Michael Johnson (4 October 1933 – 19 July 2004) was an English professional
association football
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player and manager.
Over the course of his playing career, Johnson turned out for
Newcastle United
Newcastle United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football league system, English football. Since th ...
,
Blyth Spartans,
Brighton and Hove Albion,
Gloucester City,
Fulham FC,
Doncaster Rovers
Doncaster Rovers Football Club is a professional association football club based in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. The team currently competes in EFL League One, the third level of the English football league system after winning the 202 ...
and
Barrow all in England before moving to Australia and playing with
South Coast United,
Metropolitan Adriatic and
Sutherland Sharks
Sutherland Sharks FC is an Australian association football club based in the suburb of Sutherland in Sydney, New South Wales. The club currently competes in the National Premier Leagues NSW. Its home games are played at Seymour Shaw Park, loca ...
.
Johnson then turned his hand to management moving to the front office of the Sutherland Sharks before going on to manage
St George Saints,
Blacktown City Demons
Blacktown City Football Club is an Australian semi-professional soccer club based in Blacktown, New South Wales. Founded in 1953, the club currently competes in the National Premier Leagues NSW. Blacktown City's home ground is Landen Stadium in ...
, Fairy Meadow before finishing his managerial career by claiming the treble of
NSW Premier League Premiership, Championship and the NSW Waratah Cup in 1992 with the
Bonnyrigg White Eagles
Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC is an Australian semi-professional association football, soccer club based in Bonnyrigg, New South Wales, Bonnyrigg, Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, currently playing in the NSW League One. The club was founded in 1968 ...
.
Johnson died on 19 July 2004 in Wollongong after a long battle with illness.
External links
Oz Football profile*
References
1933 births
Footballers from York
2004 deaths
English men's footballers
Men's association football wingers
Gloucester City A.F.C. players
Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC managers
Safeway United players
Newcastle United F.C. players
Blyth Spartans A.F.C. players
Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. players
Fulham F.C. players
Doncaster Rovers F.C. players
Barrow A.F.C. players
English expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's soccer players in Australia
English football managers
English expatriate football managers
Expatriate soccer managers in Australia
English Football League players
20th-century English sportsmen
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