Mike Everitt (footballer)

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Mike Everitt
Personal information
Full name Michael Dennis Everitt [1]
Date of birth (1941-01-16) 16 January 1941 (age 82)
Place of birth Clacton-on-Sea, England
Position(s) Left back
Youth career
1956–1958 Arsenal
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1958–1961 Arsenal 9 (1)
1961–1967 Northampton Town 207 (15)
1967–1968 Plymouth Argyle 29 (0)
1968–1970 Brighton & Hove Albion 27 (1)
1970–1971 Plymouth City
1971–1973 Wimbledon 33 (1)
Total305(18)
Managerial career
1970–1971 Plymouth City (player-manager)
1971–1973 Wimbledon (player-manager)
1973–1975 Brentford
Al-Shabab
El Mokawloon
Al Ahly
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Michael Dennis Everitt (born 16 January 1941) is an English former professional football player and manager. As a left back, Everitt made over 200 appearances in the Football League for Northampton Town and he later managed in the Football League, Africa and the Middle East.

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Playing career

Arsenal

A left back, Everitt began his career in the youth system at First Division club Arsenal and turned professional in February 1958. [2] He made his professional debut in a 2–0 victory over Fulham on 15 April 1960 and scored his only goal for the club with the winner versus Preston North End on 23 August 1960. [3] He made just 9 appearances for the Gunners and departed Highbury in February 1961. [2]

Northampton Town

Everitt dropped down to the Fourth Division to join high-flying Northampton Town for a £4,000 fee in February 1961. [2] He helped the club to clinch promotion to the Third Division at the end of the 1960–61 season and was a part of the team that clinched two further promotions to secure First Division football for the first time in the club's history in 1965. [4] [5] The Cobblers' stay in the top flight was fleeting and with a second-successive relegation looking likely, [4] Everitt left the County Ground in March 1967. [6] In just over six years with Northampton, Everitt made 207 league appearances and scored 15 goals. [1] For his contribution, Everitt was later named in the Northampton Town 'Team of the Century'. [7]

Later years

Everitt joined Second Division club Plymouth Argyle in March 1967, but made just 31 appearances during just over a year at Home Park, [6] before ending his League career with a two-season spell at Third Division club Brighton & Hove Albion. [1] In 1970, Everitt dropped into non-League football to end his career with Plymouth City and Wimbledon before retiring in 1973. [6]

Managerial and coaching career

Everitt began his managerial career as player-manager of Plymouth City in 1970, but his tenure was ended when the club folded midway through the 1971–72 season. [5] He took over from long-serving Les Henley at Southern League Premier Division club Wimbledon in April 1971, [8] but was unable to achieve better than two mid-table finishes before surprisingly moving up to the Football League when he was appointed as manager of newly relegated Fourth Division club Brentford in August 1973. [5] Everitt narrowly avoided a finish in the re-election places at the end of the 1973–74 season, but was sacked by incoming chairman Dan Tana in January 1975. [5] After a spell coaching at Leicester City, Everitt moved abroad and managed clubs in Egypt, Kuwait and Morocco. [5] He had particular success with El Mokawloon, winning the 1982–83 Egyptian Premier League title and two African Cup Winners' Cups. [5]

Honours

As a player

Northampton Town

As a manager

El Mokawloon

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Arsenal 1959–60 [3] First Division 5000—50
1960–61 [3] 41000041
Total91000091
Plymouth Argyle 1966–67 [6] Second Division 90——90
1967–68 [6] 2001010220
Total2901010310
Career total3811010401

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  2. 1 2 3 "Profile". Arsenal F.C. Retrieved 26 March 2011.
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  4. 1 2 "Northampton Town Complete History". Statto.com. Archived from the original on 25 March 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
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