Mike Johnson is a Welsh international central defender who skippered Swansea

Swansea

Swansea is a coastal city and county in Wales. Swansea is in the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan. Situated on the sandy South West Wales coast, the county area includes the Gower Peninsula and the Lliw uplands...

 to the FA Cup

FA Cup

The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's...

 semi-finals in 1963-64. Locally born, he turned professional at the Vetch Field

Vetch Field

The Vetch Field was a multi-purpose stadium in Swansea, Wales. It was used mostly for football matches and was the home ground of Swansea City until the Liberty Stadium opened in 2005. Opened in 1912, the ground held around 12,000 at the time of its closure, but upwards of 30,000 at its peak...

 in October 1958 and made his League debut in Swansea's 3-1 victory at home to Scunthorpe in March 1960. He gained his solitary cap for Wales against Northern Ireland in April 1964. Featuring in Swansea's 1966 Welsh Cup

Welsh Cup

The Welsh Cup is a knock-out football competition contested annually by teams from Wales.The Football Association of Wales is the organising body of this competition, which has been run every year since its inception in 1877-78...

 final triumph, he scored once in 165 League games before joining Worcester City in August 1966 and later assisted several Welsh League

Welsh League

The Welsh League was the first club rugby league competition in Wales. Its inaugural season was in 1908/09 when four additional teams were formed to join Ebbw Vale RLFC and Merthyr Tydfil RLFC, which allowed a league tournament to take place...

clubs. He was a safety officer with the Welsh Water Authority until his early death in October 1991.