- Mick Lyons (English footballer)
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For the Gaelic footballer of the same name, see Mick Lyons (Gaelic footballer).
Mick Lyons Personal information Full name Michael Lyons Date of birth 8 December 1951 Place of birth Liverpool, Merseyside, England Playing position Defender (retired) Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1971–1982 Everton 390 (48) 1982–1985 Sheffield Wednesday 129 (12) 1985–1987 Grimsby Town 50 (4) Teams managed 1985–1987 Grimsby Town 1993-1995 Brunei 1995–1997 Canberra Cosmos 2004–2010 Stirling Lions – Brunei * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Michael "Mick" Lyons (born 12 December 1951 in Liverpool, England) is an English former footballer in the 1970s and 1980s. He is most famous as captain of Everton during this period.
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Early life
Lyons was educated at the all-boys' De La Salle School (Liverpool).
Playing career
Everton
Lyons signed on as a professional at Everton in 1970 after having served an apprenticeship at the club. He made his First Division first team debut in 1971. Utilized mostly as a defender, Lyons would be pushed forward into an attacking role in the last 10 minutes of a game.
Lyons was not considered the most technically gifted of players but more than made up for it by his desire to play for Everton,[1] the club he supported when he was a boy. Lyons' versatility made him a very useful player, he could play anywhere down the middle and was once Everton's top goalscorer.
Sheffield Wednesday
Lyons moved to Sheffield Wednesday in 1982. Lyons appeared for The Owls 129 times, scoring 12 goals. Lyons helped Sheffield Wednesday to promotion to the from the Second Division.
Legacy
It was at Everton that Lyons is best remembered and revered for his commitment and dedication to 'the cause'.[1] Lyons famously dived under Norman Hunter's boot to score from inside the six yard box in a league game against Leeds United.
International career
Lyons won one England 'B' cap in 1978.
Career in management
Lyons has had three management spells with Grimsby Town, Canberra Cosmos and is the current manager of the Stirling Lions of the Football West Premier League team in Perth, Western Australia.
Grimsby Town
Lyons became player-manager of Grimsby Town in 1985, replacing David Booth. The side could never get above mid-table and finished 15th. The 1986-87 season began well and most of the season was spent in the top half and on the fringes of the play-off race. However, a run of 8 losses and 2 draws in the last 10 games meant that Grimsby fell from 8th to 21st and the first of two consecutive relegations.
Canberra Cosmos
Appointed coach of Canberra Cosmos in Australia's NSL in 1995, a 9th placed finish in his first season showed sporadic promise, but this was not maintained as the club finished last the following season.
Stirling Lions
Lyons was appointed as the manager of the Lions on the 28th of April and spent five years in at the club. He was dismissed in April 2010.[2]
Honours
- League Cup: Everton 1977, runners up
References
- ^ a b "Mick Lyons". toffeeweb.com. http://www.toffeeweb.com/history/legends/Lyons.asp. Retrieved 17 December 2010.
- ^ "Stirling Lions Sack Mick Lyons Appoint Paul Lincoln". club-footballwa.com.au. http://www.club-footballwa.com.au/wordpress/2010/04/stirling-lions-appoint-paul-lincoln-as-new-coach/. Retrieved 25 February 2011.
- Mick Lyons, Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Database
1983–84 Football League Second Division PFA Team of the Year GK: Alex Williams · DF: Mel Sterland · DF: Mick McCarthy · DF: Mick Lyons · DF: Joey Jones · MF: Gary Megson · MF: Jimmy Case · MF: Tony Grealish · FW: Kerry Dixon · FW: Kevin Keegan · FW: Mark HateleyGrimsby Town F.C. – managers (c) caretakerHickson (1902–20) · Price (1920) · Fraser (1921–24) · Gillow (1924–32) · Womack (1932–36) · Spencer (1937–51) · Womackc (1951) · Shankly (1951–53) · Berkessyc (1954) · Walsh (1954–55) · Chilton (1955–59) · Ward (1960–62) · Johnston (1962–64) · McGuigan (1964–67) · McEvoy (1967–68) · Harvey (1968–69) · Kennedy (1969–71) · McMenemy (1971–73) · Ashman (1973–75) · Casey (1975–76) · Newman (1976–79) · Kerr (1979–82) · Booth (1982–85) · Grotierc (1985) · Lyons (1985–87) · Roberts (1987–88) · Buckley (1988–94) · Laws (1994–96) · Cockerillc (1996) · Swainc (1996–97) · Buckley (1997–00) · Cockerillc (2000) · Lawrence (2000–01) · Groves (2001–04) · Rodgerc (2004) · Law (2004) · Slade (2004–06) · Rodger (2006) · Watkissc (2006) · Buckley (2006–08) · Watkissc (2008) · Newell (2008–09) · Woods (2009–11) · Moore & Stockdalec (2011) · Hurst & Scott (2011–)
Categories:- 1951 births
- Living people
- Association football defenders
- English footballers
- England B international footballers
- Everton F.C. players
- Grimsby Town F.C. players
- Sheffield Wednesday F.C. players
- English football managers
- Grimsby Town F.C. managers
- Sportspeople from Liverpool
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