Wales are going to the World Cup for the first time since 1958 and their supporters cannot wait
home and away since I was about 14 and we have been through plenty of lows. I’ve seen us come close to qualifying several times only to experience heartbreak.
In my teens I was used to Wales competing with Northern Ireland for last place in the old Home championship, so qualifying for the World Cup is a huge change. The fact the finals are taking place in a country with a dubious human rights record and in a part of the world that is unsuited to top level sport confirms the complete corrupt mess that is professional football.James and his partner Rachael.
I’m happy for my father, who is in his eighties and still talks passionately about the last time Wales qualified for a World Cup in 1958. It’s great he will finally be able to have new, happier memories to reflect on.After many heartbreaks, it’s been an absolute joy to watch this team over the last decade. To see Wales get the unexpected results borne out of friendship, camaraderie, skill, fun and hard work fills me with a goose-pimpled pride to be Welsh.
There have been so many times where we nearly did it and had our hearts broken that I started to think it would never happen in my lifetime. Then we qualified for Euro 2016 and made it to the semi-finals. That changed everything.
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