Gwyn Jones (soccer player, 1935)
| Gwyn Jones | ||
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| Surname | Gwynfor Jones | |
| birthday | March 20, 1935 | |
| place of birth | Llandwrog , Wales | |
| position | Defense (left) | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| until 1955 | Caernarfon Town | |
| 1955-1962 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 21 (0) |
| 1962-1966 | Bristol Rovers | 153 (0) |
| FC Porthmadog | ||
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Gwynfor "Gwyn" Jones (born March 20, 1935 in Llandwrog ) is a retired Welsh football player . As a left defender , he was part of the expanded squad of Wolverhampton Wanderers , who won two English championships in a row and the FA Cup in 1960 in the seasons 1957/58 and 1958/59 .
Athletic career
Jones actually wanted to be a teacher, but after a charity game alongside Stanley Matthews , George Farm and other Welsh internationals for a selection from Bangor against the Wolverhampton Wanderers first team, he did not hesitate when asked by a Wolves official whether he didn't want to join them. So he discarded the idea of going to college in North Wales and within the next three months he represented the indisposed Bill Shorthouse in the 3-2 draw against West Bromwich Albion as a left defender on December 17, 1955 . He played his next two league appearances in the championship season 1957/58, including the 4-0 win over Manchester United . The club had reached its sporting climax at this point and Jones was mostly only the role of the supplementary player. Under coach Stan Cullis , he completed a total of 22 competitive games and when defending his title in the 1958/59 season he played in four other games. He was part of the team that defeated Nottingham Forest 3-1 in the English Supercup , but the next success, winning the 1960 FA Cup, he was not considered. At the end of the 1961/62 season he received a clearance for a club change and so Jones was hired by the Bristol Rovers , who had recently been relegated to the third division.
In just over four years Jones was a regular for the Rovers and he completed 153 third division games. Headline-grabbing was the 1963 bribery scandal against Bradford Park Avenue , in which Bristol goalkeeper Esmond Million had tried to involve him before the start of the game. When Million actually let a back pass in the first half intentionally, Jones reported the planned fraud during the break to the entire team, whereupon the scandal became public and the project failed. After the end of his time in Bristol, Jones let his active football career in the Welsh homeland end at Porthmadog FC . To do this, he made the coaching license and attended the same course as Bill McGarry in this regard . After completing his sports career, he worked in the office of an aluminum processing company for 22 years before taking early retirement at the age of 57.
Title / Awards
- FA Charity Shield (1): 1959
Web links
- Statistical data from the Post War English & Scottish Football League AZ Player's Database
- Profile on barryhugmansfootballers.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ "A Wolves Career From Nowhere" (Wolves Heroes)
- ↑ "Jones's Horror At Bribe Attempt" (Wolves Heroes)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jones, Gwyn |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jones, Gwynfor |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | welsh football player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 20, 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Llandwrog |