was to wait over a year for another appearance as his lack of timing in the tackle was considered dangerous. Probably needs a full season somewhere to really become the player he has promised. Gwynne leaves after five years as man and boy, with 52 starts, 21 sub appearances, and one goal.

Craig Jones is another that really needs games to progress, something he is not going to get with no reserve side at Edgar Street. Came on in leaps and bounds in loan spells at Bromsgrove and Redditch but injury seemed to halt his progress as he got a foot in the door. Made just three starts, one against Portsmouth, and two sub appearances in the past two seasons.

Joel Edwards was the only pro at the club neverto get a game last term.

Former Bulls player and Manager Colin Addison celebrates his seventieth birthday today.

Addison was born in Taunton, Somerset on the 18th May 1940 but was brought up in York where he signed his first professional contact with York City in 1957. Happy to play in midfield or up front, Addison scored 28 goals from 87 performances before being transferred to Nottingham Forest for £12,000 in 1961. Five years and 62 goals later he moved on to Arsenal for £45,000 but his stay at Highbury was short-lived and just a year later he found himself on the move again, this time to Sheffield United’s Bramhall Lane.

In October 1971, Addison arrived at Edgar Street as successor to the legendary John Charles inheriting a group of players