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A miners son who became a globe-trotting sales director has revealed how he became friends with comedy king Sir Ken Dodd, who gave him two of his famous tickling sticks. During his long career Geoff Williams, raised in Llay, near Wrexham and now living in Southport, also rubbed shoulders with stellar names like singing superstar Sir Tom Jones, Hollywood actors Richard Burton and Jack Nicholson and Kop hero Bill Shankly. Another claim to fame was that the 88-year-old persuaded Leeds United...

The last time the British & Irish Lions won a series in South Africa, in 1997, it was the Scottish coaching duo of Ian McGeechan and Jim Telfer that masterminded the Springboks’ downfall. In 2021 New Zealander Warren Gatland will lead the Lions for a third time, but the Scotland national team coaching duo of Gregor Townsend and Steve Tandy will play a key role. Gatland, the former Wales coach, has never lost a series as Lions head coach – guiding them to a 2-1 win in Australia in 2013 and 1...

CPD Y Rhyl looks forward to summer kick off for competitive action Competitive football will return to Belle Vue in Rhyl for the first time since the formation of CPD Y Rhyl 1879 last year. CUP football competition dates for the 2021/22 season in Wales will begin earlier than usual as clubs return to action following a year of cancelled matches. The Football Association of Wales (FAW) said the first round of the Welsh Cup, which usually takes place in September, will instead be held on July...

THIS seasons Welsh Cup competition has been scrapped, the Football Association of Wales has had to concede. The Wales National Cup Board has announced that it has cancelled this seasons competition, after the ongoing Covid crisis made it impossible to make the competition viable. The 2019-20 national tournament was also cancelled, ahead of last years semi-finals, because of the pandemic. It means that the third-placed team in the Cymru Premier will now play in next seasons Uefa Europa C...

Haverfordwests Jack Wilson celebrates scoring against Bala Town at a previous game HAVERFORDWEST County AFC make a welcome return to action in the JD Cymru Premier this Saturday (6 March) when they begin their remaining phase one fixtures at home to Cardiff Met University. The Bluebirds then travel to face Aberystwyth Town next Tuesday, 9 March, before hosting The New Saints on 13 March, travelling to face Connahs Quay Nomads on 20 March, Newtown away on 27 March, and finally Penybont at ho...

Dai Davies, goalkeeper for Wales, Everton, Swansea and Wrexham – obituary He played 52 times for his country and reached the quarter-finals of the 1976 European Championship Dai Davies in 1979 Credit: Mark Leech Dai Davies, who has died of pancreatic cancer aged 72, played in goal for Everton, Wrexham and Swansea and won what was a record number of caps between the sticks for Wales. Having begun his career at Vetch Field, Davies came to wider notice at 22 when after only nine appearances for...

Dai Davies obituary: Former Wales goalkeeper dies aged 72 Last updated on Dai Davies kept a clean sheet in Wales win over England at Wembley in 1977 Former Wales goalkeeper Dai Davies has died at the age of 72. He had been in a hospice after being diagnosed with cancer. Davies was at one stage Wales most-capped keeper, making 52 appearances for his country over a seven-year period. His career spanned 17 years, starting at Swansea City, before moving on to Everton, Tranmere Rovers, Bangor City ...

Timothy Jones JOHN THOMAS My dad, who is no longer here, was a supporter of Wrexham AFC for more than  70 years. Even when he was very ill that didnt stop him supporting his team. He was a wheelchair user and was the first wheelchair user on the new platform which made his day. In his words, Wrexham is the name! Tracy Thomas JOHN ‘JAKEY’ JONES He sadly passed away in May 2020, aged 68. An avid supporter and season ticket holder for many years, he followed Wrexham for over 54 ye...

It was treated like a weakness if you don’t dust yourself down and carry on Michael Aylwin Adam Hughes © Photograph: Tom Dulat/Getty Adam Hughes, of Newport Gwent Dragons, is tackled by Scarlets players during an LV Anglo Welsh Cup match in 2011. Hughes and Neil Spence are joining a legal action over long-term brain injuries. At 30 years of age, Hughes is the youngest of the players to go public. His diagnosis is thus different: brain injuries and post-concussion syndrome, ...