The Welsh FA called an immediate press conference this Morning to announce that manager Chris Coleman had been relieved of his duties. Sources say that there was a difference in opinions on the direction of the National Team.
Outgoing Manager Coleman
At the press conference Trefor Lloyd-Hughes (president of the Welsh F.A) Announced that a successor had already been put in place. The man chosen to replace Coleman was none other than Welsh Legend Ryan Giggs.
Lloyd-Hughes when questioned at the press conference said.
Ryan is a man of pure pedigree having played at the very top level all his career for Manchester United and being the most decorated player in English football ever and subsequently given an OBE by the Queen. that he purely believed they had chosen the perfect man to take Wales the next step and progressing the national team.
Giggs With His OBE Medal
Giggs Receiving his OBE from the Queen
Giggs who won the BBC Sports Personality Of The Year Award in 2009 added
I am a man of few words but I can tell you now I WILL not fail in taking Wales to the next level we have a great young talented squad including the likes of Gareth Bale and Aaron Ramsey who I believe are 2 of the best players in European football at the moment. Wales will become a force in international football mark my words.
Giggs with his BBC Sports Personality Of The Year Award
Ryan Joseph Giggs, OBE(born Ryan Joseph Wilson; 29 November 1973) is an ex Welsh professional footballer. He is also the son of former Rugby League player Danny Wilson. Giggs made his first appearance for the club during the 1990–91 season and has been a regular player since the 1991–92 season. He established himself as a left winger during the 1990s, and continued in this position well into the 2000s, though he has been increasingly used in a deeper playmaking role in his later years. Giggs is known for his tireless running, ball possession and ability to create goalscoring opportunities for those around him.
Giggs is the most decorated player in English football history. He also holds the club record for competitive appearances. During his time at United, he has won 13 Premier League winner's medals, four FA Cup winner's medals, three League Cup winner's medals and two Champions League winner's medals. He has two runner-up medals from the Champions League, three FA Cup finals and two League Cup finals, as well as being part of the team five times when it finished second in the Premier League. In recent years, Giggs has captained the team on numerous occasions, particularly in the 2007–08 season when regular captain Gary Neville was ruled out with various injuries.
Giggs has a number of personal achievements. He was the first player in history to win two consecutive PFA Young Player of the Year awards (1992 and 1993), though he did not win the PFA Player of the Year award until 2009. He is the only player to have played and scored in every season of the Premier League. He is the only remaining player in the Premier League who played in the old First Division. He was elected into the PFA Team of the Century in 2007, the Premier League Team of the Decade in 2003, as well as the FA Cup Team of the Century. Giggs holds the record for the most assists in Premier League history, with 271.
At international level, Giggs played for the Welsh national team prior to his retirement from international football on 2 June 2007, and was once the youngest player to ever represent his country. Giggs was named one of the three overaged players for the Great Britain team to compete at 2012 Summer Olympics, and was subsequently named as the team's captain.
Welsh Fans In Giggs Last Match
In addition to the many honours Giggs has received within football such as being named in the Football League 100 Legends (the last active player in the list), he was appointed an OBE in the Queen's 2007 Birthday Honours List, and was inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame in 2005, for his services to English Football. He was named as BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 2009.On 31 January 2011, Giggs was named Manchester United's greatest ever player by a worldwide poll conducted by United's official magazine and website. On 10 October 2011, Giggs was honoured with the 2011 Golden Foot Award.
Manchester United
• Premier League (13): 1992–93, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2012–13
• FA Cup (4): 1993–94, 1995–96, 1998–99, 2003–04
• Football League Cup (4): 1991–92, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2009–10
• FA Community Shield (9): 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2013
• UEFA Champions League (2): 1998–99, 2007–08
• UEFA Super Cup (1): 1991
• Intercontinental Cup (1): 1999
• FIFA Club World Cup (1): 2008
• PFA Young Player of the Year (2): 1991–92, 1992–93
• PFA Team of the Year (6): 1992–93, 1997–98, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2006–07, 2008–09
• PFA Team of the Century (1): 1997–2007
• PFA Players' Player of the Year (1): 2008–09
• FWA Tribute Award: 2007
• Bravo Award (1): 1993
• BBC Sports Personality of the Year (1): 2009
• BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year (2): 1996, 2009
• GQ Sportsman of the Year (1): 2010
• Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year (1): 1997–98
• Jimmy Murphy Young Player of the Year (2): 1990–91, 1991–92
• Premier League 10 Seasons Awards (1992–93 to 2001–02): Overall Team of the Decade
• Premier League 20 Seasons Awards (1992–93 to 2011–12): Most Player Appearances (596)
• UEFA Champions League 10 Seasons Dream Team (1992 to 2002): 2002
• Wales Player of the Year Award (2): 1996, 2006
• Premier League Player of the Month (3): September 1993, August 2006, February 2007
• Goal of the Season (1): 1998–99
• English Football Hall of Fame Inductee: 2005
• Golden Foot: 2011
Orders and special awards
• OBE for services to football: 2007
• Honorary Master of Arts degree from Salford University for contributions to football and charity work in developing countries: 2008
• Freedom of the City of Salford: 7 January 2010.
• He is the 22nd person to receive the Freedom of the City of Salford.
• Has won a record 13 top division English league titles as a player, and only Manchester United player to have winner's medals from all 13 Premier League title wins.
• Most Premier League appearances for a player, with 611.
• Most Premier League assists (accurate records are only available from 2002 onwards).
• Only player to have played in 22 successive Premier League seasons.
• Only player to have scored in 21 successive Premier League seasons.
• Only player to have scored in 17 different Champions League tournaments (includes 11 consecutive tournaments, 1996–97 to 2006–07; only Raúl has a better record with 14)
• Most goals by a British player in the Champions League/European Cup proper history, and 14th overall (not including preliminary rounds).
• Most UEFA Champions league appearances.
• Most appearances by a Manchester United player.
• Most starts by a Manchester United player, started in 794 games.
• First player to score 100 Premier League goals for Manchester United.
• Second midfielder to have scored 100 goals in the Premier League for a single club (first being Matt Le Tissier).
• One of four Manchester United players to win two Champions League Medals (others are Paul Scholes, Gary Neville and Wes Brown).
• Oldest (37 years, 289 days) player to score in the Champions League, when he scored against Benfica on 14 September 2011.
• One of two Manchester United Players to win at least 10 Top division medals (the other one is Paul Scholes.)
• Oldest (38 years, 243 days) player to score in the Football competition at the Summer Olympics, when he scored against United Arab Emirates on 29 July 2012.
The Wales national football team represents Wales in international football. It is controlled by the Football Association of Wales (FAW), the governing body for football in Wales and the third-oldest national football association in the world. The team have only qualified for a major international tournament once in their history, when Wales qualified for the 1958 FIFA World Cup. However, Wales did progress through UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying to the quarter-final, which was played on a home and away leg basis.
Although part of the United Kingdom, Wales has always had a representative side that plays in all the major professional tournaments, though not in the Olympic Games, as the IOC has always recognised United Kingdom representative sides.
Wales play their home games at the Millenium Stadium in Cardiff and wear A Red Home Kit and A Green and White Away kit as depicted in the pictures below.
Wales Manager Ryan Giggs has been dealt a major blow for the upcoming friendly against World and European Champions Spain with Gareth Bale pulling out of this game with a damaged foot. Recently appointed Giggs who last week admitted Wales have no chance of Qualifying for the World Cup in Brazil 2014 looks to be using his first squad as a base to breed in new players with no less the 8 uncapped players named in the 23 man squad, led by Nottingham Forest goalkeeper Karl Darlow who Giggs has persuaded to switch allegiances from neighboring rivals England.
Karl Darlow
Ashley Williams will remain the nations captain after many pundits expecting the armband to be given to Arsenal Star Aaron Ramsey but it is the latter the takes the Vice Captains role.
Ashley Williams
Swansea City have the most players in the squad with 5 players being called up to the squad to face the spanish.
Swansea City Crest
Giggs has also appointed former Wales international Mark Bowen as his assitant manager and also brought in Wales Legend Ian Rush to take on the role of Under 21's Manager.
Ashley Richards (Swansea City)
*Joe Walsh (Crawley)
Ben Davies (Swansea City)
Joel Lynch (Huddersfield)
James Collins (West Ham)
Ashley Williams (Swansea City) (C)
Adam Matthews (Celtic)
Neil Taylor (Swansea City)
Midfielders
*Sanchez Watt (Colchester)
David Edwards (Wolves)
*Lee Evans (Wolves)
Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal) (VC)
Joe Allen (Liverpool)
*Chris Dawson (Leeds)
*Gwion Edwards (Swansea City)
*Thomas Lawrence (Man United)
*Harry Wilson (Liverpool)
Fowards
Craig Bellamy (Cardiff)
Robert Earnshaw (Crawley)
Sam Vokes (Burnley)
* = Uncapped
With all 23 players not playing in the Welsh League critics suggest that the decision to select a squad of foreign-based players could have negative ramifications for the Welsh domestic divisions.
Wednesday 14 August 2013 - Kick Off: 15:00 Wales 6 vs 3 Spain International Friendly Attendance:21,667
On a hot summers night in Cardiff last night wales turned on the style in Ryan Giggs' first game in charge of his national team as Wales hosted Spain in what many considered was going to be a one sided affair with Spanish expected to dominate from start to finish.
Things did not start well for Giggs's boys when loose marking allowed Spanish defender Alberto Moreno to put his head on the end of a Jesus Navas Corner to put the visiting nation ahead. But Wales did not crumple or hide in their shells and attacked back with Criag Bellamy hitting the post straight after the re-start.
In the 15th minute debutant Sanchez Watt mugged Cesar Azpilicueta to calmly slot the ball past Barcelona goalkeeper Victor Valdes to equalize for the small British nation.
Sanchez Watt
the match was end to end for the next 20 minutes until a mistake from Gerard Pique allowed Craig Bellamy to score his first goal of the night. Things got worse for the World Champions when Bellamy broke the offside trap in the 43rd minute to put Wales into a commanding 3-1 lead.
Craig Bellamy
Spain looked angry and instantly the Barcelona trio of Pedro, Iniesta and Xavi made the Welsh midfield look like a pub to with some "tika taka" passing ti make space for Alberto Moreno to nab his 2nd goal of the night.
Alberto Moreno
Half Time and the welsh could not believe their luck 3-2 up and expected to "park the bus" in the second half.
The second half started as the first half ended with Spanish on top until David Edwards of Wolves stole the ball in midfield to release Vice Captain Aaron Ramsey through on goal to make it 4-2.
Aaron Ramsey
Spain continued to dominate the ball in midfield until they finally broke through in the 71st minute with recently transfered to Bayern Munich midfielder Thiago Alacantara unleashed an amazing 35 yard screamer past keeper Karl Darlow.
Thiago Alcantara
Spain then went full on attack to try and get the equalizer when substitute Robert Earnshaw used his pace to out-sprint defender Marc Bartra to get on the end of a mis-palce backpass from Azpilicueta to make it 5-3 in the 84th minute.
Robert Earnshaw
The game was all over in the 88th minute when yet another mis-placed back pass this time from Alberto Moreno gave the Welsh a corner James Collins rose the highest to make it 6-3.
No-one gave the Welsh minnows a chance but Ryan Giggs seems to have purchased 2/3 rabbit feet to have played against such a poor Spanish side or just his presence to inspire this famous victory. Will this continue or was it just plain luck
Wednesday 14 August 2013 - Kick Off: 15:00 Wales 6 vs 3 Spain International Friendly Attendance:21,667
On a hot summers night in Cardiff last night wales turned on the style in Ryan Giggs' first game in charge of his national team as Wales hosted Spain in what many considered was going to be a one sided affair with Spanish expected to dominate from start to finish.
Things did not start well for Giggs's boys when loose marking allowed Spanish defender Alberto Moreno to put his head on the end of a Jesus Navas Corner to put the visiting nation ahead. But Wales did not crumple or hide in their shells and attacked back with Criag Bellamy hitting the post straight after the re-start.
In the 15th minute debutant Sanchez Watt mugged Cesar Azpilicueta to calmly slot the ball past Barcelona goalkeeper Victor Valdes to equalize for the small British nation.
Sanchez Watt
the match was end to end for the next 20 minutes until a mistake from Gerard Pique allowed Craig Bellamy to score his first goal of the night. Things got worse for the World Champions when Bellamy broke the offside trap in the 43rd minute to put Wales into a commanding 3-1 lead.
Craig Bellamy
Spain looked angry and instantly the Barcelona trio of Pedro, Iniesta and Xavi made the Welsh midfield look like a pub to with some "tika taka" passing ti make space for Alberto Moreno to nab his 2nd goal of the night.
Alberto Moreno
Half Time and the welsh could not believe their luck 3-2 up and expected to "park the bus" in the second half.
The second half started as the first half ended with Spanish on top until David Edwards of Wolves stole the ball in midfield to release Vice Captain Aaron Ramsey through on goal to make it 4-2.
Aaron Ramsey
Spain continued to dominate the ball in midfield until they finally broke through in the 71st minute with recently transfered to Bayern Munich midfielder Thiago Alacantara unleashed an amazing 35 yard screamer past keeper Karl Darlow.
Thiago Alcantara
Spain then went full on attack to try and get the equalizer when substitute Robert Earnshaw used his pace to out-sprint defender Marc Bartra to get on the end of a mis-palce backpass from Azpilicueta to make it 5-3 in the 84th minute.
Robert Earnshaw
The game was all over in the 88th minute when yet another mis-placed back pass this time from Alberto Moreno gave the Welsh a corner James Collins rose the highest to make it 6-3.
No-one gave the Welsh minnows a chance but Ryan Giggs seems to have purchased 2/3 rabbit feet to have played against such a poor Spanish side or just his presence to inspire this famous victory. Will this continue or was it just plain luck
Ryan Giggs Names the same squad as the previous friendly against Spain for the qualifiers against Croatia and Belgium respectively with Gareth Bale still out injured.
Friday 6 September 2013 - Kick Off: 19:30 Croatia 1 vs 2 Wales World Cup 14 Qualifier Attendance:34,448
Wales Travelled to Croatia to play in a qualifying match for World Cup 2014 in Brazil. It was a blistering 25 degrees and the Welsh would go into the match on the back of an amazing victory against the Spanish.
The match started with the Croats on the front foot until the 6th minute when Aaron Ramsey brought down former Arsenal team-mate Eduardo Silva with Ivan Rakitic calmly slotting the penalty past goalkeeper Wayne Hennesey.
Wales were soon back in the game in the 9th minute when winger Sanchez Watt fired a speculative shot which hit the crossbar and came back and hit keeper Danijel Subasic on the back of his head and into his own net.
A Deflated Subasic
The match remained sketchy and a tight affair with the ball just being passed around tentatively in the middle of the park with nothing of any note happening until Robert Earnshaw broke free a loose pass from Vedran Corluka and was up by the same trying to recover his mistake. Centre Half James Collins slammed the resulting penalty into the top left corner.
Collins Celebrates his winner
Friday 6 September 2013 - Kick Off: 19:30 Wales 0 vs 1 Belgium World Cup 14 Qualifier Attendance:20,750
Belgium were hot favourites in this match and were expected to dominate the Welsh into an easy submission. and this looked to be the case when Marouanne Feillaini headed the Belgians into an early lead in the 8th minute.
Feillaini and Ramsey battle it out
Wales tried to come back in what was fruitless task as the Belgians just held tight and saw the game out 1-0 a late booking for Jack Collison was the only other activity in this match.
With The Result it still leave Wales languishing at the bottom of Group 1 with no chance of qualifying many say had Giggs been in charge before they may have held a more respectable position fighting it out with Scotland for 3rd.
Good luck with Wales!
You're certainly doing very well with Wales! 
Great update 
