Wales shirts not available to buy in Switzerland
A former Wales international has said it is "disgraceful" she was unable to buy a Wales shirt in Switzerland during Euro 2025.
Claire O'Sullivan, who manages Pontypridd United and formerly coached the Wales women's youth team, attempted to buy the shirts in two Adidas concession stores.
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She said she was "appalled" that each had shirts for every side in the 16-team tournament except Wales, and "there was a Wales badge on the screen, but no shirts".
The Football Association of Wales (FAW) directed questions to Adidas.
Adidas said due to high demand ahead of the tournament for the Wales women's team jerseys, they were currently only available via the retailer JD Sports.
Ms O'Sullivan, from Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, arrived in Switzerland on 3 July and first went to an Adidas store at Zurich train station later that day.
She then went to a pop-up store in the fan zone in Lucerne, in the afternoon, but neither had the shirt.
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She asked the staff why they had not got any Wales tops.
"I challenged both of them and I asked to speak to a manager, but they didn't come out," she said.
"They said they had never had them, and they weren't delivered there.
"I think it's appalling. They had shirts for every team but nothing for Wales."
The Wales shirt was not for sale at the concession stand at Zurich railway station [Claire O'Sullivan]
She said she went to another store on Wednesday and saw a Wales shirt hanging up but they "didn't have any to sell."
"I'm having the best time as a Wales fan out here, but that's really disappointing," she said.
"The tournament started on Wednesday, and to not have any shirts on the Thursday is disgraceful."
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She added that to be the only country without representation was "awful".
"I've come with my own shirt but wanted to buy a momento, and the fact that you can't is just disgraceful."
BBC Wales understands that the FAW said they were not involved in stock decisions, and that JD Sports ran out of online stock in the lead up to the tournament and that was a priority for them to restock.
A spokesperson for Adidas said: "Fans wanting to show support for their teams with a jersey can purchase from our stores, our website and our retail partners while stocks last.
They added that the company's Zurich stores would be restocked in the coming days.
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BBC Wales asked Adidas if Ms O'Sullivan's claims that there were no Wales shirts available at all during the tournament were correct, and they failed to respond.
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