From Despair To Where? I remember Jimmy Rimmer playing for Swansea in the mid 80s.
Yep he did for a couple of seasons, joined in 1983 and left in 1986 though his time there collided with Swansea’s rapid return to the 4th division and eventual winding up in 1985, presumably would have played against Reading in the games played in 1984 and 1985. He replaced Dai Davies at the club. Incidentally Dai Davies was another class keeper most famous for his time at Everton though he never actually made that many appearances over the 7 years he was there - seems he never could truly shake off David Lawson.
Looking back at the 70s the top division in England seemed packed with goalkeepers that you’d probably love to have, at their peak, in your team even now; Ray Clemence, Dai Davies, Pat Jennings, Alex Stepney, Peter Shilton, Joe Corrigan, Phil Parkes (the QPR one), Paul Cooper, Jimmy Rimmer and Mervyn Day. But then even Reading were fielding the likes of Steve Death….