David White appreciation thread

I remember watching the reserves in a pre season game at northwich vics moons ago when whitey would’ve been around 17-18 years old (think I was 12 or 13 years old). I couldn’t believe how fucking rapid he was playing on the right wing. He was fucking brilliant for us and became even better when he switched from the wing to up front. Loved him and was an integral part of the brilliant youth system we had running through our first team at the time.
 
Always remember that Villa Park game.
A friend of mine at the time was a big Villa fan - travelled down for all their home games ... and we had an argument in the lead-up to the game, where he said White was fast but had no real skill & would sooner rather than later be found out & fade away - and how he wouldn't want him at Villa.

I can still remember the joy of meeting him again in the pub a couple of days after the game / White's 4 goals - I had a huge grin on my face and he just kept closing his eyes & shaking his head. He never really got over it.
 
They had him as a guest at one of the games a few years ago and they did an interview at half time on the pitch. I didn't recognise him until they said who it was. It's fair to say he looks like he's been appreciating pies and probably isn't that fast anymore.
 
petrusha said:
I watched him even before he made the senior side, in the 1985/6 FA Youth Cup winning team, who were all round about the same age as I was, and then in the reserve side featuring many of the same players that won the Central League a year or two later. I recall a 5-2 win against a Liverpool second-string with several well-known players on show, and White absolutely ran them ragged.
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Someone should write a book about that era...
 
petrusha said:
I remember writing on Twitter at the time when David White brought out his autobiography that, in all my 40-odd years watching City, I'd never seen a player with such a chasm between his best performances and his worst, and that in detailing the abuse he suffered as a while the book finally explained why. That got me a like from the man himself, and I still think it's true.

At his very best, he was unplayable, with even the best defences of the era failing to cope with him. At his worst, you'd barely have known he was on the pitch. But the former days significantly outnumbered the latter - in the three top-flight seasons from 1990/1 to 1992/3, he scored 57 goals in all competitions, which was a hell of a record when you consider that he frequently started on the wing rather than as a central striker.

I watched him even before he made the senior side, in the 1985/6 FA Youth Cup winning team, who were all round about the same age as I was, and then in the reserve side featuring many of the same players that won the Central League a year or two later. I recall a 5-2 win against a Liverpool second-string with several well-known players on show, and White absolutely ran them ragged.

So lots of fond memories of the man. And, yes, I do also think that a lot of fans underrated him and continue to do so.
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He got a hard time off many of our supporters for a long time. Occasionally heard the odd boo when his name was read out before the game in his early years at the club and many a fan would get on his back when he fucked something up (which he frequently did). In many ways my favourite player in that era. Was unstoppable when at his best and gave me a handful of memories that kept me going when things turned really dark after he left.

At the time, none of us realised what he’d been through before he turned pro and one is bound to wonder what else he could have achieved without that hanging over him.

Many City fans would have laughed at the suggestion at the time, but maybe one of the bravest players to wear the shirt. Certainly took a huge amount of guts to be so open about the abuse he suffered in a world where the first instinct is usually to repress such things. Hope he has found some peace in his middle age.
 
gordondaviesmoustache said:
He got a hard time off many of our supporters for a long time. Occasionally heard the odd boo when his name was read out before the game in his early years at the club and many a fan would get on his back when he fucked something up (which he frequently did). In many ways my favourite player in that era. Was unstoppable when at his best and gave me a handful of memories that kept me going when things turned really dark after he left.

At the time, none of us realised what he’d been through before he turned pro and one is bound to wonder what else he could have achieved without that hanging over him.

Many City fans would have laughed at the suggestion at the time, but maybe one of the bravest players to wear the shirt. Certainly took a huge amount of guts to be so open about the abuse he suffered in a world where the first instinct is usually to repress such things. Hope he has found some peace in his middle age.
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Great points, we often forget these guys are human and after reading and listening to what David White went through in his younger days it makes you realise why he had confidence issues.

The last 10 year have been a dream and incredible but I have to say the David White era of the club was amongst my favorite periods, especially when Kendall was manager, there was a time when you felt the club was at last going places , how wrong we were!
 
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