John Morrissey (footballer)
John Joseph Morrissey ( born March 8, 1965 in Liverpool ) is a former English footballer. As a right winger and " classic number 7", he spent nearly 14 years at the Tranmere Rovers and the total number of 585 official matches had previously been surpassed in the club of only three other footballers.
Sports career
John Morrissey, whose eponymous father had been in the 1960s, a successful footballer specifically at Everton, began his own career at this very club. Immediately after his graduation, he joined the " Toffees " permanently on and in March 1983 he signed the first professional contract. As competes faster right winger he came into the English national youth team to the course, but in the high-profile first team of FC Everton he could not push through to the end to the summer of 1985. His only two inserts were on November 7, 1984 by Substitutes in Europe Cup Winners' Cup against Inter Bratislava and made his debut in the starting lineup on the last league game against Luton Town, but this had no sporting value more, because the " Toffees " at that same time as English champion had stood firm. In midfield, he acted on the side of Jason Danskin, Derek Walsh and Neill Rimmer, who had, as it still bore no championship game, and almost logically the game against Luton lost 0-2. Due to lack of sporting perspective coach Howard Kendall left him then beginning August 1985 free transfer to pull the recently relegated to the third tier Wolverhampton Wanderers.
The interlude with the " Wolves " took only two months, and this had even though he stood in the first ten league games and scored against Bolton Wanderers (1:4) the first goal of his professional career. Had been willing Morrissey later stated, for months not to have been paid, and he was relieved when, in October 1985, the fourth division Tranmere Rovers to pay a transfer fee of £ 8,000. With this change to the club based in Birkenhead, he returned also back in his familiar surroundings Liverpool.
Morrissey spent the entire rest of his active professional career in the service of the Rovers and in the nearly 14 years he amassed 585 Official matches, with which he was an actor with the fourth- most in club history behind inserts Ray Mathias, Harold Bell and Steve Mungall. Only rarely was the man with the number 7 is not part of the team and he was for many years a reliable Crosser for striker Ian Muir, Chris Malkin, Jim Steel, John Aldridge and David Kelly. He succeeded with two ascents in the seasons 1988/89 and 1990/91 also the walkover from the fourth to go up in the second- highest division, and in the ensuing seven years he secured respectively to relegation. It was " Mogsy " as he was commonly called at the Tranmere Rovers, only frequent the mid -1990s tactical constraints - particularly in away games - fell victim. After disagreements with coach John King found himself in the 1995/96 season more frequently in the spare roll again before John Aldridge took Succession Kings and therefore Morrissey again took into account. But even among Aldridge he was in the 1996/97 season on the stem for a reserve player, but remained with his ability to play a game " to pull in the width", despite its sometimes seemingly old-fashioned way of playing as " classical " winger a valuable part of the team. Among the special skills also scored that he gave the ball was able to maintain above average in precarious situation. His last year ended with a Substitutes in the league against West Bromwich Albion ( 3-1 ) on 9 May 1999 and a charity match ( " Testimonial Match" ) against Everton in July 1999. According to the end of his active career, he retired back from the football business and instead began to work in the family business with his father.