Billy Toms Billy Toms William Toms (born 19 May 1895, date of death unknown) was an Irish footballer. His regular position was as a forward. He was born in Curragh. Toms became a professional after the Great War, in which he was awarded the Military Cross. After the war he broke into Manchester United's first team playing 14 games for them in his first season, but was allowed to leave and joined Plymouth Argyle for £500 in September 1920. He went on to play for Oldham Athletic, Coventry City, Stockport County, Wrexham and Crewe Alexandra in the Football League. Coventry were the
Wendy Owen Wendy Owen Wendy Owen (born 1954) is an English former international football defender and coach. She was a member of the England women's national football team squad in their first official match, a 3–2 win over Scotland in Greenock. Owen was born into a sporting family and played representative netball for Wales, her father David's homeland, as well as football for England. Inspired by watching the 1966 FIFA World Cup Final on television, Owen took up football but was prevented from playing at school and frustrated by the Football Association (FA) ban on female use of its pitches. In 1968