Quote Originally Posted by Cyncoed Slumdog View Post
Your uncle was Dewi Lewis?
There was another occasion when Wales were catching a flight to East Germany and everyone sat down except a Committee man who didn't have a seat. The plane had been overbooked by one so they made Gil Reece get off and catch a later flight on his own so the Committee man could have his seat.
Yes he was. I met loads of players as a kid and used to go to Cardiff matches and sit with him in the press box. I don’t remember much other than the smell of pipe tobacco and scotch! Not that I was drinking and smoking as a nipper!