Joey Jones, the Welsh soccer hero who won two European Cups with Liverpool and was dubbed “Mr Wrexham”, has died. He was 70. Jones' death was confirmed by the Football Association of Wales and Wrexham on Tuesday. The English second-tier team said he had died in the early hours of the morning after a “battle with illness.”

Joey Jones was a cult hero for a generation of football fans. Supporters of Wrexham, Liverpool, Chelsea and Wales will mourn the death, aged 70, of a colourful personality who epitomised “playing for the jersey” for every club he represented, his natural enthusiasm carrying him to the summit of European football.

Former Wrexham and Liverpool soccer star Joey Jones, who was nicknamed "Mr. Wrexhman" and led Liverpool to winning two European Cups, has died at age 70.