Mick Stockwell

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Mick Stockwell
Personal information
Full name Michael Thomas Stockwell
Date of birth (1965-02-14) 14 February 1965 (age 59)
Place of birth Chelmsford, England
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1982–1985 Ipswich Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1985–2000 Ipswich Town 506 (36)
2000–2003 Colchester United 131 (22)
2003
Heybridge Swifts
 0 (0)
2003–2007 Woodbridge Town ? (?)
Total 637 (58)
Managerial career
2004–2007 Woodbridge Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Michael Thomas Stockwell (born 14 February 1965) is an English football manager and former professional footballer.

As a player he was a midfielder from 1985 until 2007. He spent eighteen years of his career at Ipswich Town, notching up 506 league appearances for the club and taking part in several Premier League seasons. He moved on to Colchester United in 2000, where he ended his professional career three years later. He then spent time as player-coach of Non-league side Heybridge Swifts before becoming player-manager of Woodbridge Town.

Playing career

Ipswich Town

Mick Stockwell was part of the very successful youth system set up by

League Cup
semi-finalist.

He was released in 2000 and both

Colchester United
attempted to sign Stockwell. He looked set to sign for Ipswich's local rivals Norwich however the deal collapsed after he was made to wait an extra week by Norwich before signing. Due to this Stockwell instead opted to join Colchester United.

Colchester United

Micky Stockwell signed for Colchester in 2000 and instantly made an impact. He went on to play 145 games for Colchester scoring 24 goals. He was a vital part in Phil Parkinson's Colchester team until he retired in 2003 due to a major back injury. After a long career Micky Stockwell finished his career in football after playing over 700 professional games scoring 68 goals.

Coaching career

After retirement from the professional game, in 2003 he first became a player-coach at

Heybridge Swifts but left after a couple of months. He then joined Woodbridge Town
as a player, before later becoming in 2004 the manager. He was manager until October 2007 where Mick and Woodbridge town came to a mutual agreement to part company.

Personal life

As well as often working as a co-commentator on Ipswich games, Stockwell has his own business "Mick Stockwell Fitting Services[3]" fitting kitchens and bathrooms.[4]

Honours

Club

Ipswich Town[5]

Individual

References

  1. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5
    .
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Farewell, Mick". East Anglian Daily Times. 1 June 2000. p. 39.
  3. ^ http://mickstockwellkitchens.co.uk/
  4. ^ "Whatever Happened To... Mick Stockwell - Colchester United News".
  5. ^ "Tier Two (Championship) Honours". Coludaybyday.co.uk.
  6. ^ "Ipswich triumph at last". BBC News. 29 May 2000. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  7. ^ Pearce, Steve (12 April 2013). "Talbot, Brazil and Stockwell added to roll of honour at Town". Ipswich Town F.C. Archived from the original on 14 April 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  8. ^ "Colchester United — Appearances - 2000–01". Coludata.co.uk. Archived from the original on 19 April 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2013.

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