- Kenny Stroud
Kenny Stroud (born
1 December 1953 ) is a former Englishsoccer player.When Stroud was playing, he was a favourite of Swindon Town fans.
Stroud was a ball-boy at Wembley on the day Swindon Town lifted the League Cup in 1969, and his first goal at the County Ground came that same year, when he netted for the South of England's schools team against the North in a 3-1 win. He went on to become a schoolboy international.
His Town career started on 4 September 1971, when he made his first team debut in a televised 0-0 home draw with Queens Park Rangers. He made just two more appearances that season, and just five the next, as he gradually broke into the first team ranks.
It wasn't really until the 1974/1975 season that Stroud became a first team regular, and his first goal for the Town came at the end of that season, when he scored in a 3-1 home win over Exeter City in April.
An accomplished and loyal defender, Stroud stayed at the County Ground for eleven years, his most memorable moment coming in January 1977, when he scored a 30 yard screamer of a goal in an FA Cup tie against Everton at the County Ground. The goal earned the Town a replay, and also won the Central Television Goal of the Season award.
Stroud went on to make over 300 appearances for Swindon, before being released at the end of the 1981/1982 season. With the club in financial difficulty, the board were unable to match his wages from the previous season, and he left to join Newport County. He spent little over a year at Newport, before finishing his career at Bristol City.
Kenny Stroud's son David is currently attempting to break into the Swindon first team - hoping to follow in the footsteps of his father.
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