Mike Betts

Last updated

Mike Betts
Personal information
Full name Michael James Betts [1]
Date of birth (1956-09-21) 21 September 1956 (age 66)
Place of birth Barnsley, England
Position(s) Centre-back
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1975–1976 Blackpool 7 (0)
1976–1977 Sligo Rovers 25 (5)
1977 New York Apollo
1977–1978 Shamrock Rovers 1 (0)
1979 Cleveland Cobras
1979–1980 Southport 2 (0)
1979–1980 Northwich Victoria 1 (0)
1980–1981 Bury 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Michael Betts (born 21 September 1956) is an English retired professional footballer who played as a centre-back. [1]

Contents

Career

Betts played in the Blackpool youth system. In 1974, the Blackpool youths won the Caligaris International Tournament. [2] In 1975, he moved up to the first team. In 1976, he transferred to Sligo Rovers [3] where he won Sligo's first ever League of Ireland Championship in the 1976–77 season. [4]

In November 1977 he signed for John Giles at Shamrock Rovers [5] where he made his only league appearance at Glenmalure Park. Despite scoring the winner against a Manchester United selection the same week he left Ireland soon after.

In 1979, Betts played for the Cleveland Cobras in the American Soccer League.

Honours

Sligo Rovers

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pat Byrne (footballer)</span> Irish former football player and manager

Patrick Joseph Byrne is an Irish former football player and manager.

Paul Carlyle is a Northern Irish former footballer and currently a manager.

Fran Hitchcock is an Irish former footballer who played as a forward during the 1980s and 1990s.

Larry Wyse was an Irish soccer player during the 1980s and 1990s.

Derek McGrath is a retired Irish footballer.

Mick Smyth was an Irish soccer player who played for Drumcondra, Shamrock Rovers, Bohemians and Athlone Town in the League of Ireland throughout the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s and had a short spell in England with Barrow in the early 1960s.

Alan O'Neill is an Irish football goalkeeper who played in the League of Ireland in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s.

Raymond Christopher Patrick Treacy, was an Irish professional footballer.

Noel Synnott is an Irish former football player and manager.

Peter Joseph Fitzgerald was an Irish professional footballer who played as a forward.

Harry Kenny is an Irish footballer who last managed at St Patrick's Athletic before resigning in August 2019. During his playing career he spent 13 seasons playing for Shamrock Rovers.

Robbie Gaffney is an Irish former footballer.

Gerry Mackey was an Irish former footballer.

Mick Lawlor is an Irish former footballer who played as a forward.

Pat Courtney is an Irish former footballer who played as a full back, mainly on the left.

Liam Hennessy was an Irish international footballer who played as an attacking left half, with a gifted left foot. Nicknamed "The Gunner" such was the power and shooting accuracy he delivered both from open play and from the penalty spot.

Eoin Patrick Monahan is an Irish former footballer.

Eamonn "Chick" Deacy was a professional footballer from Galway, Ireland.

Peter Mumby is an English retired professional footballer who played as a striker.

Gay O'Carroll is an Irish former footballer.

References

  1. 1 2 "Mike Betts". Barry Hugman's Footballers.
  2. ↑ The Forgotten Italian Job of 1974 Archived 9 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ The Irish Times . Dublin. 31 August 1976. ISSN   0791-5144 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1976/0831/Pg003.html#Ar00301 .{{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ↑ "It was twenty-five years ago today..." Irish Independent. 10 April 2002. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  5. ↑ The Irish Times . Dublin. 7 November 1977. ISSN   0791-5144 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1977/1107/Pg004.html#Ar00405:3F14F341954841C4F14B654645258A4615B246158A4A45B24385AC4865C63F37994267B142679942A7B14D96915096A94DB71D50D7355B378D5E77A44EB7B651F7CE0007FE5818115847FE5928115927FE59C81159C7FE59F81159F7FE5BD8113D758C4455B43BA5AE40B5C840F5AD42B5C74EB7FE53A810 .{{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.