Michael Dunwell (born 6 January 1980) is an English football manager and former professional player. He is the current manager of Northern Football League First Division side Stockton Town. In his playing career, he played as a

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for

Hartlepool United Hartlepool United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Hartlepool, County Durham, England. The team competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. They were founded in 1908 as Hartle ...

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, Durham City, Billingham Synthonia, Norton & Stockton Ancients, Billingham Town, Northallerton Town and Stockton Town.

Early life

Dunwell was born and raised in the

Stockton-on-Tees Stockton-on-Tees, often simply referred to as Stockton, is a market town in the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees in County Durham, England. It is on the northern banks of the River Tees, part of the Teesside built-up area. The town had an estimated ...

area.

Playing career

Dunwell began his career at

in 1996, and spent four seasons there, making one league appearance during the 1998–99 season. before going on to play for clubs such as

, Durham City, Billingham Synthonia, Norton & Stockton Ancients, Billingham Town, Northallerton Town and Stockton Town.First Team information
Stockton Town F.C.

Management career

Dunwell was a player-coach at Billingham Town and Stockton Town. He became Stockton Town first team manager in the summer of 2014, after retiring from his playing career. He appointed J.D. Briggs as his assistant manager; the duo had previously played together for many years and are long-time friends. When Stockton qualified for the Northern Football League Second Division, he guided the club to automatic promotion to the first division, having finished as the second division champions. Stockton then gained promotion to the newly-formed Northern Premier League Division One East for the 2021–22 season, having finished as runners-up of the Northern League Division One for the 2020–21 season.

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Michael Dunwell
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