Michael Evans

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Mickey Evans (footballer, born 1973)

Michael James "Mickey" Evans (born 1 January 1973) is a former footballer who played as a forward. He spent most of his career with Plymouth Argyle, for whom he scored 73 goals in 384 appearances in the Football League. He also played in the Premier League for Southampton and the Football League for West Bromwich Albion, Bristol Rovers and Torquay United. Evans earned one cap for the Republic of Ireland at full international level.

Playing career

Plymouth Argyle

Evans originally joined Plymouth Argyle in December 1987 as an associate schoolboy. He made his first team debut in December 1990 at the age of 17, and signed his first professional contract in March 1991.

He was a member of Neil Warnock's Plymouth side which won promotion from the Third Division via the play-offs in 1996. Following that success, in March 1997 he was signed by Graeme Souness at Southampton for £650,000.

Southampton

Souness signed Evans to add a bit of muscle to the forward line as Southampton entered the final lap of a desperate fight to avoid relegation from the Premier League in the 1996–97 season.

Mickey Evans (footballer, born 1947)

Michael Graham "Mickey" Evans (born 4 June 1947) is a Welsh former footballer who had a long playing career in the Football League with Wrexham.

Career

Evans was born in Llanidloes and joined Wolverhampton Wanderers as a 15-year-old apprentice in 1963, signing professional forms on his 17th birthday under Stan Cullis. However, he never managed to break through into Wolves' first team and left for Wrexham in 1966.

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. He also played for Wrexham in the Cup Winners' Cup in 1976; they reached the quarter-final before losing by the odd goal to Anderlecht. He also represented Wales at Schoolboy, Youth and Under-23 levels before his playing career was ended by a back injury sustained during a match at Fulham in 1978/79.