SIMON SHELDON TAKES A LOOK BACK AT WALES’ QUALIFICATION NEAR-MISSES OVER THE YEARS

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REMEMBER THIS? Paul Bodin cracks his penalty against the crossbar against Romania in 1993
YOU have to feel for Welsh football fans as yet again their team gets so close to qualifying for the World Cup finals but misses out, this time after their 1-0 defeat to the Republic of Ireland.
It is now 60 years since their only appearance at the finals in Sweden 1958, where, of course, they reached the quarterfinals against Brazil.
Mind you, they almost didn’t make it then. They ha...