0:00:25 > 0:00:27APPLAUSE
0:00:34 > 0:00:39Good evening, noswaith dda i chi, and welcome to Euro 2016 Singalong.
0:00:39 > 0:00:41Now, then, over the years,
0:00:41 > 0:00:45Wales fans have rummaged through the vinyl collection,
0:00:45 > 0:00:46found an interesting mix of pop songs,
0:00:46 > 0:00:49and with some great imagination,
0:00:49 > 0:00:53have turned them into chants that have supported the national team.
0:00:53 > 0:00:57So we've put together some pop singers, a beatboxer,
0:00:57 > 0:01:01and obviously, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales,
0:01:01 > 0:01:02led by the person who has
0:01:02 > 0:01:06arranged all the music that we are going to hear tonight -
0:01:06 > 0:01:09our musical director, John Quirk.
0:01:09 > 0:01:10APPLAUSE
0:01:15 > 0:01:17Now we're going to look back
0:01:17 > 0:01:21at what it took for Wales to qualify for Euro 2016.
0:01:21 > 0:01:23And who better to tell us this story
0:01:23 > 0:01:27than someone who was at every second of every match
0:01:27 > 0:01:30that the team played to reach France?
0:01:30 > 0:01:33BBC Wales football commentator, Rob Phillips!
0:01:33 > 0:01:35CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:01:38 > 0:01:43So, how did we come to be here after so many years?
0:01:43 > 0:01:47Well, if someone ever asks you, "Were you in Zenica?"
0:01:47 > 0:01:49It can only mean one thing, can't it?
0:01:49 > 0:01:53We begin where our story kind of ends. Rob will explain.
0:01:53 > 0:01:58Last September, Wales went to a small city in Bosnia and became the
0:01:58 > 0:02:03first Wales squad to qualify for a major tournament in almost 60 years.
0:02:03 > 0:02:08In those decades in between, it's been an often dramatic journey.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11The Tartan Army, the Boys in Green,
0:02:11 > 0:02:14the Hordes Across The Border have packed their bags
0:02:14 > 0:02:15for tournament finals,
0:02:15 > 0:02:18while we've watched with a pained disinterest,
0:02:18 > 0:02:22having to live off the grainy pictures of Welsh heroes
0:02:22 > 0:02:27strutting their stuff at the 1958 World Cup Finals.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29It was in Sweden they ended up lucky losers,
0:02:29 > 0:02:35and helped launch the totemic career of Edson Arantes do Nascimento -
0:02:35 > 0:02:40Pele to you and I - the man who broke our hearts.
0:02:40 > 0:02:45It's happened plenty of times since. How many ways can you find to fail?
0:02:45 > 0:02:49Well, let's just say, Wales have been imaginative.
0:02:49 > 0:02:53ORCHESTRA: Kernkraft 400 by Zombie Nation
0:03:01 > 0:03:03# Zombie
0:03:03 > 0:03:05# Zombie
0:03:05 > 0:03:07# Zombie nation
0:03:07 > 0:03:08# Zombie
0:03:08 > 0:03:10# Zombie
0:03:10 > 0:03:12# Zombie
0:03:12 > 0:03:13# Zombie nation... #
0:03:13 > 0:03:16CHOIR MIMICS MAIN RIFF
0:03:20 > 0:03:24CHOIR MIMICS MAIN RIFF
0:03:27 > 0:03:31CHOIR MIMICS MAIN RIFF
0:03:34 > 0:03:38CHOIR MIMICS MAIN RIFF
0:03:41 > 0:03:45CHOIR MIMICS MAIN RIFF
0:03:45 > 0:03:47- COMMENTATOR:- James is onside!
0:03:47 > 0:03:50And this is a real opportunity to put Wales in the finals.
0:03:50 > 0:03:52And he's done it!
0:03:55 > 0:03:59CHOIR MIMICS MAIN RIFF
0:04:01 > 0:04:05And with nine minutes left, it's back to 1-1.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12CHOIR MIMICS MAIN RIFF
0:04:12 > 0:04:15And that is a penalty to Scotland.
0:04:18 > 0:04:21And that's Wales 1, Scotland 1!
0:04:22 > 0:04:24'Wales manager Mike England has been called
0:04:24 > 0:04:27'before an official Welsh FA enquiry into this incident,
0:04:27 > 0:04:29'involving Welsh FA Secretary Alun Evans,
0:04:29 > 0:04:32'for an explanation of the disputed penalty
0:04:32 > 0:04:34'which put Wales out of the World Cup.'
0:04:36 > 0:04:40CHOIR MIMICS MAIN RIFF
0:04:43 > 0:04:45Oh! He's hit the crossbar!
0:04:49 > 0:04:54CHOIR MIMICS MAIN RIFF
0:04:56 > 0:05:01CHOIR MIMICS MAIN RIFF
0:05:03 > 0:05:06CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:05:08 > 0:05:12Well, it's been a tough old watch for Welsh fans over the years,
0:05:12 > 0:05:15but they never gave up hope that one day they would watch their team
0:05:15 > 0:05:20reach the finals of a major tournament, and that day has arrived.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23But for Chris Coleman and his players,
0:05:23 > 0:05:25the journey has been an emotional one.
0:05:25 > 0:05:27ORCHESTRA: Yma O Hyd
0:05:27 > 0:05:31Wales have had golden generations, but they didn't glitter.
0:05:33 > 0:05:37The latest claimants were a long time in the making.
0:05:37 > 0:05:39John Toshack bloodied them.
0:05:39 > 0:05:44Gary Speed mentored and moulded them into a force of promise.
0:05:44 > 0:05:48But then he was gone, leaving Welsh football shaken to the core,
0:05:48 > 0:05:52consumed in grief, desolate at the loss.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55Chris Coleman inherited the responsibility.
0:05:55 > 0:05:58The country mourned, the players mourned,
0:05:58 > 0:06:03a cycle of melancholy, until Coleman was brave, and did things
0:06:03 > 0:06:08his way whilst never forgetting the influence of his friend.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13# Ry'n ni yma o hyd
0:06:13 > 0:06:18# Ry'n ni yma o hyd
0:06:18 > 0:06:22# Er gwaetha' pawb a phopeth
0:06:22 > 0:06:25# Er gwaetha' pawb a phopeth
0:06:25 > 0:06:28# Er gwaetha' pawb a phopeth
0:06:28 > 0:06:32# Ry'n ni yma o hyd
0:06:32 > 0:06:37# Ry'n ni yma o hyd
0:06:37 > 0:06:40# Er gwaetha' pawb a phopeth
0:06:40 > 0:06:44# Er gwaetha' pawb a phopeth
0:06:44 > 0:06:47# Er gwaetha' pawb a phopeth
0:06:47 > 0:06:50# Ry'n ni yma o hyd
0:06:52 > 0:06:55# Dwyt ti'm yn cofio Macsen
0:06:55 > 0:06:59# Does neb yn ei 'nabod o
0:06:59 > 0:07:03# Ma' mil a chwe chant o flynyddoedd
0:07:03 > 0:07:06# Yn amser rhy hir i'r co'
0:07:06 > 0:07:10# Pan aeth Magnus Maximus o Gymru
0:07:10 > 0:07:14# Yn y flwyddyn tri-chant-wyth-tri
0:07:14 > 0:07:18# A'n gadael yn genedl gyfan
0:07:18 > 0:07:21# A heddiw, wele ni!
0:07:21 > 0:07:25# Ry'n ni yma o hyd
0:07:25 > 0:07:29# Ry'n ni yma o hyd
0:07:29 > 0:07:33# Er gwaetha' pawb a phopeth
0:07:33 > 0:07:37# Er gwaetha' pawb a phopeth
0:07:37 > 0:07:40# Er gwaetha' pawb a phopeth
0:07:40 > 0:07:43# Ry'n ni yma o hyd
0:07:43 > 0:07:48# Ry'n ni yma o hyd
0:07:48 > 0:07:52# Er gwaetha' pawb a phopeth
0:07:52 > 0:07:55# Er gwaetha' pawb a phopeth
0:07:55 > 0:07:59# Er gwaetha' pawb a phopeth
0:07:59 > 0:08:02# Ry'n ni yma o hyd
0:08:02 > 0:08:07# Ry'n ni yma o hyd
0:08:07 > 0:08:10# Er gwaetha' pawb a phopeth
0:08:10 > 0:08:14# Er gwaetha' pawb a phopeth
0:08:14 > 0:08:17# Er gwaetha' pawb a phopeth
0:08:17 > 0:08:22# Ry'n ni yma o hyd
0:08:22 > 0:08:29# O hyd. #
0:08:30 > 0:08:32CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:08:32 > 0:08:34Diolch yn fawr.
0:08:39 > 0:08:43So, in the Autumn of 2014, the time came for Wales
0:08:43 > 0:08:48to start their attempt to qualify for Euro 2016.
0:08:48 > 0:08:53For the first match, the fans travelled in expectation,
0:08:53 > 0:08:55and, of course, the road to France
0:08:55 > 0:08:59started in a picture-postcard principality in the Pyrenees.
0:09:00 > 0:09:05A September trip to Andorra - a country half the size of Anglesey.
0:09:05 > 0:09:08They were ranked just above Papua New Guinea,
0:09:08 > 0:09:11and had lost every one of their last 44 games.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14Surely THIS Wales team would comfortably beat
0:09:14 > 0:09:16their amateur opponents?
0:09:16 > 0:09:20But there were murmurings that the plastic pitch could hinder
0:09:20 > 0:09:22the Welsh players, who were more accustomed
0:09:22 > 0:09:25to playing on the best surfaces in world football.
0:09:25 > 0:09:27That whisper became a scream
0:09:27 > 0:09:30when the minnows were gifted an opportunity.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33ORCHESTRA: Give It Up by KC and the Sunshine Band
0:09:33 > 0:09:36It's a penalty to Andorra. The Wales players are stunned.
0:09:36 > 0:09:40Andorra score against Wales after just six minutes!
0:09:40 > 0:09:42Purgatory in the Pyrenees
0:09:42 > 0:09:45until the talisman triumphed overall.
0:09:45 > 0:09:49# Everybody wants you
0:09:49 > 0:09:53# Everybody wants your love
0:09:53 > 0:09:58# I'd just like to make you mine all night
0:09:58 > 0:10:00# Yeah
0:10:00 > 0:10:01Come on!
0:10:01 > 0:10:04# Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
0:10:04 > 0:10:05# Gareth, Gareth Bale
0:10:05 > 0:10:09# Gareth Bale Gareth, Gareth Bale
0:10:09 > 0:10:11# Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
0:10:11 > 0:10:13# Gareth, Gareth Bale
0:10:13 > 0:10:16# Gareth Bale Gareth, Gareth Bale
0:10:18 > 0:10:20# Oh, yeah, yeah
0:10:22 > 0:10:24# Whoa...
0:10:24 > 0:10:27# Everybody sees you
0:10:27 > 0:10:28# Sees you, ah
0:10:28 > 0:10:31# Everybody looks and stares
0:10:31 > 0:10:37# I'd just like to make you mine, all mine
0:10:37 > 0:10:38# Make you mine, make you mine Make you mine
0:10:38 > 0:10:40Come on!
0:10:40 > 0:10:42# Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
0:10:42 > 0:10:44# Gareth, Gareth Bale
0:10:44 > 0:10:45# Gareth Bale
0:10:45 > 0:10:47# Gareth, Gareth Bale
0:10:47 > 0:10:51# Everybody wants you
0:10:51 > 0:10:54- # Everybody wants your love - Yes, they do
0:10:54 > 0:11:00# I'd just like to make you mine all mine
0:11:00 > 0:11:02# Make you mine, make you mine Make you mine
0:11:02 > 0:11:05# Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
0:11:05 > 0:11:07# Gareth, Gareth Bale
0:11:07 > 0:11:10# Gareth Bale Gareth, Gareth Bale
0:11:10 > 0:11:13# Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
0:11:13 > 0:11:15# Gareth, Gareth Bale
0:11:15 > 0:11:16# Gareth Bale
0:11:16 > 0:11:19# Gareth, Gareth Bale
0:11:21 > 0:11:23# Come on, come on, come on
0:11:25 > 0:11:28# Yeah, yeah
0:11:28 > 0:11:30# Hey, yeah
0:11:30 > 0:11:31# Whoa, yeah. #
0:11:34 > 0:11:38CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:11:40 > 0:11:43A month later, two games in Cardiff.
0:11:43 > 0:11:46Unexpectedly, Bosnia had been beaten at home by Cyprus,
0:11:46 > 0:11:51so Wales had the chance to really make the running in the group.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53Injuries had not been kind to the Welsh -
0:11:53 > 0:11:56no Aaron Ramsey, no Joe Allen.
0:11:56 > 0:11:57Could Wales cope?
0:11:57 > 0:12:00Nevertheless, the fans readied their voices
0:12:00 > 0:12:03to celebrate their new cult heroes.
0:12:03 > 0:12:06ORCHESTRA: No Limit by 2 Unlimited
0:12:13 > 0:12:16# Ashley, Ashley Ashley, Ashley
0:12:16 > 0:12:18# Ashley, Ashley Williams
0:12:18 > 0:12:21# Jonny, Jonny, Jonny
0:12:21 > 0:12:22# Jonny, Jonny
0:12:22 > 0:12:25# Jonny, Jonny Williams
0:12:32 > 0:12:35# No, no limit We'll reach for the sky
0:12:35 > 0:12:39# No valley too deep No mountain too high
0:12:39 > 0:12:42# No, no limit Won't give up the fight
0:12:42 > 0:12:46# We do what we want and we do it with pride
0:12:46 > 0:12:48# Ashley, Ashley, Ashley
0:12:48 > 0:12:50# Ashley, Ashley
0:12:50 > 0:12:53# Ashley, Ashley Williams
0:12:53 > 0:12:55# Jonny, Jonny, Jonny
0:12:55 > 0:12:57# Jonny, Jonny
0:12:57 > 0:13:01# Jonny, Jonny Williams... #
0:13:01 > 0:13:03It was tense, it was tough.
0:13:03 > 0:13:06There was no room for manoeuvre against the Cypriots,
0:13:06 > 0:13:08who'd stung Wales before.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11ORCHESTRA: Push It by Salt n Pepa
0:13:18 > 0:13:20# Ooh, baby, baby
0:13:20 > 0:13:23# Ooh, baby, baby Ooh, baby, baby
0:13:23 > 0:13:27# Hal Robson, Hal Robson-Kanu
0:13:27 > 0:13:31# Hal Robson, Hal Robson-Kanu
0:13:31 > 0:13:34# Hal Robson, Hal Robson-Kanu
0:13:34 > 0:13:38# Hal Robson, Hal Robson-Kanu
0:13:38 > 0:13:42# Hal Robson, Hal Robson-Kanu
0:13:42 > 0:13:45# Hal Robson, Hal Robson-Kanu
0:13:45 > 0:13:49# Hal Robson, Hal Robson-Kanu
0:13:49 > 0:13:53# Hal Robson, Hal Robson-Kanu
0:13:53 > 0:13:56# Hal Robson, Hal Robson-Kanu
0:13:56 > 0:14:00# Hal Robson, Hal Robson-Kanu
0:14:00 > 0:14:02# Hal Robson
0:14:02 > 0:14:04# Hal Robson-Kanu
0:14:04 > 0:14:07# Hal Robson, Hal Robson-Kanu
0:14:07 > 0:14:09# Oh! #
0:14:10 > 0:14:13CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:14:17 > 0:14:22So, where were we? Well, Wales were in top spot in Group B,
0:14:22 > 0:14:26but their next opponents had genuine hopes to become kings of Europe,
0:14:26 > 0:14:27and for the fans,
0:14:27 > 0:14:31it was a November trip to a capital city in the Low Countries.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38Only the A-game would do for Brussels.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40Belgium - group favourites,
0:14:40 > 0:14:43and the finest exporter of talent in world football.
0:14:43 > 0:14:47Courtois, Vertonghen, de Bruyne and Hazard.
0:14:47 > 0:14:48Where was the weakness?
0:14:48 > 0:14:50ORCHESTRA PLAYS:
0:14:58 > 0:15:02- COMMENTATOR:- 0-0, and it's so far, so good for Wales against the...
0:15:02 > 0:15:06Oh, lovely touch... Chadli was denied by Hennessey.
0:15:06 > 0:15:08What a good save that was.
0:15:08 > 0:15:10What was I saying about things going OK?
0:15:16 > 0:15:18Oh, and it's hit the post!
0:15:18 > 0:15:20And Wales have got away with it.
0:15:22 > 0:15:26# Let this war cry sounding
0:15:27 > 0:15:32# Summon all at Cambria's call
0:15:32 > 0:15:33# The mighty foe... #
0:15:33 > 0:15:36Oh, he's let it in there. He's into the box.
0:15:36 > 0:15:38Oh, he's shot past the goalpost!
0:15:38 > 0:15:42# Men of Harlech, on to glory!
0:15:42 > 0:15:47# This will ever be your story
0:15:47 > 0:15:50# Read these burning words... #
0:15:50 > 0:15:55And Wales keep the group favourites at bay.
0:15:57 > 0:16:01# From the hills resounding
0:16:02 > 0:16:06# Let this war cry sounding
0:16:07 > 0:16:12# Summon all at Cambria's call
0:16:12 > 0:16:16# The mighty foe surrounding
0:16:17 > 0:16:22# Men of Harlech, on to glory
0:16:22 > 0:16:27# This will ever be your story
0:16:27 > 0:16:33# Read these burning words before ye
0:16:33 > 0:16:38# "Welshmen win the field!" #
0:16:49 > 0:16:52The Zombie Nation went into hibernation,
0:16:52 > 0:16:55hoping the winter frost would not extinguish
0:16:55 > 0:16:59the spring shoots of expectation.
0:16:59 > 0:17:02APPLAUSE
0:17:05 > 0:17:06Well, by springtime,
0:17:06 > 0:17:11Group B's pole position had been surrendered to a thriving Israel,
0:17:11 > 0:17:15who had played one less game than Wales, but had won all three.
0:17:15 > 0:17:19And it was the Israelis who were the next opponents for the Welsh.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22So, for the supporters, it was a voyage to the Middle East.
0:17:24 > 0:17:27In the sea port of Haifa, Wales produced
0:17:27 > 0:17:30one of the performances of the campaign.
0:17:30 > 0:17:33As Joe Allen pulled the strings, Bale was unstoppable,
0:17:33 > 0:17:39and Aaron Ramsey danced and jigged and then did this.
0:17:39 > 0:17:40Ramsey header...
0:17:40 > 0:17:42It's a goal for Wales!
0:17:42 > 0:17:46# When I'm with you baby I go out of my head
0:17:46 > 0:17:50# I just can't get enough I just can't get enough
0:17:50 > 0:17:54# All the things you do to me and everything you said
0:17:54 > 0:17:58# I just can't get enough I just can't get enough
0:17:58 > 0:18:01# We slip and slide as we fall in love
0:18:01 > 0:18:05# And I just can't seem to get enough of... #
0:18:05 > 0:18:072-0!
0:18:07 > 0:18:12Gareth Bale proves again he's the real deal!
0:18:12 > 0:18:16# I just can't get enough I just can't get enough
0:18:16 > 0:18:20# I just can't get enough I just can't get enough, hey! #
0:18:20 > 0:18:23Wales will top Group B tonight.
0:18:23 > 0:18:27It's Israel 0-3 Wales!
0:18:27 > 0:18:31# I just can't get enough I just can't get enough
0:18:31 > 0:18:35# I just can't get enough I just can't get enough
0:18:35 > 0:18:38# I just can't get enough I just can't get enough
0:18:38 > 0:18:42# I just can't get enough I just can't get enough
0:18:42 > 0:18:46# And when it rains you're shining down on me
0:18:46 > 0:18:50# I just can't get enough I just can't get enough
0:18:50 > 0:18:53# Just like a rainbow, you know you set me free
0:18:53 > 0:18:57# I just can't get enough I just can't get enough
0:18:57 > 0:19:01# You're like an angel and you give me your love
0:19:01 > 0:19:05# And I just can't seem to get enough of...
0:19:05 > 0:19:06# I just can't get enough
0:19:06 > 0:19:08# I just can't get enough
0:19:08 > 0:19:10# I just can't get enough... #
0:19:10 > 0:19:11Final whistle goes.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14It's high-five in Haifa!
0:19:14 > 0:19:16# I just can't get enough
0:19:16 > 0:19:20# I just can't get enough I just can't get enough. #
0:19:21 > 0:19:24CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:19:27 > 0:19:29So, this was getting very serious.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32By the summer, Cyprus had drifted,
0:19:32 > 0:19:35Bosnia was in absolute tatters,
0:19:35 > 0:19:38but the Belgians had caught up with Wales,
0:19:38 > 0:19:41and it was they who were next to visit Cardiff
0:19:41 > 0:19:43in the month of June.
0:19:43 > 0:19:46Seriously - could this actually happen?
0:19:46 > 0:19:47Dare the Welsh dream?
0:19:47 > 0:19:49The all-star cast of Belgium
0:19:49 > 0:19:52were now ranked as the second-best team in the world,
0:19:52 > 0:19:54and sat top of Group B,
0:19:54 > 0:19:57their fans in high, jovial spirits.
0:19:57 > 0:19:59The visitors started confidently.
0:19:59 > 0:20:00Wales were strong,
0:20:00 > 0:20:03and then a moment of Mohican madness.
0:20:03 > 0:20:05- COMMENTATOR:- Oh, that's a terrible header.
0:20:05 > 0:20:09Straight to Bale! 1-0 Wales!
0:20:09 > 0:20:11Could it last?
0:20:11 > 0:20:15Belgium hadn't tasted defeat since Lionel Messi's Argentina
0:20:15 > 0:20:19had beaten them at the World Cup a year earlier.
0:20:19 > 0:20:21There was still more than an hour to go.
0:20:21 > 0:20:23The slick Belgians kept on coming.
0:20:23 > 0:20:27Lukaku, Benteke, Hazard, hitting their stride.
0:20:27 > 0:20:29Wales stood firm,
0:20:29 > 0:20:33and then the fans came to their aid.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37# Gwlad
0:20:37 > 0:20:39# Gwlad
0:20:39 > 0:20:46# Pleidiol wyf i'm gwlad
0:20:46 > 0:20:50# Tra mor yn fur
0:20:50 > 0:20:54# I'r bur hoff bau
0:20:54 > 0:21:02# O bydded i'r heniaith barhau
0:21:02 > 0:21:07# O bydded i'r heniaith
0:21:07 > 0:21:11# Barhau... #
0:21:11 > 0:21:15One love, one voice, 1-0.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18Wales had soared back to the top of the group,
0:21:18 > 0:21:20France was a year away,
0:21:20 > 0:21:24but had never felt so close.
0:21:24 > 0:21:26APPLAUSE
0:21:28 > 0:21:29Autumn.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32Two more wins would ensure Wales would not have to wait
0:21:32 > 0:21:37another two years to attempt to qualify for another tournament.
0:21:37 > 0:21:40Wales fans headed for Cyprus in their thousands.
0:21:40 > 0:21:42They partied in Ayia Napa,
0:21:42 > 0:21:44and then headed to Nicosia,
0:21:44 > 0:21:46where they celebrated in style.
0:21:46 > 0:21:48But their team struggled in the evening heat
0:21:48 > 0:21:50to overcome the Cypriots.
0:21:50 > 0:21:52- COMMENTATOR:- Bale breaks through one.
0:21:52 > 0:21:54Gives it up to Aaron Ramsey.
0:21:54 > 0:21:58Into the penalty area... Ramsey curls it... Oh, just over the bar!
0:21:58 > 0:22:00# I love you, baby
0:22:00 > 0:22:02# And if it's quite all right
0:22:02 > 0:22:04# I need you, baby
0:22:04 > 0:22:06# To warm the lonely night
0:22:06 > 0:22:08# I love you, baby
0:22:08 > 0:22:11# Trust in me when I say
0:22:13 > 0:22:15# Oh, pretty baby
0:22:15 > 0:22:17# Don't bring me down, I pray
0:22:17 > 0:22:19# Oh, pretty baby
0:22:19 > 0:22:21# Now that I've found you, stay
0:22:21 > 0:22:25# And let me love you, baby
0:22:25 > 0:22:29# Let me love you
0:22:29 > 0:22:32# You're just too good to be true
0:22:32 > 0:22:35# I can't take my eyes off you
0:22:37 > 0:22:40# You'd be like heaven to touch
0:22:40 > 0:22:44# I wanna hold you so much
0:22:44 > 0:22:48# At long last love has arrived
0:22:48 > 0:22:51# And I thank God I'm alive
0:22:52 > 0:22:55# You're just too good to be true
0:22:55 > 0:22:59# I can't take my eyes off of you... #
0:22:59 > 0:23:03And it was Gareth Bale who made the difference once more.
0:23:03 > 0:23:09- AUDIENCE: - # Da-da-da-da-da-da-da... #
0:23:09 > 0:23:11# ..I love you, baby
0:23:11 > 0:23:13# And if it's quite all right
0:23:13 > 0:23:15# I need you, baby
0:23:15 > 0:23:17# To warm the lonely night
0:23:17 > 0:23:20# I love you, baby
0:23:20 > 0:23:22# Trust in me when I say
0:23:24 > 0:23:27# Oh, pretty baby
0:23:27 > 0:23:29# Don't bring me down, I pray
0:23:29 > 0:23:31# Oh, pretty baby
0:23:31 > 0:23:33# Now that I've found you, stay
0:23:33 > 0:23:36# And let me love you, baby
0:23:36 > 0:23:40# Let me love you...
0:23:41 > 0:23:46# You're just too good to be true... #
0:23:48 > 0:23:51CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:23:55 > 0:23:59So, everything was on course, and three days later,
0:23:59 > 0:24:00there was another game.
0:24:00 > 0:24:02Victory over Israel,
0:24:02 > 0:24:06the country that the Welsh heroes of almost 60 years ago had beaten
0:24:06 > 0:24:09to reach the 1958 World Cup,
0:24:09 > 0:24:12would guarantee safe passage to France.
0:24:14 > 0:24:17It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon for the fans
0:24:17 > 0:24:20to witness an historic moment.
0:24:20 > 0:24:23- COMMENTATOR:- Are we about to have the biggest party
0:24:23 > 0:24:25that Welsh football has ever known?
0:24:26 > 0:24:30The team seized control early on, but the Israelis held out.
0:24:30 > 0:24:34Robson-Kanu near the byeline, now he has to get it across.
0:24:34 > 0:24:37Bale was coming in, headed away by Tal Ben-Haim.
0:24:37 > 0:24:39Ramsey hit it left-footed.
0:24:39 > 0:24:42And then right at the end, a chance.
0:24:42 > 0:24:45Oh, the defence allowed it to drop.
0:24:45 > 0:24:46Touch!
0:24:46 > 0:24:48No, it's not.
0:24:48 > 0:24:51It was headed home by Church, but he was offside.
0:24:51 > 0:24:54The fans had been ready to laud the players,
0:24:54 > 0:24:58who along with Gareth Bale, had become true Welsh heroes.
0:25:01 > 0:25:05# Ain't nobody like Joe Ledley
0:25:05 > 0:25:07# Makes me happy
0:25:08 > 0:25:10# Helps me feel this way
0:25:10 > 0:25:14# Ain't nobody like Joe Ledley
0:25:14 > 0:25:16# Thank you. #
0:25:18 > 0:25:21# Don't, don't you want me
0:25:21 > 0:25:26# You know I don't believe you when you say that you don't need me
0:25:26 > 0:25:27# It's much too late to find
0:25:27 > 0:25:30# When you think you've changed your mind
0:25:30 > 0:25:33# You better change it back or we will both be sorry
0:25:33 > 0:25:38# Aaron Ramsey baby
0:25:38 > 0:25:41# Aaron Ramsey, oh-oh-oh
0:25:41 > 0:25:44# Aaron Ramsey, baby
0:25:46 > 0:25:49# Aaron Ramsey, oh-oh-oh
0:25:56 > 0:26:00# Give me hope, Joe Allen Hope, Joe Allen
0:26:00 > 0:26:03# Give me hope, Joe Allen 'fore the morning comes
0:26:03 > 0:26:07# Give me hope, Joe Allen Hope, Joe Allen
0:26:07 > 0:26:10# Hope before the morning comes
0:26:11 > 0:26:12# Give me Hope, Joe Allen
0:26:12 > 0:26:14# Said, give me Hope, Joe Allen
0:26:14 > 0:26:15# Said, give me
0:26:15 > 0:26:18# Hope, Joe Allen 'fore the morning comes
0:26:18 > 0:26:20# Give me hope, Joe Allen Give me
0:26:20 > 0:26:25# Hope, Joe Allen # Hope before the morning comes. #
0:26:25 > 0:26:27CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:26:29 > 0:26:33So, just one point needed with two games to go.
0:26:33 > 0:26:36The last match, a home banker against Andorra.
0:26:36 > 0:26:38Who would see Wales over the line?
0:26:38 > 0:26:41Well, the man who came to their rescue was
0:26:41 > 0:26:43a certain Jason Demetriou.
0:26:43 > 0:26:45Jason who? Just bear with us.
0:26:45 > 0:26:49As Wales travelled to the Bosnian fortress of Zenica,
0:26:49 > 0:26:52Cyprus, already out of contention,
0:26:52 > 0:26:54went to Israel, who needed two wins
0:26:54 > 0:26:57to keep their slim hopes alive.
0:26:57 > 0:27:01With the finishing line in sight, Wales just needed to avoid defeat.
0:27:01 > 0:27:03- COMMENTATOR:- The corner comes across.
0:27:03 > 0:27:05COMMENTRY DROWNED BY CHEERING
0:27:05 > 0:27:08..and it's turned in by Ibisevic.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10As the game in Bosnia petered out,
0:27:10 > 0:27:14step forward London-born Jason Demetriou,
0:27:14 > 0:27:18who scored a late winner 1,300 miles away in Jerusalem.
0:27:19 > 0:27:22That goal gave Cyprus an unexpected triumph over Israel,
0:27:22 > 0:27:25and sent Wales to the Euros.
0:27:25 > 0:27:29That result in Israel means the celebrations can start.
0:27:29 > 0:27:32Wales will be in France
0:27:32 > 0:27:37next summer in the Euro 2016 finals.
0:27:37 > 0:27:41Chris Coleman's men have freed Welsh football
0:27:41 > 0:27:44from the shackles of their history.
0:27:45 > 0:27:48# Does anybody know how long to World War Three?
0:27:48 > 0:27:51# I wanna know, I've gotta book me holidee
0:27:51 > 0:27:55# They want me in the army but I just can't go
0:27:55 > 0:27:58# I'm far too busy listening to the radio
0:27:58 > 0:28:01# We love to sing We love to dance
0:28:01 > 0:28:03# We've ordered our passports
0:28:03 > 0:28:04# We're off to France
0:28:10 > 0:28:14# Come on, yeah!
0:28:14 > 0:28:17# Yeah, yeah!
0:28:17 > 0:28:18Aaron Ramsey!
0:28:18 > 0:28:20# My friends say that we're heading for a grotty time
0:28:20 > 0:28:24# It's just a load of slapstick in a pantomime
0:28:24 > 0:28:27# We're heading for disaster but I just don't care
0:28:27 > 0:28:30# Shut your eyes and count to ten, you won't be there
0:28:30 > 0:28:33# We love to sing We love to dance
0:28:33 > 0:28:37# We've ordered our passports, we're off to France
0:28:37 > 0:28:40# We love to sing We love to dance
0:28:40 > 0:28:43# We've ordered our passports, we're off to France. #
0:28:51 > 0:28:57AUDIENCE CHANT AND SING
0:29:00 > 0:29:04# We love to sing We love to dance
0:29:04 > 0:29:07# We've ordered our passports, we're off to France. #
0:29:07 > 0:29:09CHEERING AND APPLAUSE