English: I had begun to fear that Wales would never again qualify for a major championship in my lifetime. I was one when they qualified in 1958; most Members in this Chamber probably weren't born. But it's a tremendous achievement for Wales to get to a major tournament, and I'm very, very pleased that they have done so. I think that we need to look at it not just as being good for morale and good for self-confidence in Wales, which it definitely is, but for the effect it's going to have on promoting Wales. In many parts of the world Swansea is incredibly well known because of the success of its football team. I mean, how much would it actually have cost to get the same level of publicity Wales is going to get on television and in printed newspapers over the next few weeks, and, hopefully, over the whole tournament? I remember Greece winning it, I remember Denmark winning it, so we're not asking for the impossible. How much would it actually cost to get that level of publicity for Wales that we're going to get now? But can I add a plea, and I think it's very similar to what Neil McEvoy was saying? I think that we need to get more 3G and 4G pitches in Wales because we need to strengthen football at a grass-roots level, and we need to get more young people playing it and the opportunity for them to do it. I'm looking forward to the women's football team also qualifying and I'm hugely disappointed they lost 2-0 last night to Norwich - Norway, sorry - which means that they cannot now qualify. I'm disappointed by that, but I think that, with the progress women's football has made in Wales, the progress that men's football has made in Wales, we're certainly punching well above our weight and I would hope that we can get more 3G and 4G pitches out there, to get more people playing more of the time. Because you may not have noticed, but in winter in Wales it gets awfully wet and some of the grass pitches become unplayable for a long period of time.
Welsh: Roeddwn wedi dechrau ofni na fyddai Cymru byth eto yn ennill ei lle mewn pencampwriaeth fawr yn ystod fy oes. Blwydd oed oeddwn i pan aethant drwodd i'r rowndiau terfynol ym 1958; mae'n debyg na fyddai'r rhan fwyaf o'r Aelodau yn y Siambr hon wedi'u geni. Ond mae'n gamp aruthrol i Gymru gyrraedd pencampwriaeth fawr, ac rwy'n falch dros ben eu bod wedi gwneud hynny. Credaf fod angen i ni edrych arno, nid yn unig fel rhywbeth sy'n dda i forâl ac yn dda i hunanhyder yng Nghymru, ac mae hynny'n wir, ond am yr effaith y mae'n mynd i'w chael ar hyrwyddo Cymru. Mewn sawl rhan o'r byd mae Abertawe yn hynod o adnabyddus oherwydd llwyddiant eu tîm pêl-droed. Hynny yw, faint fyddai wedi'i gostio mewn gwirionedd i gael yr un lefel o gyhoeddusrwydd â'r hyn y mae Cymru yn mynd i gael ar y teledu ac mewn papurau newydd print dros yr wythnosau nesaf, a thros y bencampwriaeth gyfan gobeithio? Rwy'n cofio Gwlad Groeg yn ei hennill, rwy'n cofio Denmarc yn ei hennill, felly nid ydym yn gofyn am yr amhosibl. Faint fyddai'n ei gostio mewn gwirionedd i gael y lefel honno o gyhoeddusrwydd i Gymru ag a gawn yn awr? Ond a gaf fi ychwanegu ple, ac rwy'n credu ei bod yn debyg iawn i'r hyn roedd Neil McEvoy yn ei ddweud? Credaf fod angen i ni gael mwy o gaeau chwarae 3G a 4G yng Nghymru oherwydd mae angen i ni gryfhau pêl-droed ar lawr gwlad, ac mae angen cael mwy o bobl ifanc yn ei chwarae a'r cyfle iddynt wneud hynny. Rwy'n edrych ymlaen at weld tîm pêl-droed y menywod hefyd yn mynd drwodd ac rwy'n siomedig iawn eu bod wedi colli 2-0 neithiwr i Norwich - Norwy, mae'n ddrwg gennyf - sy'n golygu na allant fynd drwodd yn awr. Rwy'n siomedig am hynny, ond credaf, gyda'r cynnydd y mae pêl-droed menywod wedi'i wneud yng Nghymru, y cynnydd y mae pêl-droed dynion wedi'i wneud yng Nghymru, rydym yn sicr yn cyflawni'n well na'r disgwyl a byddwn yn gobeithio y gallwn gael rhagor o gaeau chwarae 3G a 4G allan yno, er mwyn cael mwy o bobl i chwarae am fwy o'r amser. Oherwydd efallai nad ydych wedi sylwi, ond yn y gaeaf yng Nghymru mae'n mynd yn ofnadwy o wlyb ac nid oes modd chwarae ar rai o'r caeau glaswellt am gyfnod hir o amser.