BUILT BY A WELSH MAN

Donetsk which is one of the biggest city's in the Ukraine and home of their main stadium,I think I'm right in saying was built from scratch by a man from Merthyr Tydfil who opened the first coal mine there many years ago and the rest as they say is history.

WOW that's good to know

Donetsk which is one of the biggest city's in the Ukraine and home of their main stadium,I think I'm right in saying was built from scratch by a man from Merthyr Tydfil who opened the first coal mine there many years ago and the rest as they say is history.

Gwyn who was it Angry man or polo

Easy tiger

John Hughes was his name, of course I didn't just google that
They built a statue for him n all

Vive la France

Easy tiger

John Hughes was his name, of course I didn't just google that
They built a statue for him n all

Vive la France

Small world init dude

Easy tiger

John Hughes was his name, of course I didn't just google that
They built a statue for him n all

Vive la France

Small world init dude

Yeah, just your response made me laugh

It was not a coal mine, steel works and form the local football team.

was he the same guy who had Cyfarthfa built???

was he the same guy who had Cyfarthfa built???

you on about the Crawshays

was he the same guy who had Cyfarthfa built???

you on about the Crawshays

i dunno but we just done some work up there, i should have taken more notice of the scottish curator nice place, what a house, and a large latte is only £1.20 served by a topless waitress and with stockings on

was he the same guy who had Cyfarthfa built???

you on about the Crawshays

i dunno but we just done some work up there, i should have taken more notice of the scottish curator nice place, what a house, and a large latte is only £1.20 served by a topless waitress and with stockings on

Baz, serious, if you interested in Merthyr's history and it is fascinating, read any of the Alexander Cordell books, they are novels but all based around facst and real people, truly great reading.
Did you know at one time, there was more people living in Mertyr, than In Cardiff, Swansea and Newport combined, in fact Cardiff more or less exists because of what they dug out and shipped out of Merthyr;s's mountains.

Hi Gwyn,
I am ex councillor for Merthyr,I got elected and only stood for 1 term. I met the Ukrainian ambassador when they visited Merthyr to celebrate the link between the two places.I got a book called 'dreaming a city' which is about Donetsk, it was called Hughesovka, but Russians changed name to Stalino, then Donetsk.Merthyr's industrial history is second to none. Ps. If you want a lend of book letme know.

Adam, the Crawshays did not build Cyfarthfa iron works, the bought off someone, and made huge profits when they expanded it, fact.

its a really interesting place tbh, and got loads of exhibits up there

OK that is weird

I thought this was going to be about Shakhtar subliminal messaging Gwyneth

This stadium was opened a few years back, they have a billionaire owner who loves Brazilian players who has bankrolled them to domestic and UEFA Cup glory. Dynamo Kiev are still top dog though.

This stadium was opened a few years back, they have a billionaire owner who loves Brazilian players who has bankrolled them to domestic and UEFA Cup glory. Dynamo Kiev are still top dog though.

did he make them change the club colours

The history of Merthyr and indeed the valley all the way down to Cardiff is probably, nah f**k it, it is, one of the lost gems of British Industrial History and Heritage. From a young age I've been interested in Industrial Archaeology and as luck would have it started in life on some fairly heavy Civil Engineering Projects in the area.

If those clowns at the so called WAG took their heads out of each others arse holes and read some of the papers on the Industrial History of an area that is "just up the road" they'd have a World Heritage site on their hands. The amount of discoveries and technology that was developed there is outstanding. There's still enough buried, hidden or otherwise disguised to keep "Time Team" occupied for the next 200 years!

I'll stop here as this could develop into a very, very long post.

This stadium was opened a few years back, they have a billionaire owner who loves Brazilian players who has bankrolled them to domestic and UEFA Cup glory. Dynamo Kiev are still top dog though.

did he make them change the club colours

Not that I know, i think he just provided the money to make them into a massive club with a fantastic stadium.

This stadium was opened a few years back, they have a billionaire owner who loves Brazilian players who has bankrolled them to domestic and UEFA Cup glory. Dynamo Kiev are still top dog though.

did he make them change the club colours

Not that I know, i think he just provided the money to make them into a massive club with a fantastic stadium.

hope our lot will do the same
but time will tell

Donetsk which is one of the biggest city's in the Ukraine and home of their main stadium,I think I'm right in saying was built from scratch by a man from Merthyr Tydfil who opened the first coal mine there many years ago and the rest as they say is history.

The 'Merthyr' connection goes even deeper........Donetsk is also full of Eastern Europeans!!!!!!

Also whilst on the subject, I'm sure there 's Welsh link with one of the top German clubs, possibly Schalke, hope someone can let us know.