ɡˈɜːni lˈɛft plˈeɪnmoːɹ ˌɔn tˈɛn dʒˈænjuːˌɛɹi nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti nˈaɪn, sˈaɪnɪŋ fɔːɹ ɹˈiːdɪŋ fɚɹə fˈiː ʌv pˈaʊnd wˈʌnhˈʌndɹɪd,zˈiəɹoʊzˈiəɹoʊ zˈiəɹoʊ, hˌævɪŋ skˈoːɹd tˈɛn tˈaɪmz ɪn sˈɪksti fˈoːɹ lˈiːɡ ɡˈeɪmz fɚðə ɡˈʌlz—ɐ bˈɛɾɚ stɹˈaɪk ɹˈeɪt ðɐn mˈɛnɪəv ðə fˈɔːɹwɚdz tə hæv plˈeɪd fɔːɹ juːnˈaɪɾᵻd dˈʊɹɹɪŋ ðə nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti z.
Gurney left Plainmoor on 10 January 1999, signing for Reading for a fee of £100,000, having scored 10 times in 64 league games for the Gulls—a better strike rate than many of the forwards to have played for United during the 1990s.