Wales football manager Chris Coleman has endorsed a Swansea-based  poetry group that launched its first poetry collection last year. The Poets on the Hill group consists of budding poets and writers from the Townhill and Mayhill areas of Swansea, and was a legacy from the visit of Benjamin Zephaniah during 2014’s Dylan Thomas centenary celebrations.

Last year the group launched its first poetry collection No Apologie Anfologie, published by the University of Wales Trinity Saint David (UWTSD). Chris Coleman, originally from Mayhill, said at the time: “I am extremely proud of my roots. I have fantastic memories of growing up on the Hill. My career in football has taken me all over the world but there is nowhere better than home. My family still live there as do my friends and people I grew up with. Every opportunity I have I go back home and just enjoy being with them. Poets on the Hill; back of the net!”

Wales reached the semi-final of Euro 2016, beating Belgium 3-1 along the way, before losing 2-0 to Portugal on Wednesday night.