Mike England

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Mike England
Personal information
Full name	Harold Michael England
Date of birth	(1941-12-02) 2 December 1941
Place of birth	Holywell, Flintshire, Wales
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Playing position	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1959–1966	Blackburn Rovers	165	(21)
1966–1975	Tottenham Hotspur	300	(14)
1975–1979	Seattle Sounders	106	(6)
1975–1976	→ Cardiff City (loan)	40	(1)
1979–1980	Cleveland Force (indoor)	11	(0)
Total		622	(42)
National team
1962–1975	Wales	44	(4)
Teams managed
1979–1987	Wales
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Harold Michael "Mike" England, MBE^[1](born 2 December 1941) is a Welsh former footballer and manager.^[2]

Playing career

Born in Holywell, Wales, Mike England was a tall commanding centre-half, who could also play effectively as a centre-forward. He played for Blackburn Rovers, Tottenham Hotspur, Cardiff, and for the Wales national team. At Spurs he won the inaugural 1972 UEFA Cup Final and was runner up in the same competition 2 years later; his goal in the first leg of the 1974 final unable to win the cup a second time for Spurs. England played in the North American Soccer League with the Seattle Sounders from 1975 to 1979. He retired as a player in 1979 after playing eleven games for the Cleveland Force of the Major Indoor Soccer League. He scored an unusual "hat-trick" in 1974, two own-goals and one goal to Burnley net.

England was overtaken as the youngest Wales permanent captain by Aaron Ramsey in 2011.^[3]

Management career

He managed the Wales national team from 1979 to 1987. In his first match, Wales beat England 4-1 at Wrexham. Under his managership Wales came close to qualifying for several tournaments, most notably the 1986 World Cup. That year, Wales faced Scotland in a World Cup qualifier, which Wales had to win to qualify for the finals. A 1-1 draw was enough for Scotland, but their much loved manager Jock Stein had a heart attack in the dugout next to Mike England, and died shortly after. This affected England, as he has admitted freely, and he quit football management shortly afterwards to manage a nursing home in North Wales. England was awarded MBE for services to Welsh football.

He gave an interview to 'The Spurs Podcast' in 2012,^[4] where he talked extensively about football past and present, and remains in regular contact with his friend, Harry Redknapp.

Wales national football team (1979–1987)

Wales Under 23- 11 appearances

Honours

Tottenham Hotspur

F.A. Cup winner - 1967
League Cup Winner 1971 and 1973
UEFA Cup Winner 1972

References

↑ "Spurs Legend - Mike England". Tottenham Hotspur. Retrieved 26 May 2010.
↑ Hugman,B,J, (Ed)The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946-2005 (2005) p195 ISBN 1-85291-665-6
↑ Aaron-Ramsey-becomes-Wales-youngest-ever-captain
↑ http://thehotspurspodcast.podbean.com/2012/05/28/the-mike-england-interview/

External links

v t e Wales national football team – managers

Barnes (1954–56) Murphy (1956–64) Bowen (1964–74) Smith (1974–79) England (1979–87) Yorath (1988–93) Toshack (1994) Smith (1994–95) Gould (1995–99) Hughes (1999–2004) Toshack (2004–10) Speed (2010–11) Verheijen^c (2011–12) Coleman (2012–) (c) caretaker

Persondata
Name	England, Mike
Alternative names
Short description	Welsh footballer
Date of birth	2 December 1941
Place of birth	Holywell, Flintshire, Wales
Date of death
Place of death

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