Tony Burns

Football player infobox
playername = Tony Burns


fullname = Anthony John Burns
nickname =
height =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1944|3|27
cityofbirth = Edenbridge
countryofbirth = England
currentclub =
position = Goalkeeper
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years =
1963–1966
1966–1969
1969–?
1973–?
1977
1978–1979
clubs = Tonbridge Angels
Arsenal
Brighton & Hove Albion
Charlton Athletic
Durban United
Crystal Palace
→ Brentford (loan)
Memphis
Plymouth Argyle
caps(goals) = 0? (?)
31 (0)
54 (0)
10 (0)
0? (?)
90 (0)
06 (0)
0? (?)
08 (0)
manageryears = 2006
managerclubs = Millwall (caretaker)

Anthony John "Tony" Burns (born 27 March 1944 in Edenbridge, England) is an English former football goalkeeper and manager.

Career

Club

Burns played for non-league Tonbridge Angels before being signed by Arsenal in March 1963. He progressed through the Arsenal youth ranks, before making his league debut against Burnley on October 17 1964. He went on to be a regular in the side, playing for 24 consecutive league games between October 1964 and March 1965, but conceded 47 goals in his time there and he was eventually dropped in favour of Jim Furnell. He had sporadic appearances in the side from then on, before eventually leaving Arsenal in July 1966.

He was sold to Brighton & Hove Albion and later on played for Charlton Athletic, Durban United, Crystal Palace, Brentford (loan), Memphis and Plymouth Argyle.cite book
last = Hugman
first = Barry J.
title = The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946-2005
publisher = Queen Anne Press
year = 2005
pages = p95
isbn = 1852916656 ]

Managerial

Burns managed Tonbridge in three separate spells, from August 1980 to December 1982, August 1989 to May 1990, and in a caretaker role from November 2001 to May 2002. Between 1982 and 1989 he managed Gravesend & Northfleet.

Burns was Millwall's goalkeeping coach for 14 years, between 1992 and 2006. He was appointed joint caretaker manager of Millwall with Alan McLeary in April 2006.cite news
title = Tuttle and Millwall part company
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/millwall/4926206.stm
publisher = BBC Sport
date = 2006-04-20
accessdate = 2007-12-15] The following month the duo stepped down to make way for a new permanent manager, Nigel Spackman. He moved to Crystal Palace in July 2006 to become their goalkeeping coach, but left the post in November 2007.

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External links

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