33 Facts About Hayden Mullins

Hayden Ian Mullins was born on 27 March 1979 and is an English former professional footballer and current manager.

Hayden Mullins played primarily as a defensive midfielder, but he played as a sweeper and at right-back.

Hayden Mullins is currently the U21 Head Coach at Fulham.

Hayden Mullins quickly established himself in the first team, and made 257 senior appearances for Palace in five seasons.

Hayden Mullins remained at the club for five and a half years, making 213 appearances, before joining Premier League side Portsmouth in January 2009.

Hayden Mullins made 129 appearances for Portsmouth, but the club's financial difficulties meant that he joined Championship side Reading on loan in March 2012.

Hayden Mullins made three appearances for the England under-21 squad in 1999.

Hayden Mullins joined Crystal Palace as a trainee in August 1996, and made his first-team debut in July 1998, at the age of 19, in the 1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup matches against Turkish club Samsunspor.

Hayden Mullins took a lot of time with us on the training pitch.

Hayden Mullins taught us a lot about shape and formation, he's very detailed in that respect.

Hayden Mullins was transfer listed in October 2000, due to what manager Alan Smith described as a "bad attitude", but was taken off the list and was offered and signed a new four-year contract two months later as his relationship with Smith improved.

Hayden Mullins was named Player of The Year for a second time in 2003.

Hayden Mullins made over 250 league and cup appearances for Palace, scoring 20 goals.

Hayden Mullins was the first signing for West Ham's newly appointed manager, Alan Pardew, and initially joined on a short-term loan to enable him to play against Nottingham Forest on the same day.

Hayden Mullins is someone we are going to look to when we are up against it, to win the battle and give the room to [other players] to play.

Hayden Mullins is very much a destroyer and I think we are desperate for one of those.

Hayden Mullins made 34 league and cup appearances in his first season for West Ham, helping them to the First Division play-off final in May 2004, where they were beaten by a single goal to nil by Hayden Mullins' former club Crystal Palace.

Hayden Mullins, having made 42 appearances in that season, was suspended for the final along with Liverpool's Luis Garcia, after the pair had been sent off in a league fixture a few weeks earlier and an appeal against his dismissal was rejected by the Football Association.

Hayden Mullins was my first signing here, I'm very proud of him, of what he has done and achieved.

Hayden Mullins made a total of 213 appearances for West Ham United, netting seven goals.

On 25 January 2009, Hayden Mullins joined Portsmouth on a three-and-a-half-year contract.

Hayden Mullins made seven appearances for Reading as they were promoted to the Premier League.

On 12 July 2012, Hayden Mullins signed for Birmingham City on a two-year contract on a free transfer.

Hayden Mullins finished his Birmingham career having scored twice in 39 appearances in all competitions.

On 5 June 2014, Hayden Mullins rejoined Notts County on a one-year contract.

Hayden Mullins made three appearances for the England under-21 team in 1999, against Poland in March, Hungary in April and Bulgaria in June.

In December 2019, Hayden Mullins was named as temporary manager of Watford after Quique Sanchez Flores was sacked.

Hayden Mullins took charge against Crystal Palace while newly appointed manager, Nigel Pearson watched from the stands.

On 3 September 2020, Hayden Mullins was announced as assistant head coach to Steve Ball at Colchester United.

On 13 May 2021, Hayden Mullins was appointed head coach of Colchester on a permanent basis.

On 19 January 2022, Hayden Mullins was sacked as head coach after a run of poor results.

Hayden Mullins coached the Turks and Caicos Islands national football team in March 2023.

On 26 July 2023, Hayden Mullins was unveiled as the new U21 Head Coach at Fulham.