I think poor Steve Gammon took the old showbiz encouragement of "break a leg" too far. As I recall, he broke his twice for the cause. Probably the memory has got jumbled over the course of too may years, but it's in my mind that one of the breaks was in a collision with Denis Law.
Clingo, he was being hailed as the new Duncan Edwards by people who new a thing or two.......did break his leg twice, ended up at Kettering (Player Manager I think).
Good old Wik! Stephen George Gammon (born 24 September 1939 in Swansea) is former a Welsh professional footballer. A Welsh under-23 international, Gammon's spent seven years with Cardiff City before a broken leg ended his professional career in 1965. Gammon began his career at Cardiff City, after being spotted playing for Mumbles Boys Club at the age of sixteen. He was handed a professional contract on his seventeenth birthday, making his debut, alongside fellow debutant Derek Tapscott, soon after in a 4–1 victory over Grimsby Town in September 1958 and his performances earned him a call up to the Wales under-23 side. The following season he scored his first, and only, goal for Cardiff in a 4–4 draw with Stoke City and helped the club gain promotion to Division One. In February 1961, he suffered a major fracture in his leg after colliding with Denis Law during a league match against Manchester City.[1] He attempted several comebacks after the injury but broke the same leg twice in the following three seasons and subsequently dropped out of professional football, joining Southern Football League side Kettering Town where he took over as manager of the side three months after his arrival.[2] Gammon went on to make over 300 appearances in all competitions for Kettering.[3] He left the club in December 1971, stepping down as manager after six years at Rockingham Road, being replaced by Ron Atkinson.[4]
Clingo You are not wrong M8, Stevie Gammon was a "robust" player to say the least.............not dirty but hard, one of my hero's "Denis the Menace" not a dirty player by any means..............but lets face it you had to be able to look after yourself, went in for a 50/50 ball.............and the bigger and heavier Steve Gammon came off second best............Stevie had spent most of the game trying to "impose" himself on "The Lawman" and came unstuck. Trevor Peck................the name rings very vague bells...........I must have seen him play, but not one who springs to mind.
Graham Coldrick, what a blast from the past! the words "good honest pro" could have been penned with Graham in mind, plagued by knee trouble he lost out on a "top level" career, I think he lost his place in the City side to Dave Carver.............another "no nonsense" full back. An interesting aside Graham ended up at Newport County and ended up being sent off after a horrendous tackle against an up and coming Scunthorpe youngster, in Newport parlance he sent him to "join the sleepers" a reference to the old Somerton Park banking being built on railway sleepers............Graham's defence..............."he was taking the piss ref" ..............the player, a young Kevin Keegan.........................I'd loved to have seen Ronaldo tried to do a "stepover" against Coldrick........Ronaldo would have woken up with a crowd around him............happy days!
Cheers Dom & Proph. I'm not quite as addled as I thought. And dom, yes. My dad used to say that Steve Gammon showed all the signs of being a world class player and even as a young lad myself, I can remember how good he was. Didn't know he was from down there though!
As for Mr Rankmore - well he could weild a tidy baseball bat at Splott Park on a summer Saturday. Smashing bloke.
A poor man's Dave McKay................still he had his Scots heritage to fall back on, Poor old Stevie
