The diversity of club affiliations in Wales line ups has always appealed to me- The FAW seemed to draw on the great professional clubs of the English north and midlands and the village teams of north east Wales in equal measure. As time went on the clubs, both English and Welsh, from the lower reaches of the expanded Football League were also represented.In the period from 1876 to the end of the 1936-37 season Wales played 163 full internationals. Thus means that including 2 substitute appearances, 1795 caps were awarded.
138 clubs were represented: 87 English clubs, 44 Welsh clubs, 6 Scottish and 1 (Northern) Irish.
Club | ||
Wrexham (Wrexham Olympic) | 209 ** | |
Cardiff City | 91 | |
Druids | 80 (83)* | |
Chirk | 70 | |
Manchester United (Newton Heath) | 66 | |
Manchester City (Ardwick) | 65 | |
Bolton Wanderers | 62** | |
Swansea Town | 57 | |
Liverpool, Wolverhampton Wanderers | 47 | |
Stoke (City) | 44 | |
Tottenham Hotspur | 42 | |
Bangor City | 39 | |
Everton, Oswestry | 35 | |
West Bromwich Albion | 33 | |
Nottingham Forest | 32 | |
Aston Villa, Preston North End | 25 | |
Newtown, Ruthin | ||
Derby County | 24 | |
(Woolwich) Arsenal, Plymouth Argyle | 22 | |
Sheffield United | 19 | |
Aberystwyth Town | 18 | |
Chester City | 17 | |
Crewe Alexandra, Middlesbrough, Oswestry United | 15 | |
Northampton Town, Oldham Athletic | 14 | |
Notts County, Shrewsbury Town | 13 | |
Birmingham City (Small Heath), Blackburn Rovers, Brentford | 12 | |
Newport County | ||
Oxford University | ||
Corinthian FC, Leicester City (Fosse) | 11 | |
Coventry City, Sunderland | 10 | |
Bootle | 9 | |
Brighton and Hove Albion | 8 | |
Berwyn Rangers | Clapton Orient | |
Grimsby Town, Millwall (Athletic) | ||
Rhyl | The Wednesday | |
Hibernian | ||
Crystal Palace, Rotherham United, West Ham United | 7 | |
Aberdare Athletic | 6 | |
Chelsea | Corwen | |
Derby School | Motherwell | |
Northwich Victoria | ||
Portsmouth, St Thomas’ Hospital (London), Southend United | ||
Charlton Athletic | 5 | |
East Stirlingshire | Llanelly Town | |
Merthyr Town | Oswestry White | |
Stars, Reading | ||
Cambridge University | 4 | |
Cardiff Corinthians | ||
London Welsh | Llangollen | |
Port Vale, Shrewsbury Engineers, Swifts, Tranmere Rovers | ||
Barmouth | Burton Swifts | 3 |
Builth | Lincoln City | |
Llandrindod Wells | New Brighton Tower | |
Oswestry Town, Shropshire | ||
Wanderers | Swansea FC | |
Welshpool | Walsall | |
Wrexham Civil Service | ||
Blackpool, Bradford City Bradford Park Avenue, Bristol City | 2 | |
Brymbo Institute, Colwyn Bay, Llanduno, Newtown Excelsior | ||
Rhos | Queens Park | |
South Liverpool , Watford | ||
Aberaman | Barnsley | 1 |
Brecon | Bristol Rovers | |
Burton United | CarnarvonAthletic | |
Clapton , Crusaders, Fulham, Glossop North End, Hereford Town | ||
Heart of Midlothian | ||
Huddersfield Town, Leeds City | ||
Leyton | Linfield | |
Llanberis | Llandudno | |
Swifts, Lovell’s Athletic, Mold | ||
Newtown White Stars | ||
Nelson, Newcastle United | ||
Parkgrove Glasgow | ||
Presteigne , Rhosllanerchrugog Rhostyllen Victoria, Ruabon | ||
Shrewsbury Town, Southampton, St Helens Recreation, Swindon Town | ||
Treharris | ||
Wellingborough Grammar School | ||
Wynnstay | ||
The Secretary of the Football Association of Wales*** | ||
* 3 players are listed as Druids and Shropshire Wanderers.
** Including 1 substitute
*** Alexander Hunter played against Ireland in 1887 - he was Secretary of the FAW and not affiliated to any club.
Grenville Morris-Aberystwyth Town, Swindon Town, Nottingham Forest- 21 caps
Charlie Morris - Derby County-27 caps
Billy Lot Jones- Manchester City- 20 caps
Ted Vizard- Bolton Wanderers -22 caps