Referee Mervyn Griffiths remembered with blue plaque
A commemorative blue plaque has been unveiled to the only Welshman ever to appear in a football World Cup final.
Mervyn Griffiths was a linesman in 1954 when he controversially ruled out a late equaliser by Hungary against the eventual winners, West Germany.
He was the first Welshman to referee an FA Cup Final at a game in 1953 when Stanley Matthews helped Blackpool come from behind to beat Bolton 4-3.
The plaque can be seen at his childhood home at Six Bells in Blaenau Gwent.
Paul Heaney reports.
24 Jan 2014
- From the section Wales