Michael Alfred Bailey (born 27 February 1942) is an English former international

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who played in

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for

Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic Football Club is an English professional football club based in Charlton, south-east London, which compete in . Their home ground is The Valley, where the club have played since 1919. They have also played at The Mount in ...

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and

Hereford United Hereford United Football Club was an association football club based in Hereford, England. They played at Edgar Street for their entire history. They were nicknamed 'The Whites' or 'The Lilywhites', after their predominantly white kit, or 'The ...

, and in the

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for the

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. He represented

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twice. He then became a

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, taking charge of clubs in England and abroad.

Career

Bailey joined

from

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club

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in 1958, and turned professional in March 1959. He spent all his time at The Valley in the

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, making 151 League appearances for the club during an eight-year stay in which he also served as club captain, before moving to fellow second-tier team

in March 1966 for a fee of £40,000. Bailey won promotion to the First Division with Wolves in 1966–67. He went on to play a central role during the club's resurgence of the

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era, which saw the club reach the 1972 UEFA Cup Final and win the 1974 League Cup, where he lifted the trophy as captain, after a 2–1 win over

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. After Wolves won the Second Division at the first attempt in 1977, Bailey moved to the

with the

for £15,000. He returned to England two years later to become

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in the Fourth Division. He served only one full season in the role, during which the club finished 14th, before leaving in October 1979. He took up the reins at former club Charlton Athletic in March 1980 and guided them to promotion from the Third Division at the first attempt in 1980–81 before moving to

Brighton & Hove Albion Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club (), commonly referred to simply as Brighton, is an English professional football club based in the city of Brighton and Hove. They compete in the Premier League, the top tier of the English football league ...

. His one season in charge of the Seagulls brought them their highest finish to date, 13th place in the First Division. In December 1984 he tried his luck in Greece coaching the first league team of

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replacing for the rest of the season the recently resigned Greek coach

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. He later also worked as a reserve team coach at

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until dismissed in 1995. While a Charlton player, Bailey played for England at under-23 level, and won two caps for the England senior team. He made his debut in a 10–0 demolition of the

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in New York's

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on 27 May 1964, and also played against

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in a 2–1 Home International win on 18 November the same year.

Honours

Wolverhampton Wanderers *

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: 1973–74 *

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runner-up: 1971–72

References

External links

Profile on Wolves official site
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bailey, Mike 1942 births Living people English footballers England international footballers England under-23 international footballers English Football League players North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players Minnesota Kicks players Charlton Athletic F.C. players Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. players Hereford United F.C. players English football managers Hereford United F.C. managers Charlton Athletic F.C. managers Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. managers People from Wisbech OFI Crete F.C. managers English Football League representative players Leatherhead F.C. managers Association football midfielders English expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate soccer players in the United States English expatriate footballers