Oct 2, 2026 · 48 min · 12 segments
I have been working closely with Tony for some time and I'm grateful to see the transformation of him ripple into his love of Bridgend Ravens I sat down with chairman of Bridgend Ravens Tony…
Tony WilliamsGuestOllie OldsHost
I'll take that a step further, right? Um, president of the club when JPR passed away, uh, was handed to Meredith James.
So back in the day when I used to come here, a guy who used to work with my father was on the committee here, and in those days the committee of this place was probably about 30, 40, 50 deep.
And, um, somehow or other, I don't know what the, the occasion was, but I went in the changing rooms afterwards.
And the changing rooms are the same today as they were then, other than a little bit more luxury in terms of wood paneling as opposed to, to brick walls.
And it was like half these players, they had nothing on, and it was like Meredith James and Billy James and all, all these sort of people.
And then Meredith became president, and we were in this room one day, and he likes to have things his own way.
And he, we'd organized something for a game, and there was a few people in here, and then we realized after the game there wasn't enough room for the players.
So I pulled him aside and said to him, you know, "Uh, look, we've gotta get the players in here." And he said, "Look, hold on.
I said to you before the game I wanted it to be like this." I was like, "Okay." But I said, "Look, our players need to, to sort of come in and sit here." And we had a...
And about a month or so later, after we'd both thrown our toys out the pram and not really spoken to each other, I, I went and had a word with him.
I said, "The problem that you've got, Meredith, is that I grew up with you being my idol.
And it was at a time when everything was, was going really well, and I idolized you.
I'll take that a step further, right? Um, president of the club when JPR passed away, uh, was handed to Meredith James.
So back in the day when I used to come here, a guy who used to work with my father was on the committee here, and in those days the committee of this place was probably about 30, 40, 50 deep.
And, um, somehow or other, I don't know what the, the occasion was, but I went in the changing rooms afterwards.
And the changing rooms are the same today as they were then, other than a little bit more luxury in terms of wood paneling as opposed to, to brick walls.
And it was like half these players, they had nothing on, and it was like Meredith James and Billy James and all, all these sort of people.
And then Meredith became president, and we were in this room one day, and he likes to have things his own way.
And he, we'd organized something for a game, and there was a few people in here, and then we realized after the game there wasn't enough room for the players.
So I pulled him aside and said to him, you know, "Uh, look, we've gotta get the players in here." And he said, "Look, hold on.
I said to you before the game I wanted it to be like this." I was like, "Okay." But I said, "Look, our players need to, to sort of come in and sit here." And we had a...
And about a month or so later, after we'd both thrown our toys out the pram and not really spoken to each other, I, I went and had a word with him.
I said, "The problem that you've got, Meredith, is that I grew up with you being my idol.
And it was at a time when everything was, was going really well, and I idolized you.
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