Another gem from the Carmarthen programme
Enjoyed the snippets column from Aled Jones in the Carmarthen Town AFC match programme last Saturday.
The snippets included -
Almost half of the Blackburn Rovers Team of Season 1952-53 had surnames of future British Prime Ministers - Wilson, Callaghan, Heath, Thatcher and Brown!
In the Arsenal v Bolton Wanderers match in the season 1910-1, Willie Thompson, playing in the all-red Jersey of Arsenal had his right sleeve completely torn off by an opponent's foul challenge.
Thompson was so 'buoyed' by the desecration of his shirt that he subsequently scored a 'hat-trick'! So prominent and white was his visible right arm that it was considered a 'lucky-omen' by the chairman and so the famous Arsenal kit of today was born!
The Sheffield Wednesday full back of the 60s and 70s Wilf Smith was really Wolfgang Schmidt from Wolfsbui, Germany, who believed that the 'adoption' of the name Wilf Smith was more appropriate for the English game!
Plymouth Argyle are so-called as their founder in 1891 - the Reverend Angus Macintosh - was a proud Scot who believed it would be a nice addition to the town team name, even though Plymouth and Argyleshire are 400 miles apart!
The snippets included -
Almost half of the Blackburn Rovers Team of Season 1952-53 had surnames of future British Prime Ministers - Wilson, Callaghan, Heath, Thatcher and Brown!
In the Arsenal v Bolton Wanderers match in the season 1910-1, Willie Thompson, playing in the all-red Jersey of Arsenal had his right sleeve completely torn off by an opponent's foul challenge.
Thompson was so 'buoyed' by the desecration of his shirt that he subsequently scored a 'hat-trick'! So prominent and white was his visible right arm that it was considered a 'lucky-omen' by the chairman and so the famous Arsenal kit of today was born!
The Sheffield Wednesday full back of the 60s and 70s Wilf Smith was really Wolfgang Schmidt from Wolfsbui, Germany, who believed that the 'adoption' of the name Wilf Smith was more appropriate for the English game!
Plymouth Argyle are so-called as their founder in 1891 - the Reverend Angus Macintosh - was a proud Scot who believed it would be a nice addition to the town team name, even though Plymouth and Argyleshire are 400 miles apart!
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