Wales have ended what has at times seemed an interminable wait to reach the World Cup after defeating Ukraine in their final qualifying play-off in Cardiff.
Jimmy Murphy oversaw an unforgettable run to the quarter-finals in 1958 in Sweden in what has been their only appearance on football’s grandest stage – until now.
Much has changed in the last 64 years and, here, the PA news agency takes a look at how life then compares to now.
1958: Two shillings (24 pence)
2022: £3.96
June 1958: Connie Francis – Who’s Sorry Now
June 2022: Harry Styles – As It Was
1958: Harold Macmillan
2022: Boris Johnson
1958: £2,049
2022: £260,771
1958: One shilling and six pence (18p, per gallon)
2022: £1.68 (per litre)
1958: Crackerjack (this was also the year that Blue Peter was launched)
2022: Bridgerton
1958: 3p
2022: 49p
1958: Ford Anglia
2022: Vauxhall Corsa
1.
1958: One shilling and seven pence (19p)
2.
1958: 615,500 personnel
3.
1958: 4p