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| Profile |
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| Full name |
Alan Patrick Mullery MBE |
(*Actual for and against are the goals scored while the player was on the field.) |
| Born |
23 November 1941 in Notting Hill, London [registered in Kensington, December 1941]**.**Attended St. John's Secondary School, Notting Hill |
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| Notes |
A ccording to UK Phone Books, an A.P. Mullery was residing at 23 Beverley Road in Worcester Park, south London bewteen 1963 and 1966. Telephone number DERwent 8330. |
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| Married |
to June Schofield [registered in Kenisngton, Middlesex, June 1962]. Two children, Samantha and Neal. |
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| Height/Weight |
5' 9", 12st. 4lbs [1968]. |
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| Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & Ancestry.com |
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| Biographies |
Alan Mullery: The Autobiography - Alan Mullery with Tony Norman (Headline Punlishing Group, London 2006) |
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x. - A Football Compendium, Peter J. Seddon (1999). |
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| Club Career |
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Began playing with West London Schools, London Schools as well as Middlesex Schools before signing with Fulham FC on amateur forms in June 1957, joining the Craven Cottage groundstaff. He turned professional in December 1958. After 199 league appearances and thirteen goals,Mullery signed for Tottenham Hotspur FC for a £72,500 fee in March 1964. 312 league appearances followed and another 25 goals.He rejoined Craven Cottage on loan from March to April 1972. The deal becane permanent in July 1972 at the cost of £65,000, completing another 165 league appearances and scoring another 24 goals**. Mullery retired in May 1976.** |
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| Club honours |
Football League Division Two runners-up 1958-59; FA Cup winners 1966-67, runners-up 1974-75; Football League Cup winners 1970-71; UEFA Cup winners 1971-72; |
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| Individual honours |
Football League (two appearances); BBC Match of the Day Goal of the Season 1973-74, Fulham FC vs. Leicester City FC, FA Cup fourth round tie, 26 January 1974; FWA Football of the Year 1974-75; |
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| Distinctions |
Had a spell playing cricket with the Mayor of Redbridge's XI1965-66; Awarded the MBE1976 for his services to football. Appeared on ITV's This Is Your Life 24 March 1976; |
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| Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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| Management Career |
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No sooner had Mullery hung up his boots, he was managing his first club, Brighton & Hove Albion FC from July 1976 until June 1981. Whereupon he took over the reins at Charlton Atheltic FC for the 1981-82 season. Crystal Palace FC was next on his list from June 1982 until May 1984. An unsuccessful period at Queen's Park Rangers FC between June and December 1984. He returned to the south coast with Brighton & Hove Albion from 1986 until his sacking in January 1987. Between August and December 1987, he became part-time manager of Southwick FC of the Isthmian League. In early 1990, he had a spell coaching the Malaysian Armed Forces football team. Became Director of Coaching at Barnet FC in 1996-97. He was also a football consultant at Crawley Town FC in Seotember 2005. |
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| Club honours |
Football League Division Three promotion 1976-77; Division Two promotion 1978-79; |
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| England Career |
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| Player number |
833rd player to appear for England. |
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| Position(s) |
Right-half |
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| First match |
No. 386, 9 December 1964, Netherlands 1 England 1, a friendly match at Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam, aged 23 years 16 days. |
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| Last match |
No. 456, 13 October 1971, Switzerland 2 England 3, a European Championship qualification match at Sankt Jakob Stadium, Basel, aged 29 years 324 days. |
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| Major tournaments |
World Cup Finals 1966 (provisional squad), 1970; European Championship Finals 1968;British Championship 1967-68, 1968-69, 1969-70; |
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| Team honours |
British Championship winners 1967-68, 1968-69, shared 1969-70; |
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| Individual honours |
England U23 (three appearances) |
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| Distinctions |
The 25th Londoner to represent England.Has the dubious privilege of being England's first sending-off, against Yugoslavia, 5 June 1968. |
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| Beyond England |
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| After leaving Brighton for the second time, Mullery took an appointment with an insurance company and additionally, in August 1987, became part-time manager of Southwick FC, leaving two months later. He has since carved out a media career, appearing as a pundit on Sky Sports - An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.183/4./Media |
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