1953

Think you answered it mate

 

oh yeh, "gives himself an uppercut"

 

the 3 left are the keeper Groves -born in Traedyrhiew, amateur international, Thomas - signed from Abergregnon Juniors and Williams - joined from Lougbor Rovers

 

gotta ask how one pronounces where Groves was born

 

its not spelled Troedyrhiw is it ..thats pronounced .....troyed ar ewe or the way you have it Tried ar ewe

 

it has Traedyrhiew near Merthyr Tydvil if that helps

 

...just googled it on the map and it looks like the programme has got it wrong spelling wise..or todays modern welsh has taken over, the only place i can find near Merthyr Tydfyl is ..Troedyrhiw .. pronounced .....troyed ar ewe......when the programme was published there was still a lot of industrialised/anglesised spelling and pronounciation around you can still see this in Llanelli for example you will see on older buildings "Llanelly" this might be the case with your programme it might have been the spelling of the time and has since reverted back to the original

 

thanks bongo, anyway missing three are Gwyn Groves (GK), David Thomas (FB) and Darwell Williams - dunno if any of you have heard of them.

 

DAI THOMAS Welsh International
2 caps 0 Goals

Born: Abercregan d.o.b: 1 August 1926

Position: Full Back

Teams Seasons Apps. Gls.
Source: Abercregan YMCA
Swansea Town 49-60 296 15
Newport County 61-63 58 1
to Hereford United

Totals 354 16

 

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got this from the history of Loughor rovers

 

Born: 24 July 1930
Birthplace: Merthyr Tydfil
Weight: kg
Height: m
Position: Goalkeeper

This is all i could find on Gwyn Groves he went on to play for hereford only played for the swans 27 times in 4 seasons being kept out by Johnny King

 

i have Welsh amateur international,born traedyrhiew near Merthyr Tydfil, had trials with Aston Villa and Bristol Rovers while at college, a six footer

for Thomas - born Cymmer near Port Talbot, signed for swansea from Abergregon Juniors, converted from inside forward this season and has also played at half back

 

as for Williams - joined Swansea from loughor juniors, and has played regularly for the last 2 seasons - all it says re him

 

a wonderful piece of football history from nearly 60 years ago and i am sure the players mentioned would be glad that some fans around today still remember them

 

Great to research them leads you to all sorts of amazing facts