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Gary Mabbutt

Tottenham Hotspur FC

 16 appearances, 1 goal

P 16 W 9 D 5 L 2 F 31: A 9
*(actual F 27: A 9)
72% successful
1982-92

disciplined: none
captain: none
minutes played: 1384

Profile
Full name Gary Vincent Mabbutt MBE (*Actual for and against are the goals scored
while the player was on the field.)
Born 23 August 1961 in Bristol, Gloucestershire [registered in Bristol, September 1961].
Height/Weight 5' 9", 10st. 10lbs [1985], 5' 10", 12st. 9lbs [1995]

Source

Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990], Barry Hugman's PFA Yearbook [1995] & Ancestry.com
Biographies Against All Odds: The Autobiography of Gary Mabbutt - Gary Mabbutt & Harry Harris [Random House 1989]
 

x. - A Football Compendium, Peter J. Seddon (1999).

Club Career
Club(s) Gary started his football playing at schoolboy level in Bristol. He signed as an apprentice with Bristol Rovers FC in 1977, signing professional on 9 January 1979. He was then diagnosed by the Rovers club doctor with type one Diabetes. It did not deter from his career as after 131 league appearances and ten goals, Tottenham Hotspur FC signed him on 11 August 1982 for £105,000. He would remain a White Hart Lane stalwart for the next sixteen years, playing in 482 league appearances, scoring 27 times, before hanging up his boots on 10 May 1998.
Club honours UEFA Cup winners 1983-84, FA Cup runners-up 1986-87, winners 1990-91; FA Charity Shield winners 1991;
Individual honours None
Distinctions Son of Ray Mabbutt, Bristol Rovers 1956-69, and brother of Kevin Mabbutt, England Schoolboy and Youth.

Source

Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990], Barry Hugman's PFA Yearbook [1995].

England Career
Player number 959th player to appear for England.
Position(s) Right back, central defender, midfielder
First match No. 571, 13 October 1982, England 1 West Germany 2, a friendly match at Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London, aged 21 years 51 days.
Last match No. 681, 25 March 1992, Czechoslovakia 2 England 2, a friendly match at Stadion Evzena Rošického, Strahov, Praha, substituted (73), aged 30 years 215 days.
Major tournaments British Championship 1982-83;
Team honours British Championship winners 1982-83;
Individual honours England B (nine appearances, one goal), England U21 (seven appearances, two goals), England Youth
Distinctions The thirteenth Gloucestershirian to represent England

Beyond England
Does a lot of media work publisicing his illness, diabetes, as well as ambassadorial work in the name of football. Taking the sport to poverty-stricken children in South Africa.

 

Gary Mabbutt - Career Statistics
Squads Apps comp. apps Starts Sub on Sub off Mins. Goals goals ave.min comp. goals Capt. Disc.
18+ 16 13 15 1 2 1384 1 1384 min 1 none 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.

 

Gary Mabbutt - Match Record - All Matches
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
Home 8 6 1 1 19 3 +16 1 6 2.375 0.375 81.3 +5
Away 8 3 4 1 12 6 +6 2 5 1.50 0.75 62.5 +2
All 16 9 5 2 31 9 +22 3 11 1.938 0.563 71.9 +7

 

Gary Mabbutt - Match Record - By Colour of Shirt
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
White 12 8 3 2 25 4 +21 2 9 2.083 0.333 79.2 +6
Red 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 1 2 1.333 1.00 50.0 =0
Blue 1 0 1 0 2 2 =0 0 0 2.00 2.00 50.0 =0
All 16 9 5 2 31 9 +22 3 11 1.938 0.563 71.9 +7

 

Gary Mabbutt - Match Record - By Type of Match
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L

ECP

 10 7 3 0 23 1 +22 2 9 2.30 0.10 85.0 +7
ECF 0 0 0 0 0 0 =0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 =0
European Championship 10 7 3 0 23 1 +22 2 9 2.30 0.10 85.0 +7
British Championship 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 1 2 1.333 0.333 83.3 +2
Friendly 3 0 1 2 3 6 -3 0 0 1.00 2.00 16.7 -2
All 16 9 5 2 31 9 +22 3 11 1.938 0.563 71.9 +7

 

Gary Mabbutt - Match Record - Tournament Matches
European Championship Preliminary Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
ECP 1982-84 5 4 1 0 17 0 +17 1 5 3.40 0.00 90.0 +4
ECP 1986-88 3 2 1 0 4 0 +4 1 3 1.333 0.00 83.3 +2
ECP 1990-92 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 0 1 1.00 0.50 75.0 +1
ECP All 10 7 3 0 23 1 +22 2 9 2.30 0.10 85.0 +7
British Championship Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
BC 1982-83 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 1 2 1.333 0.333 83.3 +2
BC All 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 1 2 1.333 0.333 83.3 +2
All Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
EC 10 7 3 0 23 1 +22 2 9 2.30 0.10 85.0 +7
BC 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 1 2 1.333 0.333 83.3 +2
All 13 9 4 0 27 2 +25 3 11 2.077 0.154 84.6 +9

 

Gary Mabbutt - Match History
 Club: Tottenham Hotspur F.C. - 16 full appearances

manager: Bobby Robson - 13 full capsx

Age 21
1 571 13 October 1982 - England 1 West Germany 2, Wembley Stadium, Wembley Fr HL Start 2
2 572 17 November 1982 - Greece 0 England 3, Kaftatzoglio Stadio, Thessalonica ECP AW Start 8
3 573 15 December 1982 - England 9 Luxembourg 0, Wembley Stadium, Wembley ECP HW Start off 74 11
6-0 when substituting
4 574 23 February 1983 - England 2 Wales 1, Wembley Stadium, Wembley BC HW Start 7
5 575 30 March 1983 - England 0 Greece 0, Wembley Stadium, Wembley ECP HD Start 8
6 576 27 April 1983 - England 2 Hungary 0, Wembley Stadium, Wembley ECP HW Start 7
7 577 28 May 1983 - Northern Ireland 0 England 0, Windsor Park, Belfast BC AD Start 7
8 578 1 June 1983 - England 2 Scotland 0, Wembley Stadium, Wembley HW sub 23 14
1-0 when substituting
Age 22
9 583 12 October 1983 - Hungary 0 England 3, Népstadion, Budapest ECP AW Start 11
Age 24
1 b 13 November 1984 - England B 2 New Zealand 0, City Ground, Nottingham Fr HW Start 89 7
Age 25
- 620 15 October 1986 - England 3 Northern Ireland 0, Wembley Stadium, Wembley ECP HW unused sub 12
10 621 12 November 1986 - England 2 Yugoslavia 0, Wembley Stadium, Wembley ECP HW Start 21 7
- 622 18 February 1987 - Spain 2 England 4, Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid Fr AW unused sub 12
11 623 1 April 1987 - Northern Ireland 0 England 2, Windsor Park, Belfast ECP AW Start 4
12 624 29 April 1987 - Turkey 0 England 0, Atatürk Stadyumu, İzmir ECP AD Start 6
Age 26
13 627 9 September 1987 - West Germany 3 England 1, Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf Fr AL Start 6
- 629 11 November 1987 - Yugoslavia 1 England 4, Stadion Crvena zvezda, Beograd ECP AW unused sub 12
Age 27
2 b 16 May 1989 - Switzerland 0 England 2, Winterthur Fr AW captain ?
3 b 19 May 1989 - Iceland 0 England 2, Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík Fr AW captain ?
4 b 22 May 1989 - Norway 0 England 1, Stavanger Fr AW captain ?
Age 29
 

manager: Graham Taylor - 3 full capsx

5 b 11 December 1990 - Algeria 0 England B 0, Stade du 7th Juillet, Algiers Fr AD Start 5
6 b 5 February 1991 - Wales B 0 England B 1, Vetch Field, Swansea Fr AW captain 5
7 b 27 April 1991 - England B 1 Iceland 0, Vicarage Road Stadium, Watford Fr HW captain 5
Age 30
14 678 16 October 1991 - England 1 Turkey 0, Wembley Stadium, Wembley ECP HW Start 6
15 679 13 November 1991 - Poland 1 England 1, Stadion Lecha, Poznań AD Start 6
8 b 18 February 1992 - England B 3 France B 0, Rangers Stadium, Shepherds Bush Fr HW captain 5
16 681 25 March 1992 - Czechoslovakia 2 England 2, Stadion Evzena Rošického, Praha Fr AD Start off 73 6
2-2 when substituting
9 b 28 April 1992 - CIS B 1 England B 1, Olimpiyskiy Kompleks Luzhniki Stadion, Moskva Fr AD captain 5
- 683 12 May 1992 - Hungary 0 England 1, Népstadion, Budapest Fr AW squad standby
- 684 17 May 1992 - England 1 Brazil 1, Wembley Stadium, Wembley Fr HD
Graham Taylor selected 28 players for the game with Brazil at Wembley on May 17, plus four on standby which included Gary Mabbutt. On the day following the 1-1 draw with Brazil, Taylor announced his 20-man squad, thirteen days ahead of the deadline, that list excluded Gary Mabbutt.

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