Mick Speight

Michael Speight (born 1 November 1951) is an English former footballer who had a long spell with Sheffield United and later had a five–month caretaker manager stint at Chester City in 1984–85.

Early life Speight was born in Upton, West Yorkshire.

Playing career A midfielder, Speight made 199 Football League appearances for Sheffield United after signing full professional forms in 1969. One of the highlights of this spell was being part of the England B side on their tour of Asia and Oceania. He left after a testimonial in 1980 for Blackburn Rovers for a reported £60,000, having rejected the chance to join Bobby Robson's Ipswich Town side two years earlier. He made 51 league appearances for Rovers before moving on to Grimsby Town in the summer of 1982. After a further 40 league appearances, Speight moved on again two years later.

He retired as a player in Moss in November 1994.

Managerial career In August 1984 Speight joined Chester as player–coach as he sought to achieve his ambition of managing a Football League club by the age of 35. but he had not signed a contract and had been openly critical of the way the club operated, saying it was "run on an amateur level right through the place". Moss, Sprint/Jeløy and Mjøndalen. On 23 November 2007, he was appointed offensive coach at Vålerenga.