Born: 16 January 1942
Played for Newmarket Town and joined Northampton in November 1959.
Made debut for Lynn on October 7, 1961 v Gravesend (drew 1-1) having been signed by manager Len Richley.
First Lynn News Press Quote: "Wright showed a constant eagerness to have a go"
Made 424 consecutive appearances from 30 April 1962 to 30 November 1968.
In total made 734 Southern League appearances and 1,152 appearances in Lynn colours -
a British record for a player at a club of this level.
Season App Max Goals Season App Max Goals
1961-62 29 40 7 1971-72 60 61 13
1962-63 48 48 10 1972-73 52 60 2
1963-64 50 50 2 1973-74 61 61 1
1964-65 62 62 1 1974-75 61 61 1
1965-66 70 70 11 1975-76 55 58 4
1966-67 81 81 14 1976-77 44 45 6
1967-68 73 73 8 1977-78 46 47 5
1968-69 62 75 7 1978-79 49 49 3
1969-70 72 73 9 1979-80 48 52 5
1970-71 74 74 4 1980-81 55 55 3
Looking at this another way -
P W D L Goals
Southern League 734 298 183 253 61
Northern Premier League 42 8 18 16 2
Eastern Professional League 114 48 32 34 18
F A Cup 64 40 5 19 10
F A Trophy 25 11 2 13 1
Southern League Cup 65 26 10 29 10
NPL Cup 2 0 1 1 0
East Anglian Cup 59 44 5 10 8
EPFL Cup 7 1 3 3 0
Culey Cups 24 13 3 8 3
Norfolk Invitation Cup 8 5 1 2 3
Norfolk Primary Cup 7 5 0 2 0
Stewart & Pat Cup 1 0 1 0 0
Total 1152 499 264 389 116
Managerial record 1971 - 1973.
P W D L F A Pts
Southern League 79 29 23 27 111 98 81
FA Cup 7 4 1 2 15 5
FA Trophy 4 2 0 2 6 5
Southern League Cup 10 4 2 4 15 14
East Anglian Cup 9 3 3 3 15 11
Norfolk Primary Cup 2 1 0 1 3 3
Culey Cup 5 4 1 0 10 4
Eastern Professional Floodlit League 10 5 3 2 17 15 13
EPFL Cup 4 1 2 1 4 4
Total 130 53 35 42 196 159
Despite all his games Mick only scored one hat-trick - playing for Lynn Reserves against
Southend United A in the Eastern Counties League in 1962.
Mick eventually joined Watton United as manager where he stayed for three years.
