Mike Acland
| Mike Acland | ||
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| Surname | Michael Edward Acland | |
| birthday | June 4, 1935 | |
| place of birth | Sidcup , England | |
| position | Center Forward | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| -1955 | Harland Social | |
| 1955-1957 | Gillingham FC | 2 (0) |
| Bromley FC | ||
| Maidstone United | ||
| Sutton United | ||
| Dartford FC | ||
| Southall FC | ||
| Redhill FC | ||
| Carshalton Athletic | ||
| Swanley Town | ||
| Merstham FC | ||
| Stations as a trainer | ||
| Years | station | |
| 1983-1994 | Rainham Town | |
| 1994–? | Egham Town | |
| 1996-2003 | Erith & Belvedere | |
| 2005-2006 | Erith & Belvedere (interim) | |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Michael Edward "Mike" Acland (born June 4, 1935 in Sidcup ) is a former English football player .
Career
Acland was active in the Kent Amateur League for Harland Social before joining Gillingham FC in 1955 . The amateur footballer distinguished himself from 1955 to 1957 as a regular goalscorer for the reserve team in the Kent League . In April 1957 he came to two missions for Gillingham's first team in the Football League Third Division South , but the two league games against Southend United ended without their own goals (0: 2 & 0: 5). With 54 goals this season, Gillingham's storm was the weakest in the entire league and there was no regular player for the center-forward position in particular, so coach Archie Clark offered during the season with Gordon Brasted , Larry Baxter , Jimmy Greenhalgh , Paul Lucas , Stewart Pollock , Ernie Morgan , Jim Taylor , James Watts , Bill Parry and Acland have a total of ten different players.
After his time at Gillingham he played for a number of non-league clubs in the greater London area, and from the 1980s he also worked as a coach. He looked after Rainham Town in the Isthmian League from 1983 to the dissolution of the club in 1994. From 1996 to late November 2003 he looked after the club Erith & Belvedere, which played in the Southern League . After the club's relegation to the Kent League, he took over the coaching position at Erith & Belvedere on an interim basis in May 2005, before being replaced in January 2006. His main occupation was in the construction industry until his retirement.
Individual evidence
- ↑ barryhugmansfootballers.com: Profile Mike Acland , accessed June 25, 2020
- ^ Roger Triggs: The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club . Tempus Publishing Ltd., Stroud 2001, ISBN 0-7524-2243-X , pp. 38 .
- ↑ cf. Tony Brown: The Definitive Gillingham FC SoccerData, Nottingham 2003, ISBN 978-1-899468-20-1 , pp. 66 .
- ↑ newsshopper.co.uk: Acland quits the Deres hot seat (December 1, 2003) , accessed February 15, 2020
- ↑ erithbelvederefc.co.uk: Club History , accessed on February 15, 2020
- ↑ kentishfootball.co.uk: Deres plan for the future (May 17, 2005) , accessed February 16, 2020
- ↑ kentishfootball.co.uk: Deres appoint Brown as their new manager (January 18, 2006) , accessed February 16, 2020
- ↑ scotsman.com: From non-league to the Championship, Akpo Sodje's past managers recall 'raw talent' (April 26, 2011) , accessed February 15, 2020
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Acland, Mike |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Acland, Michael Edward |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 4, 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sidcup |