a right-half of great style and efficiency, polish and poise, he always wanted the ball and loved to drive forward, assisting his front men whenever possible.

In later life, T.G. was sparing in his praise for former teammates, hut he readily adknowledged that Watson and Cliff Britton were the best passers of a ball he ever encountered.

Britton was the best half-back on the field –a schemer, a juggler yet tenuous in tackling and intervening. His first double-turn stood him in good stead many a time –it is the move of a giant.

One of the most gentlemanly and unassuming players in the game. An artiste in ball control and delightful to watch. Revels in linking up with the forwards, whilst his accurate lobbed centres are ever a menace.

Britton has not grown in physical strength but has much daintiness.

Britton was outstanding because he did everything by way of a morsel of artistry. He toyed with the ball just long enough to turn it into space of a foot or less and then made his pass or a swinging centre towards goal. Britton had no superior although (Matt) Busby started remarkably well...Britton was an artist.

He was generally accepted as the pioneer of the slide-rule pass, and helped to revolutionise football tactics in much the same way as Don Revie was to do some twenty years later

The most devastating centre must always be the one that slashes into the middle before the defence have had time to set their stall out. The player who often finds himself best placed to catch a defence in such a position of vulnerability is the wing half. Few have demonstrated the force of this argument in such an emphatic manner as...Cliff Britton. I have come across wingers who are less effective with their centres than this cultured wing half-back.