Reviews
Our qualification is often forgotten. That does rankle, because it was such a big achievement to get to the last eight.
- Arfon Griffiths
Revolutionary is the only word to describe the changes that occurred when Mike Smith grasped the reins.
- Dai Davies
"Thoroughly enjoyable read - a time tunnel back to the 70s in all its grime, grit and glory. Thoroughly entertaining read for all true football fans. You don't have to be Welsh!
- Michael Jones, Amazon
This book is meticulously researched and is very well-written.
- Richard E. Huws, Gwales
"Trailing Clouds of Glory is an instant classic... It's truly a defining text on the Welsh game, one that readers won't want to miss.
- ISN Soccer
"This is a superbly researched and sparkily written account of two pivotal years in the history of a Wales team that fully captured the imagination and allegiance of its author's childhood.
- Jon Gower, Nation.cymru
"In Trailing Clouds of Glory, Nick Burnell chronicles a rare Welsh sporting achievement which deserves a wider telling. But the writer's own achievement comes in the way he encapsulates the ragged, sometimes rugged, joys of being a football-obsessed kid in the seventies, which will make this book a treat for any fan – Welsh or otherwise – old enough to remember that Gareth Bale hasn't always been there to save us against Azerbaijan.
- Nick Davies, Wales Arts Review
"Ask most football fans and they will say the only finals Wales ever qualified for were the World Cup in 1958 and the Euros in 2016. Not so. Burnell has trawled the archives and recorded his own interviews to set the record straight. This book details the professionalisation of the Welsh set-up under the new manager Mike Smith and takes you through every game in the qualification. This was a great team...This very readable account is also an homage to the 1970s as Burnell reminds us of the decade that gave us wrestling on TV, Hai Karate aftershave, scarves tied around your wrist and 10CC on the jukebox.
- Tim Hartley, When Saturday Comes Magazine
