Keith Tonge

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Keith Tonge
Personal information
Full name Keith Andrew Tonge [1]
Date of birth (1964-11-06) 6 November 1964 (age 59)
Place of birth Edmonton, England
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Tottenham Hotspur
1981–1982 Brentford
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1982–1983 Brentford 1 (0)
Leytonstone/Ilford
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Keith Andrew Tonge (born 6 November 1964) is an English retired professional footballer who played in the Football League for Brentford as a midfielder.

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Career

Tonge began his career in the youth team at Tottenham Hotspur, before transferring to the youth team at Third Division club Brentford. [2] He made one professional appearance for the Bees, when he replaced Paul Walker during a 4–1 league defeat to Reading on 27 January 1982. [3] He was offered a professional contract in November 1982, but was released at the end of the 1982–83 season. [4] Tongue later played for Isthmian League Premier Division club Leytonstone/Ilford. [5]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Brentford 1981–82 [3] Third Division 10000010
1982–83 [3] 00000000
Career total10000010

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References

  1. "Keith Tonge". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  2. "My Life Story". paulandhelenharris.co.uk. Archived from the original on 1 April 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 396–397. ISBN   0951526200.
  4. Croxford, Mark; Lane, David; Waterman, Greville (2011). The Big Brentford Book of the Eighties. Sunbury, Middlesex: Legends Publishing. pp. 87–93. ISBN   978-1906796716.
  5. Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Yore Publications. p. 161. ISBN   978-0955294914.