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Micky Gynn
English footballer
Michael Gynn (born 19 August 1961) is an English former footballer who played as a midfielder in the Football League for Peterborough United, Coventry City and Stoke City.[2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Michael Gynn | ||
| Date of birth | (1961-08-19) 19 August 1961 (age 62) | ||
| Place of birth | Peterborough, England | ||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1975–1979 | Peterborough United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1979–1983 | Peterborough United | 156 | (33) |
| 1983–1993 | Coventry City | 241 | (32) |
| 1993–1995 | Stoke City | 21 | (0) |
| – | Hednesford Town | ||
| – | Wisbech Town | ||
| Total | 418 | (65) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Gynn began his career with his hometown club, Peterborough United, where he scored 39 goals from 188 appearances in all competitions, before joining First Division club Coventry City for a fee of £60,000.[3][4] He spent ten years and accumulated almost 300 appearances at the club, with whom he won the FA Cup in 1987.[5]
Gynn then moved on to Stoke City in August 1993 where he played in 29 matches in the 1993–94 season before retiring.[6] He became a postman in the Coventry area, and works as a match statistician for the Press Association.[3] In 2005, Gynn held his testimonial match at Coventry City's former ground of Highfield Road, the penultimate game played there before its demolition.[7][8]
Source:[9]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other[A] | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Peterborough United | 1978–79 | Third Division | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 |
| 1979–80 | Fourth Division | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 1 | |
| 1980–81 | Fourth Division | 29 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 7 | |
| 1981–82 | Fourth Division | 46 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 55 | 8 | |
| 1982–83 | Fourth Division | 43 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 54 | 21 | |
| Total | 156 | 33 | 13 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 188 | 39 | ||
| Coventry City | 1983–84 | First Division | 23 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 2 |
| 1984–85 | First Division | 39 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 4 | |
| 1985–86 | First Division | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 1 | |
| 1986–87 | First Division | 20 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 7 | |
| 1987–88 | First Division | 25 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 6 | |
| 1988–89 | First Division | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | |
| 1989–90 | First Division | 34 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 42 | 5 | |
| 1990–91 | First Division | 35 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 11 | |
| 1991–92 | First Division | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 3 | |
| 1992–93 | Premier League | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 2 | |
| Total | 241 | 32 | 18 | 4 | 26 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 291 | 45 | ||
| Stoke City | 1993–94 | First Division | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| Career Total | 418 | 65 | 31 | 7 | 38 | 8 | 17 | 4 | 504 | 84 | ||
- A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Anglo-Italian Cup, FA Charity Shield, Football League Group Cup, Football League Trophy and Full Members' Cup.
- Coventry City
- "Micky Gynn". Association of Football Statisticians. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
- "Micky Gynn". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
- "Micky Gynn Still Delivering The Goods". Peterborough United F.C. 3 November 2008. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
- "G: Local hero Gynn wasn't tall enough to be called pint-sized". Peterborough Evening Telegraph. 27 September 2008. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
- Lacey, David (16 May 1987). "Cup earned by the Blue crew". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
- "What Happened Next? Micky Gynn". FourFourTwo. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
- McVay, David (18 April 2005). "Gynn finds tonic in recognition at last". The Times. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
- Turner, Andy (20 April 2005). "Ex-players roll back the years". Coventry Telegraph. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
- Micky Gynn at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
- Micky Gynn at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database