26 Facts About Micky Quinn

Michael Quinn was born on 2 May 1962 and is an English former professional footballer and sports radio presenter for TalkSPORT.

Micky Quinn played in the Football League for Wigan Athletic, Stockport County, Oldham Athletic, Plymouth Argyle and Watford before finishing his career with a brief spell in Greece with PAOK Thessaloniki, during a career in which he played in 524 league matches and scored 235 league goals.

Micky Quinn was born in the Everton area of Liverpool in Lancashire in 1962, the oldest of four children born to Michael Micky Quinn and Patricia Silvano.

Micky Quinn is the grandson of Italian-born boxer Luigi Silvano.

Micky Quinn began his career as an apprentice with Derby County signing for the East Midlands club upon leaving school in 1978.

However, Micky Quinn only lasted four months at the Baseball Ground, and returned to his Merseyside home, suffering from homesickness.

Eager to turn professional, Micky Quinn joined Wigan Athletic in September 1979 as an apprentice and signed professional forms later in that season, being given his Fourth Division debut by manager Ian McNeill in April 1980, just prior to his 18th birthday.

Micky Quinn went on to score 19 goals in 69 Fourth Division games for Wigan.

Micky Quinn was at Boundary Park for just over two years and proved himself as a competent goalscorer at the higher level of football.

However, Portsmouth were relegated back to the Second Division after just one year, with Micky Quinn scoring 11 goals that season.

At the time, Micky Quinn was one of the most expensive players ever to be signed by the Magpies.

Micky Quinn scored 20 goals for the Magpies the following season but the club's league form slumped and they finished down in tenth position.

Micky Quinn was ruled out of action for three months in October 1991, after he suffered a knee injury and managed just 7 goals in 22 matches.

Ardiles was sacked on 5 February 1992 and was succeeded by Kevin Keegan but Micky Quinn fell out with Keegan soon afterwards over newspaper speculation that Micky Quinn had condemned the set-up as a "shambles".

At the age of 30, Micky Quinn would be playing in the top division of English football for only the second season in his career.

Micky Quinn's 13 goal involvements in his first ten matches is a Premier League record, and was not matched until Bruno Fernandes in 2020.

Micky Quinn's run of goals included two goals each against Manchester City, Southampton, Liverpool and Aston Villa.

Micky Quinn's performances were not enough to take Coventry City beyond 15th place in the final league table, although they had occupied fourth place at one stage during the season.

Micky Quinn had been seriously considered for inclusion into the England squad in early 1993, at a time when Alan Shearer and David Hirst were both unavailable due to injury but the rumoured international call-up from Graham Taylor never materialised.

Micky Quinn had already been approached by Jack Charlton with a view to playing for the Republic of Ireland but was not able to do so as his closest Irish-born relative was a great-grandfather and any player representing the Republic of Ireland would need at least one Irish-born grandparent.

Micky Quinn was eligible to play for the Italian national side due to having an Italian-born grandfather.

Micky Quinn then had unproductive loan spells with Plymouth Argyle, in November 1994 and Watford, in March 1995 before newly appointed manager Ron Atkinson released him on 1 May 1995, the day before his 33rd birthday.

Micky Quinn left the Greek club in February 1996 and decided to retire from playing professionally.

Micky Quinn has since worked as a radio presenter on TalkSPORT, where he covers both horse racing and football.

Micky Quinn appeared on the BBC's Football Focus as part of their Cult Heroes series in 2005, inspired by his relatively prolific two seasons at Highfield Road.

Micky Quinn applied for the manager's job at Burnley in 1996 but it went to Adrian Heath instead and he then decided to retire from football and concentrate on his career as a racehorse trainer.