Tom Walley
John Thomas Walley is a Welsh former footballer, who played as a wing half.
Playing career
Walley was born in Caernarfon and educated at Ysgol Segontium, named after the town's Roman fort. At the age of 14, he underwent a neck operation which prevented him playing football for almost three years. In March 1963, he joined Caernarfon Town playing in the Welsh League (North); after only a handful of games, he briefly joined Wrexham in the spring of 1964, but returned to Caernarfon in August, before joining English side Arsenal in December 1964 for a fee of £1,000. He played for Arsenal 18 times—4 of those appearances as a substitute—and scored once, as well as playing for the Wales under-23 national team, before transferring to Watford in March 1967 for £9,500.During the first of two periods Walley would spend at Vicarage Road as a player, he earned his sole cap for the Wales national football team; a 3–1 defeat to Czechoslovakia at Vetch Field, Swansea on 21 April 1971. After making over 200 Football League appearances for Watford, he was sold to [Leyton Leyton Orient F.C.|Orient F.C.|Orient] at the end of 1971 for £22,500. After 157 league games and 6 goals, Orient sold Walley back to Watford for £3,000 at the end of 1975–76. His second period at the club was dogged by injury, and Walley managed only 13 further league games before retiring in 1977.