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Tommy Hutchison
at 14:39 3 Jan 2022

Hi, a Coventry fan here. I am writing a book about former Swan,Tommy Hutchison. I spent a week at the end of September recording his story with him in Fife. His career was so long and he has so many great stories that we had another week and a half on Zoom calls to cover his whole career!

I was a teenager in the 70s when he was at my club and I have never seen a player like him who could generate excitement in the crowd everytime he recieved the ball.He was fantastic to watch. I never thought that 50 odd years later I would have got to know him. He is a funny, down to earth bloke who has no airs and graces.

I hope the book will be out sometime this year. He had a lot to say about his Swansea years as, to say the least it was a turbulent time for your club, particularly with characters like Doug Sharpe around.

I am putting similar messages to this on the fans forums of all of Tommy's old clubs. I am hoping to have a section at the back of the book where fans of Alloa, Blackpool, Coventry, Seattle Sounders, Man City, Bulgaria (difficult as they don't exist any more), Burnley, Swansea, Merthyr and Scotland can give any of their memories of meeting Tommy or of games he played in. He certainly enjoyed his time in South Wales and he continued to live there until his retirement as a Football in the Community officer for Bristol City and he moved back to Fife. I've had some great comments from Blackpool and Coventry fans so far and I am sure many Swansea fans will good memories of him.
You can either put your comments on this thread or you can email me at;

mrmagicfootball@outlook.com

Thanks in advance for any contributions.Apologies if I bump this thread occasionally to give everyone who knew Hutch a chance to contribute.

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