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
Date of death 12 December 2019(2019-12-12) (aged 79)[2]
Place of death Brent, England[1]
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[3]
Position(s) 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)
International career
England Youth
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Michael John Block (28 January 1940 – 12 December 2019) was an English professional footballer who played as a right winger. He made nearly 200 Football League appearances for Chelsea, Brentford and Watford over a 10-year period.[1]

Career

Born in Ipswich, Block began his career with the youth team at First Division club Chelsea and played in both legs of the 1958 FA Youth Cup Final.[1][4][5] Block progressed to the Chelsea first team and made 40 appearances and scored six goals between 1957 and 1962.[3]

Block left Chelsea for Brentford for £5,000 in January 1962.[6] While with 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.[7] He later played for Watford,[8] before dropping into non-League football with Chelmsford City in 1967.[8]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Chelsea 1957–58[3] First Division 20 4 0 0 — — 20 4
1958–59[3] First Division 13 1 2 0 — 1[a] 0 16 1
1959–60[3] First Division 2 0 0 0 — — 2 0
1960–61[3] First Division 1 0 0 0 0 0 — 1 0
1961–62[3] First Division 1 1 0 0 0 0 — 1 1
Total 37 6 2 0 0 0 1 0 40 6
Brentford 1961–62[9] Third Division 20 2 — — — 20 2
1962–63[9] Fourth Division 42 8 1 0 2 0 — 45 8
1963–64[9] Third Division 35 11 6 3 4 1 — 45 15
1964–65[9] Third Division 20 3 0 0 1 0 — 21 3
1965–66[9] Third Division 29 7 2 0 2 0 — 33 7
Total 146 30 9 0 9 0 — 164 30
Watford 1966–67[8] Third Division 13 2 0 0 0 0 — 13 2
Career total 196 38 11 0 9 0 1 0 217 38
  1. ^ Appearance in Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

Honours

Brentford

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Micky Block". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
  2. ^ Ancestry.com. England and Wales, Death Index, 1989–2019 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2014.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "Micky Block – Chelsea Player Profile". Stamford-Bridge.com The History of Chelsea FC. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  4. ^ "Chelsea 5–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers (1957–58 FA Youth Cup Final)". TheChels.info – The Chelsea Football Club Wiki. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  5. ^ "Wolverhampton Wanderers 6–1 Chelsea (1957–58 FA Youth Cup Final)". TheChels.info – The Chelsea Football Club Wiki. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  6. ^ Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. p. 22. ISBN 978-0955294914.
  7. ^ Brentford Football Club Official Matchday Magazine versus Barnsley. 11 March 2006. p. 54.
  8. ^ a b c "Player: Michael John Block". Watford Football Club archive 1881–2016. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  9. ^ a b c d e White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 386–388. ISBN 0951526200.
  10. ^ a b "Micky Block RIP". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
  11. ^ Haynes, Graham (1998). A-Z Of Bees: Brentford Encyclopaedia. Yore Publications. p. 82. ISBN 1-874427-57-7.


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