Mick Cullerton
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Michael Joseph Cullerton | ||
| Date of birth | 25 November 1948 | ||
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1965–1969 | Port Vale | 97 | (22) |
| 1969 | → Chester (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 1969 | Chester | 0 | (0) |
| 1969–1971 | Derby County | 0 | (0) |
| Eastwood | |||
| Stafford Rangers | |||
| 1975–1978 | Port Vale | 83 | (28) |
| Northwich Victoria | |||
| Stafford Rangers | |||
| Total | 187+ | (50+) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Michael Joseph Cullerton (born 25 November 1948) is a former Scottish footballer. He is noted for his two spells with Port Vale, as well as for being Stafford Rangers' star forward as they were one of the elite non-league clubs in the 1970s. He later worked behind the scenes at Port Vale and Stoke City, and commentated for BBC Radio Stoke.
Cullerton was a goalscorer with excellent finishing skills, able to curve the ball past goalkeepers with ease. He was notorious for refusing to help out in defence though, and gave very little effort in training, which led to him being criticized for being 'idle'. He was also an extremely reliable penalty taker.
"People looked at me and thought, he can't run, he's not very quick and he's not very good in the air, so how can he score goals? My answer to that was: 'Just add them up at the end of the season!"
Cullerton played for Scotland under-16s, where he impressed Jock Stein, and won a trial at Chelsea. However, he joined Stanley Matthews' Port Vale in October 1965, with the promise of first team football. He made his debut on 12 January 1966, playing in a front-line of five teenagers (the others being Alex Donald, Roddy Georgeson, Paul Bannister, and Paul Ogden). By November 1966 he had become a regular in the first team and was the 1966–67 season as the club's top scorer with 12 goals. Of an outspoken nature, he lost his first team place after vocally criticizing manager Gordon Lee in the dressing room. He was loaned out to Chester in March 1969, moving there for free in May of that year.
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