[1] He failed to make a league appearance for either side before dropping back into non-league football with Dartford and Ramsgate Press Wanderers.
[5] He wore the number 7 shirt and was an old fashioned inside forward with two good feet and a determined attitude.
[2] Hopkins was capped 12 times for Wales playing in the British Home Championships between 1934 and 1939, and undoubtedly would have won more if it hadn't been for World War II.
Perhaps the most notable match he appeared in was Wales 4–2 victory over England in 1938 at Ninian Park as part of the 1939 British Home Championship.
[11] Brentford After football Hopkins had spells coaching in Sweden with IFK Norrkoping and FK Slepnier, and Turkey with Demirspor F.C.
He eventually moved to Middlesex where he owned and ran a confectionery shop Kandies in Harefield during the 1960's and 70's before settling in Buckinghamshire with his wife, Nancy, and sons Barry and Ashley.