Micky Block

Micky Block
Personal information
Full name Michael John Block[1]
Date of birth (1940-01-28) 28 January 1940
Place of birth Ipswich, England
Height 5 ft (152 cm) 11
Playing position Right winger
Youth career
1955–1957 Chelsea
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1957–1962 Chelsea 37 (6)
1962–1966 Brentford 146 (30)
1966–1967 Watford 13 (2)
1967–1969 Chelmsford City
Total 196 (38)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Michael "Micky" Block (born 28 January 1940) is an English former professional footballer who played as a right winger. Block made nearly 200 Football League appearances for Chelsea, Brentford and Watford over a ten-year period.

Career

Born in Ipswich, Block began his career with in the youth team at Division One side Chelsea, appearing in the 1958 FA Youth Cup Final. Block progressed to the Chelsea first team, making 40 appearances and scoring six goals between 1957 and 1962.[2]

Block left Chelsea for Brentford for £5,000 in January 1962.[3] While with the Brentford, he was the provider of assists for many goals scored by the club's all-international frontline of Johnny Brooks, Billy McAdams and John Dick.[4] He later played for Watford,[5] before dropping into non-league football with Chelmsford City in 1967.

Honours

As a player

Brentford

As an individual

References

  1. Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920-2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. p. 22. ISBN 978-0955294914.
  2. "Micky Block - Chelsea Player Profile - Stamford-Bridge.com The History of Chelsea FC". stamford-bridge.com. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  3. Chelsea Football Club The Full Statistical Story 1905-1986 by Scott Cheshire and Ron Hockings
  4. Brentford Football Club Official Matchday Magazine versus Barnsley 11/03/06. 2006. p. 54.
  5. "Brentford Football Club History". brentfordfchistory.co.uk. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  6. White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. p. 372. ISBN 0951526200.
  7. 1 2 Haynes, Graham (1998). A-Z Of Bees: Brentford Encyclopaedia. Yore Publications. p. 82. ISBN 1 874427 57 7.


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