Paperback | 192 pages | 250 x 200mm
Publication October 2015 | ISBN 9781909823730
Llanelli is one of the most famous rugby towns in the world and, as such, has one of the most passionately supported rugby clubs, the Scarlets. In 192 pages containing over 200 colour illustrations this beautiful book documents the rich and unrivalled rugby heritage of the club, from its first game in 1876 through to the present day, offering a comprehensive history of the rugby club and its place at the heart of the local community.
Along the way author Alun Gibbard explores a series of themes, each one crucial to the history of the club.
Themes:
- Llanelli in the 1870s
- Sosban Fach
- Stradey Park
- Moscow
- Coaches
- Who Beat the All Blacks?
- Touring Teams
- Parc y Scarlets
- Internationals & Lions
- 1872-1914
- 1918-1939
- 1945-1959
- 1960-1969
- 1970s
- 1980-1993
- 1994-2015