Jimmy Mullen (footballer born 1952)
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | James Mullen | ||
| Date of birth | 8 November 1952 | ||
| Place of birth | Jarrow, England | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1970–1980 | Sheffield Wednesday | 229 | (10) |
| 1980–1982 | Rotherham United | 49 | (1) |
| 1981–1982 | → Preston North End (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 1981–1986 | Cardiff City | 133 | (12) |
| 1986–1987 | Newport County | 19 | (0) |
| Total | 431 | (23) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1984 | Cardiff City | ||
| 1986 | Cardiff City | ||
| 1986–1987 | Newport County | ||
| 1989–1990 | Blackpool | ||
| 1991–1996 | Burnley | ||
| 1996–1997 | Sligo Rovers | ||
| 2003–2004 | Colwyn Bay | ||
| Market Drayton Town | |||
| Telford United | |||
| Bromsgrove Rovers | |||
| 2008–2009 | Walsall | ||
| 2011–2013 | Market Drayton Town | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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James "Jimmy" Mullen (born 8 November 1952 in Jarrow, County Durham) is an English football manager who last managed at Market Drayton Town.
In his playing days, Mullen spent most of his career at Sheffield Wednesday, and was their captain when they won promotion from Division Three in 1979/80. The following season, however, he went one better with Rotherham, captaining the Millers to the Division Three title.
After a short loan spell at Preston, he moved to Cardiff, where he again won promotion in 1982/83. Following the resignation of Cardiff manager Len Ashurst in March 1984, Mullen and Assistant Manager Jimmy Goodfellow were appointed joint Caretaker Managers until the end of the 1983/84 season. At the end of the season, Goodfellow was appointed as sole manager of the club, and Mullen continued as a player under Goodfellow and Alan Durban upon Goodfellow's sacking. After Durban led the club to two successive relegations, leaving them in the old Fourth Division, he was sacked and Mullen was appointed caretaker manager until the end of the season. Mullen was replaced by Frank Burrows in the summer of 1986 and he then moved on to near-neighbours Newport County, where he would end his playing days.
After being assistant manager to Ian Porterfield at Aberdeen from 1986 to 1988, on 28 March 1989 Mullen was asked to take charge of Blackpool for the last eleven games of the season after the departure of Sam Ellis. With the help of Len Ashurst, he guided the Seasiders to five victories and avoided relegation. Soon afterwards, Mullen was given the job on a full-time basis.
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