Tommy English (footballer)

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Tommy English
Personal information
Full name Thomas Steven English [1]
Date of birth (1961-10-18) 18 October 1961 (age 61) [1]
Place of birth Cirencester, [1] England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) [2]
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Coventry City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1979–1982 Coventry City 66 (17)
1982–1984 Leicester City 44 (3)
1984 Rochdale 3 (1)
1984 Plymouth Argyle 4 (1)
1985 Colchester United 1 (0)
1985 Canberra City 20 (5)
1985–1987 Colchester United 43 (17)
1987–1988 Wealdstone 28 (10)
1988–1989 Bishop's Stortford
1989–1990 Colchester United 13 (3)
1990–1991 Happy Valley
1991– Crawley Town
Wivenhoe Town 10 (3)
1994– Cornard United
Sudbury Town
0000–1999 Harwich & Parkeston
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Thomas Steven English (born 18 October 1961) is an English former professional footballer, most notably for Coventry City, Leicester City and Colchester United. Between 1979 and 1990 he made 174 appearances in the Football League, scoring 42 league goals.

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Biography

English was born in Cirencester, Gloucestershire and attended school in Colchester, Essex. He began his career as an apprentice at Coventry City. [3] After making 66 league appearances for Coventry, scoring seventeen times, he signed for Leicester City in 1982. After being released in 1984, he made a handful of appearances for Rochdale and Plymouth Argyle as a non-contract player, before signing for Colchester United in 1985. After playing a single game for Colchester he signed for Australian club Canberra City where he was the club's joint top scorer in his only season before returning to Colchester in November.

He left Colchester in 1987 and played for non-League clubs Wealdstone and Bishop's Stortford, before returning to Colchester for a third time in 1989. In 1990, he signed for Hong Kong club Happy Valley, before returning to England to play for Crawley Town, Wivenhoe Town, Sudbury Town and Harwich & Parkeston before retiring in 1999.

His son, Tom, played for the youth teams at Norwich City and Arsenal, [4] and professionally in Singapore for one season.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Tommy English". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  2. ↑ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p.  134. ISBN   978-0-356-14354-5.
  3. ↑ Tommy English at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database
  4. ↑ Tom English Flown from the Nest
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