Tom Anthony
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Thomas Henry Anthony[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 16 August 1943 | ||
| Place of birth | Hounslow, England | ||
| Playing position | Left back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1962–1965 | Brentford | 33 | (1) |
| 1966–1971 | Guildford City | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Tom Anthony is a retired football left back who played in the Football League for Brentford.
Career
Brentford
A graduate of the Brentford youth team, an injury crisis saw Anthony make his professional debut in a Division Four match versus Stockport County on 18 September 1962.[2][1] He went on to quickly win a regular place in the team, making 35 appearances over the course of the 1962/63 season and picking up a Division Four winners' medal.[3] Anthony managed just one appearance during the 1963/64 season (in a 2-2 FA Cup first round draw with Margate) and failed to appear at all during the following campaign.[3] He instead played for the reserve team, captaining the side to the 1964/65 London Challenge Cup.[4] Anthony departed the Bees in the summer of 1965, having made 36 appearances and scored one goal for the club.[1]
Guildford City
Anthony went on to have trials at Football League sides Coventry City and Millwall, but failed to win a contract at either club.[1] Anthony dropped into non-league football in 1996 and enjoyed a five-year spell at Southern League side Guildford City, picking up a Division One winners' medal in the 1970/71 season.[1] He made over 200 appearances for the club.[1]
Honours
- London Challenge Cup (1): 1964/65
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920-2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. p. 12. ISBN 978-0955294914.
- ↑ "Brentford Football Club History". Brentfordfchistory.co.uk. 1962-09-18. Retrieved 2014-07-22.
- 1 2 "Brentford Football Club History". Brentfordfchistory.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-07-22.
- ↑ Haynes, Graham (1998). A-Z Of Bees: Brentford Encyclopaedia. Yore Publications. p. 82. ISBN 1 874427 57 7.