Micky Gynn

Micky Gynn
Personal information
Full name	Michael Gynn
Date of birth	19 August 1961 (age 63)
Place of birth	Peterborough, England
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1975–1979	Peterborough United
Senior career*
Years	Team
1979–1983	Peterborough United
1983–1993	Coventry City
1993–1995	Stoke City
–	Hednesford Town
–	Wisbech Town
Total
	*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]

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]

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other^[A]		Total
Club	Season	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.

Honours

Coventry City

FA Cup winner: 1987

References

^ "Micky Gynn". Association of Football Statisticians. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
^ "Micky Gynn". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
^ ^a ^b "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.^{[dead link‍]}
^ 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)

External links

Micky Gynn at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database

[1] "Micky Gynn". Association of Football Statisticians. Retrieved 20 October 2009.

[2] "Micky Gynn". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 20 October 2009.

[Posh-3] "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.^{[dead link‍]}

[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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