Nick Tanner

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Nick Tanner
Personal information
Full name Nicholas Tanner
Date of birth (1965-05-24) 24 May 1965 (age 59)
Place of birth Kingswood, Bristol, England
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[1]
Position(s)
Defender
Youth career
Bromley Heath
Frampton Rangers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1982–1985 Mangotsfield United
1985–1988 Bristol Rovers 107 (3)
1988–1994 Liverpool 59 (1)
1990 → Norwich City (loan) 6 (0)
1990 → Swindon Town (loan) 7 (0)
Bath City
Managerial career
1997–2000 Mangotsfield United
2002–2003 Welton Rovers
2003–2005 Almondsbury Town
2005–2006 Roman Glass St George
2006–2007 Wotton Rovers
2009–2011 Winterbourne United
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nick Tanner (born 24 May 1965 in Bristol) is a former footballer who played professionally for Bristol Rovers and Liverpool.

He played

non-league football for Bromley Heath, Frampton Rangers and Mangotsfield United before moving to Bristol Rovers. He scored on his debut for Rovers against Bristol City
in the Gloucester Cup whilst on non-contract forms. He also represented the Gloucester County FA at youth and senior level.

He started his professional career as a central midfield player at Bristol Rovers under manager

Swindon Town before becoming a regular at Liverpool under Graeme Souness. He played 59 competitive games for the club, scoring one goal against rivals Everton on 28 December 1991 in a 1–1 draw, before retiring due to a back injury in 1994.[2]

After retiring as a player, Tanner became manager of Hellenic League Side Almondsbury Town in November 2003, leaving them two years later to manage his former club Mangotsfield United in the Western League. He also managed the Gloucester County FA side and other local clubs including Roman Glass St George, Wotton Rovers (twice) and Almondsbury Town for a second spell before finishing his managerial career at Winterbourne United. He has also worked as chief scout at Forest Green Rovers and as a scout for various clubs via the scouting network group.

Since retiring he has worked in the insurance industry in Wilmslow. He now runs a Liverpool Legends event company and also works as a football analyst for BBC Radio Merseyside for Liverpool games.

References

  1. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5
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  2. ^ "Liverpool career stats for Nick Tanner - LFChistory - Stats galore for Liverpool FC!".

External links

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