Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Wales ta shiga gasar cin kofin Turai a karo na farko a gasar 1964
(Al'ummomin Gida ba su shiga cikin bugun farko ba a shekarar 1960). A zagaye na farko, Wales ta yi daidai da Hungary kuma ta sha kashi 3 zuwa 1 a wasan farko a Budapest. An zana 1<unk>1 a cikin komawar baya ya haifar da kawar da gefen a farkon shinge. A watan Afrilun 1964, an tilasta wa kocin Jimmy Murphy ya rasa wasan Wales da Arewacin Ireland bayan matarsa ta kamu da rashin lafiya. An sanya manajan Swansea Town Trevor Morris a matsayin mai kula yayin da Wales ta sha kashi 3-2. Murphy bai taɓa ɗaukar nauyin wani wasa na Wales ba, ya yi murabus daga baya a cikin shekarar saboda alkawura a Manchester United. FAW ta tsara jerin sunayen 'yan takarar Welsh, wadanda suka hada da tsoffin' yan wasa Jack Kelsey, Ron Burgess da Tommy Jones. Daga karshe an ba da rawar ga wani tsohon dan wasa, Dave Bowen, wanda ya jagoranci tawagar a gasar cin kofin duniya ta 1958. Bowen ya ɗauki aikin tare da matsayinsa na manajan Northampton Town. Wasansa na farko a cikin alhakin ya ƙare da nasara lokacin da kwallaye biyu daga Ken Leek suka sami nasara 3<unk>2 a kan Scotland a cikin 1964<unk>65 British Home Championship.