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Mike Bailey

Charlton Athletic FC

 2 appearances, 0 goals

P 2 W 2 D 0 L 0 F 12: A 1
100% successful
1964-70

disciplined: none
captain: none
minutes played: 180

Timeline
  Michael Alfred Bailey
Birth Friday, 27 February 1942 in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, where his family had been evacuated too, he was brought up in Great Yarmouth.
  registered in Wisbech January-March 1942
Education Attended Edward Worlledge Primary School, Yarmouth and Alderman Leech School, Gorleston
Marriage to Barbara J. Mustin, on Saturday afternoon, 1 August 1964 at St. Michael's Church, Welling, Kent. Barry Cordjohn (Portsmouth FC) was best man
  registered inSidcup, July-September 1954
Children Mike and Barbara Bailey had two children together. Andrew and Victoria
Death Monday, 17 August 2026, in Oxted, Surrey, following a long battle with Alzheimer's disease, since 2017.
aged 84 years 171 days  
Funeral Thursday, 15 October 2026, Bluebell Crematorium in Halstead, Sevenoaks, in Kent.
Source

Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] &

Playing Career

Club(s)		 Played schoolboy football in Gorleston, playing for Gorleston FC before joining Charlton Athletic FC on trial in January 1958, alongside Eddie Stone. Signed for The Valley groundstaff in May 1958 as a Charlton Athletic FC amateur, and captained the Colts' side. He turned professional on 25 March 1959, a month after his seventeenth birthday. He became the club captain. Bailey joined Wolverhampton Wanderers FC on 28 February 1966 for a £40,000 fee, and became their captain. Bailey agreed to join the NASL with Minnesota Kicks as player~coach on 24 January 1977 for £15,000, effective at the season's start in the March. Bailey had agreed to play for Cork FC until then, but he broke his toe. His time in America was plagued by injury, and he made just eighteen NASL appearances. He returned to England to start his management career with Hereford United AFC as player-manager, appointed on 8 June 1978, but effective at the end of the NASL season.

League honours
524+4 appearances, 40 goals		 Charlton Athletic FC 1960-66 151 appearances, twenty goals
debut (division two): 27 December 1960 Plymouth Argyle FC 6 Charlton Athletic FC 4
Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 1966-77 360+one appearances, nineteen goals
debut (division two): 12 March 1966 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 1 Southampton FC 1.
Hereford United FC 1978-79 thirteen+three appearances, one goal
debut (division four): (sub) 2 September 1978 Hereford United FC 1 Darlington FC 0.
last (division four): 7 March 1979 Hereford uNited Fc 1 Hartlepool United FC 0.

Club honours		 Football League Division Two runners-up 1966-67 (41ᵃ 3ᵍ), winners 1976-77 (11ᵃ);
Football League Division One fourth place 1970-71 (34ᵃ 3ᵍ)
UEFA Cup runners-up 1971-72;
Football League Cup winners 1973-74;
Individual honours Football League (three appearances);
West Midlands Footballer of the Year 1966-67;
Distinctions None
Height/Weight 5' 8", 11st. 4lbs [1965].

Source

Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990].

Management Career

Club(s)
League History
P 174 - W 63 - D 43 - L 68		 Having began his management career with Hereford United AFC on 11 August 1978 as player-manager. He was released to enable him to rejoin Charlton Athletic FC, as their chief coach, on 22 October 1979, stepping up to the managerial role on 28 March 1980. He left to become the manager at Brighton & Hove Albion FC from 18 June 1981, after Alan Mullery had resigned. Mullery, in turn, replaced Bailey at The Valley. He was sacked on 6 December 1982, and was immediately linked back to the vacant managerial position at The Valley. In December 1984, he became the caretaker manager of Greek club Omilos Filathlon Irakleiou of Crete, until the end of that season. Manager of Conference side, Fisher Athletic FC, until his sacking on 4 January 1991. He also worked as the reserve coach of Portsmouth FC until 1995. Fis final position was as the manager at Leatherhead FC in 1996.
Club honours Football League Third Division third place 1980-81 (promoted);

England Career
Player number One of two who became the 828th players (828) to appear for England.
Position(s) Right-half
First match No. 379, 27 May 1964, United States 0 England 10, a friendly match at Downing Stadium, Randalls Island, New York City, aged 22 years 90 days.
Last match No. 385, 18 November 1964, England 2 Wales 1, a British Championship match at Empire Stadium, Wembley, London, aged 22 years 265 days.
Major tournaments World Cup Finals 1970 (reserve); British Championship 1964-65;
Team honours British Championship winners 1964-65;
Individual honours FA Tour of Australiaᶜ (May-June 1971, withdrew because of injury)
Distinctions The fourth Cambridgeshirian player to represent England.
Died three days after Jimmy Rimmer.

Youth Career
Individual honours England U23 (five appearances, February-May 1964).

Beyond England
No additional information to above. - An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.18.


The Numbers
Squads Apps comp. apps starts substitute unused Mins. Capt.
6 2 1 2 ▲0
▼0		 tbc 180 0 none
minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors.
P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
2 2 0 0 12 1 +11 0 1 6 0.5 100 +2

Match Record

Venue - Shirt - Comp P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
Home - White
- British Championship		 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 0 0 2.00 1.00 100.0 +1
Away - Red - Friendly 1 1 0 0 10 0 +10 0 1 10.00 0.00 100.0 +1

Competition Record

British Championship Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
BC 1964-65 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 0 0 2.00 1.00 100.0 +1
BC All 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 0 0 2.00 1.00 100.0 +1

Minor Tournaments
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
Taça das Nações 1964 0 0 0 0 0 0 =0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.0 =0
TC All 0 0 0 0 0 0 =0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.0 =0

All Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
BC 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 0 0 2.00 1.00 100.0 +1
TC 0 0 0 0 0 0 =0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.0 =0
1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 0 0 2 1 100 +1

Match History

   
Age 21 under 23  
one appearance - Scotland 5 February 1964 November 2010.
 
Age 22    
four appearances - France, Hungary, Israel A & Turkey May 1964;
  

 Club: Charlton Athletic F.C. - two full appearances (180 min)

manager: Alf Ramsey - two full appearances (180 min)x


apps match pic match details comp res. rundown shirt

Age 22
1 379 27 May 1964 - United States 0 England 10
Downing Stadium, New York City		 Fr AW   4

the 828th player to appear for England.
the seventh player from Charlton Athletic FC to represent England.

380 30 May 1964 - Brazil 5 England 1, Estádio Municipal, Rio TC AL squad member
381 4 June 1964 - England 1 Portugal 1, Estádio Municipal Paulo Machado de Carvalho, São Paulo ND
382 6 June 1964 - Argentina 1 England 0, Estádio Municipal, Rio NL
2 385 18 November 1964 - England 2 Wales 1
Empire Stadium, Wembley		 BC HW   4
386 9 December 1964 - Netherlands 1 England 1, Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam Fr AD injured squad member
 

 Club: Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. - no full appearances  

Age 25
419 24 February 1968 - Scotland 1 England 1, Hampden Park, Glasgow BC/ ECP AD replacement training squad member
 

Age 28  
On 25 March 1970, Sir Alf Ramsey announced a 28-man provisional squad to take to Mexico. Sir Alf named a further twelve reserves, who were inoculated and received medical certificates for one simple reason; any one of them could be called in an emergency. Those given 'reserve' status included Mike Bailey.

 
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