An entertaining celebration of the rich tradition of Llanelli R.F.C. Stradey Park, Llanelli: the field of rugby folklore, each blade of grass with its historic tale to tell, each clump of soil the stuff of legends. It has been home to the Scarlets and Sosban Fach for over a century; a home fit for heroes like Carwyn James, Phil Bennett and the Quinnells. But it is not only the stars of Stradey that are celebrated in this entertaining collection of portraits, reports and anecdotes, because Llanelli has always been the People's Club, as proud of its wise-cracking, one-eyed supporters as it is of its players. And between them, they have some great memories to share and secrets to tell!
Table of Contents
1. How the Love Affair Began 2. 'We're not playing!' 3. Llanelli 3 Maoris 0 4. Who Beat the Wallabies? 5. The Terrible Eight 6. Albert 7. Jac Elwyn 8. Ernie Finch's Moment of Glory 9. Ivor Jones 10. Shamateurism 11. Lewis Jones 12. Ray Williams 13. R.H. 14. Terry Davies 15. D.K. and D.B.D. 16. What about Terry Price? 17. Barry John 18. Ieuan 19. Llanelli 9 Springboks 10 20. Carwyn James 21. The Centenary Year - a trilogy 22. Delme 23. D.Q. 24. Roy Bergiers 25. That Historic Scoreboard 26. Barry Llewllyn 27. Phil Bennett 28. Allt-y-grug 29. Grav 30. J.J. 31. The Snelling Sevens 32. The WRU Challenge Cup 1974 33. These also played at Stradey 34. Llanelli 10 New Zeland 16 35. Swansea vs Llanelli 1983 36. 'I'm from the Guardian' 37. The Schweppes Cup Final 1985 38. The Power of Two 39. The Front-row Freemasons 40. Scavengers and Tinkers 41. Phil and Bryn 42. Ian Jones 43. Ieuan 2 44. Scarlet Srum Halves 45. Five Good and Faithful Servants 46. Jonathan 47. S.Q. 48. Simon Easterby 49. Garan and Goran 50. Northampton 51. Perpignan 52. Biarritz 53. Statistics 54. Yes, they also played for Llanelli 55. Stars and Scorers 56. The Celtic League 57. Stephen Jones 58. Important Decisions - Past and Present 59. Panache and Finesse 60. A Sense of Belonging 61. Thanks to the Fans
Author Biography
Alun Wyn Bevan is an experienced broadcaster, rugby commentator and retired rugby referee. He worked in the field of education for over 20 years. He is currently a researcher/producer for Welsh television company Tinopolis in Llanelli.
