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BBC broadcaster Robert Alun Evans - who delivered the first Welsh language commentary of a Wales football international in 1977 - dies aged 86

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The broadcaster who delivered the first Welsh language commentary on a Wales football international has died aged 86.

Robert Alun Evans - known as R Alun - was the face and voice of Welsh language programmes for many years in the 1960s and 1970s.

Having presented and reported for the BBC Wales' Heddiw news programme, he took up the microphone for the historic commentary on the Wales vs Scotland World Cup qualifying match in 1977.

The match, played at Liverpool's Anfield ground because stadiums in Wales were deemed too small, resulted in a 2-0 win for Scotland as they booked their place at the Argentina World Cup the following year.