Carl Muggleton
{{short description|English footballer (born 1968)}}
{{use British English|date=July 2013}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Carl Muggleton
| image =
| fullname = Carl David Muggleton{{Hugman|14153|accessdate=11 March 2017}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|9|13|df=y}}
| birth_place = Leicester, England
| position = Goalkeeper
| years1 = 1985–1994 | clubs1 = Leicester City | caps1 = 46 | goals1 = 0
| years2 = 1987 | clubs2 = → Chesterfield (loan) | caps2 = 17 | goals2 = 0
| years3 = 1988 | clubs3 = → Blackpool (loan) | caps3 = 2 | goals3 = 0
| years4 = 1988 | clubs4 = → Hartlepool United (loan) | caps4 = 8 | goals4 = 0
| years5 = 1990 | clubs5 = → Stockport County (loan) | caps5 = 4 | goals5 = 0
| years6 = 1990 | clubs6 = → Liverpool (loan) | caps6 = 0 | goals6 = 0
| years7 = 1993 | clubs7 = → Stoke City (loan) | caps7 = 6 | goals7 = 0
| years8 = 1993 | clubs8 = → Sheffield United (loan) | caps8 = 0 | goals8 = 0
| years9 = 1994 | clubs9 = Celtic | caps9 = 12 | goals9 = 0
| years10 = 1994–2001 | clubs10 = Stoke City | caps10 = 149 | goals10 = 0
| years11 = 1995 | clubs11 = → Rotherham United (loan) | caps11 = 6 | goals11 = 0
| years12 = 1996 | clubs12 = → Sheffield United (loan) | caps12 = 1 | goals12 = 0
| years13 = 1999 | clubs13 = → Mansfield Town (loan) | caps13 = 9 | goals13 = 0
| years14 = 1999–2000 | clubs14 = → Chesterfield (loan) | caps14 = 5 | goals14 = 0
| years15 = 2001 | clubs15 = → Cardiff City (loan) | caps15 = 6 | goals15 = 0
| years16 = 2001–2002 | clubs16 = Cheltenham Town | caps16 = 7 | goals16 = 0
| years17 = 2002 | clubs17 = → Bradford City (loan) | caps17 = 4 | goals17 = 0
| years18 = 2002–2006 | clubs18 = Chesterfield | caps18 = 112 | goals18 = 0
| years19 = 2006–2008 | clubs19 = Mansfield Town | caps19 = 52 | goals19 = 0
| totalcaps = 446 | totalgoals = 0
| nationalyears1 = 1990 | nationalteam1 = England U21| nationalcaps1 = 1| nationalgoals1 = 0
}}
Carl David Muggleton (born 13 September 1968) is an English professional football goalkeeper who made over 550 appearances in the Football League and Scottish Premier League for a number of clubs, most notably Leicester City, Stoke City, Celtic, Chesterfield and Mansfield Town.
Playing career
Muggleton began his career in 1986 as an apprentice at Leicester City, where he made 54 first-team appearances in all competitions in seven years.{{cite web |title=Carl Muggleton |work=Soccerbase |url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=5651 |access-date=15 April 2008}} He also had loan spells at Chesterfield, Blackpool, Hartlepool United, Stockport County, Liverpool, Stoke City and Sheffield United during his tenure at Filbert Street. He played for Leicester in the 1992 Second Division play-off final against Blackburn Rovers, when he saved a penalty at Wembley Stadium but finished on the losing side.{{cite news |last=Smith |first=Martin |title=Carl Muggleton: Mansfield Town's old hand |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=26 January 2008 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2008/01/26/sfnman126.xml |accessdate=15 April 2008 }}{{dead link|date=July 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
In January 1994, Muggleton was signed by Scottish club, Celtic, for whom he made 13 appearances in the remainder of the 1993–94 season, before joining Stoke City in the summer of 1994 for a fee of £150,000. In a seven-year spell at Stoke, Muggleton played more than 170 games. He was also loaned to Rotherham, Sheffield United, Chesterfield, Mansfield Town and Cardiff City.{{cite news |title= Muggleton on loan at Cardiff |publisher=BBC Sport |date=15 March 2001 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/cardiff_city/1222963.stm |accessdate=15 April 2008}} Muggleton was released by Stoke in the summer of 2001 and joined Cheltenham.{{cite news |title= Robins release Muggleton |publisher=BBC Sport |date=16 May 2002 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/cheltenham_town/1991511.stm |accessdate=15 April 2008}} However, he was kept out of the side by Steve Book and after a one-month loan at Bradford City, he was allowed to leave the club, and join Chesterfield in May 2002, where manager Dave Rushbury described him as, "...a mature goalkeeper who will provide the voice of experience behind our younger defenders."{{cite news |title=Muggleton joins Spireites |publisher=BBC Sport |date=22 May 2002 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/chesterfield/1998839.stm |accessdate=15 April 2008}}
Muggleton played over 120 games for Chesterfield during his four-year stay with the club. He signed a new two-year contract in May 2004,{{cite news |title=Spireites keeper stays put |publisher=BBC Sport |date=27 May 2004 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/chesterfield/3752595.stm |accessdate=15 April 2008}} but left Chesterfield by mutual consent in March 2006,{{cite news |title=Chesterfield seal Beckwith deal |publisher=BBC Sport |date=17 March 2006 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/chesterfield/4818096.stm |accessdate=15 April 2008}} and joined local rivals Mansfield Town in July 2006 to provide cover for first-choice goalkeeper Jason White.{{cite news |title=Muggleton handed Mansfield deal |publisher=BBC Sport |date=17 July 2006 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/mansfield_town/5188276.stm |accessdate=15 April 2008}} He made 21 appearances for Mansfield in the 2006–07 season,{{cite web |title=Games played by Carl Muggleton in 2006/2007 |work=Soccerbase|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=5651&season_id=136 |access-date=15 April 2008}} and was offered a new contract in May 2007.{{cite news |title=Stags offer deals to 11 players |publisher=BBC Sport |date=9 May 2007 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/mansfield_town/6640247.stm |accessdate=16 April 2008}} After Mansfield Town were relegated to the Conference National at the end of the 2007–08 season, he was released by the club.{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/mansfield_town/7405428.stm |title=Seven players to leave Mansfield |date=16 May 2008|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=17 May 2008}}
At international level, Muggleton played once for England Under-21, in a match against France in 1990.
Coaching career
After leaving Mansfield Town, he joined Notts County in July 2008 as a part-time goalkeeping coach.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/notts_county/7502287.stm |title=Muggleton makes move to Magpies |date=11 July 2008 |publisher=BBC Sport |accessdate=11 July 2008}} On 23 July 2012 he joined Gillingham as their goalkeeping coach,{{cite web|title=Gillingham appoint Carl Muggleton as new goalkeeping coach|url=http://www.kentonline.co.uk/kentonline/sport/2012/july/23/carl_muggleton.aspx|work=Kent Online|accessdate=18 November 2013}} a role he then took up at Barnet in July 2016.[http://www.times-series.co.uk/sport/14651303.Carl_Muggleton_to_join_Barnet_as_coach/ Carl Muggleton to join Barnet as coach] He then took up the position of goalkeeper coach and head of recruitment at Chesterfield in May 2018, but left on 27 December after Martin Allen was sacked.{{cite news |url=https://www.chesterfield-fc.co.uk/news/2018/december/20181227-managerial-departure-announced/ |title=Managerial departure announced |date=27 December 2018 |publisher=Chesterfield FC |accessdate=27 December 2018}}
Personal life
After ending his playing career Muggleton became a driving instructor in the Leicestershire area.{{cite web|title=Passion for the game is driving force for Leicester City legend Carl Muggleton|url=http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/Passion-game-driving-force-Leicester-City-legend-Carl-Muggleton/story-12073925-detail/story.html|work=Leicester Mercury|accessdate=18 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610230411/http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/Passion-game-driving-force-Leicester-City-legend-Carl-Muggleton/story-12073925-detail/story.html|archive-date=10 June 2015|url-status=dead}} His son Sam is also a professional footballer.{{cite web|title=Queniborough footballer Sam Muggleton awarded scholarship with League Two Gillingham|url=http://www.meltontimes.co.uk/sport/football/queniborough-footballer-sam-muggleton-awarded-scholarship-with-league-two-gillingham-1-4427442|work=Melton Times|accessdate=18 November 2013}}
Career statistics
Source:{{ENFA}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | ||||||||||
| + Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
!rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|FA Cup !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="8"|Leicester City
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1988–89
|Second Division |3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 1989–90
|Second Division |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1990–91
|Second Division |22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | |
| 1991–92
|Second Division |4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4{{efn|Three appearances in Football League Second Division play-offs and one appearance in Full Members' Cup}} | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| 1992–93
|17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1{{efn|name=AIC|Appearances in Anglo-Italian Cup}} | 0 | 18 | 0 | |
| 1993–94 | First Division
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| colspan="2"|Total
!46 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 54 | 0 | |
| Chesterfield (loan)
|17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2{{efn|name=FLT|Appearances in Football League Trophy}} | 0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Blackpool (loan)
|Third Division |2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Hartlepool United (loan)
|8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2{{efn|name=FLT}} | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Stockport County (loan)
|Fourth Division |4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Stoke City (loan) | First Division
|6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2{{efn|name=AIC}} | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Celtic
|1994 |12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
| rowspan="8"|Stoke City | First Division
|24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4{{efn|name=AIC}} | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| 1995–96 | First Division
|6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 1996–97 | First Division
|33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 37 | 0 | |
| 1997–98 | First Division
|34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 40 | 0 | |
| 1998–99
|Second Division |40 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2{{efn|name=FLT}} | 0 | 46 | 0 | |
| 1999–2000
|Second Division |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2000–01
|Second Division |12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!149 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 177 | 0 | |
| Rotherham United (loan)
|Second Division |6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1{{efn|name=FLT}} | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Sheffield United (loan)
|First Division |1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Mansfield Town (loan)
|Third Division |9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Chesterfield (loan)
|Second Division |5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Cardiff City (loan)
|Third Division |6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| rowspan="3"|Cheltenham Town
|Third Division |6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2002–03
|Third Division |1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| |Bradford City (loan)
|First Division |4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| rowspan="5"|Chesterfield
|Second Division |26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2{{efn|name=FLT}} | 0 | 31 | 0 | |
| 2003–04
|Second Division |46 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1{{efn|name=FLT}} | 0 | 49 | 0 | |
| 2004–05
|37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1{{efn|name=FLT}} | 0 | 40 | 0 | |
| 2005–06
|League One |3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1{{efn|name=FLT}} | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!112 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 125 | 0 | |
| rowspan="3"|Mansfield Town
|16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1{{efn|name=FLT}} | 0 | 20 | 0 | |
| 2007–08
|League Two |36 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1{{efn|name=FLT}} | 0 | 42 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!52 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 62 | 0 | |
| colspan="3"|Career total
!446 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 515 | 0 |
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Honours
References
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External links
- {{Soccerbase}}
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Category:Footballers from Leicester
Category:English men's footballers
Category:Men's association football goalkeepers
Category:England men's under-21 international footballers
Category:Leicester City F.C. players
Category:Chesterfield F.C. players
Category:Blackpool F.C. players
Category:Hartlepool United F.C. players
Category:Stockport County F.C. players
Category:Liverpool F.C. players
Category:Stoke City F.C. players
Category:Sheffield United F.C. players
Category:Rotherham United F.C. players
Category:Mansfield Town F.C. players
Category:Cardiff City F.C. players
Category:Cheltenham Town F.C. players
Category:Bradford City A.F.C. players
Category:Barnet F.C. non-playing staff
Category:Chesterfield F.C. non-playing staff
Category:Gillingham F.C. non-playing staff
Category:Notts County F.C. non-playing staff