A Bibliography of
Association Football in Wales

Compiled by Martin Johnes

Academic Works	Autobiographies	Biographies	Cardiff City
Fans' Perspective	Fiction and Poetry	Football Association of Wales	General Histories
League of Wales & its Clubs	Magazines & Fanzines	Miscellaneous	National Team
Newport County	Other Welsh Clubs	Swansea City	Web Sites
Welsh Cup	Wrexham		Explanatory Notes

Academic Works

Bale, J. R., 'Geographical Diffusion and the Adoption of Professionalism in England and Wales', Geography, vol. 63, 1978, 188-197.
Evans, Alun, Football on the Edge: The Relationship between Welsh Football Policy-Making and the British International Championship, M.A. Thesis, De Montfort University, 1996.
Frankenberg, Ronald, Village on the Border: A Social Study of Religion, Politics and Football in a North Wales Community (London, 1957).
Johnes, Martin, That Other Game: A Social History of Soccer in South Wales, c.1906-39, Univeristy of Wales Ph. D. Thesis, 1998.
Johnes, Martin, Fred Keenor: A Welsh Soccer Hero, The Sports Historian, Forthcoming, 1998.
Johnes, Martin, 'Irredeemably English?', Planet: The Welsh Internationalist, Forthcoming, 1998.
Lile, Brian & Farmer, David, 'The Early Development of Association Football in South Wales, 1890-1906', The Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, 1984, 193-215.
Wagg Stephen, 'The Missionary Position: Football in the Societies of Britain and Ireland', in Williams, John & Wagg, Stephen (eds.), British Football and Social Change: Getting into Europe (Leicester, 1991).

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Autobiographies

Barnes, Walley, Captain of Wales (London, 1953).
Burgess, Ron, Football: My Life (London, 1952).
Charles, John, King of Soccer (London: Stanley Paul, 1957).
Charles, John, The Gentle Giant (London: Stanley Paul, 1962).
Davies, Dai, Never Say Dai (Mold: Siop y Siswrn, 1986)
Davies, Dai, Hanner Cystal a 'Nhad (Mold: Siop y Siswrn, 1985)
Ford, Trevor, I Lead the Attack (London, 1957).
Giggs, Ryan, My Story (Manchester: Manchester United FC & Virgin, 1994).
Griffiths, Mervyn, Man in the Middle (London, 1958).
Hughes, Mark, Sparky: Barcelona, Bayern and Back (London: Cockeral Books, 1989).
Hughes, Mark, Hughesie! The Red Dragon: An Autobiography (Edinburgh: Mainstream, 1994).
Jones, Cliff, Forward with Spurs (London: Stanley Paul, 1962).
Kelsey, Jack, Over The Bar (London, 1958).
Murphy, Jimmy, Matt... United... and Me (London, 1968).
Paul, Roy, A Red Dragon Of Wales (London, 1956).
Ratcliffe, Kevin, The Blues and I (London: Arthur Baker, 1988).
Rush, Ian, Rush (London: 1985).
Reprinted in 1986 in paperback by Grafton Books with an extra chapter.
Rush, Ian, My Italian Diary (London: Arthur Baker, 1989).
Seed, Jimmy, The Jimmy Seed Story: Forty-three Years in First-class Football as Player and Manager (London, 1957).
Southall, Neville, Everton Blues: A Premier League Diary (Edinburgh: B & W, 1997).
Thomas, Clive, By the Book (London: Collins Willow, 1984).
Toshack, John, Tosh (London: Arthur Baker, 1982).

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Biographies

Harding, John, Football Wizard: The Story of Billy Meredith (Derby, 1985).
Jenkins, Geraint H., Cewri Bel-droed yng Nghymru (Llandysul, 1977).
Lile, Brian, 'Nice One Cyril!', The Footballer, vol.2, no.7, 1990.
Pyke, Philip, 'The Jones Dynasty', The Footballer, no.4, vol. 7, 1990.
Rowlands, A., 'Roy Paul: Red Dragon of Wales', The Footballer, vol.2, no.7, 1990.
Stennett, Ceri, The Soccer Dragons (Cardiff, 1987).
21 essays on former Welsh international players dating back to the Nineteenth Century.

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Cardiff City

Anon., Lets Talk about Cardiff City, Football Handbook Series, no.14 (London, 1946).
'Citizen' (Dewi Lewis), A Short History of Cardiff City AFC (Cardiff, 1952 edn.).
Crooks, John, Cardiff City Chronology, 1920-86 (Cardiff, 1986).
Crooks, John, The Bluebirds: A Who's Who of Cardiff City Football League Players (Pontypool, 1987).
Crooks, John, Cardiff City Football Club: The Official History of The Bluebirds (Harefield, 1992).
Jackson, Peter, Cardiff City Story (Cardiff, 1974).
Jenkins, Derrick & Stennett, Ceri, Wembley 1927 (Cardiff, 1985).
Morgan, J. H., ' ... Reviews Fifty Years of Sport in Cardiff', in Stewart Williams (ed.), The Cardiff Book, vol.1 (Barry, 1973), 19-36.
Shepherd, Richard, Cardiff City Football Club, 1899-1947, From Riverside to Richards (Chalford, 1996).

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Fans' Perspective

Abse, Dannie, 'Only Sixty-Four Years', in Simon Kuper (ed.), Perfect Pitch: 1) Home Ground (London, 1997), 115-131.
Reflections on a life-time supporting Cardiff City.
Minhinnick, Robert, 'Ryan's Republika', Planet: The Welsh Internationalist, 115, February/March 1996, 61-68.
A view of the Albania v. Wales, Euro '96 Qualifier.
Richards, Huw, 'The Gospel According to St John the Alchemist: Swansea City, 1978/9', in Hornby, Nick (ed.), My Favourite Year: A Collection of New Football Writing (London: Gollancz, 1994 edn.), 138-158.
Stead, Peter, 'Almost a Team', New Welsh Review, vol.4, no.3, Winter 1993-94, 25-28.
The myths and realities of being a life-long Welsh soccer fan in the aftermath of Wales's elimination from the 1994 World Cup.

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Fiction and Poetry

Abse, Danny, 'The Game', in Selected Poems (London, 1970).
Jenkins, Islwyn (ed.), 'Gwalia Deserta' part XXXIII, in The Collected Poems of Idris Davies (Llandysul, 1980 edn.).
Jenkins, G., Gol! (Talybont: Y Lolfa, 1983).
Toshack, John, Gosh it's Tosh (Duckworth, 1976).
Harri Webb, 'The Bluebirds' in Rampage and Revel (Llandysul, 1977), pp. 52-53.
Williams, Gareth, 'Postponing Death: Sport and Literature in Wales', New Welsh Review , no.35, vol. IX/IV, Spring 1997, 37-46.

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Football Association of Wales

Lerry, G. G., The Football Association of Wales: 75th Anniversary, 1876-1951 (Wrexham, 1952).

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General Histories

Corrigan, Peter, 100 Years of Welsh Soccer (Cardiff, 1976).
Lerry, G. G., Association Football in Wales, 1870-1924 (Oswestry, 1924).

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League of Wales and its Clubs

Garland, Ian & Gray-Thomas, Wyn, The Canaries Sing Again: A History of Caernarfon Town FC (Caernarfon, 1986).
Harvard, Robert & Thomas, Dennis, 'Lost Tribe or European Nation?', Planet: The Welsh Internationalist, 74, April/May 1989, 11-19.
An examination of the feasibility of a Welsh National Football League.
McInery, Jeff, The Linnets: An Illustrated History of Barry Town AFC (Cardiff, 1993).
Parry, Peter, Lile, Brian & Griffiths, Donald, The Old Black and Green: Aberystwyth Town, 1884-1984 (Aberystwyth, 1987).

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Magazines & Fanzines

Welsh Football
''The independent voice of Welsh soccer''. Bimonthly. Details from CollinsJC@Cardiff.ac.uk or 57 Thornhill Road, Rhiwbina, Cardiff, CF4 6PE.
Welsh Sport Cymru
Mainstream monthly magazine dedicated to Welsh sport. Regular football features. Contact details: Welsh Sport Cymru, The Excecutive Centre, Cathedral Road, Cardiff.

The following fanzines were still in production in Summer 1998. Subscription details etc. can be obtained from the magazine When Saturday Comes.
A470 (General)
Bring me the Head of Alun Evans (National team)
Linesman you're Rubbish (Aberystwyth Town)
38 Hours from Vilinius (Barry Town)
Twenty to Fine and Another Draw (Caernarfon Town)
The Oval Ball (Caernarfon Town)
Claret and Booze (Colwyn Bay)
Dial M for Merthyr (Merthyr Tydfil)
Tiny Taff's Adventures (Merthyr Tydfil)
The Brecon Road Beat (Merthyr Tydfil)
Run Lads, Shoot Lads, (Newport AFC)
Bobbing Along (Cardiff City)
O Bluebird of Happiness (Cardiff City)
Watch the Bluebirds Fly (Cardiff City)
Bluebird Jones (Cardiff City)
The Thin Blue Line (Cardiff City)
Jackanory (Swansea City)
Mouthful of Lead (Swansea City)
The Sheeping Giant (Wrexham)

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Miscellaneous

Davies, D. W., The Magalonians: 100 Years of Football in Machynlleth, 1885-1985 (1985)
Godwin, Paul, 'Soccer at the Pithead', in FA Book for Boys, no date, 29-32.
Photocopy available at Aberdare Public Library. Looks at amateur football in the south Wales coalfield.
Jenkins, Derrick, Football in Cardiff, 1888-1939 (Unpublished, 1984).
An extensive but unpublished book on all levels of football in Cardiff.
Jenkins, Gwyn, The History of the Aberystwyth & District League, 1934-1984 (Aberystwyth, 1984).
Jenkins, G. H., Dewch i Chwarae Pel-Droed, (Talybont: Y Lolfa, 1983).
Lloyd, Howard, Chware Teg (Llandybie, 1967).
Lloyd, Howard (gol.), Crysau Cochion: Cymry ar y Maes Chwarae (Llandybie, 1958).
McAllister, Laura, Taking Liberties:- The Politics of Football, Radical Wales, no.21, Spring 1989, pp. 14-15.
Matthews, John E., From Pit to Pitch: A Pictorial History of Football in Rhos (Rhosllannerchrugog, 1991).
Parry-Jones, David (ed.), Taff's Acre: A History and Celebration of Cardiff Arms Park (London, 1984).
Pressdee, Harry, 'Sporting Days', in Anne Eyles, In the Shadows of the Steelworks II (Cardiff, 1995), 109-115.
Features information on local and schoolboy football in Splott, Cardiff.
Williams, M. & Daniel, H. (eds.), Swansea Schools FA 75th Anniversary (Swansea, 1989).

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National Team

Davies, Gareth, M., Soccer: The International Line-Ups & Statistics Series - Wales, 1876-1960 (Cleethorpes, 1995).
Davies, Gareth M. & Garland, Ian, Who's Who of Welsh International Soccer Players (Wrexham, 1991).

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Newport County

Ambrosen, Tony, Ironsides: A Lifetime in the League: A Who's Who of Newport County (Harefield: Yore, 1991).
Ambrosen, Tony,Amber In The Blood: A History of Newport County (Harefield 1993).
Ambrosen, Anthony, Newport Go Out', The Footballer, no.1, vol.1, 1988.
Shepherd, Richard, The History of Newport County FC, 1912/13-1972/73 (Newport, 1973).
Shepherd, Richard, Newport County '79/80: A Season of Triumph (Newport, 1980).
Shepherd, Richard, Seventy Years of Newport County: A Pictorial History, 1912-82 (Newport, 1982).
Shepherd, Richard, Newport County Football Club, 1912-1960 (Chalford, 1997).

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Other Welsh Clubs

Anon., Heroes All: Borough United (Published by the club, 1964).
Slade, Arthur, 'Cardiff Corinithians AFC', The Cardiff Spectator, vol.2, no. 13, April 1961.
Barrett, C. & Davies, R., 100 Years of Spa Football, 1883-1983 (Llandridnod Wells, Published by the Club, 1983).
Jones, A. Y Darans: A History of Llanberis FC (Published by the Club, 1991).
Protheroe, G., 'Aberdare Athletic', Programme Monthly, no. 147, June 1993, 28-30.
Twydell, Dave, More Defunct FC: Club Histories and Statistics (Harefield, 1990).
Features chapter on Lovell's Atheltic.
Twydell, Dave, Rejected F.C. volume one: Histories of the Ex-Football League Clubs (Harefield, 1992 edn.).
Aberdare Atheltic covered on pages 10-27.
Twydell, Dave, Rejected F.C. volume two: Histories of the Ex-Football League Clubs (Harefield, 1995 edn.).
Merthyr Town/Tydfil covered on pages 196-229.
Watkins, David, 'Merthyr Town A.F.C., 1908-34', in Huw Williams (ed), Merthyr Tydfil: Drawn from Life (Merthyr, 1981), 70-89.
Watkins, David, Magic Moments of Merthyr Tydfil A.F.C (Merthyr: Published by the author, 1985).

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Swansea City

Burgum, John, Swansea City FC (Illustrated History) (Manchester, 1988).
Farmer, David, Swansea City 1912-82 (London, 1982).
Matthews, B. E., The Swansea City Story (Swansea, 1976).
Matthews, B. E.,The Swans: A History of Swansea City FC 1912-82 (Swansea, 1987).

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Web Sites

Web sites often come and go very quickly thus there is no guarantee that the below list is up-to-date.

FA of Wales (official Site)
Wales Teamtalk Site
Welsh Football Supporters Association
Aberystwyth Town
Aberystwyth Town
Bangor City
Barry Town
Cardiff City (official)
Cardiff City
Carmarthen Town
TNS Llansantfraid
Newport AFC
CPD Porthmadog
CPD Y Rhyl FC
Rhayader Town
Swansea City
Swansea City
Wrexham
Merthyr Tydfil

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Welsh Cup

Garland, Ian, The History of the Welsh Cup, 1877-1993 (Wrexham, 1993).
Lerry, G. G., (writing as XYZ), The Story of the Welsh Cup (Oswestry, 1933).

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Wrexham AFC

Davies, Pete, Twenty-Two Foreigners in Funny Shorts: The Intelligent Fan's Guide to Soccer and World Cup '94, (USA: Random House, 19xx). ISBN: 0-679 77493-9
Jones, A., The Official History of Wrexham AFC (Shrewsbury: Temple Publicity, 1974).
Jones, Peter, Wrexham: A Complete Record, 1872-1992 (Derby:Breedon Books, 1992).
Meredith, Don, Wrexham FC: Pen Portraits (Wrexham:Published by the author, 19??)
Review available at http://www.csm.uwe.ac.uk/~klhender/wxm/books/review1.htm

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Explanatory Notes

This bibliography has been compiled with the objectitive of acting as a starting point for all those seeking information on association football in Wales. It intends to be as extensive as possible. The only media that it does not cover are articles in mainstream newspapers and magazines.

References are given as follows:

Author, Title (Place of publication, date of publication).

Author, Title (Place of publication:publisher, date of publication).

Articles are listed as follows:

Author, 'Name of article', Title of book/journal, volume details etc., date, page numbers.

A future update will incorporate details of the publisher for all listed books and explanatory notes for the more obscure titles.

If you know of any ommisions from this bibliography or have have any other comments on it, please contact Martin Johnes on Johnes@cardiff.ac.uk

Many thanks / Diolch yn Fawr.

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A Bibliography of Association Football in Wales

Compiled by Martin Johnes

Academic Works

Autobiographies

Biographies

Cardiff City

Fans' Perspective

Fiction and Poetry

Football Association of Wales

General Histories

Wrexham AFC

Explanatory Notes

A Bibliography of
Association Football in Wales