Tony Dinning

Football player infobox
playername = Tony Dinning


fullname = Anthony Dinning
nickname =
height = height|ft=5|in=11
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1975|4|12
cityofbirth = Wallsend
countryofbirth = England
currentclub = Chester City
clubnumber = 4
position = Midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1993–1994
1994–2000
2000–2001
2001
2001–2004
2002
2003
2004
2004
2004
2004–2005
2005
2005–2006
2006–2007
2007– | clubs =Newcastle United
Stockport County
Wolverhampton Wanderers
→ Wigan Athletic (loan)
Wigan Athletic
→ Stoke City (loan)
→ Walsall (loan)
→ Blackpool (loan)
→ Ipswich Town (loan)
→ Bristol City (loan)
Bristol City
→ Port Vale (loan)
Port Vale
Stockport County
Chester City
caps(goals) = 0|000 0(0)
191 (25)
035 0(6)
0|001 0(0)
083 (12)
0|005 0(0)
0|005 0(0)
010 0(3)
0|007 0(0)
0|005 0(0)
014 0(0)
0|007 0(3)
035 0(2)
032 0(2)
021 0(2)
pcupdate = September 1, 2008

Anthony "Tony" Dinning (born April 20, 1975 in Wallsend, Tyneside) is an English football player, who is currently with Chester City.

Career

Dinning began his career at Newcastle United During this time he was loaned out to the Swedish team Djurgården in a player exchange program and his first game ended in him producing a own goal. Tony failed to make an appearance for Newcasle Unite before being released, joining Stockport County in June 1994. He spent 6 successful years at Edgeley Park, winning promotion to the second flight in 1996/97, and remaining at that level for the remainder of his stay.

In September 2000, he moved to Wolverhampton Wanderers for £700,000. However, he remained with the club for less than a year; ironically, it was his former Stockport manager Dave Jones who decided he had no future at Wolves and sold him to Wigan Athletic for £750,000.

Again, he struggled to settle with a new club and was soon loaned out to fellow Division Two side Stoke for the closing months of the 2001/02 campaign, where he played in their play-off final triumph over Brentford. He returned to his parent club the following season and helped them win promotion as champions. However, he found himself out of favour in subsequent seasons, leading to loan spells at Walsall, Blackpool, Ipswich, and finally, Bristol City, whom he eventually joined on a free transfer.

His time with Bristol City proved short-lived and he moved to Port Vale on loan at the end of the 2004/05 season, signing permanently the following summer. In May 2006, he agreed a deal to re-join former club Stockport County, where he played more than half of his 450 career games.

In August 2007, Dinning had his contract with Stockport cancelled by mutual agreement, due to lack of first-team opportunities. [ [http://www.stockportcounty.premiumtv.co.uk/page/LatestNews/0,,10419~1103662,00.html Dinning contract cancelled] ] After a month spent training with Chester City, he finally joined on 5 October 2007. He made his debut two days later in a 3-1 win over Shrewsbury Town and scored his first goal for the club from the penalty spot in Chester's 1-0 win at Lincoln City the following month.

References

External links

*soccerbase|id=2061|name=Tony Dinning
* [http://www.chestercityfc.net/Player?playerId=1284213 Official club profile]