Wayne Mumford

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Wayne Mumford
Personal information
Full name Wayne Ernest Mumford [1]
Date of birth (1964-11-03) 3 November 1964 (age 58)
Place of birth Rhymney, Wales
Position(s) Right back
Youth career
1980–1982 Manchester City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1982–1984 Birmingham City 7 (0)
1984–1985 Worcester City [2] (1)
1985–1986 Coventry Sporting
1986 Leamington
1986–1987 Bedworth United
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Wayne Ernest Mumford (born 3 November 1964) is a Welsh former professional footballer who played in the English Football League for Birmingham City. [3]

Mumford was born in Rhymney, Monmouthshire, and brought up in Coventry, Warwickshire. Capped by Wales at youth level, he began his club career as an apprentice with Manchester City, but returned to the Midlands where he signed professional forms with Birmingham City in September 1982. [4] He made his debut as a 17-year-old in the First Division on 16 October 1982 in a 1–1 draw at Nottingham Forest. This was the first of six starts for the first team: in each case he deputised competently for established right backs Dave Langan and Jim Hagan. [5] Mumford also captained Birmingham's youth team.[ citation needed ] He was released in 1984, and went on to play Southern League football for Worcester City, Coventry Sporting, Leamington and Bedworth United, before a knee injury put an end to his career. [4]

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References

  1. "Wayne Mumford". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  2. "All Time Goalscorer Statistics". Worcester City Archive. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
  3. "Birmingham City: 1946/47–2007/08". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  4. 1 2 Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 113. ISBN   978-1-85983-010-9.
  5. Matthews, p. 218–19.