Mick HENDERSON

Mick Henderson - Sheffield United - League Appearances

Photo/Foto: George Herringshaw

Date: 10 October 1984

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    • POSITION
      Right Back
    • DATE OF BIRTH
      Saturday, 31 March 1956
    • PLACE OF BIRTH
      Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England
  • CLUBS
  • Sunderland FC
    • Club Career Dates
      1974-1979
    • League Debut
      Saturday, 1st November 1975 in a 4-1 win at York City (Aged: 19)
    • Club Career
      81 League apps (+3 as sub), 2 goals
  • Sheffield United
    • Club Career Dates
      1982-1985
    • League Debut
      28th August 1982 in a 4-1 defeat at Portsmouth.
    • Club Career
      67 League Apps. 0 goals.
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Mick HENDERSON - Sheffield United - League Appearances

Mick Henderson playing for Sheffield United against Everton at Goodison Park in the

League Cup (2nd. leg), where the Blades went down 4-0 after a 2-2 draw at home two

weeks earlier.

67 League Appearances.



Sunderland:   1973-1974     Played   0     Scored   0   goals   (Division 2)
     1974-1975     Played   0     Scored   0   goals   (Division 2)
     1975-1976     Played 13     Scored   1   goal   (Division 2)
     1976-1977     Played   9     Scored   0   goals   (Division 1)
     1977-1978     Played 32     Scored   1   goal   (Division 2)
     1978-1979     Played 30     Scored   0   goals   (Division 2)

  1979-1980     Played   0     Scored   0   goals   (Division 2)
Signed in November 1979.






Watford:   1979-1980     Played 28    Scored   0   goals   (Division 2)

  1980-1981     Played 19    Scored   0   goals   (Division 2)

  1981-1982     Played   4    Scored   0   goals   (Division 2)
Cardiff City:   1981-1982     Played 11    Scored   0   goals   (Division 2)
Sheffield United:   1982-1983     Played 32    Scored   0   goals   (Division 3)

  1983-1984     Played 22    Scored   0   goals   (Division 3)

  1984-1985     Played 13    Scored   0   goals   (Division 2)
Signed for Chesterfield.






1985–1989    Chesterfield     136 games, 10 goals

Gosforth-born defender Mick Henderson progressed through the youth ranks at Sunderland to make 95 appearances in four seasons with the club between 1975 and 1979.
The full-back broke through midway through the 1975-76 campaign as the Black Cats won the Division Two title and returned to the top flight.

Mick’s first goal for the club came in his eighth appearance as Bob Stokoe’s side defeated Hull City 3-1 at Roker Park.

 

Henderson continued to be on the fringes of the Sunderland first team on the Black Cats’ return to the First Division, making 11 appearances.
However, Henderson found opportunities more forthcoming following relegation.

Mick made 35 appearances as Jimmy Adamson’s side finished sixth in the Second Division after a poor run between November and mid-January dented any hopes of mounting a push for a return to the top flight.

 

Henderson continued to be a regular at the start of the 1978-79 season, though the addition of Steve Whitworth from Leicester City provided added competition for the right-back spot.

After making 30 appearances in his final campaign on Wearside, Mick lost his place to Whitworth and he would join Watford a few months later.

 

Mick spent three years at Vicarage Road before a brief spell with Cardiff City preceded his move to Sheffield United, where he spent three years before moving to Chesterfield.

After being appointed player-coach and then caretaker manager of the Spireites, Henderson took over Matlock Town in September 1989 before pursuing a career in the police force.

 

From SAFC by Ashley Houghton.