Tony Smith (footballer, born 1957)

Last updated

Tony Smith
Personal information
Full name Anthony Smith
Date of birth(1957-02-20)20 February 1957
Place of birth Sunderland, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) [1]
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1975–1979 Newcastle United 2 (0)
1979–1982 Peterborough United 68 (5)
1982–1984 Halifax Town 83 (3)
1984–1989? Hartlepool United 200 (8)
1989 Newcastle Blue Star
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Anthony Smith (born 20 February 1957) is an English former footballer who played as a central defender in The Football League in the 1970s and 1980s. [2]

He was born in Sunderland but joined Newcastle United as a youth, and made his senior debut as a substitute for Nigel Walker against Wolverhampton Wanderers on 12 November 1977. He started the next match at home to Arsenal, but was not able to make any more senior appearances in a struggling team. Smith was transferred to Peterborough United in March 1979. [3]

Smith quickly made his debut for Peterborough, in a Football League Third Division match against Swansea City on 10 March 1979, with his first goal following a fortnight later against Plymouth Argyle. His first cup game came early the following season, a Football League Cup match against Blackpool on 5 September 1979. His final game for The Posh was at the end of the 1981–82 season against Wigan Athletic. [4] In all he made 68 Football League appearances for the club [2] (75 in all senior competitions). [5]

Smith then moved to join Halifax Town and after 83 league matches for them he signed for Hartlepool United, first playing a league game for them in the 1984–85 season. He made 200 league appearances for Hartlepool, with his final league game played in the 1988–89 season. [2]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Peterborough United F.C.</span> Association football club in England

Peterborough United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England. The team compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. Peterborough have a long-standing rivalry with nearby club Cambridge United, with whom they contest the Cambridgeshire derby. They have spent their entire history at London Road and are nicknamed "The Posh".

George Hedley Swindin was an English football player and manager.

Frederick Barber is an English former footballer who played as a goalkeeper and made nearly 400 Football League appearances. His most successful stints came early in his career with Darlington and Walsall, playing in over 100 league games for each club. He spent over 15 years as goalkeeping coach at Bolton Wanderers, and has been the goalkeeping coach at Crewe Alexandra since 2015.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Darren Ferguson</span> Scottish footballer and manager

Darren Ferguson is a Scottish professional football manager and former player, who is currently the manager of League One club Peterborough United, his fourth stint as manager of the club. In between his stints with Peterborough, he also managed Preston North End and Doncaster Rovers.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mark Tyler (footballer)</span> English footballer

Mark Richard Tyler is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He was last the goalkeeping coach at EFL League One club Peterborough United. He played for the England national under-17 team and the England national under-20 team.

Anthony Charles Adcock is an English former footballer who played as a forward in the Football League for Colchester United, where he holds the goalscoring record with 149 goals in all competitions for the club in two spells. Adcock also played for Manchester City, Northampton Town in two stints, Bradford City, Peterborough United and Luton Town. He scored 249 goals in just over 700 appearances throughout his career.

Gavin David Strachan is a Scottish professional association football coach, and former player and sports journalist. He is currently a first team coach at Scottish Premiership club Celtic, and he was assistant manager at Doncaster Rovers from 2015 to 2018, then Peterborough United until 2020. He is the son of former manager and player Gordon Strachan, and the father of player Luke Strachan.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Craig Mackail-Smith</span> Association football player (born 1984)

Craig Anthony Robert Mackail-Smith is a retired professional footballer who played as a striker. He played in the English Football League for Brighton & Hove Albion, Luton Town, Peterborough United, Wycombe Wanderers, Notts County and Stevenage, and at senior international level for the Scotland national team.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Andre Boucaud</span> Trinidadian footballer (born 1984)

Andre Christopher Boucaud is a professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder. He has played in the Football League for Peterborough United, Wycombe Wanderers, Notts County and Dagenham & Redbridge and at senior international level for Trinidad and Tobago.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lee Tomlin</span> English association football player

Lee Marc Tomlin is an English professional footballer who plays for a midfielder or striker for Harborough Town

Keith Bannister was an English professional footballer who made 64 appearances in the Football League representing Birmingham City, Wrexham, Chesterfield and Norwich City. He played as a wing half.

Michael Halsall is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He scored 42 goals in 389 appearances in the Football League, playing for Birmingham City, Carlisle United, Grimsby Town and Peterborough United.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2000 Football League Third Division play-off final</span> Association football match

The 2000 Football League Third Division play-off Final was an association football match which was played on 26 May 2000 at Wembley Stadium, London, between Peterborough United and Darlington. It was to determine the fourth and final team to gain promotion from the Football League Third Division to the Second Division. The top three teams of the 1999–2000 Football League Third Division, Swansea City, Rotherham United and Northampton Town, gained automatic promotion to the Second Division, while those placed from fourth to seventh place in the table took part in play-offs. The winners of the play-off semi-finals competed for the final place for the 2000–01 season in the Second Division. The losing semi-finalists were Hartlepool United and Barnet who had been defeated by Darlington and Peterborough United respectively.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jack Baldwin (footballer)</span> English footballer

Jack Baldwin is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Scottish Premiership club Ross County.

Anthony Junior Lynch is an English former professional footballer who played as a left winger in the Football League for Brentford and Barnet. Either side of his spells with the two clubs, he played non-League football for Maidstone United, Wealdstone, Stevenage Borough, Kettering Town and Hendon.

Stephen Wilkins is an English retired footballer who played as a midfielder in the Football League for Brentford. After his release in 1978, he embarked on a long career in non-League football and made a return to professional play for a brief period with Peterborough United in 1985. He is a member of the Wilkins football family, with his father George and brothers Ray, Dean and Graham also being former professional footballers.

John Fairbrother is an English former footballer who played as a centre forward. He scored 153 goals from 352 appearances in the Football League playing for Watford, Peterborough United, Northampton Town, Mansfield Town and Torquay United. He also played in the Southern League for Worcester City, Bath City and Barnet, and continued his non-league football career with Hemel Hempstead, Berkhamsted Town and Leverstock Green. He continued playing with Garston veterans into his early 50s.

Sam Rowbotham was an English footballer who played as a centre forward or inside left in the Football League for Rotherham United and Darlington. He also played non-league football for Scarborough and Peterborough United.

Peter McNamee was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Football League for Peterborough United and Notts County as an outside left. He made nearly 350 appearances for Peterborough United and is a member of the club's Hall of Fame.

References

  1. ↑ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 186. ISBN   978-0-356-14354-5.
  2. 1 2 3 "Tony Smith". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  3. ↑ "Player profile: Anthony Smith". Toon1892. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  4. ↑ "Tony Smith: Matches for Peterborough". Up the Posh! The Peterborough United Database. Chris Wilkinson. Archived from the original on 10 March 2012. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
  5. ↑ "Tony Smith: Career History". Up the Posh! The Peterborough United Database. Chris Wilkinson. Archived from the original on 10 March 2012. Retrieved 11 April 2011.


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.