Mike Betts
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Michael James Betts[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 21 September 1956 | ||
| Place of birth | Barnsley, England | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (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]
Career
[edit]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
[edit]Sligo Rovers
- League of Ireland: 1976–77
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Mike Betts". Barry Hugman's Footballers.
- ^ The Forgotten Italian Job of 1974 Archived 9 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 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) - ^ "It was twenty-five years ago today..." Irish Independent. 10 April 2002. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- ^ The Irish Times. Dublin. 7 November 1977. ISSN 0791-5144 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1977/1107/Pg004.html#Ar00405:3F14F341954841C4F14B654645258A4615B246158A4A45B24385AC4865C63F37994267B142679942A7B14D96915096A94DB71D50D7355B378D5E77A44EB7B651F7CE0007FE5818115847FE5928115927FE59C81159C7FE59F81159F7FE5BD8113D758C4455B43BA5AE40B5C840F5AD42B5C74EB7FE53A810.
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External links
[edit]- Profile at NASL jerseys
Categories:
- Living people
- 1956 births
- English men's footballers
- Men's association football central defenders
- English Football League players
- American Soccer League (1933–1983) players
- League of Ireland players
- Blackpool F.C. players
- Sligo Rovers F.C. players
- New York Apollo players
- Shamrock Rovers F.C. players
- Cleveland Cobras players
- Southport F.C. players
- Northwich Victoria F.C. players
- Bury F.C. players
- English expatriate men's footballers
- English expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
- Footballers from Barnsley