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Glas · Aug 9, 2015

Hi all, I'm new to the forum.
I was wondering if anyone could help me. My brother signed for Coventry City as an apprentice under the great Joe Mercer but was subsequently released by Gordon Milne in I think 1972. I can remember seeing some cuttings possibly from the Coventry Telegraph on his signing and training at the ground. Alas our house was broken into and all the memorabilia from that time was stolen along with some valuables. I'm wondering if anyone would know if the Telegraph and City would an archive of players from the junior ranks and or photos from that era.

If anyone can help I would be very grateful. His name is Geraint Williams and will be 60 this year after Coventry he went on to successfully play in non League Football with various Welsh clubs.
Cheers

rupert_bear · Aug 9, 2015

I remember him very skilful if I remember right. Can't help unfortunately. Sad to hear about your burglary though, scrotes.

ccfc_Tom · Aug 9, 2015

i got loads of old articles for my dissertation from the herbert library, think they might have an old archive there of old telegraphs?

JimmyHillsbeard · Aug 9, 2015

I'm sure Jim Brown (the club's historian/statistician) will be happy to have a dig around for you.

Haigha · Aug 9, 2015

As another poster has already mentioned, the Herbert has an archive. The Local Studies Centre at the Herbert has all Coventry Evening Telegraph editions from the early 1970s on micofiche. I'm not sure if any of the press cuttings included photographs. The quality of microfiche photographs is quite poor (they are a form of photocopy), but there is an chance the Coventry Telegraph may have retained the original negatives for any pictures published (I am fairly sure it had these before the newspaper moved to the canal basin).

Good luck with your search...

Houchens Head · Aug 9, 2015

Haigha said:
As another poster has already mentioned, the Herbert has an archive. The Local Studies Centre at the Herbert has all Coventry Evening Telegraph editions from the early 1970s on micofiche. I'm not sure if any of the press cuttings included photographs. The quality of microfiche photographs is quite poor (they are a form of photocopy), but there is an chance the Coventry Telegraph may have retained the original negatives for any pictures published (I am fairly sure it had these before the newspaper moved to the canal basin).

Good luck with your search...

The Telegraph has moved? No longer in Corporation St? Bloody hell! Times have changed since I left!

Haigha · Aug 9, 2015

Houchens Head said:
The Telegraph has moved? No longer in Corporation St? Bloody hell! Times have changed since I left!

Yes, the Coventry Telegraph has gone from having an impressive collection of buildings on the corner of Corporation Street to having a much smaller office at the canal basin. I am pretty sure the newspaper isn't printed here any more as well.

Johnnythespider · Aug 9, 2015

Houchens Head said:
The Telegraph has moved? No longer in Corporation St? Bloody hell! Times have changed since I left!

I believe it's also printed in Birmingham these days

Glas · Jan 12, 2016

Thanks for answering my post. Good times. I remember Mr Mercer coming to have a word with my mother and father about his signing on. Such a great man and an honour to meet him.

Glas · Jan 12, 2016

Hi thanks for the reply. I don't suppose you'd have a contact number or address for Mr Brown

Glas · Jan 12, 2016

Thank you for the info

Manchester_sky_blue · Jan 12, 2016

Historical copies of the Coventry Telegraph, dating back to 1914, are available to search and view in digitised form at http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/

chiefdave · Jan 12, 2016

Manchester_sky_blue said:
Historical copies of the Coventry Telegraph, dating back to 1914, are available to search and view in digitised form at http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/

Got excited for a minute then saw it was £13 a month!

wingy · Jan 12, 2016

This thread just shows how good this site can be.
Great to see the helpfulness and humour adopted on here, was a slow burner though and yes Geraint Williams was a tidy Player.

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