TommyFIf you still hate Futcher ^^^
I'm pretty sure I'm gonna end up with a whoosh but WTF are you talking about?
If you're actually serious then you might be thinking of the time he couldn't get in the side because of a minor broken leg thanks to some b'stard at Sarfend
By the time he broke his leg he was so established that I think it was probably still a difficult decision to keep him out of the team rather than let him hop down the left.
I'm talking his first couple of seasons - so about 83/84 84/85?? (one year later?) Seem to remember him getting just a handful of starts but a few more sub appearances.
Unfortunately hobnob reports don't go that far back, and I wasn't very old. Most my analysis is because I particularly remember him having a great season and remember him being a bit part player the season before. I was going through puberty at the time though so I could be completely and utterly mistaken and maybe he'd been great since he joined and I'm completely wrong (and to be fair, I only went to watch Trevor Senior - god!).
Anyone know of reports or stats going that far back?? I need to know I'm not completely mad
Gilkesy made his debut as a sub in the 1-5 defeat at Lincoln on 27th October 1984. He went on to make 16 league appearances that season, mostly as sub. In the championship-winning season of 85/86 he only made nine appearances and only seven in 86/87. He became a regular in 87/88 (39 appearances), was an ever-present in 88/89 (46 appearances), 89/90 (42 appearances). He had made 21 appearances in 90/91 when he broke his leg during the 2-1 win at Southend on 19th February 1991.