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{{Infobox football biography<br />
| image =<br />
| name = Mickey Evans<br />
| fullname = Michael Graham Evans<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1947|6|4|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Llanidloes]], [[Wales]]<br />
| death_date =<br />
| height =<br />
| position = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]]<br />
| youthyears1 = 1963–1964<br />
| youthclubs1 = [[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolverhampton Wanderers]]<br />
| years1 = 1964–1966 <br />
| years2 = 1966–1979<br />
| clubs1 = [[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolverhampton Wanderers]] <br />
| clubs2 = [[Wrexham A.F.C.|Wrexham]]<br />
| caps1 = 0 <br />
| caps2 = 383 <br />
| goals1 = 0 <br />
| goals2 = 19 <br />
| manageryears1 = 1983–2007 <br />
| manageryears2 = 2009–<br />
| managerclubs1 = [[Caersws F.C.|Caersws]] <br />
| managerclubs2 = [[Caersws F.C.|Caersws]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Michael Graham "Mickey" Evans''' (born 4 June 1947) is a [[Wales|Welsh]] former [[association football|footballer]] who had a long playing career in [[the Football League]] with [[Wrexham A.F.C.|Wrexham]].<ref name=NB>{{cite web |url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/wrexham/wrexham.html |title=Wrexham : 1946/47 – 2008/09 |work=UK A–Z Transfers |publisher=Neil Brown |accessdate=23 March 2010}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Evans was born in [[Llanidloes]] and joined [[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolverhampton Wanderers]] as a 15-year-old apprentice in 1963, signing professional forms on his 17th birthday under [[Stan Cullis]].{{Citation needed|date=March 2010}} However, he never managed to break through into Wolves' first team and left for [[Wrexham A.F.C.|Wrexham]] in 1966.<br />
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His Wrexham career lasted 13 seasons. He made some 500 first-team appearances, appeared in five [[Welsh Cup]] Finals, including one as captain, and won two promotions, which took the club to the second tier in the late 1970s for the first time in their history.{{Citation needed|date=March 2010}} He also played for Wrexham in the [[European Cup Winners' Cup|Cup Winners' Cup]] in 1976; they reached the quarter-final before losing by the odd goal to [[R.S.C. Anderlecht|Anderlecht]].<ref name=CiT>{{cite news |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/european_football/article2652477.ece |title=Caught in Time: Wrexham in the European Cup Winners’ Cup, 1976 |first=Greg |last=Struthers |newspaper=The Sunday Times |date=14 October 2007 |accessdate=23 March 2010}}</ref> He also represented [[Wales national football team|Wales]] at Schoolboy, Youth and Under-23 levels before his playing career was ended by a back injury sustained during a match at [[Fulham F.C.|Fulham]] in [[1978-79 in English football|1978/79]].<br />
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He joined [[Caersws F.C.|Caersws]] in 1983, initially as [[player-manager]]. He served as manager for 24 seasons, taking the club to three [[Welsh League Cup]] triumphs and, in 2002, a place in the [[InterToto Cup]]. He resigned in June 2007, continuing to work for an oil company<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dailypost.co.uk/sport-news/welsh-football-league/2007/06/21/good-evans-it-s-tough-to-break-up-a-love-affair-55578-19330230/ |title=Good Evans it's tough to break up a love affair |first=Gareth |last=Bicknell |newspaper=Daily Post |location=North Wales |date=21 June 2007 |accessdate=23 March 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://archive.is/20120724021948/http://www.dailypost.co.uk/sport-news/welsh-football-league/2007/06/21/good-evans-it-s-tough-to-break-up-a-love-affair-55578-19330230/ |archivedate=24 July 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> while [[scout (sport)|scouting]] for former club Wrexham, but returned to the post two years later.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.welsh-premier.com/index.php/news/887-mickey-returns-as-bluebirds-boss |title=Mickey returns as Bluebirds' boss |publisher=Welsh Premier League |date=3 July 2009 |accessdate=23 March 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324120612/http://www.welsh-premier.com/index.php/news/887-mickey-returns-as-bluebirds-boss |archivedate=24 March 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><br />
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<div>{{BLP sources|date=March 2010}}<br />
{{Infobox football biography<br />
| image =<br />
| name = Mickey Evans<br />
| fullname = Michael Graham Evans<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1947|6|4|df=y71<br />
| birth_place = [[Llanidloes]], [[Wales]]<br />
| death_date =<br />
| height =<br />
| position = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]]<br />
| youthyears1 = 1963–1964<br />
| youthclubs1 = [[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolverhampton Wanderers]]<br />
| years1 = 1964–1966 <br />
| years2 = 1966–1979<br />
| clubs1 = [[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolverhampton Wanderers]] <br />
| clubs2 = [[Wrexham A.F.C.|Wrexham]]<br />
| caps1 = 0 <br />
| caps2 = 383 <br />
| goals1 = 0 <br />
| goals2 = 19 <br />
| manageryears1 = 1983–2007 <br />
| manageryears2 = 2009–<br />
| managerclubs1 = [[Caersws F.C.|Caersws]] <br />
| managerclubs2 = [[Caersws F.C.|Caersws]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Michael Graham "Mickey" Evans''' (born 4 June 1947) is a [[Wales|Welsh]] former [[association football|footballer]] who had a long playing career in [[the Football League]] with [[Wrexham A.F.C.|Wrexham]].<ref name=NB>{{cite web |url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/wrexham/wrexham.html |title=Wrexham : 1946/47 – 2008/09 |work=UK A–Z Transfers |publisher=Neil Brown |accessdate=23 March 2010}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Evans was born in [[Llanidloes]] and joined [[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolverhampton Wanderers]] as a 15-year-old apprentice in 1963, signing professional forms on his 17th birthday under [[Stan Cullis]].{{Citation needed|date=March 2010}} However, he never managed to break through into Wolves' first team and left for [[Wrexham A.F.C.|Wrexham]] in 1966.<br />
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His Wrexham career lasted 13 seasons. He made some 500 first-team appearances, appeared in five [[Welsh Cup]] Finals, including one as captain, and won two promotions, which took the club to the second tier in the late 1970s for the first time in their history.{{Citation needed|date=March 2010}} He also played for Wrexham in the [[European Cup Winners' Cup|Cup Winners' Cup]] in 1976; they reached the quarter-final before losing by the odd goal to [[R.S.C. Anderlecht|Anderlecht]].<ref name=CiT>{{cite news |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/european_football/article2652477.ece |title=Caught in Time: Wrexham in the European Cup Winners’ Cup, 1976 |first=Greg |last=Struthers |newspaper=The Sunday Times |date=14 October 2007 |accessdate=23 March 2010}}</ref> He also represented [[Wales national football team|Wales]] at Schoolboy, Youth and Under-23 levels before his playing career was ended by a back injury sustained during a match at [[Fulham F.C.|Fulham]] in [[1978-79 in English football|1978/79]].<br />
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He joined [[Caersws F.C.|Caersws]] in 1983, initially as [[player-manager]]. He served as manager for 24 seasons, taking the club to three [[Welsh League Cup]] triumphs and, in 2002, a place in the [[InterToto Cup]]. He resigned in June 2007, continuing to work for an oil company<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dailypost.co.uk/sport-news/welsh-football-league/2007/06/21/good-evans-it-s-tough-to-break-up-a-love-affair-55578-19330230/ |title=Good Evans it's tough to break up a love affair |first=Gareth |last=Bicknell |newspaper=Daily Post |location=North Wales |date=21 June 2007 |accessdate=23 March 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://archive.is/20120724021948/http://www.dailypost.co.uk/sport-news/welsh-football-league/2007/06/21/good-evans-it-s-tough-to-break-up-a-love-affair-55578-19330230/ |archivedate=24 July 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> while [[scout (sport)|scouting]] for former club Wrexham, but returned to the post two years later.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.welsh-premier.com/index.php/news/887-mickey-returns-as-bluebirds-boss |title=Mickey returns as Bluebirds' boss |publisher=Welsh Premier League |date=3 July 2009 |accessdate=23 March 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324120612/http://www.welsh-premier.com/index.php/news/887-mickey-returns-as-bluebirds-boss |archivedate=24 March 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><br />
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[[Category:Welsh footballers]]<br />
[[Category:Wales under-23 international footballers]]<br />
[[Category:Association football central defenders]]<br />
[[Category:Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. players]]<br />
[[Category:Wrexham A.F.C. players]]<br />
[[Category:English Football League players]]<br />
[[Category:Welsh football managers]]<br />
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