Micky Bull

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Micky Bull

| fullname = Michael Frederick Bull

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1930|4|3|df=y}}

| birth_place = Twickenham, England

| death_date = {{Death-date and age|December 2011|April 1930}}{{hugman|2609|accessdate=24 October 2015}}

| death_place = Kingston upon Hull, England

| position = Outside forward

| years1 = 1948–1953

| clubs1 = Brentford

| caps1 = 3

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 1953–1955

| clubs2 = Swindon Town

| caps2 = 69

| goals2 = 15

| years3 = 1955–1956

| clubs3 = Hastings United

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| years4 = 1956–1959

| clubs4 = Bedford Town

| caps4 = 189

| goals4 = 51

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| clubs5 = Hastings United

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| years6 = 1961–1962

| clubs6 = Tonbridge

| caps6 = 24

| goals6 = 1

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| clubs7 = Tunbridge Wells United

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| clubs8 = Chatham Town

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| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–1948

| youthclubs1 = Polytechnic

}}

Michael Frederick Bull (3 April 1930 – December 2011) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Brentford and Swindon Town as an outside forward. He later had a career in non-League football, most notably with Bedford Town.

Club career

= Brentford =

An outside forward, Bull began his career at Second Division club Brentford in September 1948, but had to wait until 1953 to make his first team debut for the club.{{Cite book |last=Haynes |first=Graham |title=Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006 |last2=Coumbe |first2=Frank |publisher=Yore Publications |year=2006 |isbn=978-0955294914 |location=Harefield |page=30}} His only appearances for the club came in three matches in February 1953, against Everton, Bury and Doncaster Rovers.{{Cite book |title=100 Years Of Brentford |publisher=Brentford FC |year=1989 |isbn=0951526200 |editor-last=White |editor-first=Eric |page=382}} Bull was released at the end of the 1952–53 season.

= Swindon Town =

Bull joined Third Division South club Swindon Town in June 1953 and had a good first season with the struggling team, making 43 appearances, scoring 12 goals and finishing as the club's top scorer.{{Cite web |title=Mike Bull – Player Profile |url=http://www.swindon-town-fc.co.uk/Person.asp?PersonID=BULLMIKE |access-date=16 June 2015 |website=Swindon-Town-FC.co.uk}} His form deserted him during the 1954–55 season and he scored just three goals in 29 appearances, before departing at the end of the campaign. Bull made 72 appearances and scored 15 goals for the Robins.

= Non-League football =

After his release from Swindon, Bull dropped into non-League football and played for Hastings United, Tonbridge, Tunbridge Wells United and Chatham Town.{{Cite web |title=Best Years Players A-B |url=https://sites.google.com/site/bedfordoldeagles/best-years-introduction-page/introduction/best-years-players-a-b |access-date=16 June 2015 |website=bedfordoldeagles}}{{Cite web |title=Up There Cazaly! – Part 11 |url=https://www.tonbridgeangels.co.uk/documents/up-there-cazaly-no-11/201.pdf |access-date=23 April 2022 |website=Tonbridge Angels FC |pages=10–11}} A memorable spell came with Southern League club Bedford Town, for whom he scored 51 goals in 189 appearances. He finished his time with the club by winning the South East Division championship in the 1958–59 season.{{Fchd|id=BEDFORDT|name=Bedford Town F.C.}}

Career statistics

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
Division !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals
Brentford \|1952–53 \|Second Division \|3 \|0 \|0 \|0 \| colspan="2" \|― \|3 \|0
rowspan="3" \|Swindon Town \|1953–54 \|Third Division South \|41 \|12 \|2 \|0 \| colspan="2" \|― \|43 \|12
1954–55 \|Third Division South \|28 \|3 \|1 \|0 \| colspan="2" \|― \|29 \|3
colspan="2" \|Total !69 !15 !3 !0 ! colspan="2" \|― !72 !15
Tonbridge \|1961–62 \|Southern League Premier Division \|24 \|1 \|1 \|0 \|117 appearances and 2 goals in Kent Floodlit Cup, 2 appearances in Kent Senior Shield, 1 appearance and 1 goal in Southern League Cup, 1 appearance in Kent Senior Cup \|3 \|36 \|4
colspan="3" \|Career total !96 !16 !4 !0 !11 !3 !111 !19

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

Division

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

Brentford

|1952–53

|Second Division

| colspan="2" |―

rowspan="3" |Swindon Town

|1953–54

|Third Division South

|41

|12

| colspan="2" |―

|43

|12

1954–55

|Third Division South

|28

| colspan="2" |―

|29

colspan="2" |Total

!69

!15

! colspan="2" |―

!72

!15

Tonbridge

|1961–62

|Southern League Premier Division

|24

|117 appearances and 2 goals in Kent Floodlit Cup, 2 appearances in Kent Senior Shield, 1 appearance and 1 goal in Southern League Cup, 1 appearance in Kent Senior Cup

|36

colspan="3" |Career total

!96

!16

!11

!111

!19