Mick McLaughlin

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Michael Anthony "Mick" McLaughlin (born January 5, 1943 , † December 6, 2015 ) was a Welsh football player .

Athletic career

McLaughlin played both football and rugby as a child . He began his club career at Nash United before moving to the junior division of AFC Newport County . There he did not prevail at first and played for the Welsh clubs Merthyr Tydfil FC and Barry Town in English non-league football . He then moved to Lovell's Athletic , who competed in Welsh league football. After the club was dissolved, he returned to Newport County in the late 1960s. There the defender played 90 games in the fourth division by the summer of 1970in which he scored three goals.

In 1970 McLaughlin moved again to non-league football when he was hired by Hereford United . Under player-coach John Charles , the club, which was competing in the Southern Football League , had become aspirants for admission to the Football League . After the former Italian professional left in the autumn of 1971, the club caused a sensation under the successor Colin Addison . First of all, the fifth division side in the FA Cup defied first division Newcastle United at the end of January 1972 with a 2-2 draw before the team in the replay - as the second non-league club in the history of the competition - in the second leg in early February with a 2: 1 success after extra time created the sensation. Although the team lost in the next round to West Ham United , the cup success supported the ultimately successful application for admission to the Football League. There the club made it directly to the third division , in which McLaughlin ran up for Hereford until 1975. Then he let Cheltenham Town end his career again in the non-league area and took up the rugby game again. He briefly returned to the football field in 1977/78 for AFC Newport County.

McLaughlin later went to the United States for work and returned to Newport in 2010 when he retired.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Colin Addison, Ricky George, Ronny Radford and Peter Isaac pay tribute to Hereford United 'giantkiller' Mick McLaughlin
  2. ↑ a b c d e Parrott On McLaughlin
personal data
SURNAME McLaughlin, Mick
ALTERNATIVE NAMES McLaughlin, Michael Anthony (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION welsh football player
DATE OF BIRTH January 5, 1943
DATE OF DEATH December 6, 2015