Tony Evans (footballer, born 1954)
English footballer
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Anthony Evans (born 11 January 1954) is an English former professional footballer.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Anthony Evans[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 11 January 1954[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Liverpool,[1] England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[2] | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1973 | Formby | 15 | (7) |
| 1973–1975 | Blackpool | 6 | (0) |
| 1975–1979 | Cardiff City | 124 | (47) |
| 1979–1983 | Birmingham City | 66 | (28) |
| 1983–1984 | Crystal Palace | 21 | (7) |
| 1984–1985 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 23 | (5) |
| 1985 | → Bolton Wanderers (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 1985 | → Exeter City (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 1985–1986 | Swindon Town | 10 | (0) |
| 1986–1987 | Stafford Rangers | ||
| Total | 269 | (94) | |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Evans was born in Liverpool. He played as a forward for clubs including Cardiff City, for whom he made well over 100 appearances,[3] and Birmingham City, for whom he was leading scorer in the 1981–82 season.[4]
Evans scored a hat-trick for Birmingham City against Manchester City in September 1981.[4] This was the last top-flight hat-trick for Birmingham City until Mikael Forssell scored three against Tottenham Hotspur in 2008.
He then spent 21 games of the 1983-84 season with Crystal Palace, scoring seven goals - all of them away from home - to ensure their safety in the Second Division.[5]
He joined Swindon Town on a free transfer from Wolverhampton Wanderers in August 1985, staying for the whole season but only racking up 14 appearances - mostly in August and September, and none after January - before he went to Stafford Rangers in May 1986.[6] He stayed there for one season.[7]
On retiring from football, he became a social worker, setting up the "Midnight League" to give young people an opportunity to play organised football at night as a diversion from possibly less constructive activities.[8][9]
