Ian Knight

[GY-owl.4]

Grimsby signed Knight on loan after the injury.... played 7 games & looked awesome by all accounts.

 

these 7 games coincided with an upturn of results, grimsby then spent £10.000 to buy him...... first game away vs Colchester on a tuesday night, he played ace 1st half..... didnt come out for the 2nd - it turns out he broke his leg in the first half!!!

 

i seem to recall a couple of attempts to try get back but im not sure he played at all after that. 

[Wolfmanjack]

Only played a handful of games for us, but looked a brilliant prospect. He was a footballing centre half, who had he not had his leg broken in seven places by Gary Bennett, would have been brilliant (I think) as a sweeper, in front of the back four, or behind a three. When we talk about prospects, I think Ian Knight was the best prospect at Hillsborough in the past thirty years.

[Sham67]

Just been reading about him in another thread, my dad used to go on about how good he was. Wasn't he very young when his career was cut short?

I am just interested to know what made him stand out, why was he so good?

Thank you.

 

That's a depressing thought.  

 

He was destined for a great career.  Real shame.

[shandypants]

He could have been SWFC's Alan Hansen. He was a class prospect.

[MAL]

Only played a handful of games for us, but looked a brilliant prospect. He was a footballing centre half, who had he not had his leg broken in seven places by Gary Bennett, would have been brilliant (I think) as a sweeper, in front of the back four, or behind a three. When we talk about prospects, I think Ian Knight was the best prospect at Hillsborough in the past thirty years.

 

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