Matthew Aplin is a former journalist who is now the Assembly Labour Group’s Communications Officer. For his sins he is a Cardiff City supporter with a fascination for brightly-coloured Adidas trainers.

A Cruel Truth

ITALIA ‘90 remains my all-time favourite World Cup. A passionate Pavarotti belting out Nessun Dorma, the dynamic Salvotore ‘Toto’ Schillachi banging in goal after goal, the exuberant winning celebrations of Cameroon’s Roger Milla at odds with Diego Maradona whimpering as West Germany lifted the trophy. I was seven years old at the time and I [...]