Very sad news. Nobody was more Cardiff City than him. Deepest condolences to his family and friends. RIP Joe
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Very sad news. Nobody was more Cardiff City than him. Deepest condolences to his family and friends. RIP Joe
Cardiff through and through.
As a child he lived above the greengrocers on Penarth Road and went to St. Patrick’s school before moving on to Fitzalen at 11.
Playtime at St.Pats was always football, usually with a tennis ball. At 8 or 9 years of age he was already a better player than anybody else, although often played in goal. Similarly playing on Saturday mornings in the schools league. I think it fair to say that as he got older his focus was very much on football than schoolwork. At 16 I started training with the City Youth on Tuesdays and Thursdays at Coronation Park. He was just a month younger than me but by that time he was already signed as a full time apprentice. Always enthusiastic, always determined, often crazy