Micky Burton

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Micky Burton
Personal information
Full name Michael James Burton
Date of birth (1969-11-05) 5 November 1969 (age 54)
Place of birth Tamworth, England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) [1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1986–1987 Birmingham City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1987–1991 Birmingham City 4 (0)
1991 Sheffield Wednesday 0 (0)
1991–1992 Shrewsbury Town 6 (0)
1992 Moor Green
1992 Milton Keynes Borough
1992–199? Moor Green
– Bromsgrove Rovers
1994 Solihull Borough
1994–199? Redditch United
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Michael James Burton (born 5 November 1969) is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League for Birmingham City and Shrewsbury Town. [2] He played as a midfielder.

Burton was born in Tamworth, Staffordshire. He joined Birmingham City as a YTS trainee in 1986, and turned professional the following year. [3] He made his first-team debut as a substitute in the League Cup in September 1988, and his first appearance in the Second Division on 25 March 1989, coming on as substitute for Gary Childs in a 2–0 defeat away to Leicester City. He made two more appearances from the bench in the 1988–89 season, [4] but that was the end of his first-team career at Birmingham. He joined Sheffield Wednesday briefly in 1991, but without playing for their first team, and then spent a year with Shrewsbury Town before dropping into non-league football. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Rollin, Jack, ed. (1990). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1990–91 (21st ed.). Queen Anne Press. p. 84. ISBN   0-356-17911-7.
  2. ↑ "Micky Burton". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 23 May 2009.
  3. 1 2 Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 77. ISBN   978-1-85983-010-9.
  4. ↑ Matthews, p. 224.


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