Mike Duxbury

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| name = Mike Duxbury

| image =

| caption =

| fullname = Michael Duxbury

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|9|1|df=y}}

| birth_place = Accrington, Lancashire, England

| height = 1.75 m{{Cite web |last=Strack-Zimmermann |first=Benjamin |title=Mike Duxbury (Player) |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/18679/Mike_Duxbury.html |access-date=2022-11-14 |website=www.national-football-teams.com |language=en}}

| position = Full back

| youthyears1 = {{0|000}}?–1975 |youthclubs1 = Everton

| youthyears2 = 1975–1976 |youthclubs2 = Manchester United

| years1 = 1976–1990 |clubs1 = Manchester United |caps1 = 299 |goals1 = 6

| years2 = 1990–1992 |clubs2 = Blackburn Rovers |caps2 = 27 |goals2 = 0

| years3 = 1992–1994 |clubs3 = Bradford City |caps3 = 65 |goals3 = 0

| years4 = 1994–1996 |clubs4 = Golden |caps4 = |goals4 =

| totalcaps = 391 |totalgoals = 6

| nationalyears1 = 1980–1982 |nationalteam1 = England U21 |nationalcaps1 = 7 |nationalgoals1 = 1

| nationalyears2 = 1983–1984 |nationalteam2 = England |nationalcaps2 = 10 |nationalgoals2 = 0

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Michael Duxbury (born 1 September 1959) is a former footballer who won ten caps for England. At club level, he played in the Football League for Manchester United, Blackburn Rovers and Bradford City, and in the Hong Kong First Division League for Golden.

Career

Born in Accrington, Lancashire,{{Englandstats|ref=y|access-date=20 February 2010}} Duxbury began his career as a right back with Everton, but he signed for Manchester United as a schoolboy in 1975. He signed trainee forms in July 1976, and then went professional three months later. Duxbury made his Manchester United debut on 23 August 1980, coming on as a substitute for Kevin Moran against Birmingham City. Duxbury became a semi-regular in the first team over the next couple of seasons, although – due to the form of first-choice full backs John Gidman and Arthur Albiston – he spent most of his time playing at centre-back; it was not until towards the end of the 1981–82 season that Duxbury began to play in his favoured right back position. The following season, he won his first FA Cup medal with Manchester United, playing in both matches of the 1983 final against Brighton & Hove Albion. Another FA Cup medal followed in 1985, after Duxbury came on as a substitute for Arthur Albiston. He continued at Manchester United for another five years, but he found his first-team opportunities increasingly limited as he began to play more reserve matches. After being left out of the side for the 1990 FA Cup Final against Crystal Palace, Duxbury left United for Blackburn Rovers for free at the end of the season.

He later played for Bradford City and for Golden FC in Hong Kong before retiring in 1994. Duxbury was capped ten times by England, making his debut in November 1983 and earning his last cap in October 1984. While in Hong Kong, he played for his club's Select XI against England in their warm-up games for Euro 1996.{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/england-fail-to-impress-1349360.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220514/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/england-fail-to-impress-1349360.html |archive-date=14 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=England fail to impress |first=Glenn |last=Moore |newspaper=The Independent|location=London |date=27 May 1996 |accessdate=20 February 2010}}

Since his retirement from playing, Duxbury moved into the coaching side of the game. He worked with the Manchester United Soccer Schools programme in Hong Kong and Dubai,{{cite press release |title=Sir Alex Ferguson returns to Dubai for training and launches the first ever MUSS Development Squad |publisher=Manchester United Soccer Schools |date=4 September 2006 |url=http://www.ameinfo.com/95327.html |accessdate=20 February 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090514143524/http://www.ameinfo.com/95327.html |archivedate=14 May 2009 }} and coached football and taught physical education in the junior department of independent school Bolton School.{{cite web |url=http://www.boltonschool.org/senior-boys/news/bolton-school-chosen-as-a-football-focus-school |title=Bolton School chosen as a Football Focus School |publisher=Bolton School |date=5 October 2009 |accessdate=20 February 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725091931/http://www.boltonschool.org/senior-boys/news/bolton-school-chosen-as-a-football-focus-school |archivedate=25 July 2011 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.boltonschool.org/junior-boys/news/boys-reach-national-swimming-final |title=Boys Reach National Swimming Final |publisher=Bolton School |date=1 April 2009 |accessdate=20 February 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725092021/http://www.boltonschool.org/junior-boys/news/boys-reach-national-swimming-final |archivedate=25 July 2011 }}