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Trevor Ford - The Authorised Biography (Paperback)
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Trevor Ford - The Authorised Biography (Paperback)
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Welsh football legend Trevor Ford was not your typical football
player from the forties and fifties. In a era where football club
owners held all the cards, and were more than happy with the
GBP20-a-week maximum wage given to the game's stars, Ford was a man
who knew his own worth and challenged the status quo. A fearsome
centre-forward loved by the fans he played for, and a villain to
the opposition, he filled stadiums and ruffled a few feathers on
and off the pitch. Born in Swansea in 1923, Ford played for Swansea
Town, spent three seasons as Aston Villa's top scorer, and in a
debut for Sunderland against Sheffield Wednesday, scored a
hat-trick, broke the opposing centre-half 's jaw, charged the
Wednesday ,keeper into the net and broke a goalpost. Returning to
his native Wales in 1953 to join Cardiff City, he was banned from
the game for two years after admitting receiving illegal payments
while at Sunderland. Ford left the Welsh capital in 1957 after more
run-ins with Cardiff manager Trevor Morris. He then joined PSV
Eindhoven in Holland as his two-year ban from the British game
kicked in, which may have led to his exclusion from the Welsh World
Cup squad of 1958. Join author Neil Palmer as he details the career
of a man whose goal tally was 175 goals in 349 games, scoring 23
goals for Wales in 38 appearances, making him Wales's second
highest goalscorer of all time.
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