Teesiders and Whites

Footballers who have played league football for both PNE and Middlesbrough

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611) Mick Baxter

PNE 207 apps; 17 goals

Boro 122 apps; 7 goals

PNE debut 05/04/1975 v Grimsby (A) - Lost 1-2

692) David Brown

PNE 74 apps; 0 goals

Boro 10 apps; 0 goals

PNE debut 23/08/1996 v Tranmere (A) - Drawn 1-1

81) Sandy Brown

PNE 63 apps; 25 goals

Boro 44 apps; 15 goals

PNE debut 05/09/1896 v Bury (A) -Drawn 0-0

341) Ken Cameron

PNE 24 apps; 5 goals

Boro 99 apps; 30 goals

PNE debut 11/12/1926 v Darlington (A) - Won 1-0

223) Alf Common

PNE 35 apps 9 goals

Boro 168 apps; 58 goals

PNE debut 21/12/1912 v Blackpool (A) - Won 1-0

543) Ian Davidson

PNE 67 apps; 1 goal

Boro 46 apps; 0 goals

PNE debut 01/12/1962 v Swansea (A) - Drawn 1-1

966) Andrew Davies

PNE 5 apps; 0 goals

Boro 53 apps; 0 goals

PNE debut 14/02/2009 Norwich (H) - Won 2-1

854) Craig Harrison

PNE 6 apps; 0 goals

Boro 24 apps; 0 goals

PNE debut 16/01/1999 v Luton (H) - Won 2-1

425) Jack Jennings

PNE 19 apps; 1 goal

Boro 195 apps; 10 goals

PNE debut 26/09/1936 v Manchester United (H) - Won 3-1

829) John Kay

PNE 7 apps; 0 goals

Boro 8 apps; 0 goals

PNE debut 24/08/1996 v Bristol Rovers (H) - Drawn 0-0

Player Profile - Mick Baxter

Michael John Baxter was born in Birmingham on 30 December 1956 and joined Preston shortly after his older brother Stuart (42 PNE apps from 1972 to 1975) made his debut also in central defence.

After signing professional forms on his eighteenth birthday, Baxter made his Lilywhites debut in a 2-1 victory at Grimsby on 5 April 1975, this was his only game under Bobby Charlton as he resigned four months later.

In September 1975 he replaced his brother in the number five shirt and scored his first goal in a 4-3 home defeat to Hereford on 1 November.

From December 1976 he became a fixture in the side as he made 26 league appearances, appearing along side a young Mark Lawrenson. His only goal in the 1976/77 season came in a 2-2 home draw to Chesterfield.

Following the departure of Lawrenson, Baxter partnered Graham Cross in defence as Preston were promoted from the Third Division in 1977/78 as he made 45 league appearances and netting 5 goals

Preston finished seventh in Division Two in 1978/79 with Baxter scoring 4 goals in 37 appearances, missing the 5 matches in April. Baxter made a further 37 league appearances in 1978/79, scoring twice as PNE finished tenth.

The 1979/80 season saw Baxter as an ever-present scoring 4 goals from 42 matches; his last appearance for the club came on the final day of the season as North End won 2-1 at Derby on 6 May 1980. But with Cardiff getting a goalless draw against West Ham, Preston was relegated on goal difference back to Division Three. Baxter won the Official Player of the Season and had scored 17 goals from 209 league appearances.

In August 1981 Baxter joined Division One side Middlesbrough for a fee of £350,000 and made 40 appearances in his first season in the top division, scoring twice. Even though they had conceded fewer goals than runners-up Ipswich, Boro' only won eight matches and finished bottom on the table and relegated to Division Two.

Baxter stayed for a further two seasons as Middlesbrough struggled in Division Two finishing in sixteenth in 1982/83 and one place lower in 1983/84. Baxter was almost an ever present during those seasons, missing just one match in each season and netting 5 goals in the process. His last game was a goalless draw at home to Huddersfield on 12 May 1984 and had scored 7 goals from 122 league appearances.

Although George Graham tried to sign Baxter for Millwall he eventually signed for Second Division Portsmouth who was one Division higher than Millwall.

Unfortunately he never played for Pompey as illness ended his career and. Baxter returned to Preston as the Club's Community Development Officer. But in 1989 at the age of just 32 Mick Baxter collapsed and died whilst working with some children at Deepdale. A minutes silence was held at both Preston's next two games.