Tony Thorpe (footballer)

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Tony Thorpe
Personal information
Full name	Anthony Thorpe
Date of birth	10 April 1974
Place of birth	Leicester, England
Height	5'09
Playing position	Centre Forward
Club information
Current club	Grimsby Town
Number	27
Youth clubs
	Leicester City
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1993-1998 1998 1998-2002 1998 1998 1999 2002-2003 2003-2005 2005 2005-2006 2006 2006-2007 2006 2007-	Luton Town Fulham Bristol City Reading (loan) Luton Town (loan) Luton Town (loan) Luton Town QPR Rotherham United (loan) Swindon Town Colchester United Stevenage Borough Grimsby Town (loan) Grimsby Town	120 (50) 13 (3) 128 (51) 6 (1) 8 (4) 4 (1) 32 (15) 41 (10) 5 (1) 7 (1) 14 () 3 () 5 () 1 ()
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16/2/2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Tony Thorpe was born on 10 March 1974. He is a professional footballer who plays up-front for Grimsby Town currently. He began his youth apprenticeship at Leicester City, but he was transferred to Luton Town in August 1992.

During his time at Luton he switched from attacking-midfielder to striker, with outstanding success. He bagged 28 league goals in the 1996/97 season, and soon a move to Fulham was completed. His time at Craven Cottage was short and he joined Bristol Cityin the summer of 1998. He took time to adapt as Ashton Gate, and he was then sent out on loan to Reading and back to Luton twice. He eventually found form at Bristol, before he re-joined Luton on a bosman free in 2002.

[edit] Controversy

After 13 goals in his first season back, Tony left the financial crippled club for QPR for a cut-price £50,000 fee, after Tony threatened to invoke a rule where he could move to QPR for free. Many Luton fans were outraged at Thorpe and have never forgiven the talented forward. His career since has taken a nose-dive, despite getting 10 goals in his first season at QPR. He went on-loan to relegation struggler's Rotherham United. He was then released by QPR, and he joined Swindon Town, along with another ex-QPR striker Jamie Cureton.

His time at Swindon was unsuccessful, and he was allowed to join fellow League One side Colchester United. After their promotion to the Championship, Thorpe was released and he move to Stevenage Borough in July 2006. However, he struggled to settle there, and he was sent to Grimsby Town on loan in September 2006, and he signed for the Mariners in January 2007.

[edit] External Links

http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=7949

Grimsby Town F.C. - Current Squad
1 Barnes | 2 McDermott | 3 Newey | 4 Harkins | 5 Fenton | 6 Whittle | 7 Rankin | 8 Bolland | 9 Reddy | 10 Toner | 13 Murray | 15 Cohen | 16 Boshell | 17 Till | 18 Bore | 19 Jones | 20 Croft | 22 North | 23 Hegarty | 24 Grand | 25 Hunt | 26 Taylor | 27 Thorpe | 28 Bennett | 29 Bloomer | Manager: Buckley