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894189418941894 894189418941894 894189418941894 894189418941894 894189418941894 894189418941894 894189418941894 894 'WIN' 1894 SAVES 1894 SWANS 1894 City In Cartoons with club historian David Woods Wales the following season Unfortunately, City were unable 8941894 was more appealing to 1894 some of to take advantage of 1894 this helping 1 2 the players than a visit to Notts hand, which followed on from Walker 2 Len Allchurch 25, County. Indeed, so great was this their highly suspicious Easter Terry 53 opinion among the City faithful double over Ipswich, and rumours 894 26th April 1958 1894 that the esteemed local 1894 journalist circulating of inducements 1894 being Football League Division Two David Foot, in the Pink ‘Un, felt refused by both Huddersfield Town it necessary to deny such a and Leyton Orient. 894189418941894 This Bob Bennett scenario. cartoon, from the City: Anderson; Briggs, Thresher; Bristol Evening It would, however, seem that the McCall, Alan Williams, Burden; Post of April 28th spectators were correct as many Hinshelwood, Walker, Atyeo, 894 1958, was for City’s controversial 1894 years later City’s George 1894 Walker Etheridge, Watkins1894 meeting with Swansea Town, who remarked that he was told to take Swansea Town: King; Thomas, won to escape from the jaws of it easy after firing in the early Griffiths; Woods, Daniel, Brown; relegation. opener and it can be considered Len Allchurch, Mel Charles, Terry, 8941894 strange that two seasons 1894 later Ivor Allchurch, Beech 1894 Many were of the opinion that Swansea fielded a team of Referee: Ken Aston (Ilford) City took it easy to gift the Swans youngsters against the struggling Attendance: 18,029 (receipts the points, as a trip to South Robins at the Vetch. £1,872.12s.6d) 894189418941894 30 | T HE ROB NS Swansea City
1894 1894 1894189 1894 YOU 1894 CAN 1894189 1894 QUOTE 1894 ME 1894189 ON THAT 1894 1894 1894189 STEVE SMITH LOOKS BACK 1894 AT A RARE INTERVIEW 1894 WITH 1894189 CITY GREAT BILLY WEDLOCK 1894 1894 1894189 Our first superstar However, it was touch and go for here at Ashton Billy as he was not the original Gate was choice – Newcastle’s Colin undoubtedly Veitch was already pencilled 1894 1894 1894189 Billy Wedlock, the diminutive in. “But Veitch was injured in a five foot, six-and-a-half inch league game on Saturday. Late dynamo of the pre-First World on Saturday night, a telegram Above: Pages from Charles Buchan’s 1894 War era who remains our 1894 was sent to tell me I was 1894 needed Football Monthly dated April 189 1963. most capped England player to at Bramall Lane on Monday. But date. because I had been away from Bristol playing for my own club, at work while I was on the train,” 1894 Aged 82, here he recalls to John 1894 that information did not get 1894 he said. “I thought I would 189 not Macadam from Charles Buchan’s to me until the early hours of be able to do myself justice in Football Monthly in April 1963 Sunday,” Wedlock was quoted. that game after all the rush and what game gave him the most worry of getting across country, 1894 pleasure: “It was between the 1894 With no trains running from 1894 Bristol but I evidently pleased 189 those Amateurs and Professionals to Yorkshire that day, time was of who chose our teams, for it was at Bramall Lane, Sheffield, the essence, and it was doubtful if this match that was my stepping and played on a Monday. We Wedlock would make the game at stone to the English eleven.” 1894 1894 1894189 Professionals won by 4-2, and it all. The only option was the next was through this match that I got train on Monday morning and he All this happened in December my chance to play for England.” just about made it for kick-off! 1906 and two months later 1894 1894 1894 Billy, aged 26, took the 189 field at Wedlock went on to set a record “I changed into my football Goodison Park to make his first of 25 consecutive caps between clothes on the train, and stepped England appearance in a 1-0 win February 16th 1907 versus out at Sheffield all ready to take over Ireland. In his seven-year 1894 Ireland, and March 23rd 1912 1894 the field. It’s a fair stretch 1894 from England career Wedlock 189 got on against Scotland. He won his the station to Bramall Lane, and the score sheet twice, the first 26th and final cap on March 16th there were only a few minutes to coming in a 7-1 thumping of 1914 against Wales. the kick-off. But wires had been Wales on March 16th 1908. 1894 1894 1894189 THE ROB NS Swansea City | 31
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Page 8 and 9: SWANSEA CITY FORMED 1912 CLUB FACTS
Page 10 and 11: SWANSEA CITY KEY PLAYER JAMIE PATER
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