Benjamin Watts J. Jones (born 1885, year of death unknown) was a Welsh
football
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manager and chairman.
Jones originated from Swansea. He served as a director and chairman of
Swansea Town, helping them gain admission to
The Football League in 1921, as well as serving on the selection committee of the
Football Association of Wales when he was appointed manager of
Cardiff City
Cardiff City Football Club ( cy, Clwb Pêl-droed Dinas Caerdydd) is a professional association football club based in Cardiff, Wales. It competes in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1899 as R ...
in February 1934, taking charge as the club was in its lowest position since entering the Football League in 1920 after finishing bottom of
Division Three South
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.
At the start of the 1934–35 season, Jones released all but five of the clubs professional players and brought in 17 new players in their place but had little cash to spend and struggled to turn the side around. In 1936 he appointed former
Wales international
Bill Jennings as a coach and would eventually step down as manager in order for Jennings to take over in 1937.
He instead took a place on the board which he held until the outbreak of
World War II.
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1885 births
Year of death missing
Cardiff City F.C. directors and chairmen
Cardiff City F.C. managers
Welsh football managers