Dale Tonge

Dale Tonge
Personal information
Date of birth	7 May 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth	Barnsley, England
Position(s)	Right back / Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Peterborough United (First Team Coach)
Senior career*
Years	Team
2003–2007	Barnsley
2007	→ Gillingham (loan)
2007–2013	Rotherham United
2013–2015	Torquay United
2015	Chester
2015–2016	Stockport County
2016–2017	FC United of Manchester
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:41, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

Last updated May 24, 2024

Dale Tonge (born 7 May 1985) is an English former professional footballer who played as a full back or a midfielder. He is currently a first team coach at EFL League One club Peterborough United

Career

He came through the youth ranks with Barnsley and made his debut on 17 April 2004 against Brentford.

On 20 March 2007, it was announced that he had joined Gillingham on loan.^[1] He made his Gillingham debut in the 5–0 away defeat to Carlisle United on 24 March, and returned to Barnsley one month later.

On 25 May 2007, he signed a two-year deal with Rotherham United.

On 25 October 2008, he scored his first career goal in a 2–1 win versus Macclesfield Town.

On 2 May 2009, Tonge was shown his first ever red card for professional foul in a 1–0 defeat to Exeter on the final day of the season, making almost 50 appearances in the 2008–09 season.

Tonge's following season was plagued with injury. He broke a foot in late 2009 while only managing 24 appearances and also missing the chance to play at Wembley in the league two playoff final against Dagenham & Redbridge.

On 2 May 2013, Tonge was released by Rotherham. He then signed for Torquay United on 2 July 2013, signed by ex- Rotherham manager Alan Knill.^[2] On 24 April 2015, Tonge was released by Torquay.

Tonge was on trial at Chester, before signing for them permanently. In 2016, Tonge joined FC United of Manchester.^[3] He left the club in 2017.^[4]

Career statistics

As of match played 25 March 2024.

Club	Season	Division	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Barnsley	2003–04 ^[5]	Second Division	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	2004–05 ^[6]	League One	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	15	0
	2005–06 ^[7]	League One	24	0	4	0	2	0	1^{[lower-alpha 1]}	0	31	0
	2006–07 ^[8]	Championship	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	8	0
	Total		45	0	5	0	4	0	1	0	55	0
Gillingham (loan)	2006–07 ^[8]	League One	3	0	0	0	—		0	0	3	0
Rotherham United	2007–08 ^[9]	League Two	37	0	2	0	1	0	2^{[lower-alpha 2]}	0	42	0
	2008–09 ^[10]	League Two	39	1	2	0	2	0	5^{[lower-alpha 2]}	1	48	2
	2009–10 ^[11]	League Two	21	0	1	0	2	0	1^{[lower-alpha 2]}	0	25	0
	2010–11 ^[12]	League Two	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	0
	2011–12 ^[13]	League Two	32	0	2	0	1	0	1^{[lower-alpha 2]}	0	36	0
	2012–13 ^[14]	League Two	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
	Total		163	1	7	0	6	0	9	1	185	2
Torquay United	2013–14 ^[15]	League Two	36	0	1	0	1	0	1^{[lower-alpha 2]}	0	39	0
	2014–15 ^[16]	Conference Premier	17	0	0	0	—		0	0	17	0
	Total		53	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	56	0
Chester	2015–16 ^[17]	National League	3	0	0	0	—		0	0	3	0
Stockport County	2015–16 ^[18]	National League North	10	0	0	0	—		0	0	10	0
FC United of Manchester	2015–16 ^[19]	National League North	10	0	0	0	—		0	0	10	0
	2016–17 ^[19]	National League North	30	0	3	0	—		2^{[lower-alpha 3]}	0	35	0
	Total		40	0	3	0	—		2	0	45	0
Career total			317	1	16	0	11	0	13	1	357	2

↑ Appearance(s) in League One play-offs
1 2 3 4 5 Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy
↑ One appearance in FA Trophy, one appearance in Manchester Premier Cup

Honours

Barnsley

League One: playoff winners 2005–06

Rotherham United

League Two: promotion 2012–13 (Runners Up)

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References

Sources

Dale Tonge at Soccerbase

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[L1PO-8] Appearance(s) in League One play-offs

[efl-11] 1 2 3 4 5 Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy

[22] One appearance in FA Trophy, one appearance in Manchester Premier Cup

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[2] "Torquay United sign Elliot Benyon and Dale Tonge". BBC Sport. 2 July 2013. Retrieved 2 July 2013.

[3] "FC United of Manchester - Margy adds new face to the squad as Dale Tonge signs on for FC".

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Personal information
Date of birth	(1985-05-07) 7 May 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth	Barnsley, England
Position(s)	Right back / Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Peterborough United (First Team Coach)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2003–2007	Barnsley	45	(0)
2007	→ Gillingham (loan)	3	(0)
2007–2013	Rotherham United	163	(1)
2013–2015	Torquay United	53	(0)
2015	Chester	3	(0)
2015–2016	Stockport County	10	(0)
2016–2017	FC United of Manchester	40	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:41, 13 December 2023 (UTC)