Michael Cheetham

Michael Cheetham is an English retired footballer most notable for his time at Cambridge United in the early 1990s.

Michael Cheetham
Personal information
Date of birth (1967-06-30) 30 June 1967
Place of birth Nijmegen, Netherlands
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–1988 Basingstoke Town
1988–1989 Ipswich Town 4 (0)
1989–1994 Cambridge United 132 (22)
1994–1995 Chesterfield 5 (0)
1995–1996 Colchester United 37 (3)
1996–1997 Sudbury Town
1997–1999 Cambridge City
1999–2007 AFC Sudbury
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Ipswich Town manager Bobby Robson paid to buy him out of the army to enable him to start his football career at Portman Road where he went on to make 4 appearances.

After a loan spell at Cambridge United in 1989, he signed permanently at The Abbey Stadium for a fee of £50,000 in 1990 and went on to be a permanent fixture in the side that gained successive promotions to the old Division Two under controversial manager John Beck. Winger Cheetham played a total of 132 games for the club, scoring 22 goals before joining Chesterfield on a free transfer in 1994.

After just 5 appearances at Saltergate, Cheetham moved back to East Anglia with Colchester United where he ended his league career by playing a further 37 games, scoring 3 goals.

After dropping out of professional football he had spells at Cambridge City, Sudbury Town and AFC Sudbury where he had a spell as coach.[1]

Honours

Club
Cambridge United[2][3]

References
  1. A To Z The Men Of AFC Sudbury AFC Sudbury
  2. "Tier Three (League One) Honours". Coludaybyday.co.uk.
  3. "Division Three (League Two) Play-Off Finalists". Coludaybyday.co.uk.


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