[Lord Snooty]

July 21:

Happy 40th birthday today to Ian Craney. He was born in Liverpool in 1982.

He was signed for Town by Stan Ternent from Accrington Stanley, just after the start of the 2008/09 season and made his debut in a shocking home defeat to MK Dons. It was a terrible start to the season, with just two points on the board from the first four games.

But then Craney got his first goal for Town and it was the winner in the game down at Cheltenham, adding to a goal by Nathan Clarke to give us a 2-1 win.

He added more goals, scoring against Oldham, Hartlepool, Crewe and Southend and then Port Vale in the FA Cup. But Turnip had been replaced by Lee Clark by then and Craney's appearances fell away and he was sent out on loan to Morecambe in the next season and he eventually left for Fleetwood.

When his playing career ended, he got into coaching and worked with Paul Cook at Wigan and Ipswich.