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Page’s Wales reign comes to an end after disappointing 18 months
Wales manager Rob Page during the UEFA Euro 2024 Qualifying play-off final at the Cardiff City Stadium, Wales. Picture date: Tuesday March 26, 2024

ROB PAGE’S Wales reign came to a conclusion after an unhappy 18 months that ended with a double dose of embarrassment against Gibraltar and Slovakia.

Page, who was first appointed manager on an interim basis in November 2020 after Ryan Giggs took leave and led Wales to the delayed European Championships the following summer, was sacked almost halfway through a four-year contract he signed in September 2022.

By that stage, the 49-year-old had guided Wales to their first World Cup in 64 years and everything appeared rosy heading to Qatar two months later.

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