"And the Welsh national football team has been in the World Cup Finals how many times Dave? Oh yes, none - two less than Scotland!"

Scotland have actually qualified for the World Cup Finals 9 times though the SFA chose not to attend in 1950 after coming second to England in the Home Championships, so they have appeared 8 times in all. Actually from 1974 to 1990 they never missed a finals qualifying for it 5 times in succession. They've never made the knock out stages though they have only just missed out on that on various occassions. With comparable sized nations Scotland's qualifying record for the Finals stands up favourably against just about everyone. I think Wales have qualified only the once.