Members News: Reminder – Stuart’s Our ‘Special’ Tonight For Sky Blues Clash With Tractor Boys!
Stuart in the Sky Blue
Just to remind you that CCFPA member and Sky Blues former full back/ defender Stuart Giddings will be with us as our ‘special guest’ tonight (ko 8pm) at the Sky Blues’ Championship clash with Ipswich Town. A Tractor Boys win will see them well placed to join already promoted Leicester City in the Premier League next season as runners up.
Stuart, very much a ‘Cov. Kid’, will hope like all Sky Blues fans will be hoping Mark Robins‘ men can stymie the aspirations of East Anglian visitors at the CBS in front of SKY TV camera with a positive performance to set them up for their last (home) game of the season on Saturday against Queen’s Park Rangers (which also happens also to be Legends Day 2024)!
Stuart in July 2002 in England U17 shirt
The England Youth international began his career with the Sky Blues and made his CCFC first team debut in the Championship in May 2004 as a sub and made his full debut the following season. Stuart was also a Birmingham Senior Cup winner with City in 2006-07.
In total, Stuart turned out nineteen times for the first team before being released in March 2008 (after a loan spell at Oldham Athletic). Since 2009 Stuart has played at Hinckley Athletic (two spells), Ilkeston Town and Darlington (on a season’s loan) but his career was sadly set back by a long-term knee ligament injury from 2011.
CCFPA’s Steve Dorrington with Stuart Giddings at Wembley earlier this month
Stuart, an increasingly frequent attender of Sky Blues home games, has been a match-day ‘special’ more than once previously. He has also turned out for the Sky Blues Legends XI in matches supporting various charitable causes. He was at Wembley supporting the Sky Blues in their recent F.A.Cup semi-final. Stuart has also been present at our most recent major former player gatherings and we look forward to seeing him at this May’s Legends Day 2024.
Look out for Stuart ‘around the lounges’ pre-match for Q&As in the company of our member, club host and ex Sky Blue defender Brian ‘Harry’ Roberts.He will no doubt, aso have a chat with some of the other Sky Blue Former Players drawn from our membership who will be attending the game. These currently include:-
Carl Baker; Dietmar Bruck; Jimmy Holmes; Peter Hormantschuk; Patrick Suffo and Graham Walker
Stuart Giddings with CCFPA’s ‘Benno’ at LD19
After the game, as is tradition, Stuart will be down in the G-Casino appearing on stage with CCFPA’s Billy Bell in their Lady Gs Lounge to wrap up the evening with more craic and a Sky Blue song!
As usual we expect the CCFC Legend that is Steve Ogrizovic (also an Association member) to be doing live match-day commentary for BBC CWR. CCFPA Committee members Mike Young and Jim Brown (chairman) will also have their usual pages in the club’s excellent programme PUSB!
