Education
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.
- Photos
- Works
- Photos
- Works
Carl Muggleton
Edit ProfileCareer
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. In January 1994, Muggleton was signed by Scottish club, Celtic, for whom he made 13 appearances in the remainder of the 1993-1994 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 made 21 appearances for Mansfield in the 2006-2007 season, and was offered a new contract in May 2007.
After Mansfield Town were relegated to the Conference National at the end of the 2007-2008 season, he was released by the club
At international level, Muggleton played once for England Under-21, in a match against France in 1990. After leaving Mansfield Town, he joined N ottinghamshire County in July 2008 as a part-time goalkeeping coach. On 23 July 2012 he joined Gillingham as their goalkeeping coach.
