Mick McGiven (born 7 February 1951 in
Newcastle upon Tyne
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) is a former professional
footballer
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who played as a
defender in
the Football League
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for
Sunderland and
West Ham United
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. After retiring as a player he joined the
coaching staff
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at West Ham United, then worked with
Chelsea
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's youth team and served as assistant manager of
Ipswich Town
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under
John Lyall from 1990, helping Ipswich win promotion to the new
FA Premier League as
Second Division
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champions in 1992.
For the
1993-94 season, McGiven was named as head coach of Ipswich, although Lyall was still officially the club's manager. Ipswich started the season reasonably well, a notable success coming towards the end of November, when they travelled to
Old Trafford to face defending champions and eventual
double winners Manchester United in the league, and held the hosts to a goalless draw. However, Ipswich picked up just three points from their final 11 league games and only narrowly avoided relegation. For the
1994-95 season, Lyall reverted to having control of the first team, with McGiven once again serving as Lyall's assistant, but by the end of 1994 Lyall had resigned and McGiven had followed suit, as Ipswich headed towards relegation.
He later returned to Chelsea where he performed a variety of roles with
reserves and first-team, and as of 2009 is a
match observer/scout.
Mick retired from Chelsea FC in October 2018. His son, Paul, who previously worked as a fitness coach at West Ham United under Gianfranco Zola, remains a key part of the Chelsea FC scouting staff.
References
https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2018/11/27/happy-retirement-mick
https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2014/08/12/changes-made-to-backroom-team
External links
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1951 births
Living people
Footballers from Newcastle upon Tyne
English men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Sunderland A.F.C. players
West Ham United F.C. players
Association football coaches
Association football scouts
West Ham United F.C. non-playing staff
Chelsea F.C. non-playing staff
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