Tony Evans (footballer, born 1954)

This article is about the English footballer. For other football players named Tony Evans, see Tony Evans (disambiguation).

Tony Evans
Personal information
Full name Anthony Evans[1]
Date of birth (1954-01-11) 11 January 1954 (age 70)[1]
Place of birth Liverpool,[1] England
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1973 Formby 15 (7)
1973–1975 Blackpool 6 (0)
1975–1979 Cardiff City 124 (47)
1979–1983 Birmingham City 66 (28)
1983–1984 Crystal Palace 21 (7)
1984–1985 Wolverhampton Wanderers 23 (5)
1985 → Bolton Wanderers (loan) 4 (0)
1985 → Exeter City (loan) 0 (0)
1985–1986 Swindon Town 10 (0)
1986–1987 Stafford Rangers
Total 269 (94)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Anthony Evans (born 11 January 1954) is an English former professional footballer.

Evans was born in Liverpool. He played as a forward for clubs including Cardiff City, for whom he made well over 100 appearances,[3] and Birmingham City, for whom he was leading scorer in the 1981–82 season.[4]

Evans scored a hat-trick for Birmingham City against Manchester City in September 1981.[4] This was the last top-flight hat-trick for Birmingham City until Mikael Forssell scored three against Tottenham Hotspur in 2008.

He then spent 21 games of the 1983-84 season with Crystal Palace, scoring seven goals - all of them away from home - to ensure their safety in the Second Division.[5]

He joined Swindon Town on a free transfer from Wolverhampton Wanderers in August 1985, staying for the whole season but only racking up 14 appearances - mostly in August and September, and none after January - before he went to Stafford Rangers in May 1986.[6] He stayed there for one season.[7]

On retiring from football, he became a social worker, setting up the "Midnight League" to give young people an opportunity to play organised football at night as a diversion from possibly less constructive activities.[8][9]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Tony Evans". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  2. ^ Rollin, Jack, ed. (1980). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1980–81. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 62. ISBN 0362-02017-5.
  3. ^ "Tony Evans". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 25 February 2009.
  4. ^ a b Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. pp. 85, 217. ISBN 1-85983-010-2.
  5. ^ "1983/84 revisited".
  6. ^ "Tony Evans playing record". Swindon-Town-FC.co.uk. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  7. ^ "Tony Evans". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  8. ^ Davies, Gareth A. (14 December 2000). "Rays of hope in the dead of night". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 25 February 2009.
  9. ^ Hubbard, Alan (22 April 2001). "Just a kick at midnight". The Independent. Archived from the original on 28 August 2011. Retrieved 25 February 2009.


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