Famous Players – The 1970’s

Mick Cullerton

A former Scotland U16s player, Mick first joined the Vale in October 1965 aged 17 as part of Manager Stanley Matthews plan to recruit young players from North of the border.

He made his Vale debut in January 1966, playing in a forward line comprising 5 teenagers including Roddy Georgeson and Alex Donald.  By November that year he had become a regular first team player and finished the 66/67 season as top scorer with 12 goals.

Mick signed for Brian Clough’s Derby County in 1969 and despite scoring 80 goals for the reserves he never managed to make a first team appearance for the Rams.

There then followed a very successful spell with Stafford Rangers before Mick re-joined the Vale in 1975. He immediately made his mark and was top scorer for the 75/76 season with 21 goals.  However after a spate of injuries Mick left the club in 1978 and returned to Stafford Rangers.

From 1982-1985 Mick was Commercial Manager at the Vale and he subsequently worked for BBC Radio Stoke as a co-commentator/pundit for Vale games for a number of years.