About Ernest Mullineux
Lived 1879 – 1960 (aged 80–81). Ernest Mullineux was a British association football player.
Ernest Mullineux (1879 – 23 August 1960) was an English footballer who played in the English Football League for Burslem Port Vale, Bury and Stoke. He also helped Stoke to win two minor league titles in 1909–10 and 1910–11. A right-back, he made 333 league and FA Cup appearances in a 14-year career. He later played for Wellington Town.
Career
Burslem Port Vale Mullineux started with Burslem Park before joining Burslem Port Vale in May 1900. He featured in one Second Division game in the 1900–01 season, and then went on to play all 34 league and five FA Cup matches in the 1901–02 season. He again played all 34 games in the 1902–03 campaign and claimed a goal in a 5–1 defeat to Preston North End at Deepdale on 28 February. He made 40 appearances in the 1903–04 season, missing just one league game, and scored in a 5–0 win over Blackpool at the Athletic Ground on 12 March. He played 13 league games in the 1904–05 season before the club's grim financial situation meant that he was sold to Bury for a £600 fee in December 1904.
Bury The "Shakers" finished 17th in the First Division in the 1904–05 season, with Mullineux making ten appearances. He went on to play eleven games in the 1905–06 season, as Bury finished one point above the relegation zone. He featured just once at Gigg Lane in the first half of the 1906–07 campaign.
Stoke Mullineux signed for Stoke in January 1907. Mullineux became a regular in the side at a time when Stoke were having a financial meltdown which led to the club entering into liquidation in 1908.
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1900–01 Second Division
1901–02 Second Division
1902–03 Second Division
1903–04 Second Division
1904–05 Second Division
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1904–05 First Division
1905–06 First Division
1906–07 First Division
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1906–07 First Division
1907–08 Second Division
1908–09 Birmingham & District League
1909–10 Birmingham & District League / Southern League Division Two
1910–11 Birmingham & District League / Southern League Division Two
1911–12 Southern League Division One
1912–13 Southern League Division One
1913–14 Southern League Division Two
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Honours Stoke Southern League Division Two A: 1909–10 Birmingham & District League: 1910–11
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Who was Ernest Mullineux?
Footballer (1879-1960)
When was Ernest Mullineux born?
Ernest Mullineux was born in 1879 in Bucknall.
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Ernest Mullineux died on 23 August 1960 in Bucknall.
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Ernest Mullineux was an association football player.
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Ernest Mullineux was British.
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