Joey Jones

Wrexham

Jones was born in Llandudno on 4 March 1955, and joined Wrexham in 1971. He made his debut at the age of 17 in a Welsh Cup tie against local rivals Chester City; Wrexham lost 1–0. He did, however, win the Welsh Cup with the club in 1975, when they beat Cardiff City in the final. Jones established himself as a right-back and helped Wrexham to the quarter-finals of the FA Cup in 1974, the first time the club had reached that stage.

Liverpool

Jones left Wrexham to join his boyhood heroes, Liverpool (he had a Liverbird tattoo, which he later had removed for medical reasons, on his forearm), when Bob Paisley paid £110,000 for his services in July 1975. He made his debut on 16 August in a 2–0 league defeat to Queens Park Rangers at Loftus Road. He missed out on a league championship medal in 1975–76, as he did not play enough matches to qualify. In 1977, Jones was part of the treble-chasing Liverpool team which won the League championship and European Cup and reached the FA Cup Final. Jones scored his first goal for the club on 9 November 1976 in the 5–1 league win against Leicester City at Anfield. The treble, unprecedented in English football, was not forthcoming. Liverpool lost 2–1 in the FA Cup final at Wembley to Manchester United, though Jones supplied the accurate long pass for Jimmy Case to score Liverpool's goal. However, Jones became the first Welshman to receive a European Cup winners medal when Liverpool won their first European Cup in Rome…

Joey made his Wales debut in November 1975 against Austria. He went on to win 72 caps, scoring one goal, his last action coming in a friendly away to Canada in May 1986. At the time of his death, Jones was 15th alongside Mark Hughes on the list of most capped players for Wales.

Wrexham

Welsh Cup: 1974–75 Liverpool

Football League First Division: 1975–76, 1976–77 European Cup: 1976–77, 1977–78 UEFA Cup: 1975–76 European Super Cup: 1977 FA Cup runner-up: 1976–77 Chelsea

Football League Second Division: 1983–84 Individual

Chelsea Player of the Year: 1982–83 Huddersfield Town Player of the Year: 1985–86 PFA Team of the Year: 1988–89 Fourth Division