Tony Hancock (footballer)

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Tony Hancock
Personal information
Full name Anthony Eric Hancock
Date of birth (1967-01-31) 31 January 1967 (age 57)
Place of birth Manchester, England
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1989 Stockport County 22 (5)
1989–1990 Burnley 17 (0)
1990–1991 Preston North End 0 (0)
1991– Northwich Victoria
Managerial career
Abbey Hey (Player-Manager)
–2007[1]
Woodley Sports
2007–2009[2]
New Mills
2009–2010[3]
New Mills
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Anthony Eric Hancock (born 31 January 1967) is an English retired professional association footballer who played as a striker.

Playing career

He started his career with Stockport Georgians.[4] He then played in the English Football League for Stockport County and Burnley,[5] was at Preston North End[5] and then moved into non-league football with Northwich Victoria.[5]

He then had brief spells playing football in Finland and Australia[6] before playing with Caernarfon Town and Hyde United,[6] although the latter is contradicted by www.hydeunited.com, the club's own historical database.

He joined

Woodley Sports, playing eight games and scoring one goal before transferring back to Woodley Sports.[7]

Management career

He was later player/ manager of

New Mills.[7] Whilst at New Mills he continued to play.[9]

References

  1. ^ "All change at Woodley as Hancock moves on". 5 September 2007.
  2. ^ https://www.buxtonadvertiser.co.uk/sport/football/hancock-returns-as-new-mills-manager-1-651972 [dead link]
  3. ^ "Hancock leaves Millers". 24 March 2010.
  4. ^ "Tony Hancock". Barry Hugman's Footballers.
  5. ^ a b c "Tony Hancock profile". Post-War Players Database. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  6. ^ a b "Tony's vision: You've got to communicate!". Manchester Evening News. 9 April 2005. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  7. ^ a b "Complete A-Z of Mossley Players". Mossley Web. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  8. ^ https://www.lep.co.uk/sport/football/halliwell-gamble-as-brig-hit-fa-cup-trail-1-120925 [dead link]
  9. ^ "Match Report - New Mills 0 - 2 FC United of Manchester - 25th March 2006".