The massive Wrexham AFC history thread (The sad case of a founding members and player of Wrexham...)

[Ruabon Red]

Fascinating piece on Harry Trainer:

The Wales striker with more criminal convictions than caps

Harry Trainer was a ‘crack centre-forward’ with a big future but he could not resist stealing jewellery, ****erels and hens

www.theguardian.com

 

[Rob]

Interesting nugget of "Coopers Lane" in that - now rebadged as Park Avenue !

 

[Wrexiled_In_Martyrdom]

If football history in Wrexham is your thing, I’m still shamelessly trying to push this to anyone that’s interested.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0DQ5X83DD/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?ie=UTF8&dib_tag=se&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.547fyXcZ4WSIf6CbWeqxUA.V9gMq-7fKjq8T1MCnLj86r6XLBGCVAXSiCNf4bgtDkk&qid=1734945679&sr=8-1

Also working on a book about Druids which should be out next year.

 

[Inside Left]

Fascinating piece on Harry Trainer:

The Wales striker with more criminal convictions than caps

Harry Trainer was a ‘crack centre-forward’ with a big future but he could not resist stealing jewellery, ****erels and hens

www.theguardian.com

Almost as bad a record of the player who scored the first goal under Wrexhams first floodlights in 1958.

 

[Wrexham Can]

Fascinating piece on Harry Trainer:

The Wales striker with more criminal convictions than caps

Harry Trainer was a ‘crack centre-forward’ with a big future but he could not resist stealing jewellery, ****erels and hens

www.theguardian.com

That was a really good read. Learned a lot of other stuff about football in those days too.
A lot more interesting than current stories about footballers stealing a wage

 

[Wrexiled_In_Martyrdom]

That was a really good read. Learned a lot of other stuff about football in those days too.
A lot more interesting than current stories about footballers stealing a wage

I think that story got a mention under the Westminster Rovers section in my Forgotten Clubs of Wrexham book.

 

[Wrexham Can]

I think that story got a mention under the Westminster Rovers section in my Forgotten Clubs of Wrexham book.

I just checked, yes it did, Quite a big entry for Westminster Rovers, a team that only existed for 8 years. I lot of 'skullduggery' seemed to go on in those days and they had their fair share of them