Jackie Mudie

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Jackie Mudie
Personal information
Full name	John Knight Mudie
Date of birth	10 April 1930(1930-04-10)
Place of birth	Dundee, Scotland
Date of death	2 March 1992 (aged 61)
Place of death	Stoke-on-Trent, England
Height	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Playing position	Centre-forward
Youth career
000–000 000–000	Lochee Harp Stobswell Juniors
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1947–1961 1961–1963 1963–1967	Blackpool Stoke City Port Vale Career	324 (144) 089 0(32) 054 00(9) 467 (185)
National team
1956–1958	Scotland	017 00(9)
Teams managed
1965–1967 1978	Port Vale (jointly with Stanley Matthews) Cleveland Cobras
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

John "Jackie" Knight Mudie (10 April 1930 — 2 March 1992) was a Scottish international footballer who played as a forward for Blackpool, Stoke City and Port Vale in a career spanning twenty years.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Early years 1.2 Blackpool 1.3 Stoke City 1.4 Port Vale 1.5 Later years 2 Honours 3 International goals 4 Personal life 5 Notes 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Biography

[edit] Early years

Born in Dundee, Jackie Mudie started his footballing career with local junior sides Lochee Harp and Stobswell Juniors.

[edit] Blackpool

Mudie joined Blackpool in 1946, signing professional terms a year later. He was at the club throughout the 1950s, which are the most successful decade in the club's history to date. He played alongside some of the club's greats; right winger Stanley Matthews, goalkeeper and fellow Scot George Farm, defenders Tommy Garrett and Hugh Kelly (another Scot) and outside-left Bill Perry.

After three years developing in the reserves, he made his debut on 8 March 1950, against Liverpool, scoring the only goal in a 1-0 win at Anfield. The following season he featured regularly as Blackpool challenged in the league and reached the 1951 FA Cup Final. Newcastle United proved too strong at Wembley, however, and two goals from Jackie Milburn took the trophy to the North-East. After the loss, Blackpool signed Ernie Taylor, and Mudie lost his place. Eventually, though, he worked his way back into the team.

In 1952-53, Blackpool bounced back from their disappointment in 1951's FA Cup Final when Mudie's last-minute goal against Tottenham Hotspur in that season's semi-final sealed a return to Wembley, this time to face Bolton Wanderers. This match is universally remembered as the "Matthews Final", due to the veteran winger's dazzling skills helping to turn a 3-1 deficit into a 4-3 win for Blackpool. Although Matthews and hat-trick scorer Stan Mortensen understandably took the limelight, Matthews himself would later acknowledge the importance of the selfless Mudie, noting that his "skill and work for others often made some of us look better than we really were".^[1]

In his early career, Mudie was considered an inside forward, however, when Mortensen was transferred to Hull City in 1955, Mudie became Blackpool's regular centre-forward, despite his diminutive stature. This change of position, combined his scoring 22 and 38 goals in consecutive seasons, enabled him to achieve international recognition and he made his international debut against Wales in 1956. His hat-trick in a 4-2 win against Spain in 1957 helped Scotland qualify for the following year's World Cup and he was subsequently selected in the squad that travelled to Sweden. Scotland flattered to deceive in the Finals, though, and an early exit led the international selectors to look to younger players, effectively ending Mudie’s international career with 17 caps and 9 goals to his name.

[edit] Stoke City

Stoke City signed Mudie, along with Stanley Matthews, in March 1961 for £8,500, and Mudie scored just five minutes into his debut.^[2] The veteran pairing helped the Potters to the Division Two championship in 1962-63.

[edit] Port Vale

Mudie moved to Stoke's local rivals Port Vale in November 1963 along with Ron Wilson in a "package" deal of between £12,000 and £15,000.^[3]

Initially a regular, the ageing Mudie could not play on hard surfaces due to the risk of muscle jarring, he then lost his first team place on any surface in August 1964.^[4] After Freddie Steele's departure, Mudie became player-manager in February 1965, combining for a third time with Matthews, who was the Valiants' general-manager by this time. His strategy was to spend money to bring in players from the North East, though this would ultimately prove to be an unsuccessful strategy.^[5] He resigned in May 1967, citing 'personal reasons'.^[4]

[edit] Later years

After his playing retirement, Mudie continued to live in Stoke-on-Trent, his adopted hometown. He had brief spells coaching at Oswestry Town, Crewe Alexandra (where he was assistant manager), Northwich Victoria and Eastwood Town and also spent one summer in America, as coach of the Cleveland Cobras in 1978. He also spent time in South Africa, as a scout for Johannesburg Rangers.^[4]

Mudie died in Stoke in 1992, aged 61, two years after being diagnosed with cancer.

[edit] Honours

Blackpool

• FA Cup runner-up: 1951
• FA Cup winner: 1953
• Lancashire Senior Cup winner: 1953-54

Stoke City

• Division Two championship: 1962-63

[edit] International goals

Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	21 November 1956	Hampden Park, Glasgow	Yugoslavia	1-0	2-0	Friendly
2	8 May 1957	Hampden Park, Glasgow	Spain	1-0	4-2	WCQG9
3	8 May 1957	Hampden Park, Glasgow	Spain	3-2	4-2	WCQG9
4	8 May 1957	Hampden Park, Glasgow	Spain	4-2	4-2	WCQG9
5	19 May 1957	St. Jakob-Park, Basel	Switzerland	1-1	2-1	WCQG9
6	22 May 1957	Neckarstadion, Stuttgart	West Germany	2-0	3-1	Friendly
7	6 November 1957	Hampden Park, Glasgow	Switzerland	2-1	3-2	WCQG9
8	7 May 1958	Hampden Park, Glasgow	Hungary	1-0	1-1	Friendly
9	11 June 1958	Idrottsparken, Norrköping	Paraguay	1-1	2-3	WCG2

[edit] Personal life

Under Valiant 2001, his son, Graham, has continued the Port Vale connection by working as a Director of the club.

[edit] Notes

[edit] References

• Bremner, Billy; Bale, Bernard (1997) (Hardback). Billy Bremner's Scottish Football Heroes. Breedon Books. (ISBN 1-85983-077-3). 
• Mudie's profile at the Scottish FA
• Jackie Mudie career stats at Soccerbase
• International stats at Londonhearts.com

[edit] External links

• Jackie Mudie career stats at Soccerbase
• Jackie Mudie management career stats at Soccerbase

v • d • e Scotland squad – 1958 FIFA World Cup 1 Younger • 2 Brown • 3 Parker • 4 Caldow • 5 Hewie • 6 Haddock • 7 McColl • 8 Turnbull • 9 Evans • 10 Docherty • 11 Mackay • 12 Cowie • 13 Baird • 14 Leggat • 15 Scott • 16 Murray • 17 Mudie • 18 Coyle • 19 Collins • 20 Robertson • 21 Imlach • 22 Fernie • Coach: Walker

v • d • e Port Vale F.C. – Managers Hood (1876–96) · Gleaves (1896–1905) · Clare (1905–11) · Walker (1911–12) · Myatt (1912–14) · Holford (1914–18) · Cameron (1918–19) · Schofield (1919–29) · Morgan (1929–32) · Holford (1932–35) · Cresswell (1936–37) · Morgan (1937–38) · Diffin (1944) · Pratt (1944–45) · Frith (1945–46) · Hodgson (1946–51) · Powell (1951) · Steele (1951–57) · Low (1957–62) · Steele (1962–65) · Mudie (1965–67) · Matthews (1967–68) · Lee (1968–74) · Sproson (1974–77) · Harper (1977) · Smith (1977–78) · Butler (1978–79) · Bloor (1979) · Bentley (1979) · McGrath (1979–83) · Rudge (1984–99) · Dearden and Grew (1999) · Horton (1999–2004) · Foyle (2004–07) · Glover (2007) · Sinnott (2007–08) · Glover and Porter (2008) · Glover (2008–09) · Adams (2009–) Italics indicates caretaker-manager roles

Persondata
NAME	Mudie, Jackie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	John Mudie
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Scottish footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	April 10, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dundee, Scotland
DATE OF DEATH	March 2, 1992
PLACE OF DEATH	Stoke-on-Trent, England