Quote Originally Posted by Boanagers View Post
Alf Sherwood has always fascinated me, the first three years of his career were war years and would have probably bumped up his appearances even further, sub keeper for club and country, my father, who was from Penrhiwceiber used to wax lyrical about how tough he was, even after leaving the City he clocked up over 200 appearances for Newport and further Welsh caps and apparently a gentleman to top it off.
Don’t know if it’s true or not, but my Dad used to tell me that Stanley Matthews would often cry off from Blackpool visits to Ninian Park because Sherwood always marked him out of the game.