Tom and Chris from the MIB team are joined by ex-City player Jim Whitley.
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SHOW NOTES
- [x] Whitley began his career at Manchester City, signing his first professional contract at the age of 18 in 1993
- [x] He made his debut for the first team on 3 January 1998 in a 2–0 win over Bradford City in the FA Cup at the age of 22
- [x] His first league appearance came the following week in a 3–0 win against Portsmouth and he went on to make 21 appearances in all competitions before being voted the clubs young player of the year.
He remained a regular in the side until January 1999 seemed to fall out of favour and went onto join Blackpool on loan to play first team football, playing 8 times for the side before returning to Manchester City where his only appearance during the remainder of the season came in a 1–1 draw with Huddersfield Town on 18 February 2000.
Then went onto to loan spells at Norwich City, Swindon Town and Northampton Town, he joined Wrexham on a free transfer.[4]
Played 3 times for Norhtern Ireland
QUESTIONS
- [x] Artist
exchanged his football boots for tap shoes in comedy musical Crooners.
RIP Glyn Pardoe. Lucky to say I knew him. Had him as a coach.