Michael Duxbury (born 1 September 1959) is a former

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who won ten

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for

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. At club level, he played in

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for Manchester United,

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and

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, and in the

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for

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Career

Born in Accrington, Lancashire, Duxbury began his career as a

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with Everton, but he signed for Manchester United as a schoolboy in 1975. He signed trainee forms in July 1976, and then went professional three months later. Duxbury made his Manchester United debut on 23 August 1980, coming on as a substitute for Kevin Moran against

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. Duxbury became a semi-regular in the first team over the next couple of seasons, although – due to the form of first-choice full backs John Gidman and

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– he spent most of his time playing at centre-back; it was not until towards the end of the 1981–82 season that Duxbury began to play in his favoured right back position. The following season, he won his first

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medal with Manchester United, playing in both matches of the 1983 final against

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. Another FA Cup medal followed in 1985, after Duxbury came on as a substitute for Arthur Albiston. He continued at Manchester United for another five years, but he found his first-team opportunities increasingly limited as he began to play more reserve matches. After being left out of the side for the 1990 FA Cup Final against

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, Duxbury left United for

for free at the end of the season. He later played for

and for Golden FC in Hong Kong before retiring in 1994. Duxbury was

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tentimes by

, making his debut in November 1983 and earning his last cap in October 1984. While in Hong Kong, he played for his club's Select XI against England in their warm-up games for

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. Since his retirement from playing, Duxbury moved into the coaching side of the game. He worked with the Manchester United Soccer Schools programme in Hong Kong and

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, and coached football and taught physical education in the junior department of independent school

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at StretfordEnd.co.uk * {{DEFAULTSORT:Duxbury, Mike 1959 births Living people Sportspeople from Accrington English footballers Everton F.C. players Manchester United F.C. players Blackburn Rovers F.C. players Bradford City A.F.C. players Sun Hei SC players England men's international footballers England men's under-21 international footballers English Football League players Hong Kong First Division League players Expatriate footballers in Hong Kong Men's association football defenders English expatriate sportspeople in Hong Kong English expatriate footballers FA Cup final players Footballers from Lancashire