Jim Eadie
Bill Irwin
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Peter Zois
Jim Eadie
Bill Irwin
Marshall
Dibble
Healey
Dibble
Ron Healey
Mel Rees could have been a Welsh regular.
Graham Vearnacombe for me.
Not necessarily the best but my favourite and one of the best....Billy Irwin.
Lee Smelt was bloody dreadful
He was a free transfer from Halifax if I remember correctly when we were on our knees
He wasn’t even wanted by ruddy Halifax
Best keeper I saw in a City Shirt even if it was for a very short time was Kasper Scmiechal
David Marshall not far behind
The late Ron Healey at number one keeper.
George Wood the top character. Best remembered for his heroic stops at an FA Cup replay at Gloucester City. That night would deserve a chapter in a tome detailing the club's glorious hooligan culture of yesteryear. It was an orgy of violence that night. In its wake the Gloucester chairman paid tribute to an element of the travelling support whom he described as "subhuman."
Ron Healey.
Graham Vearncombe (born locally)
Fred Davies - best keeper of all, without doubt as Sludge would say end of fred
Sorry to be picky - but Dilwyn John was from Ystrad. His father was the steward of Ystrad Labour Club. Dilwyn was a guest at one of my birthday parties and ended up fighting with everyone.
I believe his father then moved on to Canton Liberal Club.
I suppose it's possible the Dilwtn was born in Tonypandy but I never heard it mentioned.
I think he was too small to be a top keeper, often bullied by opposing forwards.
He certainly was a decent snooker player.
Pretty sure he was BORN in Tonypandy, even though he might have LIVED in Ystrad. It sticks in my mind because at the time I was gainfully employed with the now defunct Midland Bank in Tonypandy(!). Agree he was on the small side, but my goodness he made some tremendous saves. Certainly he went on to a glorious snooker career.
Halloworth was it qpr the penalty saves
Best goalkeeper I ever seen in a Cardiff City shirt, was Neville Southall