fi ve (82%) parents admit that they have decided against taking their children to the British coast. Other than the typical British


weather, the cleanliness of the


beach is the number one cause for concern – with 40% worrying about unclean water,


Prior to that match, the teams have met each other on four other occasions, two of which ended in stalemate, with the other two matches resulting in defeat for Wales.


38% put off by litter and two in fi ve (42%) saying they’re put off by dog mess. As a result, nearly half (47%) would leave immediately if they saw litter and dog mess on a beach, while 40% wouldn’t let their children play there. More than a quarter (29%) would even warn others not to visit. However, two thirds of parents say that knowing


a beach has been awarded


Blue Flag or Seaside Award status gives them confi dence that a beach is a clean, safe place for their children to play, with 15% saying they will only go to an


Spain are amongst the favourites to the win the FIFA World Cup in Russia this summer, where they will come up against Portugal, Morocco and Iran in Group B. This month, the FAW announced that all UEFA Nations League matches and European Qualifi ers will take place at Cardiff City Stadium with The Red Wall Campaign Ticket once again providing excellent value for money. In the Nations League, Wales will compete against Denmark and the Republic of Ireland, meanwhile, the European Qualifi ers draw for UEFA EURO 2020 will take place in December. Tickets for the game against Spain will be announced in due course, details of which will be published on faw.cymru Find out more information and become a member of The Red Wall by visiting www.faw.cymru/en/news/ red-wall-campaign-ticket/.


CHARITY REVEALS COUNTRY’S BEST BEACHES WITH BLUE FLAG AND SEASIDE AWARDS


award-winning beach The international Blue Flag and the UK Seaside Awards are the quality marks for our beaches and mean those visiting them can be sure that they are clean, safe and meet the highest environmental standards, as well as the tough international bathing water quality standards.


Alongside this, Blue Flag beaches have to run a minimum of fi ve educational activities for the local community and visitors to make people aware of the importance of looking after the natural environment.


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