Career
He also later played for Wellington Town. Burslem Portuguese Vale
Mullineux started off with Burslem Park, before joining Burslem Portuguese Vale in May 1900. He featured in one Second Division game in the 1900-1901 season, and then went on to play all 34 league and five FA Cup matches in the 1901-1902 season.
He again played all 34 games in the 1902-1903 campaign, and claimed a goal in a 5–1 defeat to Preston North End at Deepdale on 28 February.
He played 13 league games in the 1904-1905 season, before the club"s grim financial situation meant that he was sold to Bury for a £600 fee in December 1904. Bury
He went on to play eleven games in the 1905-1906 season, as Bury finished one point above the relegation zone.
He featured just once at Gigg Lane in the first half of the 1906-1907 campaign. Stoke
Mullineux signed for Stoke in January 1907.
Mullineux became a regular in the side at a time when Stoke were having a financial meltdown which lead to the club entering into liquidation in 1908.
As a result Stoke left the Football League and thus many of their players left the club However Mullineux stayed at the Victoria Ground, and played for Stoke in the Birmingham & District League and the Southern League and went on to make 184 appearances for the "Potters" in all competitions. After leaving Stoke in 1914, he went on to join Wellington Town.