Dave Powell was born in the village, and rose to become a full Welsh International footballer, gaining 11 caps. This is what was said of him after his International debut against Italy; One of the real discoveries of recent Welsh football. Made his Welsh debut against West Germany twelve months ago while still with Fourth Division Club, Wrexham. He was the Welsh emergency centre half choice against Italy in October when he had an outstanding match against Pietro Anastasi, at £440,000 the world's costliest footballer. Many more Welsh caps to come.
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DAVE POWELL,
WELSH INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALLER
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WREXHAM F.C. ANNUAL This Dolgarrog boy who gained a full International cap last season in assisting Wales against West Germany in Cardiff. With a wonderful turn of speed in recovery and following a natural progress from his groundstaff days, he is sure to have a future. |
Dave Powell was born in Dolgarrog in 1944. He played for
He played as a wing half or centre half.
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Dolwyddelan FC
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Gwydyr Rovers
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Penmaenmawr FC
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Llanfairfechan Town
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Mochdre Youth
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Machno United
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Trefriw Spa FC
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Llanddulas FC
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Colwyn Bay FC Res
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Betws y Coed FC
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Deganwy United
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1962/63 Division 3 9th
Wrexham took him on their groundstaff in January 1962 and after graduating through the ‘A’ and ‘B’ teams to the reserves, who played in the Cheshire League. He was given his first team debut against Bristol Rovers away, on the 11th May 1963, whilst an amateur, signing professional forms three days later.
It soon became clear that he was destined for greater things and although his only club honour with Wrexham was a Welsh Cup runners-up medal, he gained four Under-23 caps and 11 full caps, playing his debut in May 1968 against
He played 4 league games for Wrexham during the 1962/63 season.
1963/64 Division 3 23rd Relegated
In 1963/64 Dave made 14 league appearances, 3 in the F.A. Cup and 1 in the Welsh Cup.
1964/65 Division 4 14th
He made 25 league appearances in 1964/65 scoring 1 goal, 5 games in the Welsh Cup and 1 game in the Football League Cup.
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WELSH CUP FINAL 1964/65
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1st leg: 12 April 1965 at Ninian Park, Cardiff
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Cardiff C: Wilson, P Rodriques, C Baker,
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The Wrexham team which lost in the third Welsh Cup Final game at Shrewsbury against Cardiff City. Dave Powell is third from the right.
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On the 9th January 2008, Llanelli AFC beat Wrexham 4-2 in the Quarter Final of the FAW Premier Cup. The clubs met in another quarter final - The Welsh Cup on the 17th February 1964. The FAW quarter final programme reproduced both teams from the game played 44 years earlier.Dave Powell appears at No. 6, a game which Wrexham won 3-0. My grateful thanks to Hugh Roberts, Editor of Llanelli's excellent programme, for allowing me to reproduce it here. Visit Llanelli's website via our links page. |
1965/66 Division 4 24th Re-elected
1965/66 saw him wearing Wrexham’s shirt 32 times in the League scoring once, and one game as a substitute, 2 in the FA Cup, 1 in the Welsh Cup, and 1 in the League Cup.

Dave is fourth from the right, back row.
1966/67 Division 4 7th
In 1966/67 he made 26 league appearances, scoring 1 goal, 3 in the Welsh Cup scoring 1 goal and 1 in the League Cup.

1967/68 Division 4 8th
In 1967/68 he made 27 League appearances, again scoring 1 goal, and 1 as a substitute, 2 in the F.A. Cup, and 1 in The Welsh Cup.

Dave is third from the left in the middle row.
1968/69 Division 4 9th
In his last season as a Wrexham player 1968/69, he made 4 League appearances, his last match against
His total appearances during his Wrexham career are as follows;
132 League games and 2 as substitute, scoring 4 goals; 5 F.A. Cup games; 11 in the Welsh Cup; 4 in the Football League Cup. 154 games, including substitute appearances and 5 goals in total.
Detailed below are all the league and cup matches in which
Dave Powell played during his career as a
Wrexham professional footballer
| OPPONENTS | 1962/3 DIV 3 9th |
1963/4 DIV 3 23rd Rel |
1964/5 DIV 4 14th |
1965/6 DIV 4 24th Re-el |
1966/7 DIV 4 7th |
1967/8 DIV 4 8th |
1968/9 DIV 4 9th |
| ALDERSHOT |
HW4-0 |
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HW2-1 |
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| BARNSLEY |
HW6-3 |
HD2-2 |
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| BARROW |
HD3-3 |
HW3-1 |
HD1-1 |
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| BOURNEMOUTH | HW1-0 | ||||||
| BRADFORD |
AD0-0 |
HW3-2 |
HW6-0 |
HW3-0 |
HW3-0 |
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| BRADFORD CITY | HW3-2 | HD1-1 | |||||
| BRENTFORD | HD0-0 AD1-1 |
AD0-0 |
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| BRIGHTON & H A | HD0-0 | HL1-2 | |||||
| BRISTOL CITY | HD1-1 AL0-4 |
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| BRISTOL ROVERS | AD1-1 |
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| CARLISLE UTD | HD0-0 | ||||||
| CHESTER CITY | AL1-6 |
HW2-1 AL2-4 |
HW3-1 |
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| CHESTERFIELD | HL1-2 AD0-0 |
HW3-2 |
HW3-0 |
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| COLCHESTER | HL2-3 AD1-1 |
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| CREWE ALEX | AW2-1 |
AL0-1 |
HL1-4 AW1-0 |
AW2-1 |
HW1-0 A D 0-0 |
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| DARLINGTON |
HW4-2 |
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HL0-2 |
HW4-3 |
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| EXETER CITY | HD0-0 | HD0-0 | |||||
| HALIFAX TOWN | AL1-2 |
HD2-2 |
HW4-0 AL1-3 |
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| HARTLEPOOL UTD | AL0-1 | A-L2-4 | AL1-2 | AL0-3 | |||
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HW4-2 |
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AD2-2 |
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| PORT VALE | AL0-5 |
HW1-0 AL0-1 |
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| READING | HL0-3 AL1-2 |
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| ROCHDALE | HL0-1 AL1-2 |
HD2-2 AL0-6 |
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| SOUTHEND UTD | HL1-3 |
HW2-0 |
HW4-1 AL1-3 |
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HD1-1 |
AD2-2 |
HD1-1 |
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| STOCKPORT COUNTY | AL2-3 |
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HD2-2 |
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AD0-0 |
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| WORKINGTON TOWN | HW5-0 AW2-1 |
AD0-0 |
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| CHESTER CITY | HW3-0 | AL1-4 | AD0-0 | ||||
| CARDIFF CITY | HW1-0 AL1-5 NL0-3 |
HL1-3 |
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| MERTHYR TYDFIL | HW7-1 |
WREXHAM PLAYERS WHO APPEARED FOR THE CLUB IN THE LEAGUE, DURING THE SAME SEASONS AS DAVE POWELL
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65/6 Div4 |
66/7 Div4 |
67/8 Div4 |
68/9 Div4 |
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Barnes K |
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34 |
24 |
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Barnes R. |
45 |
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Bellett |
2 |
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Bennion |
3 |
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Colbridge |
40 |
38 |
24 |
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Evans |
17 |
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Fox |
44 |
27 |
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38 |
28 |
43 |
38 |
43 |
44 |
26 |
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11 |
20 |
35 |
19 |
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Jones P |
46 |
34 |
39 |
27 |
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Jones T |
28 |
18 |
1 |
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Keelan |
44 |
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McGowan |
35 |
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1 |
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Metcalf |
29 |
18 |
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Parrish |
2 |
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1 |
1 |
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Phythian |
35 |
45 |
41 |
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Powell |
4 |
14 |
27 |
32 |
26 |
27 |
4 |
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Roberts |
1 |
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1 |
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Simpkins |
2 |
2 |
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Thurnham |
2 |
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Whitehouse |
28 |
6 |
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Bent |
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9 |
1 |
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Dunlop |
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2 |
13 |
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Fleet |
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24 |
33 |
22 |
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Gillespie |
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3 |
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Johnson |
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17 |
10 |
1 |
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Jones A |
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18 |
2 |
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Lambert |
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5 |
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Mayers |
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21 |
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McGill |
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17 |
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McMillan |
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20 |
38 |
40 |
45 |
6 |
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Morrall |
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22 |
20 |
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Myerscough |
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35 |
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Owen |
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3 |
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Robertson |
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24 |
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Butt |
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3 |
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2 |
34 |
5 |
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Jones H |
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6 |
7 |
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King |
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27 |
18 |
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Lambourne |
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5 |
10 |
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McClelland |
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32 |
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Mielczarek |
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24 |
22 |
22 |
8 |
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Smith |
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3 |
20 |
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44 |
39 |
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Turner |
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1 |
24 |
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Webber |
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28 |
45 |
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Williams |
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24 |
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Beighton |
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23 |
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Edwards |
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1 |
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Hannigan |
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7 |
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Harding |
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9 |
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Hughes |
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9 |
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Kinsey |
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14 |
36 |
37 |
37 |
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Lloyd J |
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1 |
1 |
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Lucas |
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33 |
18 |
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Mason |
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19 |
9 |
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19 |
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Rawlings |
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1 |
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Stacey |
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15 |
46 |
34 |
6 |
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Wall |
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12 |
3 |
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Wood |
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1 |
1 |
2 |
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Booth |
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3 |
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2 |
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Carrick |
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18 |
2 |
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Evans |
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36 |
3 |
13 |
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Grant |
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6 |
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Jones |
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1 |
3 |
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Lloyd G |
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13 |
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McLoughlin |
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26 |
1 |
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Oldfield |
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39 |
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Schofield |
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46 |
6 |
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Showell |
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16 |
32 |
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Turner |
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34 |
18 |
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Weston |
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13 |
29 |
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Beanland |
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42 |
42 |
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Bermingham |
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32 |
39 |
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Bradbury |
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38 |
39 |
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Davis |
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8 |
30 |
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Ingle |
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29 |
31 |
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Livesey |
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33 |
38 |
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Moir |
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21 |
41 |
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Reeves |
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7 |
8 |
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Charnley |
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19 |
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1 |
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Mackreath |
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1 |
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May |
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45 |
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Purdie |
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3 |
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Sykes |
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1 |
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Tinnion |
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63/4 |
64/5 |
65/6 |
66/7 |
67/8 |
68/9 |
SHEFFIELD UNITED
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1968/69 Division 2 9th
1968/69 season saw Dave play alongside players such as Colin Addison, Tony Currie, Gil Reece and Alan Woodward. In his first season at Sheffield United, he played 27 League matches.
1969/70 Division 2 6th
In 1969/70 he made 31 League appearances, scoring 1 goal.
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Dave is standing second from the right, in the back row,
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Sheffield United 1 |
1970/71 Division 2 2nd Promoted
In 1970/71 he wore the red and white striped shirt and black shorts another 31 times in the League.

Sheffield United Division Two 1970-71 Dave's League Opponents Div 2 1970/71 Played in same team & season League Appearances AW 1-0 24 Hodgkinson AW 3-1 42 Badger HD 2-2 40 Hemsley HD 3-3 41 Colquhoun AD 1-1 10 Flynn HD 2-2 42 Woodward Charlton Athletic HW 3-0 AW 2-0 9 Barnwell HL 1-2 AD 1-1 11 HW 2-1 42 Currie Middlesborough HD 1-1 27 Reece Millwall AW 2-1 26 Salmon 40 Dearden Orient HW 3-1 21 Tudor HW 3-0 AW2-1 13 Barlow HW 2-0 AW 5-1 1 Crawford HD 1-1 AD2-2 2 Heaton HW 2-2 17 Hope HW 1-0 AD 0-0 17 Hockey HW 2-1 7 Ford AD 0-0 32 Powell 1 Buckley
Back row: Len Badger, John Flynn, Tony Currie, Colin Addison,
Geoff Salmons.
Middle row: Ted Hemsley, David Powell, Alan Hodgkinson,
Peter Crawford, Eddie Colquhoun, John Tudor.
Front row: Frank Barlow, Pat Buckley, Alan Woodward,
Billy Dearden, Gil Reece, John Barnwell.
FOOTBALL LEAGUE CUP
3RD ROUND
7TH OCTOBER 1970
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 2 V 1 SHEFFIELD UNITED

Dave Powell, centre, looks on as the ball enters the net for Spurs' first goal, scored by Jimmy Pearce. Chivers scored their second. Attendance 23,559.
Spurs' team; Jennings, Kinnear, Knowles,Mullery, England, Beal, Gilzean, Perryman, Chivers, Peters, Morgan (sub Pearce)
1971/72 Division 1 10th

Dave is second from the right, back row.
Although Dave was registered with Sheffield United for the whole season, he did not make an appearance. PLEASE CONTINUE TO SCROLL DOWN - FAULT ON PAGE. SINCERE APOLOGIES.
1972/73 Division 2 20th
Dave stayed at
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WELSH CUP FINAL 1972/73
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1st leg: 4 April 1973 at Farrar Rd, Bangor
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Bangor City
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1-0
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Marsden
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Bangor C: Clarke, K Williams, Jones, A Smith, R Hughes, D Atherton,
C Penrose, Crossley, Marsden, J Hughes, Brodie, sub Nicklin |
Cardiff C: W Irwin, P Dwyer, G Bell, A Couch, D Murray, L Phillips, W Kellock, A McCulloch, D Showers, A Woodruff, W Anderson, |
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Cardiff City Welsh Cup Winners 1972/73 Dave Powell seated second from left
1973/74 Division 2 17th
1974/75 Division 2 21st Relegated
Dave played 6 League games for Cardiff in his final season, before injury forced his retirement from the game
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Aston Villa |
AL0-2 |
HL0-1 |
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HW1-0 |
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AL0-1 |
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AL0-4 |
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Brighton & Hove A. |
HD1-1 |
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HL1-3 |
HL0-1 |
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AL0-1 |
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HL0-1 AL0-3 |
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Fulham |
AD1-1 |
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AD1-1 |
HL1-2 |
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AL0-1 |
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HW2-0 AL0-2 |
AL0-3 |
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HD1-1 |
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Orient |
HW2-1 AD0-0 |
AW2-1 |
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HW2-1 |
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AL0-1 |
AD2-2 |
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HW3-0 AD0-0 |
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AL0-5 |
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HW4-1 |
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AL0-3 |
HW2-1 AD1-1g |
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West Bromwich |
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HW3-2 |
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H/A Home/Away |
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Table shows those who played in the same team as Dave and their appearances in the seasons.
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Players |
72/3 |
73/4 |
74/5 |
Players |
72/3 |
73/4 |
74/5 |
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Irwin |
37 |
33 |
33 |
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15 |
27 |
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Carver |
7 |
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Parsons |
1 |
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41 |
29 |
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McInch |
1 |
2 |
9 |
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Phillips |
42 |
37 |
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King |
1 |
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36 |
35 |
9 |
Villars |
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14 |
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Gibson |
9 |
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Carlin |
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22 |
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11 |
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Farrington |
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19 |
4 |
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Woodruff |
31 |
22 |
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Smith |
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14 |
20 |
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Kellock |
28 |
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Witham |
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4 |
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Powell |
16 |
14 |
6 |
Healey |
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9 |
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Reece |
23 |
24 |
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Pethard |
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41 |
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Foggon |
5 |
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Charles |
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15 |
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Showers |
16 |
9 |
33 |
Impey |
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4 |
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Dwyer |
31 |
42 |
37 |
Sayer |
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8 |
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Vincent |
24 |
17 |
17 |
Morgan |
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31 |
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Rees |
2 |
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Buchanan |
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29 |
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McCulloch |
26 |
32 |
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Finneston |
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9 |
WELSH YOUTH INTERNATIONALS
1961/62 v Ireland (Newtownards)
Ireland v Wales
1961/62 v England (Swindon)
England v Wales
1961/62 v Scotland (Bangor)
Wales v Scotland
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Programme Player Profile;
DAVID POWELL (Wrexham) centre half back. Made a good impression in his first game for
WELSH UNDER 23 INTERNATIONALS
Dave was capped 4 times at Under 23 level
1966/67 v England (Molineaux)
England 8 v 0 Wales
12th October 1966
1966/67 v N. Ireland (Belfast)
N Ireland 2 v 1 Wales
22 February 1967
Wales; D Walker (York C), R Thomas (Swindon T), J Collins (Tottenham H), D Powell (Wrexham), Roberts (Swansea T), Tom Walley (Watford), J Thomas (Newport), Evans (Wrexham), D Hawkings (Leeds Utd), G Humphreys (Everton), J Mahoney (Crewe A)
19667/68 v England (Swansea)
Wales 1 v 2 England
1 November 1967
Wales; D Walker (York C), G Coldrick (Cardiff C) J Collins (Tottenham H), D Powell (Wrexham), R Mielczarek (Huddersfield T), G Thomas (Swansea T), B Lewis (Cardiff C), D Hawkings (Leeds Utd), W Jones (Bristol) J Roberts (Leeds Utd), Tom Walley (Watford)
1967/68 v N Ireland (Cardiff)
Wales 0 v 1 N Ireland
20th March 1968
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The teams were as printed above, apart from the two substitues who were;
Wales; Roberts, Northern Ireland; McNeil
FULL WELSH INTERNATIONALS
Altogether Dave won 11 full Welsh International caps.
1967/68 v
Scorers; Wyn Davies v
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Wales; Millington, Thomas, Green, Powell, England, Hole, Rees, Wyn Davies, Ron Davies, Durban, Cliff Jones.
West Germany;
WORLD CUP QUALIFIER
1968/69 v Italy (Cardiff)
Wales 0 v 1 Italy

Wales; Millington, Thomas, G. Williams, Burton, Powell, Hole, Rees, Wyn Davies, Ron Davies, Green (sub B. Jones), Cliff Jones
Italy; Zoff, Burgnich, Facchetti, Rosato, Salvadore, Castano, Domenghini, Rivera, Anastasi, De Sista, Riva.
HOME INTERNATIONALS
1968/69 v Scotland (Wrexham)
Wales 3 v 5 Scotland
3rd May 1969
Scorers; Ron Davies 2, Toshack v McNeill, Stein, Gilzean, Bremner, McLean
Wales; Sprake, Derrett (sub Rees), Green, Durban, Burton, Powell, Moore, Toshack, Ron Davies, Wyn Davies, B. Jones.



Scotland; Lawrence (sub Herriot), Gemmell, McCreadie, Bremner, McNeill, Greig, McLean, Murdoch, Stein, Gilzean, Cooke.
1968/69 v England (Wembley)
England 2 v 1 Wales
Scorers; R. Charlton, Lee Ron Davies
Programme's Player Profile;


DAVE POWELL (Sheffield United)
Born Dolgarrog. Transferred to United from Wrexham for £20,000 earlier this season. Deputised for Hennessey against West Germany ans was a great success. Known as Mr "Versatility", Powell can play in almost any role. Manager Dave Bowen regards him as one of the finds of the season who will play for Wales for many years. Graduated through the Under-23 side and a former target of Cardiff City. Fourth cap. Height 5 ft 10 ins. Weight 10 st 10 lbs.
England; West, Newton, Cooper, Moore, J. Charlton, Hunter, Lee, Bell, Astle, Charlton R., Ball
Wales; Sprake, Rodrigues, Thomas, Durban, Powell, Burton, B. Jones, Ron Davies, Toshack, Wyn Davies, Moore
1968/69 v N.Ireland (Belfast)
N. Ireland 0v0 Wales 10 May 1969
N Ireland; Jennings, Craig, Elder, Todd, Neill, Nicholson, Best, McMordie, Dougan, Jackson, Clements
Wales; Sprake, Rodrigues (sub Green) Thomas, Durban, Powell, Burton, B. Jones, Ron Davies, Toshack, Wyn Davies, Moore
WORLD CUP QUALIFYING GAME
1969/70 v
Wales 1 v 3 E Germany
Wales; Sprake, Rodrigues, Thoams, Hennessey, England, Powell, Durban, Krzywicki, Wyn Davies, Toshack, Rees. (Dave Powell scored the Wesh goal)
East Germany; Croy, Fraessdorf, Urbanczyk, Seehaus, Bransch, Koerner, Stein, Loewe, Frenzel, Irmscher, Vogel.
The following games were in the Home International Championships.
1969/70 v England (Cardiff)
Wales 1 v 1 England
18th April 1970
England; Banks, Hughes, Wright, Mullery, Labone, Bobby Moore, Lee, Ball, Bobby Charlton, Hurst, Peters.
1969/70 v Scotland (Hamden Park) -
22nd April 1970
Scotland; Cruickshank, Callaghan, Dickson, Greig, McKinnon, Moncur, McLean, Hay, Stein, O'Hare, Carr, Sub Lennox
Wales; Millington, Rodrigues, Thomas, Hennessey, England, Powell, Krzywicki, Durba, Ron Davies, Moore, Rees.
1969/70 v
Wales 1 v 0 N Ireland
25th April 1970
Wales; Millington, Rodrigues, Thomas, Hennessey, England, Powell, Krzywicki, Durban, Ron Davies, Moore, Rees.
Northern Ireland; McFaul, Craig, Nelson, O'Kane, Neill, Nicholson, Campbell, Best, Dickson, McMordie, Clements. Sub; O'Doherty
EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
1970/71 v Rumania (Cardiff)
Wales 0 v 0 Rumania
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Programme's Player Profile;
DAVE POWELL (Sheffield United)
Born Dolgarrog. Ten caps and one of the most effective half backs in British football. Has close-marked some of the greatest players in the world - and come out on top.
Made his international debut against West Germany at Ninian Park inMay 1968 when still a Wrexham player.
Wales; Sprake, Rodrigues Thomas, Powell, England, Hole, Krzywcki, Durba, Ron Davies, Wyn Davies,Moore, Rees.
Rumania; Raducanu,Satmareanu, Lupescu, Mocanu, Dinu, Dumitru, Neagu, Dobrin, Dumitrache, Nunweiler, Dumitrescu. Sub Halmajnuk
This was to be Dave's last appearance for Wales following injury.
REPRESENTATIVE MATCH
Dave also played for a Welsh International XI in a game against Manchester United at Bangor on the 28th July 1969, as part of the Prince Charles Investiture programme.
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| DAVE POWELL | Welsh International | ||
| 11 caps 1 goal | |||
| Born: Conway Valley | |||
| Position: | Central Defender | ||
| Teams | Seasons | Apps. | Gls. |
| Source : Gwydyr Rovers | |||
| Wrexham | 62-69 | 134 | 4 |
| Sheffield United | 68-71 | 89 | 2 |
| Cardiff City | 72-75 | 36 | 1 |
| Retired (injury) | |||
| Totals | 259 | 7 | |
When he left football in 1974 Dave Powell joined The South Wales Police and worked at their training centre in Bridgend. He also managed the Police International Football Team.
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3.10.07 Name: Dave Rankin
Message: I was so happy to read about Dave Powell, one of the greatest players I have ever seen to play for Sheffield United.
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McDonald had blistering pace and he was away, ball at his feet bearing down on goal with just the keeper to beat. From out of nowhere Dave Powell who of course was quite thin and spindly chased him down and from behind at full pace managed to get his leg all the way around Mc Donald and play the ball first . |
Acknowledgements; My thanks to Eric Roberts, Mel Thomas, Ian Garland, Gareth M. Davies, Hugh Roberts.
Bibliography; Welsh Football Data Archive, Wrexham Football Club 1950 - 2000 (Gareth M. Davies & Peter Jones), Rothman's Football Annual, Playfair Football Annual, The Robins, Story, Wrexham A Complete Record 1872 - 1992)


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