Michael Appleton

United Kingdom50 years old4 clubs on record44 matches

Known as: M. Appleton

Current club

No club recorded at present

Nothing in this database has this coach at a club right now. His previous spells are listed below.

The record44 matches · 13–12–19

  • matches444 clubs
  • record13–12–19won–drawn–lost
  • points per match1.1630% won
  • goals63–711.43 for · 1.61 against

Michael Appleton has 44 finished matches on this store, across 4 clubs between 5 Sept 2020 and 10 Jan 2026.

His teams have won 13, drawn 12 and lost 19 — 30% of them — at 1.16 points per match, scoring 63 and conceding 71.

The strongest spell is Blackpool: 1.03 points per match over 29 matches.

His longest unbeaten run is 3 matches, the longest winning run 2, and he is currently on 1 defeat.

4-3-3 is the shape he has used most — 19 of the 36 matches whose lineups the store holds.

First match in charge
5 Sept 2020 · 2–1 at Crewe Alexandra
Biggest win
15 Nov 2023 · 6–1 at Cray Valley Paper Mills
Heaviest defeat
10 Jan 2026 · 1–6 at Wolverhampton
How this record is built

There is no coach-to-match table in this store. The record is reconstructed: the spells in coach_stints crossed with the finished fixtures of the clubs he was at, in the competitions StatsGem covers — 27 of these matches also carry a dugout the provider actually recorded, 27 of which name him. None needed correcting.

41 of the 44 matches carry team statistics (the store's begin in 2018) and 39 carry squads. A statistic the provider never filed is absent from the cards above rather than counted as a zero.

Club by club4 spells

  1. Shrewsbury Town26 Mar 2025 – 28 Jan 2026

    League Two

    4 matches · 1–1–2 · 1.00 points per match · 6–11 goals (25% won)

    LWDLBest 3–1 at South ShieldsWorst 1–6 at WolverhamptonIn charge 12 Aug 2025 – 10 Jan 2026
  2. Charlton Athletic8 Sept 2023 – 23 Jan 2024

    Championship

    3 matches · 1–1–1 · 1.33 points per match · 7–4 goals (33% won)

    DWLBest 6–1 at Cray Valley Paper MillsWorst 0–2 at GillinghamIn charge 5 Nov 2023 – 2 Dec 2023
  3. Blackpool17 Jun 2022 – 18 Jan 2023

    League One

    29 matches · 7–9–13 · 1.03 points per match · 32–41 goals (24% won)

    DDLDWLBest 4–1 v Nottingham ForestWorst 0–3 at Rotherham UnitedIn charge 30 Jul 2022 – 14 Jan 2023
  4. Lincoln City22 Sept 2019 – 11 May 2022

    Championship

    8 matches · 4–1–3 · 1.63 points per match · 18–15 goals (50% won)

    LWLDWLBest 5–0 at Bradford CityWorst 2–7 v LiverpoolIn charge 5 Sept 2020 – 4 Dec 2021

Formthe last 40 of 44 matches, oldest first

One bar per match, oldest first — three points for a win, one for a draw, none for a defeat. The dashed line is the mean of these 40 matches: 1.05 points per match. A bar with no colour is a match the statistics do not cover.

By season and competition
seasoncompetitionpw–d–lppggoals
FA Cup 25/26FA Cup31–1–11.335–8
FA Cup 23/24FA Cup31–1–11.337–4
FA Cup 22/23FA Cup11–0–03.004–1
FA Cup 21/22FA Cup21–0–11.501–1
FA Cup 20/21FA Cup21–0–11.506–4
EFL Cup 25/26EFL Cup10–0–10.001–3
EFL Cup 22/23EFL Cup10–1–01.000–0
EFL Cup 21/22EFL Cup10–1–01.002–2
EFL Cup 20/21EFL Cup32–0–12.009–8
Championship 22/23Championship276–8–130.9628–40

With him and without him

The same club, in the same competitions and seasons, split by whether he was in charge — his spell against the club's other matches in those seasons.

Blackpool

17 Jun 2022 – 18 Jan 2023

29 matches with him · 20 without · League One

  • Points per match+0.131.0329m0.9020m
  • Win rate−0.9 pp24%29m25%20m
  • Goals for per match+0.051.1029m1.0520m
  • Goals against per match−0.291.4129m1.7020m

with him · without him

Lincoln City

22 Sept 2019 – 11 May 2022

8 matches with him · 0 without · Championship

Nothing to compare against. The store holds no other match for this club in the same seasons — he was there for all of them.

  • Points per match—1.638m—0m
  • Win rate—50%8m—0m
  • Goals for per match—2.258m—0m
  • Goals against per match—1.888m—0m

with him · without him

His teams in the twelve target statistics41 matches with statistics

His teams' average for each of the twelve statistics this site measures — the same statistic families the match odds and the league tables publish — beside the competition-season average of the same matches. The statistics begin in 2018, which is why the counts are lower than his match total.

  • Fouls10.9+0.210.7(40m vs 32km)
  • Throw-ins25.9+2.423.5(40m vs 32km)
  • Shots12.2+0.311.9(40m vs 32km)
  • Shots on target4.2+0.24.0(40m vs 32km)
  • Tackles16.0+0.116.0(39m vs 32km)
  • Saves3.2+0.52.7(39m vs 31km)
  • Interceptions10.4+0.99.4(39m vs 32km)
  • Offsides1.4−0.41.8(37m vs 28km)
  • Corners4.9−0.15.0(41m vs 33km)
  • Cards2.1+0.21.9(38m vs 31km)
  • Dribbles7.0−0.27.2(39m vs 32km)
  • Goal kicks9.1+1.27.9(40m vs 32km)

Shapes32 matches with a lineup

  • 4-3-319
  • 4-2-3-14
  • 4-4-24
  • 3-4-33
  • 4-5-12

The players he leaned on39 matches with a squad

Most minutes first, over the matches the store holds a squad for. A player's rating is the provider's, averaged over the matches he was rated in.