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Mike Betts
Personal information
Full name Michael James Betts[1]
Date of birth (1956-09-21) 21 September 1956 (age 68)
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

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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

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Sligo Rovers

References

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  1. ^ a b "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)
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