Cliff Lloyd

Cliff Lloyd was a manager for the Wrexham Dragons. He played for them during 1938 and 1939 and war time. He played in 12 games overall. In those twelve games, he scored but two goals. He became a secretary over 1949-73. He was manager from 1955-1957 and a caretaker manager in 1950, 1959, 1965, and 1967.

"Few people could claim to have given such incredible devotion to any football club as Cliff Lloyd did to Wrexham. A glance at the stats offers the evidence, as he fulfilled a number of roles at the club over thirty-five years of service.

His playing career with the club was brief, curtailed as it was by the Second World War, although he was at least able to keep his hand in with sporadic appearances in the wartime league. He returned to the club after the hostilities ceased as assistant manager to Tom Williams, before becoming secretary, a post he filled for twenty-four years.

However, that period was punctuated by a variety of other roles: from 1955 to 1957 he was manager of the side, taking over when the team was struggling at the foot of the Third Division North and pulling them up the table. Furthermore, he was caretaker manager another four times, and even returned to the pitch at the age of thirty-seven to turn out for the reserves when injuries led to an acute player shortage!

Truly, Wrexham F.C. should consider itself very fortunate to have enjoyed the service of such a versatile, enthusiastic and capable man."

Compared to Stanley Weston Mason however, he was quite short.