GRENVILLE MORRIS

Born - Builth 1877; died Nottingham 1959

21 caps: (Aberystwyth T ) v Ireland, England, Scotland 1896; (Swindon T) v England 1897; v Scotland 1898 (Nottingham F) v Scotland, England 1899; v England, Scotland 1903; v Scotland, England 1905; v Scotland, England 1907; v England 1908; v Scotland, England, Ireland 1910; v Ireland, Scotland, England 1911; v England 1912, 9 goals.

Career: Builth 1892; Aberystwyth 1893-97 75 apps 111 goals; Swindon 1897-98 29 apps 21 goals; Nottingham F 1898-1913 420 apps 199 goals.

GRENVILLE Morris remains one of Welsh football’s forgotten stars.

However delve into the history books of Nottingham Forest and you will discover the Welshman top of their all time scoring charts.

Born in Builth Wells in 1877, Morris was a teenager when he made his international debut in 1896.

Morris was a star of the Aberystwyth Town side which rose to prominence at the end of the 19th century, netting 111 goals in a golden five years in Ceredigion.

His rising star earned him a move to Swindon Town where he worked for the Great Western Railway.

In just one season in Wiltshire the forward netted 21 goals and he was soon on the move again with FA Cup winners Nottingham Forest signing Morris for £200 – then a large sum – which Forest fans had questioned.

Morris repaid Forest in am amazing career which is still talked about by die hard fans of the Midlands club.

Morris enjoyed a 15 year career at the City Ground and the No10 shirt would become synonymous with the Builth born star who earned the nickname ‘the Prince of Inside lefts’ and spent five years as club captain.

Morris also earned 21 caps for Wales, his final one coming in 1912.

The Powys star was a brilliant all round sportsman.

As a professional football player, he was not allowed to play tennis at Wimbledon, so instead, he became a coach.

He was so important to Forest at the time that he had an agreement that he was allowed to train when and where he wanted to.

Morris never won any silverware at Forest but scored six goals in a 12-0 win over Leicester Fosse in 1909 to ensure the club spared relegation and cement his place in City Ground folklore forever more.