Tony Thomas (footballer)

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Tony Thomas
Personal information
Full name Anthony Thomas [1]
Date of birth (1971-07-12) 12 July 1971 (age 53)
Place of birth Liverpool, England
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1985–1986 Tranmere Rovers
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1986–1997 Tranmere Rovers 257 (12)
1997–1998 Everton 8 (0)
1998–2001 Motherwell 16 (0)
Total281(12)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Anthony Thomas (born 12 July 1971) is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender in the Football League for Tranmere Rovers, where he spent the majority of his career, in the Premier League for Everton and in the Scottish Premier League for Motherwell. [2]

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Career

Thomas was born in Liverpool. [2] He began his career as a junior with Tranmere Rovers reserves, and quickly advanced through the ranks. He made his debut as a 17-year-old in the 1987–88 season [3] and made more than 300 appearances in the next ten years. [2] At Tranmere he was part of the side that won the 1989-90 Football League Trophy. [4] After completing a £400,000 move to Everton before the 1997–98 season, injury disrupted his progress and he failed to hold down a first-team place.

He was sold to Motherwell at the beginning of the next season for £150,000, and scored his first and only goal for the club in a 3-1 Scottish Cup win over Hearts in January 1999. [5] He retired from professional football due to injury in 2001. [6]

References

  1. ↑ "Tony Thomas". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Archived from the original on 8 June 2024. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 "Tony Thomas". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 December 2009.
  3. ↑ "Tony Thomas Everton FC". Football Heroes. Sporting Heroes Collections. Retrieved 4 December 2009.
  4. ↑ "BRISTOL ROVERS 1 V TRANMERE ROVERS 2". trscireland.info. Archived from the original on 24 April 2017. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  5. ↑ "Football: Hearts broken as Motherwell storm through". Independent. 25 January 1999. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  6. ↑ "Tony Thomas". Motherwell F.C. Archived from the original on 30 March 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2009.


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