Jeff Kenna Question

Sorry if this is the wrong forum but I'm not allowed into the Galway forum so can't post it there. Anyway my Blackburn Rovers supporting mate was over at mine last night watching MNS, and when they referred to Kenna as a Premiership winning player he said that Kenna didn't play the required number of games that season to get a medal. Now I remember he was Blackburn's second choice right back that season but I thought he had a medal. My mate maintains that he didn't and I can't find anything on this on Wiki or Google, can anyone settle this debate?

5 appearances earns you a medal, I'll try to find how many he had

http://www.soccerbase.com/players_de...?playerid=4118
Doesn't appear as though he made an appearance that entire season for any team

Yet here he is in the lineup
http://www.toffeeweb.com/season/94-9...burn_home.html

Says here he played 9 times
http://www.sporting-heroes.net/footb...p?HeroID=19312

Is it not 10 appearences for a medal, worm?

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Originally Posted by stiofain

Is it not 10 appearences for a medal, worm?

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You might be right, I remember it being 5 for some reason

I guess it is 10
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/foot...al/3662645.stm

For some reason it was Keown and Arsenal that season that made me thought 5 before.

I guess that would mean No, Kenna did not get a medal

Im 99 percent sure i heard before that he didnt get one. You have to lay 1/4 of the games in a season. Now that is 9. I think back when Blackburn won the league it was 10 or 11.

It was 10 back around 1995 to get a medal anyway, I remember David Batty didn't accept one because he only played the bare 10 games for them. To be honest the more my friend talked about it the more I started to think tht he didn't. My younger brother (also a Blackburn fan) thought he hadn't either, wasn't sure though

who cares anyway? at least he was a member of a premiership winning squad.

i got asked a ( quiz ) question about irish players winning premiership medals and i said jeff kenna and he was one of the answers.

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Originally Posted by paul_oshea

i got asked a ( quiz ) question about irish players winning premiership medals and i said jeff kenna and he was one of the answers.

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Well that's that solved anyway, pub quizzes are never wrong

:D

Kenna signed just before the end of the season and played all 9 games after that. he needed 10 to get a medal.

I think Blackburn got him anyway

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Originally Posted by Dodge

Kenna signed just before the end of the season and played all 9 games after that. he needed 10 to get a medal.

I think Blackburn got him anyway

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correct, at least thats how i remember it too.

Yeah that's bang on. Clubs were awarded medals to present to players who played in 10 games or more.

After that you could buy them to give them to who you want. Thats what Blackburn did for Kenna

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Originally Posted by charliesboots

Yeah that's bang on. Clubs were awarded medals to present to players who played in 10 games or more.

After that you could buy them to give them to who you want. Thats what Blackburn did for Kenna

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So he has a medal but he didn't win one is the answer then, cheers lads

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Originally Posted by jebus

Well that's that solved anyway, pub quizzes are never wrong

:D

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Who said it was a pub quiz?!

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Originally Posted by jebus

So he has a medal but he didn't win one is the answer then, cheers lads

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Gracious as ever Jebus :)

I'd welcome you back to our board or even our Board :p in the morning. Stifling free speech is the preserve of the McCarthyDundons & Co only IMO.

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Originally Posted by MyTown

Gracious as ever Jebus :)

I'd welcome you back to our board or even our Board :p in the morning. Stifling free speech is the preserve of the McCarthyDundons & Co only IMO.

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Why thank you, for my part I'd happily come back to your board and point out the many, many reasons Galway United are a disgrace to the sport of football in a heartbeat :)

According to where are they now on the Birmingham website, he only played the last 9 games of the title winning season for Blackburn: http://www.blues.premiumtv.co.uk/pag...054686,00.html

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Originally Posted by MyTown

Gracious as ever Jebus :)

I'd welcome you back to our board or even our Board :p in the morning. Stifling free speech is the preserve of the McCarthyDundons & Co only IMO.

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No need to bring his family into it.:D

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Originally Posted by Flawless

According to where are they now on the Birmingham website, he only played the last 9 games of the title winning season for Blackburn: http://www.blues.premiumtv.co.uk/pag...054686,00.html

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So what you meant to say was "as the lads said..."

Sorry Dodge, didnt see that post!!

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Originally Posted by depor

who cares anyway? at least he was a member of a premiership winning squad.

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Are you serious? That's like saying that Ben Watson should take great pride in the achievement of Man Yoo should they win the premiership this season. I know that Kenna had played more games than Watson but there has to be a line drawn somewhere.

:D

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Originally Posted by sadloserkid

Are you serious? That's like saying that Ben Watson should take great pride in the achievement of Man Yoo should they win the premiership this season. I know that Kenna had played more games than Watson but there has to be a line drawn somewhere.

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Ben Watson played no matches for Man Utd this season,so he definitely deserves no medal

Jeff Kenna does have a Premier League medal.
Normal FA rules state that a player has to make 10 appearances for a team to earn a league medal and Kenna only made 9, but Blackburn made a case to the FA that they had only 9 games left when Kenna joined them and he played in all 9, so the FA made an exception and gave him a medal on that basis.
And that's from the horse's mouth

Welcome to the forum Jeff!

This isn't Jeff Kenna, I'm sorry to say. Haven't GUFC had enough trouble with playing/coaching staff members going on the web this week already?

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Originally Posted by Blocker

This isn't Jeff Kenna, I'm sorry to say. Haven't GUFC had enough trouble with playing/coaching staff members going on the web this week already?

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:D Nice one Blocker - in a Foot.ie context that constitutes (almost) scoring on your debut

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Originally Posted by Blocker

Jeff Kenna does have a Premier League medal.
Normal FA rules state that a player has to make 10 appearances for a team to earn a league medal and Kenna only made 9, but Blackburn made a case to the FA that they had only 9 games left when Kenna joined them and he played in all 9, so the FA made an exception and gave him a medal on that basis.
And that's from the horse's mouth

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That's what we've been saying, he has one but he didn't earn it. It's a step up from buying one on eBay :D

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Originally Posted by sadloserkid

Are you serious? That's like saying that Ben Watson should take great pride in the achievement of Man Yoo should they win the premiership this season. I know that Kenna had played more games than Watson but there has to be a line drawn somewhere.

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Given that Kenna scored a vital winner v Palace in one of the last games of the season I'd say that gives him far more entitlement!

The special dispensation rule's a bit of a cop out imo but if you've scored the winner in a game I guess it has some merit.

Jeff played every minute of the last 9 games scoring 2 goals along the way.
He has a medal and deservedly so - typical Irish begrudgery bulls***.

Btw someone said he was second choice right back - wrong again he was 1st choice full back for 3/4 years before Souness arrived.

He has 27 caps, played in the premiership for over 10 years, champions league, captained Birmingham to promotion, captained Derby etc etc.

And your arguing over whether he won or got a medal ?

Give credit where it is due.

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Originally Posted by B1977

:D

Ben Watson played no matches for Man Utd this season,so he definitely deserves no medal

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He played one did he not when Kuzciak was suspended and Van Der Saar injured?

Jebus you really are a sad human being.

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Originally Posted by Jemmy

Jeff played every minute of the last 9 games scoring 2 goals along the way.
He has a medal and deservedly so - typical Irish begrudgery bulls***.

Btw someone said he was second choice right back - wrong again he was 1st choice full back for 3/4 years before Souness arrived.

He has 27 caps, played in the premiership for over 10 years, champions league, captained Birmingham to promotion, captained Derby etc etc.

And your arguing over whether he won or got a medal ?

Give credit where it is due.

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Welcome to the forum Jeff's Dad!

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Originally Posted by Jemmy

Jeff played every minute of the last 9 games scoring 2 goals along the way.

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Pedant's corner.....

I actually thought he'd scored two as well but having checked the only one recorded is the winner v palace.

It's a fiar point, does someone who made 10 sub appearances for a total of say 180 minutes deserve a medal more then someone who played 90 minutes in 9 games?

Incidentally, David Batty was offered a medal having played 5 games that season due to injury and declined it saying he didn't feel he deserved it.

Thats easy to do when you already have one !!!

I am not Jeffs dad but a new visitor to these forums and I am baffled by the begrudgery shown to people who have already achieved more by even playing one Eircom league match than most of the posters on the forum.

So i have no bias one way or another with regards to Kenna other thans he is Irish and represented us well when plying his trade in england and also when playing fro his country.

So do I admire him ? absolutely
Do I have to be his Dad to do this ?

Hey, are you begrudging our right to be begrudgers? :mad:

Youre from Kerry Im guessing so I forgive you

That's the spirit.

Welcome aboard! :)

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Originally Posted by sadloserkid

He played one did he not when Kuzciak was suspended and Van Der Saar injured?

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He did not.

Ben Foster did.

I'm guessing today's lyric of choice is probably inaccurate as well.

Thank you - looking forward to good debate & having a laugh
maybe I am on the wrong forum;)

oh ya got that right J.K.D......Any diverse opinion is brutally crushed round here….