A jubilant Gareth Bale declared Sunday’s 1-0 World Cup qualifiers play-off final win over Ukraine the finest hour in Wales’ footballing history, as they ended 64 years of waiting to reach the finals of the competition for only the second time ever.
Sweden and 1958 remains Wales’ only other appearance, where they beat Israel in a play-off to qualify, though their opponents were largely there due to a default victory of their own qualifying group with no matches played against them.
