Tony Adcock
Personal information
Full name	Anthony Charles Adcock
Date of birth	27 February 1963 (1963-02-27) (age 46)
Place of birth	Bethnal Green, London, England
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position	Striker
Youth career
19??–1981	Colchester United
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1981–1987 1987–1988 1988–1989 1989–1991 1991–1992 1992–1994 1994–1995 1995–1999 1999 1999–2000	Colchester United Manchester City Northampton Town Bradford City Northampton Town Peterborough United Luton Town Colchester United → Heybridge Swifts (loan) Heybridge Swifts	210 (98) 015 0(5) 072 (30) 038 0(6) 035 (10) 111 (35) 002 0(0) 108 (28) 00? 0(?) 00? 0(?)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 09:14, 23 February 2008 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Anthony "Tony" Charles Adcock (born 27 February 1963) is an English former professional footballer. He was born in Bethnal Green, London.

[edit] Career

Tony Adcock began his football career as an apprentice with Colchester United, turning professional in March 1981. He made 210 league appearances for Colchester, scoring 98 goals. This high scoring rate attracted the attention of higher level teams and Adcock moved to Manchester City for a fee of £75,000 in June 1987. On 7 November 1987 he was one of three players, the others being David White and Paul Stewart to score a hat-trick in a 10–1 victory over Huddersfield Town.

However, his stay at Maine Road was short and he moved to Northampton Town in January 1988 as part of an exchange deal for Trevor Morley. The fee for Adcock was £85,000, then a record fee for Northampton.

He again hit rich goalscoring form, scoring 30 times in 72 league games before a £190,000 move to Bradford City in October 1989. He scored on his Bradford debut but struggled to establish himself and returned to Northampton Town in January 1991 for a fee of £75,000. In February 1992, a financial crisis came to a head at Northampton, and with the club in administration, both Adcock and his strike partner Bobby Barnes were sold to Peterborough United.

Adcock's next move was to Luton Town in August 1994, this time costing £20,000. He made only three first team appearances for Luton, all as a substitute, before returning to Colchester United on a free transfer in August 1995. He scored 28 times in 108 league games in his second spell at Colchester before leaving league football in May 1999, joining Heybridge Swifts after a loan spell towards the end of the previous season.

In 2008 he was inducted into Colchester United's Hall of Fame, one of only about ten players given that honour to date.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] External links

• Tony Adcock career stats at Soccerbase
• Profile at UpThePosh! The Peterborough United Database