| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Michael James Betts | ||
| Date of birth | (1956-09-21) 21 September 1956 (age 68) | ||
| Place of birth | Barnsley, England | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1975–1976 | Blackpool | 7 | (0) |
| 1976–1977 | Sligo Rovers | 25 | (5) |
| 1977 | New York Apollo | ||
| 1977–1978 | Shamrock Rovers | 1 | (0) |
| 1979 | Cleveland Cobras | ||
| 1979–1980 | Southport | 2 | (0) |
| 1979–1980 | Northwich Victoria | 1 | (0) |
| 1980–1981 | Bury | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Michael Betts (born 21 September 1956) is an English retired professional footballer who played as a centre-back.
Career
Betts played in the Blackpool youth system. In 1974, the Blackpool youths won the Caligaris International Tournament. In 1975, he moved up to the first team. In 1976, he transferred to Sligo Rovers where he won Sligo's first ever League of Ireland Championship in the 1976–77 season.
In November 1977 he signed for John Giles at Shamrock Rovers where he made his only league appearance at Glenmalure Park. Despite scoring the winner against a Manchester United selection the same week he left Ireland soon after.
In 1979, Betts played for the Cleveland Cobras in the American Soccer League.
Honours
Sligo Rovers
- League of Ireland: 1976–77
References
- ^ "Mike Betts". Barry Hugman's Footballers.
- The Forgotten Italian Job of 1974 Archived 9 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- The Irish Times. Dublin. 31 August 1976. ISSN 0791-5144 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1976/0831/Pg003.html#Ar00301.
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- The Irish Times. Dublin. 7 November 1977. ISSN 0791-5144 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1977/1107/Pg004.html#Ar00405:3F14F341954841C4F14B654645258A4615B246158A4A45B24385AC4865C63F37994267B142679942A7B14D96915096A94DB71D50D7355B378D5E77A44EB7B651F7CE0007FE5818115847FE5928115927FE59C81159C7FE59F81159F7FE5BD8113D758C4455B43BA5AE40B5C840F5AD42B5C74EB7FE53A810.
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External links
- Profile at NASL jerseys
- Living people
- 1956 births
- English men's footballers
- Men's association football central defenders
- English Football League players
- American Soccer League (1933–1983) players
- League of Ireland players
- Blackpool F.C. players
- Sligo Rovers F.C. players
- New York Apollo players
- Shamrock Rovers F.C. players
- Cleveland Cobras players
- Southport F.C. players
- Northwich Victoria F.C. players
- Bury F.C. players
- English expatriate men's footballers
- English expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
- Footballers from Barnsley