FAW boss Noel Mooney: World Cup a game-changer for Welsh football and the nation

Irishman Mooney compares Wales’ World Cup breakthrough to when Jack Charlton kick-started the ‘Celtic Tiger’ success through Ireland reaching Euro 88

GAME CHANGER: Noel Mooney believes the World Cup will be a 'game-changer' for Welsh football. Pic: David Davies/PA

Football Association of Wales boss Noel Mooney has declared the World Cup a “game-changer” for Welsh football and the country itself.

Skipper Gareth Bale and company arrived in Qatar in the early hours of Wednesday morning for Wales’ first appearance at a World Cup since 1958.