Micky Worswick

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Micky Worswick
Personal information
Full name Michael Anthony Worswick
Date of birth (1945-03-14) 14 March 1945 (age 78)
Place of birth Preston, England
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
Blackburn Rovers
Preston North End
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Burscough
Skelmersdale United
Chorley
1972–1979 Wigan Athletic 249 (73)
Barrow
International career
1968 England Amateurs 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Michael Anthony Worswick (born 14 March 1945) is an English former footballer who played for Burscough, Skelmersdale United, Chorley, Wigan Athletic and Barrow.

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Career

Born in Preston, Lancashire, Worswick started his career as an amateur at Blackburn Rovers and Preston North End, but did not make any first team appearances. He went on to play for Burscough and Skelmersdale United in the Lancashire Combination, and played for Skelmersdale in the final of the 1966–67 FA Amateur Cup final. [1]

He later played for Chorley and Wigan Athletic in the Northern Premier League, and was part of the Wigan team which was elected into the Football League in 1978. During the following season, he made his only Football League appearance as a substitute against Newport County. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "The Big Interview: Mickey Worswick". Lancashire Evening Post. 27 October 2003. Retrieved 25 April 2018.