Jeff Kenna Question

**jebus** · 22/04/2008, 8:27 PM

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?

**theworm2345** · 22/04/2008, 8:35 PM

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

**stiofain** · 22/04/2008, 8:41 PM

Is it not 10 appearences for a medal, worm?

**theworm2345** · 22/04/2008, 8:43 PM

Originally Posted by stiofain

Is it not 10 appearences for a medal, worm?

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

**carloz** · 22/04/2008, 8:45 PM

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.

**jebus** · 22/04/2008, 8:58 PM

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

**depor** · 22/04/2008, 9:15 PM

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

**paul_oshea** · 22/04/2008, 9:17 PM

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

**jebus** · 22/04/2008, 9:21 PM

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.

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

**Dodge** · 22/04/2008, 9:54 PM

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

**SkStu** · 22/04/2008, 10:01 PM

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

correct, at least thats how i remember it too.

**charliesboots** · 23/04/2008, 8:07 AM

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

**jebus** · 23/04/2008, 8:16 AM

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

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

**paul_oshea** · 23/04/2008, 9:02 AM

Originally Posted by jebus

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

Who said it was a pub quiz?!

**MyTown** · 23/04/2008, 9:27 AM

Originally Posted by jebus

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

Gracious as ever Jebus

I'd welcome you back to our board or even our Board

in the morning. Stifling free speech is the preserve of the McCarthyDundons & Co only IMO.

**jebus** · 23/04/2008, 4:12 PM

Originally Posted by MyTown

Gracious as ever Jebus

I'd welcome you back to our board or even our Board

in the morning. Stifling free speech is the preserve of the McCarthyDundons & Co only IMO.

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

**Flawless** · 23/04/2008, 5:00 PM

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

**Maroon 7** · 23/04/2008, 8:00 PM

Originally Posted by MyTown

Gracious as ever Jebus

I'd welcome you back to our board or even our Board

in the morning. Stifling free speech is the preserve of the McCarthyDundons & Co only IMO.

No need to bring his family into it.

**Dodge** · 23/04/2008, 9:41 PM

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

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