Mick Henderson

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Mick Henderson
Personal information
Full name Michael Robert Henderson[1]
Date of birth (1956-03-31) 31 March 1956 (age 68)
Place of birth Gosforth, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2]
Position(s) Defender, midfielder
Youth career
1972–1974 Sunderland
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1974–1979 Sunderland 84 (2)
1979–1982 Watford 51 (0)
1982 Cardiff City 11 (0)
1982–1985 Sheffield United 67 (0)
1985–1989 Chesterfield 136 (10)
Managerial career
1988 Chesterfield
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Michael Robert Henderson (born 31 March 1956) is an English former football player, coach and manager. Primarily a defender, Henderson also played professionally in midfield, and spent most of his professional career in England's Football League.

Starting his career as a schoolboy at Sunderland, Henderson played a part in their promotion to the First Division in 1976, before transferring to Watford in 1979 for £120,000.[3][4] He made 67 appearances for Watford in all competitions, but was a backup to Pat Rice during Watford's 1981–82 promotion to the First Division.[4][5] At the end of that season, he joined Cardiff City, and later played for Sheffield United and Chesterfield. Towards the end of his time at Chesterfield, Henderson player-coached and briefly managed the team.] Following his retirement from football, Henderson became a police officer.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Mick Henderson". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  2. ^ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 130. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
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