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A Valleys football fan has proposed to his girlfriend with a little help from the Wales team.

When Matthew Davies from Aberdare wanted to pop the big question to girlfriend Vicky Griffiths he turned to Wales manager Chris Coleman, captain Ashley Williams and teammates Hal Robson-Kanu, Joe Allen and Neil Taylor, who all agreed to give him a ringing endorsement on video.

Vicky, 25, from Swansea, was shown the film during the proposal on Thursday evening and, of course, she said yes.

The couple met five years ago when Matthew, a passionate Merthyr Town fan, met Swansea City supporter Vicky when they were following the national side to home and away games.

The pair's first holiday together abroad was on tour to Switzerland in 2010, sadly watching Wales lose 4-1 in a Euro 2012 qualifier which left the team rock bottom of their group and without a point.

Five years later it was a different story when Matthew shot the video before Wales 1-0 win over Belgium in June.

On camera, Ashley Williams describes Matthew as “one of my best friends who I’ve known for the last minute-and-a-half,” while Coleman says the Aberdare boy is “an amazing-looking kid.”

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Matthew, who works at Ysgol y Deri in Penarth and is known to his friends as Mavis, said: “I arranged it through a mate of mine at the Football Association of Wales (FAW) at a media day two weeks before the Belgium game.

“I showed the video to Vicky on my phone.

“She looked very confused at the start, but then started laughing by the end.

“I thought she might say yes anyway, but I thought this would be a nice way to do it – we met through watching football.

“The FAW was very good to me in setting this up – very helpful!"

And Vicky wasn't the only one who was impressed with his efforts.

“I did expect a lot of people to watch the video online, but I wasn’t expecting 5,000 people to have seen it overnight,” said Matthew, 28.

It has now been viewed more than 7,000 times.

As for the wedding, Matthew added: “Our priority is going to France [for Euro 2016] first – we’ve both said that! So it won’t be for a while yet.”

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