For Gareth Bale and his Wales team-mates, the World Cup dream becomes real when they kick off their campaign on Monday night. In doing so, Wales finally end 64 years of hurt by appearing on the global stage.
As such, the Class of 2022 are the lucky ones. Wales have always had a plethora of truly international class stars who, like George Best, Eric Cantona and Alfredo Di Stefano, never got to appear in a World Cup.
To celebrate our involvement at Qatar 2022, and having consulted with experts and football historians, we've put together a list in ascending order of the greatest 25 Wales men's players in history. As you go through the stars of yesteryear, you realise just how many truly stellar footballers have come from Wales and how it's barmy we have never qualified for the World Cup before.
