Len Willett
Born in Ruabon 1940. First saw Wrexham AFC play at the age of seven.
I have played football at Junior School level in Wrexham. I captained Denbighshire Tech and Wrexham School Boys and joined Wolverhampton Wanders FC at the age of fifteen during which time I won a Welsh School Boy cap.
I returned to Wrexham to play for Rhosddu before signing professional for Wrexham AFC. I had the pleasure of pulling on a red shirt to play league football for our club for three seasons before playing for Winsford Utd and Ellesmere Port Town in the Cheshire County League.
During the 1960’s I travelled to Australia to play for USC Lions Melbourne, followed by Merton Rovers and Germania Brisbane. Whilst down-under I captained the Queensland’s state team and also won the Australian Premiership.
On my return to the UK in 1970 I was made manager of Newtown in the Mid Wales League before retiring from football.
As a qualified electrician I have been employed by Thornton’s of Wrexham, Wrexham Borough Council, Woolworth’s and Chester City Council.
I have also been a part-time youth leader, Chairman of the Wrexham Area Youth Council, Board member of Clwyd Alyn Housing Association and Chairman of the Yale Park Tenants Group.
I have been a regular Season Ticket holder at the Racecourse and a life-long supporter of the club. I consider myself to have a great deal of experience of football from the “inside” and hope to be able to offer my life experiences to the WST.
I along with the other nominees Cllr Colin Bithell, Lindsay Jones, Wayne Price and Cllr Phillip Wynn support the current WST strategy of building a local consortium to bid for and run our club.However we feel that this strategy needs to be widened to include other stakeholders such as the local authority and other organisations. We believe that the key to the clubs future prosperity is the provision of a new stand on the Kop and that the WST must work in partnership with all stakeholders to bring this about. We believe we can bring new energy and ideas to assist the existing WST board members in their negotiations with the club owners and other parties, to ensure the club and the Racecourse is protected for the benefit of current and future generations of Wrexham AFC fans.
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