Ryan Giggs will this afternoon announce his retirement from international football.
This is a dark day for any Welsh football fan and, though we should have been expecting it, is the biggest bombshell to hit Toshack since he took up the job.
I was at Nuremberg when Ryan Giggs made his Welsh debut a frightening 16 years ago and I can well remember the excitement about the young Manchester United star.
Despite his current status where he is seen as a mentor for the young Welsh footballer, it was not always that way.
For a considerable period Giggs was quite unpopular with Welsh football fans who did not take warmly to his decision to avoid playing in friendlies for his country.
That, thankfully, changed a few years ago and, under Toshack, Giggs has probably been at his very best for Wales.
My personal highlights were a free kick he scored against Belgium and his part in those memorable nights in Cardiff against Italy and Germany. They were fantastic nights at a time when Welsh football was on a high.
Of course there has been plenty of heartbreak too. The Russia play-offs, the England matches and many others.
But today and Saturday we should put aside the team's current failings and the fact that one of the world's most outstanding players did not get the opportunity to perform on the world's stage.
In today's paper we urge Welsh football fans to make sure that Giggs' last game with the dragon on his heart is a memorable one.
The last report on ticket sales for the Czech match on Saturday was very disappointing with about 18,000 sold.
Welsh football fans owe it to Ryan Giggs to turn up in force to pay tribute to a man who is without question one of the finest players to wear the red shirt.