Terry Yorath: A tribute to a 'Welsh great'

Feast of Football

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4.8 • 564 Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2026

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Barry Horne and Iwan Roberts join Simon Davies to pay tribute to former Wales captain and manager Terry Yorath, who has died aged 75. Yorath made Horne his captain of the national side, which famously coming within a victory of qualifying for the 1994 World Cup, while Roberts won his first cap during his reign. Both remember him as an immensely talented footballer, with a humble and warm personality as a manager. "He was a father figure," they say. "Wales has lost a great man."

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1:03.9	Terry Oreth, the former Wales captain and manager, has died at the age of 75.
1:11.6	Known for a club career at Leeds United under the legendary stewardship of Don Revy, but also as a skipper of a Wales team that came so close to triumph against Yugoslavia in the quarterfinals of the European Championships
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