Michael John Lomax (born 7 December 1979) is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender in the Football League for Macclesfield Town and in the Singapore S.League for Marine Castle United. He also spent several years playing non-league football in the Greater Manchester area.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Michael John Lomax[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 7 December 1979[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Withington, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 199?–1998 | Blackburn Rovers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–1999 | Macclesfield Town | 1 | (0) |
| 1999–2001 | Winsford United | ||
| 2001 | Marine Castle United | (1) | |
| 2002–2003 | Hyde United | 15 | (0) |
| 2003–200? | Trafford | ||
| 200?–2004 | Salford City | ||
| 2004–200? | Woodley Sports | ||
| 2006–2007 | FC United of Manchester | 3 | (0) |
| 2007 | Winsford United | ||
| 2007–200? | FC United of Manchester | 0 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Life and career
editLomax was born in Withington, Manchester, in 1979.[3] He began his football career as a trainee with Blackburn Rovers, but never broke through to the first team, and was released in 1998.[4]
He joined Macclesfield Town, newly promoted to the Second Division, but played almost entirely for their reserve team, earning himself a reputation as "a hard tackler with a good turn of speed".[4] His only first-team appearance came in the final fixture of the season, on 8 May 1999 at home to Bristol Rovers, with Macclesfield's relegation already confirmed. With the score 3–3, defender Efe Sodje was sent off, and Lomax came on for the last 12 minutes, during which Bristol Rovers scored a winning goal.[3][5]
Macclesfield released Lomax,[4] and he joined Winsford United of the Northern Premier League,[3] where he remained until early 2001.[6] He joined Singaporean S.League club Marine Castle United for the 2001 season, as one of their permitted quota of foreigners alongside fellow Englishmen Tom English and Barrie Keeling.[7] He played regularly,[8] and scored once,[9] with a 74th-minute "flashing header" from a cross to complete a 2–1 win against Clementi Khalsa on 9 June 2001.[10]
Lomax returned to England, where he played non-league football in and around the Greater Manchester area, for Northern Premier League and North West Counties League clubs including Hyde United,[11] Trafford,[12] Salford City, Woodley Sports,[13] and FC United of Manchester twice, either side of a second spell with Winsford United.[14]
References
edit- ^ a b "Mike Lomax". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- ^ "Games played by Michael Lomax in 1998/1999". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
- ^ a b c "Player search: Lomax, MJ (Mike)". English National Football Archive. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
- ^ a b c "Manager and player profiles: L". The Silkmen Archives. Geoffrey Knights and Macclesfield Town FC. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
- ^ Brightmore, Daniel (8 May 1999). "Final result sums up season". Macclesfield Town F.C. Archived from the original on 3 March 2000.
- ^ "Moss looks to fix Motors". Warrington Guardian. 23 February 2001. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
- ^ Tan, Kenneth (9 March 2018). "Signing for Arsenal, coming through with Cole, waking up from a coma and becoming a postman: Thomas English's incredible story". FourFourTwo. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
- ^ "Reviews". sleague.com. Retrieved 11 December 2020 – via SLeagueStation.
- ^ "Singapore S-League 2001: Statistics for Marine Castle Utd". Soccerbot. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
- ^ Gek, Justin (9 June 2001). "Round 13: Match number 78". sleague.com. Retrieved 11 December 2020 – via SLeagueStation.
- ^ "Altrincham Football Club News Archive 10 to 16 August 2002". Altrincham F.C. 12 August, 2002: Unibond news. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
"List of all games featuring Mike Lomax". Hyde United Football Club: Database. Stephen Shaw. Retrieved 14 May 2018. - ^ "Trafford stop the rot". Messenger. 21 January 2003. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
- ^ "Latest UniBond One moves". Gresley Rovers Online. 26 August 2004. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
"Match report: Rossendale 0 Woodley Sports 1". Lancashire Telegraph. 18 October 2005. Retrieved 11 December 2020. - ^ "Mike Lomax: Performance data". FCUnited.ru. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
"Lomax and Stewart released". FC United of Manchester. 7 March 2007. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
"Team news for Skelmersdale match". FC United of Manchester. 2 October 2007. Archived from the original on 11 October 2007. Retrieved 14 May 2018.