 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muedzo wokutanga waSmith wakanga uri danho rokugadzirira nokuda kweEuropean Championships ya1976sezvo Wales yakatorwa pamwe chete neHungary, Austria neLuxembourg. Mumutambo wokutanga neAustria, Wales yakatungamira kuburikidza naArfon Griffiths, asi pakupedzisira yakarasikirwa 21. Griffiths akarova zvakare mumitambo miviri yakatevera yeWales, kukunda 2-0 pamusoro peHungary uye kukunda 5-0 pamusoro peLuxembourg. The divi akaramba chimiro chavo chakanaka nokuva wokutanga divi British kurova Hungary munyika kubva 1909, kuhwina 2 1 kuburikidza zvinangwa kubudikidza John Toshack uye John Mahoney uye kukonzera Hungary yokutanga makwikwi musha kukundwa kubva 1959. Kukunda kwechipiri pamusoro peLuxembourg kwaiva kuoneka kwokupedzisira kwaGary Sprake. Pasinei nokuonekwa somurindi wokutanga weWales kweanenge makore gumi, akapedza basa rake aine makapu 37, akazotaura kuti zvaitarisirwa kwauri semutambi weLeeds kuti uise kirabhu pakutanga. Mumutambo wokupedzisira, Wales yakasangana neAustria muWrexham vachida chete dhizaini kuti vaone kufambira mberi kubva muboka ravo. Arfon Griffiths akarova chibodzwa chega mumutambo uyu sezvo Wales yakawana kukunda kwe1 0. Muna Kurume 1976, divi renyika rakapemberera gore ravo ramakore zana nemutambo wehukama neEngland kuRacecourse Ground, iyo yakaguma nekukundwa ne 2 × 1. 