Tony Woodworth
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Anthony David Woodworth[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 5 March 1968||
Place of birth | Manchester,[1] England | ||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Youth career | |||
1984–1986 | Burnley | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1986–1987 | Burnley | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Anthony David Woodworth (born 5 March 1968) is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Born in Manchester, he joined the youth team at Burnley in 1984 and was promoted to the senior squad in December 1986.[3] Woodworth made his only first-team appearance for Burnley in the 0–6 home defeat to Hereford United on 24 January 1987, deputising for the unavailable Joe Neenan.[4] He was released in the summer of 1987 and subsequently moved into amateur football with Burnley United of the West Lancashire Football League.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Tony Woodworth". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
- ^ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 98. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
- ^ Simpson, Ray (2007). The Clarets Chronicles: The Definitive History of Burnley Football Club 1882–2007. p. 502. ISBN 978-0-9557468-0-2.
- ^ Simpson (2007), p. 403
- ^ "Burnley post-war player appearances". Post-War Players Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 26 August 2010.