Ernest Mullineux

Ernest Mullineux

Mullineux in a Burslem Port Vale team photo.
Personal information
Date of birth 1879
Place of birth Northwood, Hanley, England
Date of death 23 August 1960 (aged 8081)
Place of death Bucknall, Stoke-on-Trent, England
Playing position Right-back
Youth career
Burslem Park
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1900–1904 Burslem Port Vale 113 (2)
1904–1906 Bury 22 (0)
1907–1914 Stoke 173 (0)
Wellington Town
Total 308+ (2+)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Ernest Mullineux (1879 – 23 August 1960) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Burslem Port Vale, Bury and Stoke. He also helped Stoke to win two minor league titles in 1909–10 and 1910–11. A right-back, he made 333 league and FA Cup appearances in a 14-year career. He also later played for Wellington Town.

Playing career

Burslem Port Vale

Mullineux started off with Burslem Park, before joining Burslem Port Vale in May 1900.[1] He featured in one Second Division game in the 1900–01 season, and then went on to play all 34 league and five FA Cup matches in the 1901–02 season. He again played all 34 games in the 1902–03 campaign, and claimed a goal in a 5–1 defeat to Preston North End at Deepdale on 28 February. He made 40 appearances in the 1903–04 season, missing just one league game, and scored in a 5–0 win over Blackpool at the Athletic Ground on 12 March. He played 13 league games in the 1904–05 season, before the club's grim financial situation meant that he was sold to Bury for a £600 fee in December 1904.

Bury

The "Shakers" finished 17th in the First Division in the 1904–05 season, with Mullineux making ten appearances. He went on to play eleven games in the 1905–06 season, as Bury finished one point above the relegation zone. He featured just once at Gigg Lane in the first half of the 1906–07 campaign.

Stoke

Mullineux signed for Stoke in January 1907.[2] Mullineux became a regular in the side at a time when Stoke were having a financial meltdown which lead to the club entering into liquidation in 1908.[2] As a result Stoke left the Football League and thus many of their players left the club. However Mullineux stayed at the Victoria Ground, and played for Stoke in the Birmingham & District League and the Southern League and went on to make 184 appearances for the "Potters" in all competitions.[2] During this time, Stoke won the Southern League Division Two A in 1909–10 and the Birmingham & District League in 1910–11. After leaving Stoke in 1914, he went on to join Wellington Town.[2]

Career statistics

Club Season Division League FA Cup Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Burslem Port Vale 1900–01 Second Division 100010
1901–02 34050390
1902–03 32120340
1903–04 33170401
1904–05 13000130
Total 11321401272
Bury 1904–05 First Division 10000100
1905–06 11000110
1906–07 100010
Total 22000220
Stoke 1906–07 First Division 16000160
1907–08 Second Division 13000130
1908–09 Birmingham & District League 29010300
1909–10 31050360
1910–11 40020420
1911–12 Southern League 23010240
1912–13 16010170
1913–14 501060
Total 17301101840
Career Total 30822503332

Honours

with Stoke

References

  1. Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 210. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
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