Micky Gynn

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Micky Gynn
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*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1979–1983 Peterborough United 156 (33)
1983–1993 Coventry City 241 (32)
1993–1995 Stoke City 21 (0)
– Hednesford Town
– Wisbech Town
Total418(65)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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]

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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]

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]

Career statistics

Source: [9]

ClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupOther [A] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Peterborough United 1978–79 Third Division 112000000112
1979–80 Fourth Division 271006000331
1980–81 Fourth Division297600000357
1981–82 Fourth Division466302042558
1982–83 Fourth Division43174341305421
Total156331331217218839
Coventry City 1983–84 First Division 232302000282
1984–85 First Division394202000434
1985–86 First Division121002010141
1986–87 First Division205423010287
1987–88 First Division253203231336
1988–89 First Division81002300104
1989–90 First Division343106111425
1990–91 First Division3584251004411
1991–92 First Division233101000253
1992–93 Premier League 202100000212
Total241321842676229145
Stoke City 1993–94 First Division210004040290
Career Total4186531738817450484
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

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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. 1 2 "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. ↑ "What Happened Next? Micky Gynn". FourFourTwo. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
  7. ↑ McVay, David (18 April 2005). "Gynn finds tonic in recognition at last". The Times. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
  8. ↑ Turner, Andy (20 April 2005). "Ex-players roll back the years". Coventry Telegraph. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
  9. ↑ Micky Gynn at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
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