Carl Muggleton

Carl David Muggleton (born 13 September 1968) is an English professional football goalkeeper who made over 550 appearances in the Football League and Scottish Premier League for a number of clubs, most notably Leicester City, Stoke City, Celtic, Chesterfield and Mansfield Town.

Carl Muggleton
Personal information
Full name Carl David Muggleton[1]
Date of birth (1968-09-13) 13 September 1968
Place of birth Leicester, England
Playing position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1994 Leicester City 46 (0)
1987 → Chesterfield (loan) 17 (0)
1988 → Blackpool (loan) 2 (0)
1988 → Hartlepool United (loan) 8 (0)
1990 → Stockport County (loan) 4 (0)
1990 → Liverpool (loan) 0 (0)
1993 → Stoke City (loan) 6 (0)
1993 → Sheffield United (loan) 0 (0)
1994 Celtic 12 (0)
1994–2001 Stoke City 149 (0)
1995 → Rotherham United (loan) 6 (0)
1996 → Sheffield United (loan) 1 (0)
1999 → Mansfield Town (loan) 9 (0)
1999–2000 → Chesterfield (loan) 5 (0)
2001 → Cardiff City (loan) 6 (0)
2001–2002 Cheltenham Town 7 (0)
2002 → Bradford City (loan) 4 (0)
2002–2006 Chesterfield 112 (0)
2006–2008 Mansfield Town 52 (0)
Total 446 (0)
National team
1990 England U21 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Muggleton began his career in 1986 as an apprentice at Leicester City, where he made 54 first-team appearances in all competitions in seven years.[2] He also had loan spells at Chesterfield, Blackpool, Hartlepool United, Stockport County, Liverpool, Stoke City and Sheffield United during his tenure at Filbert Street.[2] He played for Leicester in the 1992 Second Division play-off final against Blackburn Rovers, when he saved a penalty at Wembley Stadium but finished on the losing side.[3]

In January 1994, Muggleton was signed by Scottish club, Celtic, for whom he made 13 appearances in the remainder of the 1993–94 season, before joining Stoke City in the summer of 1994 for a fee of £150,000.[2] In a seven-year spell at Stoke, Muggleton played more than 170 games.[2] He was also loaned to Rotherham, Sheffield United, Chesterfield, Mansfield Town and Cardiff City.[2][4] Muggleton was released by Stoke in the summer of 2001 and joined Cheltenham.[5] However, he was kept out of the side by Steve Book and after a one-month loan at Bradford City, he was allowed to leave the club,[5] and join Chesterfield in May 2002, where manager Dave Rushbury described him as, "...a mature goalkeeper who will provide the voice of experience behind our younger defenders."[6]

Muggleton played over 120 games for Chesterfield during his four-year stay with the club.[2] He signed a new two-year contract in May 2004,[7] but left Chesterfield by mutual consent in March 2006,[8] and joined local rivals Mansfield Town in July 2006 to provide cover for first-choice goalkeeper Jason White.[9] He made 21 appearances for Mansfield in the 2006–07 season,[10] and was offered a new contract in May 2007.[11] After Mansfield Town were relegated to the Conference National at the end of the 2007–08 season, he was released by the club.[12]

At international level, Muggleton played once for England Under-21,[3] in a match against France in 1990.

Coaching career

After leaving Mansfield Town, he joined Notts County in July 2008 as a part-time goalkeeping coach.[13] On 23 July 2012 he joined Gillingham as their goalkeeping coach,[14] a role he then took up at Barnet in July 2016.[15] He then took up the position of goalkeeper coach and head of recruitment at Chesterfield in May 2018, but left on 27 December after Martin Allen was sacked.[16]

Personal life

After ending his playing career Muggleton became a driving instructor in the Leicestershire area.[17] His son Sam is also a professional footballer.[18]

Career statistics

Source:[19]

Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other[A] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Leicester City 1987–88 Second Division 0000000000
1988–89 Second Division 3000000030
1989–90 Second Division 0000000000
1990–91 Second Division 220100000230
1991–92 Second Division 40200040100
1992–93 First Division 170000010180
1993–94 First Division 0000000000
Total 460300050540
Chesterfield (loan) 1987–88 Third Division 170000020190
Blackpool (loan) 1987–88 Third Division 2000000020
Hartlepool United (loan) 1988–89 Fourth Division 80000020100
Stockport County (loan) 1989–90 Fourth Division 4000000040
Stoke City (loan) 1993–94 First Division 6000102090
Celtic 1994 Scottish Premier Division 120100000130
Stoke City 1994–95 First Division 240003040310
1995–96 First Division 6000000060
1996–97 First Division 330004000370
1997–98 First Division 340105000400
1998–99 Second Division 400202020460
1999–2000 Second Division 0000000000
2000–01 Second Division 120203000170
Total 149050170601770
Rotherham United (loan) 1995–96 Second Division 6000001070
Sheffield United (loan) 1995–96 First Division 1000000010
Mansfield Town (loan) 1999–2000 Third Division 9000000090
Chesterfield (loan) 1999–2000 Second Division 5000000050
Cardiff City (loan) 2000–01 Third Division 6000000060
Cheltenham Town 2001–02 Third Division 6000100070
2002–03 Third Division 1000000010
Total 7000100080
Bradford City (loan) 2001–02 First Division 4010000050
Chesterfield 2002–03 Second Division 260102020310
2003–04 Second Division 460101010490
2004–05 League One 370101010400
2005–06 League One 3000101050
Total 11203050501250
Mansfield Town 2006–07 League Two 160300010200
2007–08 League Two 360401010420
Total 520701020620
Career Total 44602002402505150
A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Anglo-Italian Cup, Football League Trophy, Football League play-offs and Full Members Cup.
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References
  1. "Carl Muggleton". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  2. "Carl Muggleton". Soccerbase. Retrieved 15 April 2008.
  3. Smith, Martin (26 January 2008). "Carl Muggleton: Mansfield Town's old hand". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 15 April 2008.
  4. "Muggleton on loan at Cardiff". BBC Sport. 15 March 2001. Retrieved 15 April 2008.
  5. "Robins release Muggleton". BBC Sport. 16 May 2002. Retrieved 15 April 2008.
  6. "Muggleton joins Spireites". BBC Sport. 22 May 2002. Retrieved 15 April 2008.
  7. "Spireites keeper stays put". BBC Sport. 27 May 2004. Retrieved 15 April 2008.
  8. "Chesterfield seal Beckwith deal". BBC Sport. 17 March 2006. Retrieved 15 April 2008.
  9. "Muggleton handed Mansfield deal". BBC Sport. 17 July 2006. Retrieved 15 April 2008.
  10. "Games played by Carl Muggleton in 2006/2007". Soccerbase. Retrieved 15 April 2008.
  11. "Stags offer deals to 11 players". BBC Sport. 9 May 2007. Retrieved 16 April 2008.
  12. "Seven players to leave Mansfield". BBC Sport. 16 May 2008. Retrieved 17 May 2008.
  13. "Muggleton makes move to Magpies". BBC Sport. 11 July 2008. Retrieved 11 July 2008.
  14. "Gillingham appoint Carl Muggleton as new goalkeeping coach". Kent Online. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
  15. Carl Muggleton to join Barnet as coach
  16. "Managerial departure announced". Chesterfield FC. 27 December 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  17. "Passion for the game is driving force for Leicester City legend Carl Muggleton". Leicester Mercury. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
  18. "Queniborough footballer Sam Muggleton awarded scholarship with League Two Gillingham". Melton Times. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
  19. Carl Muggleton at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
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