Obituary for Terry Yorath: Former Wales captain and boss touched by tragedy

Yorath has twice taken Wales to the brink of World Cup qualification, a feat that had only been achieved once before, in 1958.

He was captain in 1977 when Scotland controversially beat Wales 2-0 at Anfield, the first goal coming from the penalty spot after Scotland striker Joe Jordan appeared to handle the ball in the Wales penalty area, but the decision went to the Scots.

Jordan, who was a team-mate at Leeds, was also godfather to Yorat’s daughter Gabi.

Then, when Jurat was Wales coach in 1993, he led Wales to victory in qualifying for the 1994 World Cup in the USA, but his team lost 2-1 at home to Romania in agonizing circumstances.

Paul Bowden missed the chance to put Wales 2-1 ahead when he hit the crossbar from the penalty spot, although Jurat refused to blame the defender.

“It wasn’t Paul’s fault that we lost the game. People forget [goalkeeper] Neve Southall hashed out the first goal from [Gheorghe] Haggie,” he told BBC Radio Wales.

The match was Leorat’s last as Wales coach as he was not offered a new contract.

He was inducted into the Welsh Sports Hall of Fame in 2017.