Tony Ford

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Tony Ford, the United Kingdom midfielder, made 9 appearances for Sunderland. He found the net 1 time, averaging 0.11 goals per game. His most prolific season in our data was 1985-86, with 1 goal.

Figures are from our match-by-match data, densest from 2010 onward.

Anthony Ford MBE (born 14 May 1959) is an English former footballer . Through most of his career, Ford was a right-sided midfielder , but in later years, he was converted to right-back . In a career that spanned 27 years, across four decades, Ford played 931 league matches, which is the all-time record for matches played in the English league by an outfield player . He is one of five outfield players in English football to have ever passed 1,000 games in competitive matches (including league, cup and for Graham Alexander also national team games), the others being Scott McGleish , [ 2 ] Graham Alexander , [ 3 ] Jamie Cureton , Stuart Pearce and Neil Redfearn .Wikipedia

Position
MF
Nationality
United Kingdom
Birthplace
Grimsby
Born
14 May 1959
Height
175 cm
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Career
Grimsby Town F.C. (1975–86)Stoke City F.C. (1986–89)Sunderland A.F.C. (1986–86)West Bromwich Albion F.C. (1989–91)England national association football B team (1989–89)Grimsby Town F.C. (1991–94)Bradford City A.F.C. (1993–93)Scunthorpe United F.C. (1994–96)Mansfield Town F.C. (1996–99)Rochdale A.F.C. (1999–01)
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9
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1
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1985-8691

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