Tony Woodworth

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Tony Woodworth
Personal information
Full name Anthony David Woodworth [1]
Date of birth (1968-03-05) 5 March 1968 (age 57) [1]
Place of birth Manchester, [1] England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) [2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1984–1986 Burnley
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1986–1987 Burnley 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Anthony David Woodworth (born 5 March 1968) is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Born in Manchester, he joined the youth team at Burnley in 1984 and was promoted to the senior squad in December 1986. [3] Woodworth made his only first-team appearance for Burnley in the 0–6 home defeat to Hereford United on 24 January 1987, deputising for the unavailable Joe Neenan. [4] He was released in the summer of 1987 and subsequently moved into amateur football with Burnley United of the West Lancashire Football League. [5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Tony Woodworth". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  2. ↑ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p.  98. ISBN   978-0-356-14354-5.
  3. ↑ Simpson, Ray (2007). The Clarets Chronicles: The Definitive History of Burnley Football Club 1882–2007. Burnley Football Club. p. 502. ISBN   978-0-9557468-0-2.
  4. ↑ Simpson (2007), p. 403
  5. ↑ "Burnley post-war player appearances". Post-War Players Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 26 August 2010.
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