Tony Eeles

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Tony Eeles
Personal information
Date of birth (1970-11-15) 15 November 1970 (age 54)
Place of birth Chatham, England
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Gillingham
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1988–1994 Gillingham 73 (5)
1993 → Cork City (loan)
1994 Dover Athletic
1996 Sittingbourne
1997–2001 Ashford Town (Kent) 122 (15)
2001 Welling United
2001 Ashford Town (Kent) 17 (2)
2004 Ashford Town (Kent) 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Anthony George Eeles (born 15 November 1970) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. [1]

Born in Chatham, Eeles played for Gillingham between 1989 and 1994, [2] scoring 5 goals in 73 appearances. [3] While with the club, he spent time on loan to Cork City. [4] He is credited as the scorer of one of Gillingham's most important goals, which maintained the Gills' Football League status, when he opened the scoring in a 2–0 home victory in 1993 over fellow relegation candidates Halifax Town. [5] [6]

After leaving Gillingham, Eeles played non-league football for Dover Athletic, [3] Sittingbourne, [7] Ashford Town (Kent). [8] [9] and Welling United. [10]

In 2008, whilst working as a plasterer, he was taken seriously ill with dermatomyositis. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "Tony Eeles". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  2. ↑ Triggs, Roger (2001). The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club. Tempus Publishing Ltd. p. 109. ISBN   0-7524-2243-X.
  3. 1 2 Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database: Gillingham
  4. ↑ Guinn, Philip (13 November 1993). "Rovers and Shels revive glory days". Irish Independent.
  5. ↑ Simmond, Tom (8 November 2017). "Revisiting Gillingham's League Survival Fight of 1993". The Offside Rule. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  6. ↑ Day, Richard (15 November 2012). "On This Day". Gillingham F.C. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  7. ↑ "Reports 1996–97: Selected Match Reports". Sittingbourne FC Web Archive. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  8. ↑ Nuts and Bolts Archive Tony Eeles Player Profile
  9. ↑ Sampson, Tommy. "The Real Deal - Wembley Manuscript, chapter 9". KentishFootball.co.uk. Archived from the original on 3 November 2013. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
  10. ↑ "Match Reports: King's Lynn 2 Welling United 0". Blue & Gold Trust Official Website, Independent Kings Lynn FC website. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  11. ↑ "Ex-Gills hero hit by chronic illness". Kent Online. 15 February 2008. Retrieved 25 June 2022.


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