Why Keenor should win...
Being our greatest footballer is MORE than being a Footballer...it is US...the fans in the shirt.
Hence our love for people like Jason Perry...he was a fan on the pitch playing with pride for the badge on his chest..
Fred Keenor went to Wembley with Cardiff in 1925 for the FA Cup final
We have to remember the FA Cup was then THE most famous competition in the world..THE Cup to win.
It was also very difficult to win as the talent used to be spread throughout football...this was before you could 'buy' success...
To make the final was HUGE...a massive achievement....
In front of a watching Lloyd George the Welsh team gallantly lost.
But a bit like 2008...thousands of fans turned out for the losing team..only at City Hall rather than the bay.
Fred (who'd faced German machine guns) said to the fans of his home City....his fellow Welshmen, Women and Children..
'Don't be down in the mouth! I promise I'll bring that Cup home for you in the next two years!!'
He was as good as his word folks....