Mick Perry

{{short description|English footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}}

{{Use British English|date=May 2016}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Mick Perry

| image =

| caption =

| fullname = Michael Alexander Perry

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|04|04|df=y}}

| birth_place = Wimbledon, London, England

| death_date =

| height =

| position = Forward

| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 1982–1984| clubs1 = West Bromwich Albion| caps1 = 20| goals1 = 5

| years2 = 1984| clubs2 = → Torquay United (loan)| caps2 = 5| goals2 = 1

| years3 = 1984| clubs3 = → Northampton Town (loan)| caps3 = 4| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 1984–1985| clubs4 = Torquay United| caps4 = 18| goals4 = 1

| years5 = 1985–1986| clubs5 = Port Vale (trial)| caps5 = 0| goals5 = 0

| years6 = | clubs6 = Stafford Rangers| caps6 = | goals6 =

| totalcaps = 47+| totalgoals = 7+

}}

Michael Alexander Perry (born 4 April 1964) is an English former footballer who scored seven goals in 47 league games in a four-year career in the Football League from 1982 to 1984. A forward, he played for West Bromwich Albion, Torquay United, Northampton Town, Port Vale, and Stafford Rangers.

Career

Perry began his career at Ron Wylie's West Bromwich Albion, who posted an 11th-place finish in the First Division in 1982–83, before dropping to 17th place in 1983–84. Perry scored five goals in 20 league games at The Hawthorns. He also had loan spells at Fourth Division clubs Torquay United and Northampton Town, making five appearances at Plainmoor and four appearances at Sixfields. He joined Torquay permanently and scored one goal in 18 league games in the 1984–85 campaign, as David Webb's "Gulls" finished bottom of the Football League. He had a trial with John Rudge's Fourth Division Port Vale in October 1985, making an appearance as a substitute in a Football League Trophy first round match against Wrexham at the Racecourse Ground on 21 January 1986, which finished 1–1.{{cite book|last=Kent|first=Jeff|title=Port Vale Personalities|publisher=Witan Books|page=230|year=1996|isbn=0-9529152-0-0}} He left Vale Park the following month, and, after an unsuccessful trial with Nottingham Forest, joined non-League Stafford Rangers.

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"|Other

!colspan="2"|Total

DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
rowspan="3"|West Bromwich Albion

|1982–83

|First Division

|7

1000071
1983–84

|First Division

|13

41020164
colspan="2"|Total

!20

51020235
Northampton Town (loan)

|1984–85

|Fourth Division

|4

0000040
rowspan="3"|Torquay United

|1984–85

|Fourth Division

|20

20000202
1985–86

|Fourth Division

|3

0001040
colspan="2"|Total

!23

20010242
Port Vale

|1985–86

|Fourth Division

|0

0001010
colspan="3"|Career total

!47

71040527

References