Mike England

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Mike England
Full name	Harold Michael England MBE
Date of birth	2 December 1941 (1941-12-02) (age 66)
Place of birth	Holywell, Wales
Height	5.11ft
Playing position	Centre Half
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1959-1966 1966-1975 1975-1976 1975-1979	Blackburn Rovers Tottenham Hotspur Cardiff City Seattle Sounders (NASL) Career	? (?) 400 (19) ? 0(?) 106 (6) ? (?)
National team
	Wales	44 (?)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Mike England MBE (born 2 December 1941 in Holywell, Wales) was a popular Welsh footballer and manager.

[edit] Playing career

Mike England was a tall commanding centre-half, who could also play effectively as a centre-forward. He played for several professional teams and for the Wales national team. He retired as a player in 1979.

[edit] 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 Mike very much, as he has admitted freely, and he quit football management shortly afterwards to manage a nursing home in North Wales.

Wales national football team (1979-1987)

[edit] Honours

Tottenham Hotspur

F.A. Cup winner - 1967

v • d • e Wales national football team – Managers

Barnes (1954–56) • Murphy (1958) • Bowen (1964–1974) • Smith (1974–79) • England (1979–87) • Yorath (1988–93) • Toshack (1994) • Smith (1994–95) • Gould (1995–99) • Hughes (1999–2004) • Toshack (2004–)