The father of one of Welsh football’s newest prospects who has quit his job as a teacher to follow his son’s career has shared his delight at seeing him make his debut for his nation in one of Wales’ most famous away nights.
Eighteen-year-old Jordan James’ father Tony James, who played to a high level himself with stints at Hereford United, Burton Albion and Newport County, was gutted not to be able to watch the midfielder play out the memorable 1-1 draw with Croatia from the stands in Split on Saturday due to travel complications, but the surprise of seeing the camera pan to his son on the field made up for it.
Tony, who has quit his job teaching at a private school to follow his boy’s career and help him, said: “We were watching it on the TV and the camera was on (Luka) Modric when he was going off and we didn’t even notice JJ was coming on. Then all of a sudden they panned to him on the pitch and it was 'wow'. It was a bit of a surprise. It was amazing.
