World Cup Willys…
#57
Wales
The Football Association of Wales comes into being as early as 1874 & the National Team makes its debut losing 4-0 to the Scots back in the Spring of ‘76 which makes Wales & Scotland the second longest International rivalry in the whole of World Football…
Games:
107
23 Wins
125 Goals
Biggest…
4-0
( 2004 )
( 1878 )
Wins 61
248 Goals
…Biggest
9-0
The early Welsh Footballers were among the chief protagonists of a more ‘scientific’ passing based Game &, in case of mishaps would insist on the Association’s travelling ‘Secretary/Linesman’ bringing with them, alongside their inks, pens & paperweights, a playing kit, no matter their actual playing suitabilities…
Ireland vs Wales
British Home Championships
1887
…coming soon…
The emerging Sport’s very first Superstar was, in fact, a mirthful man of Wales, none-other than the original Wizard o’ the Wing & most mercurial of winkers…
merry old…
Billy Meredith
…legend, as he assuredly was, at Manchester’s City AND United…
Between 1894 & 1924, Billy lands 148 Goals in 366 games clad in the Sky Blue of City & 35 in 303 in the Red of United…
Wales’
World Cup Report…
Tournaments:
2
P W D L G+ G- Pts
8 1 4 3 5 10 7
Finest Finish: 6th
(1958)
World Cup Rating…
C+
Wales’ World Cup appearances seem to’ve brought applause & ignominy in a round about equal-ish measure, their slender defeat to eventual Champions Brazil in the ‘58 Quarter Finals, the only Goal of the Game coming from a certain Gentleman named Pele -The less said, however, about their 0-3 humbling at the hands of Ancient Rivals, England, a handful of years back, the better…
