Jimmy Mullen (footballer born 1952)

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Jimmy Mullen
Personal information
Full name	James Mullen
Date of birth	8 November 1952 (1952-11-08) (age 55)
Place of birth	Jarrow, England
Club information
Current club	Walsall
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1970-1980 1980-1982 1981-1982 1981-1986 1986-1987	Sheffield Wednesday Rotherham → Preston (loan) Cardiff City Newport County Career	229 (10) 049 0(1) 001 0(0) 133 (12) 019 0(0) 431 (23)
Teams managed
1984 1986 1986-1987 1989-1990 1991-1996 1996-1997 2003-2004 2008	Cardiff City Cardiff City Newport County Blackpool Burnley Sligo Rovers Colwyn Bay Telford United Bromsgrove Rovers Walsall
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of August 3, 2006. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of August 3, 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

James "Jimmy" Mullen (born November 8, 1952 in Jarrow, County Durham) is an English football manager. He was appointed manager of Walsall as on May 22, 2008 after Richard Money's resignation.^[1]

Contents 1 Playing career 2 Management 3 See also 4 Notes 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Playing career

In his playing days, Mullen spent most of his career at Sheffield Wednesday, and was their captain when they won promotion from Division Three in 1979/80. The following season, however, he went one better with Rotherham, captaining the Millers to the Division Three title.

After a short loan spell at Preston, he moved to Cardiff, where he again won promotion in 1982/83. Following the resignation of Cardiff manager Len Ashurst in March 1984, Mullen and Assistant Manager Jimmy Goodfellow were appointed joint Caretaker Managers until the end of the 1983/84 season. At the end of the season, Goodfellow was appointed as sole manager of the club, and Mullen continued as a player under Goodfellow and Alan Durban upon Goodfellow's sacking. After Durban led the club to two successive relegations, leaving them in the old Fourth Division, he was sacked and Mullen was appointed caretaker manager until the end of the season. Mullen was replaced by Frank Burrows in the summer of 1986 and he then moved on to near-neighbours Newport County, where he would end his playing days.

[edit] Management

After being assistant manager to Ian Porterfield at Aberdeen from 1986 to 1988, in April 1989 Mullen was asked to take charge of Blackpool for the last five games of the season after the departure of Sam Ellis. With the help of Len Ashurst, he guided the Seasiders to four victories and avoided relegation. Soon afterwards, Mullen was given the job on a full-time basis.

In light of Ellis' success and popularity at Bloomfield Road, Mullen only lasted eleven months before being replaced by Graham Carr. One notable signing made by Mullen in his short stay at the seaside was David Eyres from non-league Rhyl.

In 1990/91, Mullen was offered and accepted the assistant-manager role at Burnley by manager Frank Casper. Casper resigned eight games into the 1991/92 season, and Mullen was put in temporary charge of team affairs.

Mullen managed to guide the Clarets to promotion to the new Division Two as the old Fourth Division champions.

His success continued in 1993/94. Burnley won promotion to the First Division via the play-offs, and Mullen's hero-like status was confirmed.

His fourth season at the Turf would prove a difficult one. Mullen survived eight consecutive defeats in the New Year of 1995, but it resulted in the Clarets returning to Division Two.

After another unsuccessful 1995/96 season, Mullen was given the sack by the Burnley board and subsequently had short spells scouting for the likes of Bolton Wanderers and Wrexham F.C.

He then took over at Irish side Sligo Rovers during the 1996-1997 campaign and stayed until the end of the season before departing for family reasons and began to work for the Welsh FA while assisting Neville Southall with the Welsh under-19s.

Mullen later managed Welsh outfit Colwyn Bay^[2] but resigned after only one season in charge.^[3] He also managed Market Drayton and Telford United.

His most recent managerial position was at Bromsgrove Rovers, until his resignation in 2006.

In May 2007, Mullen was appointed the assistant manager of Hednesford Town.^[4]

On 28 September 2007, it was announced that Mullen had joined the backroom staff at Walsall.^[5] In April, 2008, he was appointed caretaker manager of Walsall following Richard Money's resignation.

[edit] See also

• Blackpool F.C. season 1989-90

[edit] Notes

[edit] References

• Calley, Roy (1992). Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887-1992. Breedon Books Sport. ISBN 1-873626-07-X. 

[edit] External links

• Clarets MAD Hall of Fame
• Independent site profile

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