Michael Boulding
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Michael Thomas Boulding | ||
| Date of birth | 8 February 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Sheffield, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Playing position | Forward, Winger | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–1999 | Hallam | ||
| 1999–2001 | Mansfield Town | 65 | (12) |
| 2001–2002 | Grimsby Town | 35 | (11) |
| 2002–2003 | Aston Villa | 0 | (0) |
| 2002 | → Sheffield United (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2003 | → Grimsby Town (loan) | 1 | (1) |
| 2003–2004 | Grimsby Town | 38 | (15) |
| 2004–2005 | Barnsley | 35 | (10) |
| 2005 | → Cardiff City (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2006 | Rotherham United | 0 | (0) |
| 2006–2008 | Mansfield Town | 82 | (27) |
| 2008–2010 | Bradford City | 64 | (16) |
| 2010–2011 | Barnsley | 0 | (0) |
| 2011 | Derby County | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 330 | (92) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Michael Thomas Boulding (born 8 February 1976), sometimes referred to as Micky Boulding, is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward and winger from 1998 to 2011. Prior to his football career, he was a promising young tennis player, ranking among the top 20 players in Britain.
Born in Sheffield, England, Boulding excelled at both football and tennis, but chose to adopt the latter after he was spotted by coach Tony Pickard, who trained Boulding for 10 years. However, having continued to train as a footballer and play in the non-league with Hallam, he finished his tennis career in 1999, when he turned a professional footballer with Mansfield Town. He played for two years in Division Three with Mansfield, before he moved up two divisions to Grimsby Town. After scoring 11 goals in a season with Grimsby, he attracted interest from Premier League-side Aston Villa. However, his stay with Villa was short-lived and his only first team action was in the Intertoto Cup, before he returned to Grimsby. He spent another two years with Grimsby and then another two with Barnsley, before he decided to retire in 2005.
Boulding worked in the family business but returned to football in March 2006, with Rotherham United. He did not play for Rotherham in two months and instead returned to Mansfield Town, along with his brother, Rory, at the end of the season. Boulding scored just six goals in his first season with Mansfield. However, after he scored 25 in his second season, when the team were relegated from The Football League, he attracted interest from a number of League One and Two clubs. He eventually decided to join Bradford City, again with his brother, but the pair were released early from their contracts after less than two years with the club. The brothers were given trials back at Mansfield Town, but while Rory joined Accrington Stanley, Michael returned to Barnsley on short-term deal and later had a similar contract at Derby County but never featured in either first team. He has also been involved with running the family's property business.
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