Carl David Muggleton (born 13 September 1968) is an English professional football goalkeeper who made over 550 appearances in the Football League and Scottish Premier League for a number of clubs, most notably Leicester City, Stoke City, Celtic, Chesterfield and Mansfield Town.
Playing career Muggleton began his career in 1986 as an apprentice at Leicester City, where he made 54 first-team appearances in all competitions in seven years. He also had loan spells at Chesterfield, Blackpool, Hartlepool United, Stockport County, Liverpool, Stoke City and Sheffield United during his tenure at Filbert Street. He played for Leicester in the 1992 Second Division play-off final against Blackburn Rovers, when he saved a penalty at Wembley Stadium but finished on the losing side.
In January 1994, Muggleton was signed by Scottish club, Celtic, for whom he made 13 appearances in the remainder of the 1993–94 season, before joining Stoke City in the summer of 1994 for a fee of £150,000. In a seven-year spell at Stoke, Muggleton played more than 170 games. He was also loaned to Rotherham, Sheffield United, Chesterfield, Mansfield Town and Cardiff City. Muggleton was released by Stoke in the summer of 2001 and joined Cheltenham. However, he was kept out of the side by Steve Book and after a one-month loan at Bradford City, he was allowed to leave the club, and join Chesterfield in May 2002, where manager Dave Rushbury described him as, "...a mature goalkeeper who will provide the voice of experience behind our younger defenders."
Muggleton played over 120 games for Chesterfield during his four-year stay with the club. He signed a new two-year contract in May 2004, but left Chesterfield by mutual consent in March 2006, and joined local rivals Mansfield Town in July 2006 to provide cover for first-choice goalkeeper Jason White. He made 21 appearances for Mansfield in the 2006–07 season, and was offered a new contract in May 2007. After Mansfield Town were relegated to the Conference National at the end of the 2007–08 season, he was released by the club.
At international level, Muggleton played once for England Under-21, in a match against France in 1990.
Coaching career After leaving Mansfield Town, he joined Notts County in July 2008 as a part-time goalkeeping coach. On 23 July 2012 he joined Gillingham as their goalkeeping coach, a role he then took up at Barnet in July 2016.Carl Muggleton to join Barnet as coach He then took up the position of goalkeeper coach and head of recruitment at Chesterfield in May 2018, but left on 27 December after Martin Allen was sacked.
Personal life After ending his playing career Muggleton became a driving instructor in the Leicestershire area. His son Sam is also a professional footballer.
Career statistics Source:
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsLeicester City1987–88Second Division00000000001988–89Second Division30000000301989–90Second Division00000000001990–91Second Division2201000002301991–92Second Division402000401001992–93First Division1700000101801993–94First Division0000000000Total460300050540Chesterfield (loan)1987–88Third Division170000020190Blackpool (loan)1987–88Third Division2000000020Hartlepool United (loan)1988–89Fourth Division80000020100Stockport County (loan)1989–90Fourth Division4000000040Stoke City (loan)1993–94First Division6000102090Celtic1994Scottish Premier Division120100000130Stoke City1994–95First Division2400030403101995–96First Division60000000601996–97First Division3300040—3701997–98First Division3401050—4001998–99Second Division4002020204601999–2000Second Division00000000002000–01Second Division120203000170Total149050170601770Rotherham United (loan)1995–96Second Division6000001070Sheffield United (loan)1995–96First Division1000000010Mansfield Town (loan)1999–2000Third Division9000000090Chesterfield (loan)1999–2000Second Division5000000050Cardiff City (loan)2000–01Third Division 6000000060Cheltenham Town2001–02Third Division 60001000702002–03Third Division 1000000010Total7000100080Bradford City (loan)2001–02First Division4010000050Chesterfield2002–03Second Division2601020203102003–04Second Division4601010104902004–05League One3701010104002005–06League One3000101050Total11203050501250Mansfield Town2006–07League Two1603000102002007–08League Two360401010420Total520701020620Career total44602002402505150
Honours Stoke City Football League Trophy: 1999–2000
Cheltenham Town Football League Third Division play-offs: 2002
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