"A Life in Football" - The biography of the late Robbie James, the former midfielder.
This book details the career of a truly great name in Welsh football.
Known to most simply as "Robbie".
Making his breakthrough at the Vetch, with the Swans, he was a major
contributor to the club's famous rise up the leagues and into what would today be the
equivalent of the Premiership: he was there for it all.
Elsewhere, Robbie remained in the top flight and played for both Stoke City & Q.P.R
before moving to Leicester City and on to Bradford City, the latter where the fans
voted him their favourite player across his 2 seasons.
He then joined Cardiff City and enjoyed success with the Bluebirds under
his former Swans team mate Eddie May, winning promotion as champions
and the Welsh Cup in a marvellous ‘double’ winning season still remembered by the fans.
Stepping down into the Welsh League, Robbie wound down his playing career and
played for Merthyr Tydfil & Llanelli AFC. His tragic death whilst playing for Llanelli is also documented, with new, first-hand accounts from those present there that terrible night.
Also included are his appearances for Wales across almost a decade.
Published in 2014.
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