Michael Frederick Bull (3 April 1930 – December 2011) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for

Brentford Brentford is a suburban town in West London, England and part of the London Borough of Hounslow. It lies at the confluence of the River Brent and the Thames, west of Charing Cross. Its economy has diverse company headquarters buildings whi ...

and Swindon Town as an outside forward. He later had a career in

non-League football Non-League football describes football leagues played outside the top leagues of a country. Usually, it describes leagues which are not fully professional. The term is primarily used for football in England, where it is specifically used to de ...

, most notably with

Bedford Town Bedford Town Football Club is a football club based in the Borough of Bedford, England. The club are currently members of the and play at the Eyrie in Cardington, a village on the outskirts of Bedford. They are full members of the Football As ...

Club career

Brentford

An outside forward, Bull began his career at Second Division club

in September 1948, but had to wait until 1953 to make his first team debut for the club. His only appearances for the club came in three matches in February 1953, against Everton, Bury and Doncaster Rovers. Bull was released at the end of the 1952–53 season.

Swindon Town

Bull joined Third Division South club Swindon Town in June 1953 and had a good first season with the struggling team, making 43 appearances, scoring 12 goals and finishing as the club's top scorer. His form deserted him during the 1954–55 season and he scored just three goals in 29 appearances, before departing at the end of the campaign. Bull made 72 appearances and scored 15 goals for the Robins.

Non-League football

After his release from Swindon, Bull dropped into

and played for Hastings United, Tonbridge, Tunbridge Wells United and

Chatham Town Chatham Town Football Club is an English association football club based in Chatham, Kent. It currently plays in the and is nicknamed "The Chats”. Former Premier League club Portsmouth and current Premier League club West Ham United played ...

. A memorable spell came with Southern League club

, for whom he scored 51 goals in 189 appearances. He finished his time with the club by winning the South East Division title in the 1958–59 season.

Career statistics

Honours

Bedford Town * Southern League South East Division: 1958–59

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bull, Michael 1930 births 2011 deaths Footballers from the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames People from Twickenham Men's association football outside forwards English men's footballers Brentford F.C. players Swindon Town F.C. players Hastings United F.C. (1948) players Bedford Town F.C. players Tonbridge Angels F.C. players Tunbridge Wells F.C. players Chatham Town F.C. players English Football League players Southern Football League players