Mick Tait
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Michael Paul Tait[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 30 September 1956 | ||
| Place of birth | Wallsend, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Defender, midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Wallsend Boys Club | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1974–1977 | Oxford United | 64 | (23) |
| 1977–1979 | Carlisle United | 106 | (20) |
| 1979–1980 | Hull City | 33 | (3) |
| 1980–1987 | Portsmouth | 240 | (30) |
| 1987–1990 | Reading | 99 | (10) |
| 1990–1992 | Darlington | 79 | (2) |
| 1992–1994 | Hartlepool United | 61 | (1) |
| 1994 | Gretna | 10 | (2) |
| 1994–1998 | Hartlepool United | 77 | (2) |
| Total | 769 | (93) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1996–1998 | Hartlepool United (player) | ||
| 1999 | Hartlepool United | ||
| 1999–2000 | Blyth Spartans | ||
| 2002–2003 | Darlington (caretaker) | ||
| 2003 | Darlington | ||
| 2009 | Newcastle Blue Star | ||
| 2009–2011 | Blyth Spartans | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Michael Paul Tait (born 30 September 1956) is an English former footballer and later a manager at the end of his playing career. His 760 league games puts him 13th in the list of English footballers. His clubs were Oxford United, Carlisle United, Hull City, Portsmouth, Reading, Darlington and Hartlepool United as well as Gretna in Scotland. Tait also later managed two of these clubs; Darlington and Hartlepool United. In 2012 he became a scout for Newcastle United.
Playing career
Tait started his career as an apprentice at Oxford scoring 23 goals in 64 league appearances before moving on to Carlisle for £65,000 in 1977.[Football League for 24 years.
Coaching career
In 1998, two years into his second spell at
Conference North club Blyth Spartans
in May of the same year. After the 2010–11 season his contract expired and was not renewed.
Honours
As a player
- Third Division Title winner: 1982–83
- Second Division Title winner: 1986–87
- Full Members' Cup winner: 1988
- Fourth Division Title winner: 1990–91
Managerial statistics
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Hartlepool United (player) | 1996 | 1998 | |||||
| Hartlepool United | 1998 | 1999 | |||||
| Blyth Spartans | October 1999 | May 2000 | |||||
| Darlington (caretaker) | October 2002 | June 2003 | 35 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 31.4 |
| Darlington | June 2003 | October 2003 | 19 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 26.3 |
| Blyth Spartans | May 2009 | May 2011 | |||||
References
- ^ "Mick Tait". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- OCLC 868301130.
External links
- Mick Tait at Soccerbase
- Mick Tait management career statistics at Soccerbase
