Graham Mitchell (English footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Graham Lee Mitchell | ||
| Date of birth | 16 February 1968 | ||
| Place of birth | Shipley, England | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Huddersfield Town (Academy and U18s coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1983–1986 | Huddersfield Town | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1986–1994 | Huddersfield Town | 244 | (2) |
| 1993 | → Bournemouth (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 1994–1996 | Bradford City | 65 | (1) |
| 1996–1998 | Raith Rovers | 21 | (0) |
| 1997–1998 | → Cowdenbeath (loan) | 11 | (1) |
| 1998–1999 | Cardiff City | 46 | (0) |
| 1999–2002 | Halifax Town | 131 | (3) |
| 2002–2003 | Bradford Park Avenue | 5 | (3) |
| 2003–2004 | Farsley Celtic | 5 | (2) |
| Total | 533 | (12) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2008 | Huddersfield Town (caretaker manager) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Graham Lee Mitchell (born 16 February 1968) is an English former professional footballer, who played as a defender. In 2003, Mitchell played in a charity match at Huddersfield Town where The Wembley Wizards and The Town All Stars versed each other to raise money for Huddersfield Town, they were in administration at the time. He is highly regarded at his first club Huddersfield Town, where in 2006, he was named as one of their "100 Fans' Favourites". Mitchell made 533 league appearances and scored 12 goals between 1986 and 2004.
Mitchell had played in defence, on the wing and even filled in as emergency striker for Town. Mitchell signed professional for Huddersfield Town in 1986, after spending two years in the Academy system. Mitchell spent a period on loan, in 1993, at Bournemouth and played four games for them. After a few disagreements with then manager Neil Warnock, after playing 310 games and scoring 5 goals he was sold to Bradford City in 1994. He later returned in 2002 to take up coaching at the Huddersfield academy. And as of 2009 has held the roles of Caretaker Assistant Manager, Caretaker Manager (In Gerry Murphy's absence), Reserve Team Manager, U18's Coach and was the Head of Academy, following Gerry Murphy's retirement. He left the latter role in November 2011 after reaching a mutual agreement with the club to end his contract seven months early.
Mitchell played for City between 1994 and 1996. During this spell Mitchell was a member of the 1995–96 play off promotion team. He moved to Raith Rovers on a free transfer in 1996. Mitchell played 79 games and scored one goal in all competitions for Bradford.
Mitchell played for Raith between 1996 and 1998; during this time he also had a spell on loan with Cowdenbeath. During his spell at Raith, Cardiff City showed interest in Mitchell and on 1 August 1998 he signed on a free transfer. He had played 23 games for Raith in all competitions. Mitchell also had a spell as captain at Raith.
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