Alan Patrick MulleryMBE(born 23 November 1941) is an English formerfootballerand manager. After enjoying a successful career withFulham,Tottenham Hotspur,and theEngland national teamin the 1960s and 1970s, he became a manager working with several clubs. He is now employed as a televisionpundit.He is also known for being the first ever England player to be sent off in an international match.
 Mullery (centre) in December 1964, prior to making his debut forEngland | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alan Patrick Mullery | ||
| Date of birth | 23 November 1941 | ||
| Place of birth | Notting Hill,London,England | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1958–1964 | Fulham | 199 | (13) |
| 1964–1972 | Tottenham Hotspur | 312 | (25) |
| 1972–1976 | Fulham | 165 | (24) |
| 1976 | Durban City | ||
| Total | 677 | (62) | |
| International career | |||
| 1964–1971 | England | 35 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1976–1981 | Brighton & Hove Albion | ||
| 1981–1982 | Charlton Athletic | ||
| 1982–1984 | Crystal Palace | ||
| 1984 | Queens Park Rangers | ||
| 1986–1987 | Brighton & Hove Albion | ||
| 1990–1993 | ATM FA | ||
| 1996–1997 | Barnet | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Playing career
editMullery was a passing and defensive midfielder forFulham(1958–1964, 1972–1976),Tottenham Hotspur(1964–1972) andEngland(1964–1971). He appeared in 364 games for Fulham (scored 37 goals), 312 for Tottenham Hotspur (scored 25 goals), and 35 for England (scored 1 goal).
Mullery was a key player for the Spurs teams that won theFA Cupin 1967, and skippering them to victory in the1971 Football League Cup Finaland the1972 UEFA Cup Final.In the '72 UEFA Cup Final, his header in the 2nd leg was the decisive goal in a 3–2 aggregate victory overWolverhampton Wanderers.Mullery was also in theFulhamteam that lost the1975 FA Cup FinaltoWest Ham United.
Mullery was not included inEngland's squadfor the1966 FIFA World Cupbut was selected to play inUEFA Euro 1968.In the game againstYugoslavia,Mullery committed a foul againstDobrivoje Trivić,and became the first England player to be sent off in a full international match.[1]He was an integral member of England's1970 World Cupsquad, playing in all the side's games in what proved a bitterly disappointing campaign. England, the defending champions, lost 3–2 toWest Germanyin the quarter-finals, having been up 2–0 in the second half. In that game Mullery scored England's first goal, the only time he tallied for his country.
Playing primarily as a deep midfielder, Mullery did not get many goals. Two he did score (the 1970 World Cup strike against West Germany; a 1973–74 volley from outside the penalty area against Leicester City, voted the BBC's goal of the season) are well known and still talked about decades later.[citation needed]
Managerial career
editMullery wasBrighton & Hove Albionmanager between 1976 and 1981, and took the club from the third tier to the top flight of English football. When Mullery was appointed manager of Brighton's biggest rivalsCrystal Palacein 1982, it prompted anger and a short-lived boycott from some of the Palace fans.[2]
Mullery becameQPRmanager in 1984 and guided the club to a 7–0 aggregate win overKR Reykjavikin the 1st round of the 1984–85 UEFA Cup, but he was then involved in an extraordinary 2nd round UEFA Cup tie againstFK Partizan.In the first leg, which was played at Highbury because of UEFA's ban on the artificial plastic pitch atLoftus Road,QPR beat Partizan 6–2, despite being 2–1 behind at one stage and down to ten men after QPR defenderWarren Neillwas sent off.[3]In the second leg, Partizan won 4–0 in Belgrade to win the tie on away goals. Partizan's victory was only the second time in the history of European competition where a team has overturned a four-goal first-leg deficit.[4]
Mullery's QPR side were also involved in an extraordinary home league match in September 1984 against Newcastle United. At half-time Newcastle were 4–0 up after a hat-trick fromChris Waddle.But QPR came back after the break to draw the match 5–5.[5]Mullery was sacked after six months in charge at Loftus Road just hours after QPR had beatenStoke.In 1985, Mullery said that his time at QPR "turned me into a monster". He suggested that the players couldn't overcome their disappointment thatTerry Venableshad left the club. Mullery blamed what he called "the moaning, groaning bunch of players who treated me, themselves and their profession with contempt" for killing his love of football.[6]
After leaving QPR, Mullery stayed out of football management for 18 months until the summer of 1986, when he took over for a second spell as manager of Brighton. He lasted seven months before being sacked in January 1987. Mullery said of his sacking by Brighton: "You love the game, then it kicks you in the guts."[7]
In the early 1990s, Mullery coachedATM FAin theMalaysian Premier League.[8]He later servedBarnetas Director of Football during 1996–1997.
Mullery had a brief stint as manager at Sussex non-league sideSouthwick F.C.[9]He has worked for a number of years as a pundit forSky Sports,and in September 2005 also briefly took a role with Conference club Crawley Town as a 'football consultant'.[10]
Personal life
editAfter leaving QPR, Mullery entered into a deep depression, worsened by an unsuccessful business venture; he converted toChristianity,though his financial and emotional troubles continued until he began working in the media in the mid-1990s.[11]
Mullery was appointed Member of theOrder of the British Empire(MBE) in the1976 New Year Honours.[12]
Mullery married June (née Schofield) in 1962. They have two children, Samantha and Neal.
Mullery stated back in 1972 that he was aConservative.[13]
Honours
editTottenham Hotspur
FA Cup: 1966-67
Football League Cup: 1970-71
UEFA Cup: 1971-72
Fulham
References
edit- ^Murray, Scott (19 July 2000)."The players who've been sent off playing for England: who are they, when were they sent off, and why?".Guardian Knowledge Unlimited.London.Retrieved26 June2012.
- ^Burnton, Simon (27 September 2011)."How Brighton v Crystal Palace grew into an unlikely rivalry".The Guardian.London.Retrieved31 December2012.
- ^"Memorable UEFA Cup comebacks".UEFA. 18 February 2013.Retrieved10 March2013.
- ^Magowan, Alistair (5 March 2012)."Arsenal face mountainous Champions League task".BBC Sport.Retrieved10 March2013.
- ^"Chris Waddle – Archive".MirrorFootball.co.uk.Archived fromthe originalon 3 October 2012.Retrieved10 March2013.
- ^"I Couldn't Bury The Ghost of Venables".Evening Times.2 November 1985.Retrieved11 March2013.
- ^"Mullery is sacked by Brighton".Retrieved11 March2013.
- ^"Famous Fulham Players: Alan Mullery – Fulham FC".FulhamMAD.Retrieved31 December2012.
- ^"Mullery back to meet the fans".Littlehampton Gazette.28 February 2007. Archived fromthe originalon 20 April 2013.Retrieved31 December2012.
- ^"Mullery is handed role by Crawley".BBC News.14 September 2005.Retrieved31 December2012.
- ^Worall, Frank (15 October 2006)."Book of the week".Sunday Times.Archived fromthe originalon 5 March 2016.Retrieved28 July2015.
- ^UK list:"No. 46777".The London Gazette(Supplement). 30 December 1975. p. 16.
- ^"Sport and politics: how Twitter has changed the rules".The Independent.18 April 2015.Archivedfrom the original on 20 April 2015.Retrieved21 May2018.
- ^Vernon, Leslie; Rollin, Jack (1977).Rothmans Football Yearbook 1977–78.London: Brickfield Publications Ltd. p. 491.ISBN0354 09018 6.
External links
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- Alan MulleryArchived1 October 2007 at theWayback Machine(playing career) at Soccerbase
- Alan MulleryArchived2007-10-01 at theWayback Machine(managerial career) at Soccerbase