Another in our popular series, this time Patred looks at a fellow Scot
Born in Motherwell Scotland 0n 13th April 1929, he started his football career with Morton in March 1948, before moving to England firstly with Northampton (from July 1949). In October 1952 he joined Newcastle where he made fourteen First Division appearances but found it difficult to claim a regular place, having to compete with Geordie heroes Reg Davies and Ivor Broadis.
In July 1954, Southampton's manager George Roughton paid £12,000 to bring Mulgrew and Billy Foulkes to The Dell of which £7,000 was attributed to Mulgrew.
He could not have had a bigger impact in his very first game for the Saints. An instant hero, he scored 15 seconds into his debut on 21 August 1954 at home to Brentford ( Saints won 6–4). This was the fastest-ever goal scored at The Dell at that time. Mulgrew went on to score eight league goals that season, as Saints narrowly missed out on promotion to the Second Division.
Although Mulgrew showed promise, this was largely unfulfilled and he did not score consistently. He was a workhorse of player and can be best described as a "players player". Saints fans loved him for his wholehearted commitment to our cause.
He became the first player to be sent off for Southampton for 21 years in a match at home to Coventry over Christmas 1954. His career at Southampton spanned eight seasons during which he scored 90 league goals in 293 appearances placing him 10th on the club's list of all-time league goal-scorers. He also played 37 cup and friendly games, scoring 10 goals to bring his total goals scored for the Saints to a round century.
In August 1962, after a bitter dispute over terms, he moved up the road to Aldershot, where he played 112 league games.
He joined Andover in August 1965. He had a brief spell in non-league football before moving to Northampton, where he worked in a steel factory in Rothwell until his retirement. He still lives in Northampton with his wife.