Graham Taylor capped him to play in the worst England team in living memory after about a season when he should have been a regular in the international squad and wasnt. He missed what should have been a regulation David White goal and it was a real shame. Loved David White he was fucking greatI remember David White won an England cap, had a mare and was never the same player again, within months he was off to Leeds or Sheffield utd.
His form dropped so badly that by the time he was on his way he was so lacking in confidence he was in my opinion a shadow of the player he was. I thought at the time it was quite shocking and I believe there must be more to it than was ever made public. Don't get me wrong I never had a go at the lad verbally at the game but yet again I could smell peter swales rotten stench getting worse at the club.I thought he was pretty unlucky from memory. He missed a couple of chances but one was a great save by the keeper. Pretty sure Alan Shearer and Nigel Clough also made their debuts?
I think that is a bit of an urban myth about him leaving shortly after.Pretty sure he played a full, successful season after his England debut before signing for leeds the season after
Edit made his debut 9th Sept 1992, sold in December 1993.
Wasn't he the lad who Reid claimed could open a tin of peas with his left foot?Reid and Swales as Manchester born Thomas swapped Palace for wolves.
Alfons Groenendijk was the only incoming of the pre 93-94 season.
Yes. Wasn't it because he wanted Ardiles but wouldn't pay for Villa? A bit like not signing up Emu because you had to have Rod Hull as part of the deslI believe we had first option to sign Ardiles and Villa for £750,000 but Swales refused.
Amazing contrast with now, where we routinely provide half the England team and no one gives a shit. But it was a big deal back then.
Not sure if Keith Curle was at City when he got his handful of caps? But either way, I’m pretty sure Whitey was the first homegrown City player to get an England cap since Joe Corrigan about a decade earlier.
Even though it was only a friendly, it was a big moment. I don’t remember him playing particularly poorly. But that miss when he was one on one with the ‘keeper was the only really moment that sticks in the memory. And that was his England career done.
Still, it’s one more cap than the vast majority of other players get. So I hope he’s rightly proud of it.
He couldn't open his arse after a vindaloo and 5 pints of special brew.Wasn't he the lad who Reid claimed could open a tin of peas with his left foot?
Pretty sure Curle and/or White was our first England cap since Trevor Francis in the 1982 World Cup (and he was sold a few weeks later before kicking a ball again for City).Amazing contrast with now, where we routinely provide half the England team and no one gives a shit. But it was a big deal back then.
Not sure if Keith Curle was at City when he got his handful of caps? But either way, I’m pretty sure Whitey was the first homegrown City player to get an England cap since Joe Corrigan about a decade earlier.
Even though it was only a friendly, it was a big moment. I don’t remember him playing particularly poorly. But that miss when he was one on one with the ‘keeper was the only really moment that sticks in the memory. And that was his England career done.
Still, it’s one more cap than the vast majority of other players get. So I hope he’s rightly proud of it.
His form dropped so badly that by the time he was on his way he was so lacking in confidence he was in my opinion a shadow of the player he was. I thought at the time it was quite shocking and I believe there must be more to it than was ever made public. Don't get me wrong I never had a go at the lad verbally at the game but yet again I could smell peter swales rotten stench getting worse at the club.
It got so bad we thought a lad from the 4th division called Carl Griffiths would be our saviour.
I have it on good authority that when Maradona left Barcelona he was absolutely desperate to sign for City, he loved the area he loved the potential of the club, Billy McNeill was mad keen to sign him and then just as Diego was about to catch his flight from Barcelona to Manchester ……. yep you guessed it Swales kiboshed the deal