Gary Speed will be in the hearts and minds of Wales players, staff and fans when the team he managed take to the field to feature in their first World Cup in 64 years.
Former Wales manager and captain Speed, who died in 2011 aged 42, is credited with setting in motion Wales' dramatic rise to the top table of the football world. He transformed the culture and standards of professionalism within the men's team and also at the Football Association of Wales, which put them on the path to feature at major tournaments in recent years, now including a first World Cup since 1958.
He tragically took his own life in November 2011, 11 months after agreeing to manage his country.
