Michael Boulding

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Michael Boulding
Personal information
Full name Michael Boulding
Date of birth February 8, 1976 (age 31)
Place of birth    Sheffield, England
Height 5' 10" (1.78m)
Nickname Quick Mick
Playing position Forward / Winger
Club information
Current club Mansfield Town
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1998-1999
1999-2001
2001-2002
2002-2003
2002
2003-2004
2004-2005
2005
2006
2006-		 Hallam
Mansfield Town
Grimsby Town
Aston Villa
→ Sheffield United (loan)
Grimsby Town
Barnsley
→ Cardiff City (loan)
Rotherham United
Mansfield Town		 unknown
65 0(12)
35 0(11)
00 00(0)
06 00(0)
39 0(16)
35 0(10)
04 00(0)
00 00(0)
27 00(5)   

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 24/2/2007.
* Appearances (Goals)

Michael Boulding is an English professional football player, who can play as a forward or as a winger. Boulding currently plays for Mansfield Town.

Michael started out as a promising junior tennis player and roomed with Tim Henman. He held an ATP singles world ranking between 8 July 1996 and 1 November 1999, apart from between 25 August 1997 and 24 August 1998. This which peaked at 1119 with 4 world ranking points on 3 May 1999. His highest doubles ranking was 964 on 10 February 1997 with 15 ranking points.

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[edit] Mansfield Town (first spell)

Boulding began his career in professional football when he was signed by Mansfield Town in the summer of 1999, having previously played for non-league side Hallam F.C. He played two seasons at Field Mill, scoring 12 goals in 66 league matches. He left the club to join Grimsby in the summer of 2001, having failed to agree a new contract with the Stags.

[edit] Grimsby Town (first spell)

Grimsby took a risk in signing Boulding first time round as he had only been a professional footballer for 2 years. He broke into the first team, initially being used as a substitute and ended up as the club's leading scorer for the 2001-02 season. This lead to him turning down a contract extension for the chance to play in the Premiership with Aston Villa.

[edit] Aston Villa

Michael was involved in Villa's Inter-Toto Cup campaign in the summer of 2002. He played twice against FC Zurich, scoring the first goal in the second leg, his home debut, to set up a 3-0 win on the night and 3-2 on aggregate. Unable to break into first team due to the presence of strikers like Juan Pablo Angel and Darius Vassell, he spent time on loan with Sheffield United.

[edit] Grimsby Town (second spell)

Mick returned around 6 months after leaving for Villa, and managed 4 goals in 12 games towards the end of the 2002-03 season, but this was not enough to stop the club being relegated. A goal-scoring start to the 2002-03 season saw him bag 12 goals in 27 games, but the dismissal of manager Paul Groves due to a poor league position lead to Michael making a transfer request and he left for Barnsley. Despite his early exit, he finished joint leading scorer for the season.

[edit] Barnsley

Boulding joined Barnsley in February 2004. He played regularly for the team under the management of Paul Hart, but lost his place in the side when Hart was sacked and replaced by Andy Ritchie. He was later loaned to Cardiff, and released on a free transfer at the end of the 2004-05 season.

Boulding reportedly came close to signing for Crewe Alexandra in the summer of 2005. However, Boulding instead retired from the game. In March the next year, he returned to football and signed a short-term contract with Rotherham, but never made any first-team games for the Millers, and left the club at the end of the season.

[edit] Mansfield Town (second spell)

In July 2006, Boulding returned to the club where he started his football career, and after impressing manager Peter Shirtliff on trial, he was offered a one-year contract by the Stags. His younger brother Rory is also on Mansfield's books, playing for the Stags' youth team.

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Mansfield Town F.C. - Current Squad

1 White | 2 Mullins | 3 Jelleyman | 4 D'Laryea | 5 Hjelde | 6 Baptiste | 7 Hamshaw | 8 Dawson | 9 Conlon | 10 Brown | 11 M. Boulding | 12 Buxton | 14 Hodge | 15 Coke | 16 Arnold | 19 Muggleton | 20 Gritton | 21 Charlton | 22 Lloyd | 23 Sleath | 24 Wood | 25 McIntosh | 30 R. Boulding | 31 Reet | Manager: Dearden
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