Tony Pennock
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Anthony Pennock | ||
| Date of birth | 10 April 1971 | ||
| Place of birth | Swansea, Wales | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Aberaman Athletic | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1990–1992 | Stockport County | 0 | (0) |
| 1990–1991 | → Wigan Athletic (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 1991–1994 | Wigan Athletic | 8 | (0) |
| 1994–1995 | Hereford United | 15 | (0) |
| 1995–2001 | Yeovil Town | 236 | (1) |
| 2001–2002 | Rushden & Diamonds | 5 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | Farnborough Town | 51 | (0) |
| 2003–2005 | Carmarthen Town | 66 | (0) |
| 2005–2008 | Newport County | 30 | (0) |
| 2008 | Neath Athletic | 0 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Swansea City | 0 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Port Talbot Town | 1 | (0) |
| 2010 | Aberaman Athletic | 0 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2003–2008 | Wales Semi-Pro | ||
| 2007 | Port Talbot Town | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 February 2010. | |||
Anthony Pennock (born 10 April 1971 in Swansea) is a Welsh non-league international goalkeeper.
Playing career
He started his professional career at Stockport County. Pennock made his senior debut playing for Wigan Athletic, in a 3rd round 1990–91 FA Cup tie against Coventry City. He went on to make 10 league appearances for Wigan before joining Hereford United in their Third Division days.
He added a further 15 league games before spending six years at Yeovil Town. In his second season, 1996–97 Yeovil were promoted back to the Conference from the Diadora Premier League, going on to have several successful FA Cup campaigns, beating several league teams over the next few seasons. In a replay at Huish Park against Cardiff City in January 1999, Pennock made an error which is often shown in sporting bloopers clips, rolling the ball forwards before intending to clear it downfield. Unfortunately, he rolled the ball too far forwards and was tackled by the Cardiff City striker and the ball rebounded into his net; it was the winning goal. Pennock redeemed himself in the second round in December 2000, with a magnificent performance as Yeovil won at Blackpool, a match televised on Sky.
Pennock then played five times in the league for Rushden & Diamonds having signed along with Yeovil teammate Warren Patmore in the summer of 2001 after Yeovil finished second in the Conference to Rushden. He then signed on loan for Farnborough Town in February 2002, before making the move permanent in the 2002 close season and playing at Arsenal in the FA Cup. Pennock was critical of the methods of Farnborough's manager and owner, Graham Westley, and as a result was one of relatively few first choice players that did not leave Farnborough with Westley immediately after the Arsenal game.
After two years with Carmarthen Town, Pennock joined Newport County in October 2005. He broke his leg at the start of the 2006–07 season which ruled him out of matches for the rest of that season.[2] During this period of time he was also goalkeeping coach for Swansea City
In November 2007 Pennock left Port Talbot and returned to Newport County as a player but was released at the end of the 2007–08 season and joined Neath Athletic.
In July 2008 he was appointed as head of youth development at Swansea City and was given a place in the squad to provide goalkeeping cover.[3] Pennock returned to Port Talbot Town in September 2009 as a player to provide cover following an injury to Lee Kendall,[4] making one appearance before leaving to sign for Aberaman Athletic in February 2010.[5]
Managerial career
Pennock joined Port Talbot Town as manager for the start of the 2007–08 season after guiding the Welsh Semi-pro team to second in the Four Nations Semi-Pro Tournament in May 2007.[6] In July 2008, Pennock stepped down as Wales semi-pro manager after taking up a coaching role at Swansea.[7]
References
- ↑ "ESPN Soccernet Tony Pennock". web page. ESPN Internet Ventures. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
- ↑ "Swans suffer Pennock injury blow". BBC Sport. 25 July 2006. Retrieved 5 October 2009.
- ↑ "Pennock becomes Swans youth boss". BBC Sport. 3 July 2008. Retrieved 5 October 2009.
- ↑ "Pennock answers Talbots sos call". welsh-premier.com. 17 September 2009. Retrieved 24 September 2009.
- ↑ "Geza Hajgato signs for Pontypridd Town". South Wales Echo. 12 February 2010. Retrieved 15 February 2010.
- ↑ "Pennock named Port Talbot manager". BBC Sport. 16 April 2007. Retrieved 5 October 2009.
- ↑ "Tony Pennock departs". faw.org.uk. 3 July 2008. Retrieved 5 October 2009.