🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 11 Welsh Wizards who played for Grimsby Town

Right Wing: Dai Collier
Diminutive wide man who was one of the Mariners’ stars of the early-20s, spending two seasons with the club between 1920 and 1922, having arrived from Mid-Rhondda. Dai played 44 times for Town, scoring 13 times and was rewarded for his displays with a cap for Wales against Scotland in 1921. Described as a fast player who was clever with the ball and fearless in the tackle, Dai went on to serve for the 16th Welsh Regiment.

Centre Midfield: Paul Trollope
A loan signing from Derby in August 1996, Welsh international Paul Trollope scored once for Town in seven appearances, that coming in a 6-1 defeat to Bolton Wanderers. Noted for his neat passing, Paul is best remembered for spells with Torquay, Fulham, Northampton and Bristol Rovers, spending five years in charge of the latter between 2005 and 2010. In 2006/07, Trollope led Rovers to the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy Final, where they were beaten by Doncaster, although they were then promoted through the play-offs to League One later in the campaign. Paul is now on the coaching staff at Norwich City.

Centre Midfield: Dickie Morris
An attack-minded player who turned to football after returning from the Second Boer War in 1902. Made his name at Liverpool, where he was described as ‘one of the trickiest players to kick a ball’ and Leeds City, where his signing was a major coup and he was lauded as a ‘clever exponent of the forward game’. His form for Town in his one season at Blundell Park, 1906/07, saw him recalled to the Welsh squad and he ended the campaign with seven goals in 24 games before ending his career with Plymouth, Reading and Huddersfield.

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