Recognised at his peak as the greatest left winger in the world, Cliff Jones scored 48 goals in 168 appearances for Swansea City over six seasons.

He came from a fine sporting family. Father Ivor and brother Bryn were former Welsh internationals, while he played alongside his brother, also called Bryn, while with Swansea.

Jones himself was capped 59 times for Wales, scoring 16 goals and was a crucial member of Tottenham Hotspur's 1960-61 double-winning side.

He was born in Swansea and first played League football for Billy McCandless's Swansea Town in 1952, appearing just 25 times as a winger for the club before being called into the Welsh national side.

Jones was part of the Wales side that beat England 2-1 at Ninian Park on October 22, 1955 and always claimed the winner he scored was his best ever goal.

He travelled to Sweden with the side for the 1958 World Cup where Wales lost, agonisingly to Brazil in the quarter-finals via a goal that Stuart Williams deflected beyond Jack Kelsey.

He was bought by Bill Nicholson for Tottenham Hotspur in 1958 and quickly became an indispensable part of the development of that team, figuring in the double-winning side as an attacking midfielder — scoring 15 goals in 29 games — and going on to feature in the 1962 FA Cup-winning side as well as the famous 1963 Cup Winners' Cup final against Atletico Madrid in Rotterdam, which Spurs won 5-1.

Jones always maintained a healthy connection with Swansea, returning to train local children while with Tottenham.

He finally moved on from White Hart Lane in 1968 in order to take up a position with Fulham for two seasons and, afterwards, played for Kings Lynn and Wealdstone.

He still works alongside Jimmy Greaves on the after-dinner speech circuit and at White Hart Lane as a match host for club guests.