WALES

Wales travel to Scotland on Friday, with both teams hoping to make progress towards Brazil 2014. SB Nation looks back at five classic encounters between two of the oldest international teams around.

With playing time hard to come by at the club level following a dip in his performances, Joe Allen hopes a key role in Wales' midfield will help him get back to his early season form.

Wales won't be eliminated if they don't get three points against Croatia, but their hopes of making it to their first major international tournament since 1958 won't look good without them.

After the Home Nations who aren't England met their traditionally disappointing ends, what does the nature of their failures tell us about their futures?