John Toshack's job as manager of Wales would not have come under scrutiny from his bosses even if his side had lost their World Cup tie in Liechtenstein on Wednesday.

The Wales party headed home on Thursday, via Zurich, grateful for a 2-0 victory with goals from David Vaughan and Aaron Ramsey in their final qualifying Group Four match in Vaduz.

Toshack had come under considerable pressure in the build-up to the match, but the Football Association of Wales insisted that there was no chance he would have been sacked had they lost.

New FAW president Phil Pritchard said: "It was never something in our thoughts."

Pritchard was one of Toshack's main supporters when he got the job five years ago, and has made it clear he will continue to support the 60-year-old.

Pritchard added: "Many of the comments about John have come from people back home who have not been travelling with us to Finland and Liechtenstein and do not know the problems we have had."

Toshack is already planning for the next friendly against Scotland in Cardiff on November 14, and admits to being "aware" of the new FIFA rules that may allow Wales to add experienced players to their squad who were not born in the country.

New rules state that if a player has spent five years of his childhood at school in Wales, he can play for them. This will eliminate the problems that exists in the north and east of the country on the borders with England.

Families there find that the maternity hospitals for their areas are in Chester and Shrewsbury, which means that children are born English and later find they cannot play for Wales.

The new rules would have allowed Michael Owen, born in Chester but brought up in nearby Hawarden across the border, to have represented Wales while Ryan Giggs - who spent the majority of his schooling in Salford having been born in Cardiff - could have played for England.

Wales are looking at the prospect of calling up Stoke's Ryan Shawcross and St Mirren's Andy Dorman, both Wales schoolboys born across the border.

Toshack, though, suggests that the moves are "at an early stage" and are not likely to see additions for the Scotland match.

Wales have had 90 applications for their new chief executive position to replace secretary-general David Collins, who retires in the new year.

Wales aim to have a shortlist of between five and 10 to present to the November FAW council meeting, with a decision expected towards Christmas that would allow the new man to work in tandem with Collins before taking over in the New Year.

In-house applicants are believed to include head of compliance Paul Evans and Neil Ward from the FA Trust.