Michael Joseph Cullerton was born on 25 November 1948 and is a Scottish former footballer.
21 Facts About Mick Cullerton
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Mick Cullerton is noted for his two spells with Port Vale, as well as for being Stafford Rangers' star forward as they were one of the elite non-League clubs in the 1970s.
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Mick Cullerton later worked behind the scenes at Port Vale and Stoke City, and commentated for BBC Radio Stoke.
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Mick Cullerton played for Scotland under-16s, where he impressed Jock Stein, and won a trial at Chelsea after being scouted by Tommy Docherty.
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Mick Cullerton made his debut on 12 January 1966, playing in a front-line of five teenagers.
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Still, Mick Cullerton failed a medical after it was discovered he had asthma.
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Mick Cullerton felt that Lee was a very basic long ball merchant.
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Mick Cullerton later admitted to going out drinking seven nights a week, saying, "to say I went off the rails might be an understatement".
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Mick Cullerton was loaned out to Chester in March 1969, moving there for free in May of that year.
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Mick Cullerton signed with Brian Clough's Derby County, though never made an appearance for the club despite hitting more than eighty goals for the reserve team.
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Clough, at one point, promised him a first-team game, but Mick Cullerton contracted glandular fever soon afterwards.
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Mick Cullerton went into Non-League football with Eastwood and Stafford Rangers.
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Mick Cullerton marked the home debut of his second spell at Vale by scoring a hat-trick past Hereford United in the League Cup.
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Mick Cullerton was given a free transfer to Northwich Victoria in May 1978 and later re-signed with Stafford Rangers.
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Mick Cullerton retired in 1980 due to his worsening asthma.
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Mick Cullerton was a goalscorer with excellent finishing skills, able to curve the ball past goalkeepers easily.
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Mick Cullerton was notorious for refusing to help in defence, though, and gave very little effort in training, which led to him being criticized for being idle.
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Mick Cullerton went on to be offered the same position at Blackburn Rovers but instead was appointed at Port Vale, where he worked between 1982 and 1985.
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Mick Cullerton quit Vale Park after feeling he lacked support from the boardroom and, rejecting an offer from Aston Villa chairman Doug Ellis, he took up the same post at Stoke City.
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Mick Cullerton then worked as a commentator at BBC Radio Stoke for 15 years, first covering Stoke City and then Port Vale games.
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Mick Cullerton quit radio broadcasting after having a cochlear implant fitted.