I worked in the Library at The western Mail and Echo between 1971-75. The library provided support to both the editorial and sports departments. My Department was situated next door to sports which was then occupied by Peter Jackson, Karl Woodward and JBG Thomas. JBG was the rugby writer and Woodward and Jackson used to cover mainly the footy for CCFC and Cwnty.
Peter with a few of the journalists played Sunday League Football at Pontcanna for a team combo with the BBC, under BBC flag. I had a few games on the wing.
He was a very good keeper in an average side.
This was a few years before he left for the Mail. He was a City man through and through then and I have no reason from our several chats that he would ever be anything else.
Karl Woodward also spoke well of city but did not play himself. Karl also covered the boxing and one or two other sports. Both divided their time writing for the popular pink sports paper and covered all the local league stuff.
Chris Stuart joined the Western Mail as a young Journo and later became Peter’s replacement and Chris went onto presenting for BBC and BBC Sports radio commentary with shared duties with fellow Western Mail Journo Grahame Lloyd. Grahame hailed from Lincoln but became a firm City fan and I believe is published. He now works in England somewhere but also used to provide radio commentary for City and Wales games.
I last talked to Grahame after I left the WM and E on the Canton stand at Ninian Park post 1975.
All good people.
JBG Thomas did not want to talk about anything else but egg.