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“Some of the best moments I had with Wales and the goals I scored were because of Leighton. He was some talent…one of the best two-footed players I’ve ever played with or seen”
John Toshack pays tribute to former Wales team-mate Leighton James

Karl-Heinz SCHNELLINGER (1939-2024)

chnellinger was one of the world’s finest left-backs during his playing days, going to four World Cups in a row between 1958 and1970. The first of those came when he was only19 and had yet to play in the German national championship, but that changed when he was

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