Football writers Wilson, Auclair and Marcotti to visit Dylan Thomas Centre this weekend

WITH Wales hoping to scupper England's Grand Slam chances

and the Swans taking on Arsenal at the Liberty Stadium, sports fans are spoilt

for choice this weekend.

 But if the round ball game is more your thing, then you will

want to get along to the Dylan Thomas Centre tomorrow evening.

 Acclaimed football writers Jonathan Wilson, Philippe Auclair

and Gabriele Marcotti will be tackling a range of subjects and issues regarding

the beautiful game in front of an audience of fans.

 As well as writing for the Guardian and being regarded as an expert in the development of

tactics of the game, Jonathan is also editor of the Blizzard magazine - a

quarterly publication which lets some of the world's best football writers

highlight some of the more unique stories about the global game.

 Ahead of his visit to the city, the writer was full of

praise for the way the club have been run in the past decade.

 He said: "I have been hugely impressed with them.

 "From the links to the community, starting up a philosophy

and picking managers to suit that, playing really good, attractive football

from Kenny Jacket    onwards, they are a model for every club.

"It is my first time in Swansea and we will be going to the

Arsenal game.

"They have a good record

against them – we are looking forward to the day.

"We have been tweeting in the past few days, getting people

to send in their questions and it is going to be streamed on Google+ too."

Gabriele contributes work for,

among others, ESPN, the Times and the Wall

Street Journal, while most recently Philippe has released an acclaimed

biography of Arsenal legend and record goal scorer Thierry Henry.

The evening, for which tickets are still available, will

kick off at 7.30pm.