As a 21-year-old in his debut season, Kit Symons was four minutes away from reaching the 1992 FA Cup final with Portsmouth. And then Ronnie Whelan equalised for Liverpool. Further heartache followed as Pompey lost the replay 3-1 on penalties, with Symons (as surprised as anyone when selected) the only one to score.
A trip to Wembley evaded Symons for the rest of his career, but he did win two league titles with Fulham and promotion with Crystal Palace. The centre back also won 36 caps for Wales - coming agonisingly close to qualifying for the 1994 World Cup.
He then managed Fulham, while also helping to end Wales' 58-year wait to qualify for a major tournament as assistant manager to Chris Coleman in the Euro 2016 qualifiers. He was then by Rob Page's side as Wales reached Euro 2020 and the 2022 World Cup. Oh, and he also had a chat with Michael Jackson and Noel Gallagher (not at the same time). Quite the career.
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Episode 266: Room for improvement
Episode 265: Back once again
Episode 264: Solving Welsh football
Episode 263: Important qualifiers ahead
Episode 262: Lamouchi leaves Cardiff
Episode 261: Unstoppable
Episode 260: Wrexham are back
Episode 259: Three more points...
Episode 258: Wrexham in pole position for promotion
Episode 257: Swansea grab late winner in the derby
Episode 256: Four points, job done!
Episode 255: The road to Euro 2024 starts here
Episode 254: A new era for Welsh football
Episode 253: Hanging up the boots
Episode 252: Ramsey will play on for Wales
Episode 251: Wayne Routledge
Episode 250: Cardiff end winless run
Episode 249: 'Say it ain’t so, Joe!'
Episode 248: Transfer window frustrations
Episode 247: Can Lamouchi keep Cardiff up?
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