Micky Gynn

Micky Gynn

Personal information
Full name	Michael Gynn
Date of birth	19 August 1961
Place of birth	Peterborough, England
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Playing position	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)
* 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

• Sourced from The English National Football Archive

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
	Total		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

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. "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. 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.

External links

• League stats at Neil Brown's site