Mike Hughes (footballer)

Mike Hughes
Personal information
Full name Edward Michael Hughes
Date of birth (1940-09-03)3 September 1940
Place of birth Llanidloes, Wales
Date of death 20 December 2018(2018-12-20) (aged 78)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1958–1961 Cardiff City 1 (0)
1961–1963 Exeter City 36 (0)
1963–1969 Chesterfield 210 (9)
1969–1972 Yeovil Town
Total 247+ (9+)
Managerial career
1969–1972 Yeovil Town (player-manager)
1978 Salisbury City
1981 Shaftesbury Town
1983 Yeovil Town (caretaker)
1983–1986 Cirencester Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Edward Michael Hughes (3 September 1940 – 20 December 2018) was a Welsh professional footballer who made 247 appearances in the Football League playing as a midfielder for Cardiff City, Exeter City and Chesterfield.[1] Hughes then became player-manager of Southern League side Yeovil Town, before leaving in 1972 to become a coach at Torquay United. Hughes returned to Yeovil as a caretaker manager in 1983, he also managed Salisbury City and Cirencester Town.[2]

Hughes died in December 2018 at the age of 78.[3]

Family

2 sons ; Adrian (b 1972) Robert (b 1975)

References

  1. ^ "Mike Hughes". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  2. ^ "Mick Hughes". Sky is blue. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  3. ^ "News | Club saddened by former manager's passing". Yeovil Town F.C. 21 December 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2018.


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