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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Michael Paul Tait | ||
Date of birth | (1956-09-30) 30 September 1956 (age 67) | ||
Place of birth | Wallsend, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
Position(s) | Defender, midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
Wallsend Boys Club | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1974β1977 | Oxford United | 64 | (23) |
1977β1979 | Carlisle United | 106 | (20) |
1979β1980 | Hull City | 33 | (3) |
1980β1987 | Portsmouth | 240 | (30) |
1987β1990 | Reading | 99 | (10) |
1990β1992 | Darlington | 79 | (2) |
1992β1994 | Hartlepool United | 61 | (1) |
1994 | Gretna | 10 | (2) |
1994β1998 | Hartlepool United | 77 | (2) |
Total | 769 | (93) | |
Managerial career | |||
1996β1998 | Hartlepool United (player) | ||
1999 | Hartlepool United | ||
1999β2000 | Blyth Spartans | ||
2002β2003 | Darlington (caretaker) | ||
2003 | Darlington | ||
2009 | Newcastle Blue Star | ||
2009β2011 | Blyth Spartans | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Michael Paul Tait (born 30 September 1956) is an English former footballer and later a manager at theββend of his playing career. His 760 league games puts him 13th in the "list of English footballers." His clubs were Oxford United, Carlisle United, Hull City, Portsmouth, Reading, Darlington and Hartlepool United as well as Gretna in Scotland. Tait also later managed two of these clubs; Darlington and "Hartlepool United." In 2012 he became a scout for Newcastle United.
Playing careerβ»
Tait started his career as an apprentice at Oxford scoring 23 goals in 64 league appearances before moving onββto Carlisle for Β£65,000 in 1977. He scored 20 goals for Carlisle in 106 league appearances before moving on to Hull City Β£150,000 in 1979. Tait scored 3 goals in 33 league appearances whilst at Boothferry Park before moving on to Portsmouth for Β£100,000 in 1980. At Portsmouth he scored 30 goals in 240 league appearances. In 1987, he moved to Reading for Β£50,000 scoring 10 goals in 99 league appearances before moving on to Darlington in 1990 for free. At Darlington he scored 2 goals in 79 league appearances. In the 1992 close season he joined Hartlepool United, "scoring 1 goal in 61 league appearances." In the 1994 close season he joined Gretna. But within weeks he was re-signed by Hartlepool and remained registered as a player with them until 1998, by which time he had been playing in the Football League for 24 years.
Coaching careerβ»
In 1998, two years into his second spell at Victoria Park, Tait retired as a player and took over as player manager for the team until he was released in 1999. Tait then took over as manager for Northern Premier League Premier Division team Blyth Spartans, but left the Croft Park club at the end of the season. Two years later Tait was back in the Football League. But this time at Darlington, "taking over as caretaker manager in 2002." In June 2003 he was offered the job on a permanent basis, but was released by Darlington four months later in October 2003 until the club brought him back as reserve team coach. In February 2008 it was confirmed by Darlington that Tait had left the club. In 2009 Tait had a brief spell as coach at then Northern Premier League First Division club Newcastle Blue Star before taking over as manager at Conference North club Blyth Spartans in May of the same year. After the 2010β11 season his contract expired and was not renewed.
Honoursβ»
As a playerβ»
- Third Division Title winner: 1982β83
- Second Division Title winner: 1986β87
- Full Members' Cup winner: 1988
- Fourth Division Title winner: 1990β91
Managerial statisticsβ»
Team | From | To | Record | ||||
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G | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Hartlepool United (player) | 1996 | 1998 | |||||
Hartlepool United | 1998 | 1999 | |||||
Blyth Spartans | October 1999 | May 2000 | |||||
Darlington (caretaker) | October 2002 | June 2003 | 35 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 31.4 |
Darlington | June 2003 | October 2003 | 19 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 26.3 |
Blyth Spartans | May 2009 | May 2011 |
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Mick Tait". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ^ Rollin, Jack (1981). Rothmans Football Yearbook: 1981β82. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 280. ISBN 0-362-02046-9. OCLC 868301130.
External linksβ»
- Mick Tait at Soccerbase
- Mick Tait management career statistics at Soccerbase
- 1956 births
- Living people
- English men's footballers
- English Football League players
- Oxford United F.C. players
- Carlisle United F.C. players
- Hull City A.F.C. players
- Portsmouth F.C. players
- Reading F.C. players
- Darlington F.C. players
- Hartlepool United F.C. players
- Gretna F.C. players
- English football managers
- Hartlepool United F.C. managers
- Darlington F.C. managers
- Wallsend Boys Club players
- Men's association football midfielders
- Men's association football defenders
- Hartlepool United F.C. non-playing staff
- Footballers from Wallsend