This Gunnarsson malarkey is annoying the life out of me...I keep trying to analyse the value of his contribution and in particular his long throw! Did Iceland no good, and is quite negative for us Bluebirds IMHO! Started me thinking about Bobby Woodruff, signed from Crystal Palace and quickly became a fans favourite....he had an excellent long throw! Now Bobby, then reminded me of one Bobby Brown who as I recall broke his leg at Ninian Park in a 1-0 win over Aston Villa on Boxing Day! An excellent city player, a fans favourite again...who never played again. This brings me onto my getting old “thingy”....I’ve just read this: Cardiff City, Bobby Brown He moved to Cardiff City in October 1966 for a fee of £15,000, winning the Welsh Cup in his first season at Ninian Park, scoring in the second leg of the final during a 2–1 victory over Wrexham.[5] As a result of winning the Welsh Cup, Cardiff qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup the following season and Brown made his European debut on 4 October 1967, scoring a penalty during a 2–0 win over Irish side Shamrock Rovers in the second leg of the first round.[6] He featured in both legs of the second round against Dutch side NAC Breda, scoring an early goal in the second leg as Cardiff advanced after a 4–1 win.[7] In the remainder of the campaign, Cardiff would go on to reach the semi-final,[8] the furthest a Welsh club has ever progressed in European competition but, on 26 December 1967, Brown injured his knee during a 3–0 win over Aston Villa. It was later discovered that he had damaged his cruciate ligament and spent six months in plaster, stating that "It was obvious I would never play professionally again".[3] He returned to pre-season at Cardiff and also received an offer from Yeovil Town but later took the decision to retire after being told that he could be confined to a wheelchair if he re-injured the knee.[3][9] I remember Barry Jones, breaking his leg against Blackpool in a 3-2 loss, in the last minute, don’t think he ever played again properly! Barry Tiger will confirm all of the above and will probably want to talk about Steve Gammon and broken legs!
