Dai Davies, the former Welsh international goalkeeper passed away this week at the age of 72.During Davies’s 17 years in the game, the Welshman played for Swansea City, Everton, Wrexham, Bangor City and also won 52 caps for Wales. Davies joined Everton from Third Division Swansea City in 1970, just after the Merseysiders had won […]
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Football’s Greatest Hat-Tricks No.8
This week’s ‘Greatest Hat-Trick’ comes from a Second Division match on 24th February 2004 between Bournemouth and Wrexham.It seems like a strange fixture to pick a hat-trick from, but all will come clear in a moment! Bournemouth were 3-0 up against their Welsh opponents when striker James Hayter came off the bench to replace Steve […]
Great FA Cup Runs No.4
Jamie Hewitt (second left) celebrates his equaliser in the 1997 FA Cup Semi-Final Chesterfield’s FA Cup run in 1997 went largely unnoticed by the majority of the nation until the Semi-Final stage, disappearing under the radar in the early rounds as they avoided all of the big guns. The first game on their FA Cup […]