PETE SPENCER recalls when Gary Plumley went from  the wine bar to Watford...

Oops! Paul Allen – out of shot – scores past Gary Plumley in the semi-final

BORN in Birmingham in 1956, Gary Plumley first came to prominence as Newport County’s goalkeeper during their run in the European Cup Winners’ Cup in 1980-81.
They won the Welsh Cup for the one and only time in 1980, beating Shrewsbury over two legs. John Aldridge also played in those games although he didn’t get on the scoresheet. That year they won promotion from the old Fourth Division in a memor...