Sean Mountford (born 11 October 1988) is an English

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who plays as a

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and

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. He started his career with

Bolton Wanderers Bolton Wanderers Football Club () is a professional football club based in Horwich, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in . The club played at Burnden Park for 102 years from 1895 after moving from their original home at Pik ...

before moving to Cyprus to play professionally with

AEZ Zakakiou Athletic Union of Zakaki ( el, Αθλητική Ένωση Ζακακίου) is a Cypriot football club based in Zakaki, Limassol. The club was founded in 1956. Their colours are green and white and they play in Zakaki Municipal Stadium. Chairm ...

and

Akritas Chlorakas Akritas Chlorakas ( el, Ακρίτας Χλώρακας) is a Cypriot football club based in Chloraka, Paphos. The club was founded in 1971, and currently plays in the Cypriot First Division. Akritas' colours are green and white, and they play ...

. He moved back to England in 2012 to play non-league football with

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and Atherton Laburnum Rovers. In 2021 he changed his name to Teddy and found his soul mate and is dedicating his days to making her happy as well as practising to speak Scouse so he sounds cooler. He's also a part time plasterer and works for Dean balmer plastering on the odd occasion. He is preparing for his upcoming wedding in 2027 to someone who is way out of his league.

Early life and education

Mountford was born in Billinge, Greater Manchester and was brought up in

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where he attended Bedford High School. He played for Wigan Schoolboys and Warrington County teams. He grew up supporting

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and his favourite player was

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Club career

Bolton Wanderers

Mountford was playing for

U16s in October 2003 when he was invited to train with the

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team. He progressed to the Reserve team where he played numerous times. On 9 July 2005, Mountford scored two goals for the first team as Bolton won 10–0 in a pre-season friendly against Rushen United in the

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. After leaving Bolton he had offers from

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and

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clubs but rejected them for personal and family reasons.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mountford, Sean 1988 births Living people AEZ Zakakiou players Akritas Chlorakas players Men's association football defenders Men's association football fullbacks Men's association football midfielders Men's association football wingers Atherton Laburnum Rovers F.C. players Bolton Wanderers F.C. players English men's footballers Footballers from Wigan Hyde United F.C. players Manchester City F.C. players