Micky Gynn

Micky Gynn
Personal information
Full nameMichael Gynn
Date of birth19 August 1961
Place of birthPeterborough, England
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Playing positionMidfielder
Youth career
1975–1979Peterborough United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1979–1983Peterborough United156(33)
1983–1993Coventry City241(32)
1993–1995Stoke City21(0)
Hednesford Town
Wisbech Town
Total418(65)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Michael "Micky" 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]

Career

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][6]

Gynn then moved on to Stoke City in August 1993 where he played in 29 matches in the 1993–94 season before retiring.[7] He became a postman in the Coventry area, and works as a match statistician for the Press Association.[3][6] In 2005, Gynn held his testimonial match at Coventry City's former ground of Highfield Road, the penultimate game played there before its demolition.[8][9]

Career statistics

Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other[A] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Peterborough United 1978–79 Third Division 112000000112
1979–80 Fourth Division 271006000331
1980–81 Fourth Division 297600000357
1981–82 Fourth Division 466302042558
1982–83 Fourth Division 43174341305421
Total 156331331217218839
Coventry City 1983–84 First Division 232302000282
1984–85 First Division 394202000434
1985–86 First Division 121002010141
1986–87 First Division 205423010287
1987–88 First Division 253203231336
1988–89 First Division 81002300104
1989–90 First Division 343106111425
1990–91 First Division 3584251004411
1991–92 First Division 233101000253
1992–93 Premier League 202100000212
Total 241321842676229145
Stoke City 1993–94 First Division 210004040290
Total 210004040290
Career Total 4186531738817450484
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.

Honours

Coventry City

References

  1. "Micky Gynn". Association of Football Statisticians. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
  2. "Micky Gynn". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Micky Gynn Still Delivering The Goods". Peterborough United F.C. 3 November 2008. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
  4. "G: Local hero Gynn wasn't tall enough to be called pint-sized". Peterborough Evening Telegraph. 27 September 2008. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
  5. Lacey, David (16 May 1987). "Cup earned by the Blue crew". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
  6. 6.0 6.1 Moxley, Neil (6 March 2009). "Sky Blue army: where are Coventry City's FA Cup heroes now?". Daily Mail. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
  7. "What Happened Next? Micky Gynn". FourFourTwo. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
  8. McVay, David (18 April 2005). "Gynn finds tonic in recognition at last". The Times. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
  9. Turner, Andy (20 April 2005). "Ex-players roll back the years". Coventry Telegraph. Retrieved 20 October 2009.

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