Mike Everitt (footballer)

Mike Everitt
Personal information
Full name Michael Dennis Everitt[1]
Date of birth (1941-01-16) 16 January 1941
Place of birth Clacton-on-Sea, England
Playing position Left back
Youth career
1956–1958 Arsenal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (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)
Total 305 (18)
Teams managed
1970–1971 Plymouth City (player-manager)
1971–1973 Wimbledon (player-manager)
1973–1975 Brentford
Al-Shabab
El Mokawloon
Al Ahly
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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

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 in a £4,000 deal 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 closing out his league career with a two-season spell at Third Division side Brighton & Hove Albion.[1] In 1970, Everitt dropped into non-league football to see out his career with Plymouth City and Wimbledon and retired 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][9] 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

Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Arsenal 1959–60[3] First Division 5 0 0 0 — 5 0
1960–61[3] 4 1 0 0 0 0 4 1
Total 9 1 0 0 0 0 9 1
Plymouth Argyle 1966–67[6] Second Division 9 0 — — 9 0
1967–68[6] 20 0 1 0 1 0 22 0
Total 29 0 1 0 1 0 31 0
Career total 38 1 1 0 1 0 40 1

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Mike Everitt". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 "Profile". Arsenal F.C. Retrieved 26 March 2011.
  3. 1 2 3 "Mike Everitt". 11v11.com. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  4. 1 2 "Northampton Town Complete History - Statto.com". Archived from the original on 25 March 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. p. 180. ISBN 978-0955294914.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 Scallan, Trevor. "GoS-DB Players". www.greensonscreen.co.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  7. ↑ "Profile". Northampton Town F.C. Archived from the original on 1 December 2008. Retrieved 26 March 2011.
  8. ↑ "Top five Dons managers – News – AFC Wimbledon". Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  9. ↑ "Football Club History Database – Wimbledon". fchd.info. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
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