- Tony Adcock
Football player infobox
playername = Tony Adcock
fullname = Anthony Charles Adcock
dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1963|2|27|mf=y
cityofbirth =Bethnal Green ,London
countryofbirth =England
height = height|ft=5|in=10
currentclub =
clubnumber =
position =Striker
nickname =
youthyears = 19??–1981
youthclubs = Colchester United
years = 1981–1987
1987–1988
1988–1989
1989–1991
1991–1992
1992–1994
1994–1995
1995–1999
1999
1999–2000
clubs = Colchester United
Manchester City
Northampton Town
Bradford City
Northampton Town
Peterborough United
Luton Town
Colchester United
→ Heybridge Swifts (loan)
Heybridge Swifts
caps(goals) = 210 (98)
015 0(5)
072 (30)
038 0(6)
035 (10)
111 (35)
002 0(0)
108 (28)
00? 0(?)
00? 0(?)
pcupdate = 09:14, 23 February 2008 (UTC)Anthony "Tony" Charles Adcock (born
February 27 ,1963 ) is an English former professional footballer. He was born inBethnal Green ,London .Career
Tony Adcock began his football career as an apprentice with Colchester United, turning professional in March 1981. He made 210 league appearances for Colchester, scoring 98 goals. This high scoring rate attracted the attention of higher level teams and Adcock moved to Manchester City for a fee of £75,000 in June 1987. On
November 7 ,1987 he was one of three players, the others being David White and Paul Stewart to score ahat-trick in a 10–1 victory over Huddersfield Town.However, his stay at
Maine Road was short and he moved to Northampton Town in January 1988 as part of an exchange deal forTrevor Morley . The fee for Adcock was £85,000, then a record fee for Northampton.He again hit rich goalscoring form, scoring 30 times in 72 league games before a £190,000 move to Bradford City in October 1989. He scored on his Bradford debut but struggled to establish himself and returned to Northampton Town in January 1991 for a fee of £75,000. In February 1992, a financial crisis came to a head at Northampton, and with the club in administration, both Adcock and his strike partner Bobby Barnes were sold to Peterborough United.
Adcock's next move was to Luton Town in August 1994, this time costing £20,000. He made only three first team appearances for Luton, all as a substitute, before returning to Colchester United on a free transfer in August 1995. He scored 28 times in 108 league games in his second spell at Colchester before leaving league football in May 1999, joining Heybridge Swifts after a loan spell towards the end of the previous season.
External links
*soccerbase|26|Tony Adcock
* [http://www.uptheposh.com/people/2951/ Profile] at [http://www.uptheposh.com/ UpThePosh! The Peterborough United Database]Persondata
NAME= Adcock, Anthony Charles
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Adcock, Tony
SHORT DESCRIPTION=
DATE OF BIRTH=February 27 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH=Bethnal Green ,London ,England
DATE OF DEATH=
PLACE OF DEATH=
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