Stalwart's 50 years of dedication is honoured by club

A LONGSTANDING figure at Carmarthen Town Football Club has been recognised for more than 50 years of work championing budding young talent in the sport.

- IAN LEWIS

Peter Hughes Griffiths has been involved at the club for more than 50 years, since the early 1970s.

As a young man he played for Drefach Felindre’s Bargoed Rangers and for Trinity College in Carmarthen, a side which he captained, while studying. He was then signed to play for Ammanford in the Welsh League before moving to Aberystywth, where he also had a stint with the town’s club.

Before becoming a player, as a boy his father would bring him to Carmarthen to watch Carmarthen Town AFC play and it was the start of a lifelong association with the club.

His passion for football has been juggled alongside a career in politics he is still a county councillor in the town at the age of 85, a former mayor, and worked for years alongside Plaid’s first MP Gwynfor Evans as well as working in entertainment, having appeared on Noson Lawen.

At a recent home game against Tre-felin at the Richmond Park ground known as the LHP Stadium Peter was presented with a lifetime membership award from Carmarthen Town AFC president and his lifelong friend Einsley Harries.

Despite never playing for the club, his behind-the-scenes work and can do attitude has forged a path for many youngsters getting into football and on to great achievements.