Mick French

[alanmayes]

That cunt Westwood from Gillingham did Aizlewood with an over the top tackle in the infamous
game at the CG.Turned out to be his last game for us before he joined Frank Burrow's Pompey team.

[chalkies_shorts]

That was a couple of years before the Pikeys started their "love affair" with us.

[Bedford Red]

Danny signed some real duffers at around that time; French,Hooper and that wife beater
David Cunningham.

I don't know anything about David Cunningham, but i see from http://www.swindon-town-fc.co.uk that he was with us for about 18 months then signed for Aston Villa? Is that correct, as if he did he must have had something about him?

[Crozzer]

David Cunningham must have been one of the shortest players ever in English professional football.  He had great dribbling ability and a total lack of a sense of direction second only to Tom Jenkins.  He had no pace because his legs were so short.  If a terrible genetic engineering experiment went wrong and a clone of Tom Jenkins combined with Mini Me were made, the result would be David Cunningham.  He would set off on a run, usually in a random diagonal direction, typically beating about four or five players, and then run out of pitch, or lose the ball.  There never seemed to be any end result.  It was entertaining to watch, though.   

[Peter Venkman]

John McLaughlin and Steve aizlewood were fantastic players and very under rated, I can vouch that Cunningham was a freak of nature and although promising with speed and dribbling ability didn't actually know what to do when he went past a player....usually on the inside only to pass to one of the opposition.

I never realised that Mickey French was a England Youth International! we were hard up back in those days! ......incidentally rated as one of the best players ever to play for Aldershot!

The swap deal that got us Ian Windy Miller was a huge bonus as hes still my favourite right winger ever at Swindon.

[Reg Smeeton]

Danny signed some real duffers at around that time; French,Hooper and that wife beater
David Cunningham.

I don't think anyone signs all gems.....Danny signed some right stumers in his time, but also some great players. As long as the balance sheet is positive over a time; that's what matters.

[jayohaitchenn]

my favourite right winger ever at Swindon.

I think you may be forgetting Ricky Shakes?

[alanmayes]

I don't know anything about David Cunningham, but i see from http://www.swindon-town-fc.co.uk that he was with us for about 18 months then signed for Aston Villa? Is that correct, as if he did he must have had something about him?

There's a famous story that when AC Milan signed Luther Blisset they thought that they were
getting John Barnes.I can only think that Villa somehow mistook Cunningham for David Moss,
from scouting reports earlier that year.Mossy had left for Luton by that time.I would doubt
that Cunningham ever played in the Villa first team and he wasn't even in the Town team,
under Bob Smith at that time.One of the most puzzling transfers to involve a Town player.

[Reg Smeeton]

David Cunningham must have been one of the shortest players ever in English professional football.     

Shortest player I've ever seen in the red...even shorter than young Alan Young, was Wee Tommy Henderson, a diminutive Glaswegian winger, mined from the seam, that once produced a seeming never ending supply, but which was exhausted by the time of Pat Nevin.

Tommy...looked a bit like Jimmy Krankie, but could play. He came down from St Mirren to Leeds, when they were on the up, but didn't make it...moving onto Bury, from where we signed him.

In the games he played in 66, we had a decent record, scoring on debut v Hull, then writing himself into STFC history, by scoring the first STFC goal v Headington at the Manor.

A winner v Millwall in front of 16000+ meant 3 goals in 11 games, not bad for a winger.

For a little un Tommy had a fierce shot, and struck the derby opener from range, it flew in.

In between the good stuff, we had an all too familiar 5-0 drubbing at Fellows Park, for which Tommy carried the can....although Peter Downsborough had one of those games and we were 3 down in 15 mins.

Tom was off to Stockport next season....and we got in the Gashead Bobby Jones as replacement....now he was shit.

[alanmayes]

I don't think anyone signs all gems.....Danny signed some right stumers in his time, but also some great players. As long as the balance sheet is positive over a time; that's what matters.

I always respected Danny's judgement when it came to players,but in his last year of managing us,
he signed some pretty poor forwards if i'm honest.

[leefer]

http://web.telia.com/~u27301997/326.html

Big money Hereford payed for him!

[leefer]

http://web.telia.com/~u27301997/1150.html

Loved this player for us....should have been an England player at some stage...Villa wasnt the best move in hindsight....note he once scored 5 in a youth game for Villa in the one match he played...i can remember him scoring a goal at Luton on a snowy day in the cup that was disalowed....and also him scoring a televised hatrick v Scotland for England youth.....and not forgeting he once scored the winner v Man U in a cup final.

[alanmayes]

[leefer]

What a way to get the hatrick....also Pritchard taking a pay cut to join City!

[Bogus Dave]

I always thought rideout played for wales?