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Football shirt signed after the Wales national football team's match in Cardiff City Stadium against Hungary which had secured them the 2-0 qualifying victory to compete in the UEFA Euro 2020 finals.

The players who would have signed the shirt are (though the signatures are largely illegible): Goal keepers: Wayne Hennessey, Adam Davies, Tom King. Defenders: Chris Gunter, Ashley Williams, Ben Davies, Connor Roberts, Tom Lockyer, Chris Mepham, James Lawrence. Midfielders: Aaron Ramsey, Joe Allen, Harry Wilson, Ethan Ampadu, Daniel James, Joe Morrell, Will Vaulks, Dylan Levitt. Forwards: Gareth Bale, Sam Vokes, Tyler Roberts, Kieffer Moore and Rabbi Matondo.

The shirt was delivered to the Museum by the team's manager Ryan Giggs on the morning after the match (Wednesday, 20 November 2019).

Red adidas football shirt, short-sleeved, unworn, with orange adidas stripes across shoulders, crest woven badge machine-stitched to left chest, 'adidas' logo machine-embroidered in orange on right chest. V-neck with 4cm wide red jersey binding. Complex Jersey-knit construction with a narrow stripe effect. Cuffs finished with 5cm wide section of heavier-knit fabric bearing orange, red, green and white stripes. Below the neck, at centre back, there is a Ø 22mm self adhesive, circular sticker, which is red with gold edge and gold print with the FAW motto 'GORAU CHWARAE CYD CHWARAE', with the yellow daffodil in the centre (six petals). The daffodil has a black centre. On the front of the lower proper left corner, there is an upside-down inscription of black, adhered capital letters: 'AEROREADY'. The front of the shirt bears 24 hand-written signatures of the team's players in black marker pen. Printed inscription at inner centre back neck in dark grey: adidas label, Size S, AEROREADY, MADE IN CAMBODIA. The shirt's lower hem has a 2cm wide single turn back secured with a double-line of machine stitches using red synthetic thread. Side seams are finished with overlocking stitches. Yellow stripes at shoulder are machine stitched with yellow stitches. Cuffs are stitched with both yellow and red thread. Shoulder seams are hidden underneath front-most yellow stripe. Four labels printed in black on white synthetic woven fabric held in lower left side seam, with care instructions, country of manufacture, and composition (all in 28 languages). Additional label printed with bar codes and numbers attached to inner left neck. Shirt is made from 100% recycled Polyester. AEROREADY means the fabric has special moisture absorbing qualities.