Michael Gynn (born 19 August 1961) is an English former

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who played as a

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for

Peterborough United Peterborough United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England. The team compete in League One, the third level of the English football league system. Peterborough United formed in ...

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and

Stoke City Stoke City Football Club is a professional association football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. The team competes in the , the second level of the English football league system. Founded as Stoke Ramblers in 1863, the cl ...

Career

Gynn began his career with his hometown club,

, where he scored 39 goals from 188 appearances in all competitions, before joining

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club

for a fee of £60,000. He spent ten years and accumulated almost 300 appearances at the club, with whom he won the FA Cup in 1987. Gynn then moved on to

in August 1993 where he played in 29 matches in the 1993–94 season before retiring. He became a postman in the

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area, and works as a match statistician for the

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. In 2005, Gynn held his

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at Coventry City's former ground of

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, the penultimate game played there before its demolition.

Career statistics

Source: :A. The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the

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and

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Honours

; Coventry City *

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winner:

1987 Events January * January 1 – Bolivia reintroduces the Boliviano currency. * January 2 – Chadian–Libyan conflict – Battle of Fada: The Military of Chad, Chadian army destroys a Libyan armoured brigade. * January 3 – Afghan leader ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gynn, Micky 1961 births Living people Footballers from Peterborough English men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Peterborough United F.C. players Coventry City F.C. players Stoke City F.C. players Hednesford Town F.C. players Wisbech Town F.C. players English Football League players Premier League players