Byron Anthony

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Byron Anthony
Personal information
Full name	Byron Anthony
Date of birth	September 20, 1984 (1984-09-20) (age 23)
Place of birth	Newport, Wales
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Bristol Rovers
Number	15
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2001-2006 2006 2006-	Cardiff City → Forest Green Rovers (loan) Bristol Rovers	00 (0) 04 (0) 36 (1)
National team
	Wales U21
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12/5/2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Byron Anthony (born 20 September 1984 in Newport) is a Welsh professional footballer currently playing for Bristol Rovers. He is a defender.

Anthony, a product of Cardiff City's youth system, he has been capped several times by Wales at Under-21 level. His chances for the senior Cardiff City side have been few and far between, however, with his only appearances coming in the League Cup. Unusually for a defender, he scored on his professional debut, in a game against Milton Keynes Dons.

In February 2006, Anthony joined Nationwide Conference club Forest Green Rovers on a month's loan^[1].

He joined Bristol Rovers^[2] on 1 July 2006, linking up with former Cardiff manager Lennie Lawrence.

Byron Anthony is known among Bristol Rovers fans as 'Lord Byron Of The Anthony' or 'Lord Byron' or 'The Lord' for short, a nickname awarded in recognition of his performances for the first team, helping Bristol Rovers to their promotion from Football League 2 in the season 2006/7.

He suffered a set back at the start of Rovers 2007-08 campaign in League One in October when he sustained a broken metatarsal in the club's match against A.F.C. Bournemouth in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy and is expected to be out for twelve weeks^[3]

[edit] Club stats

As of 8 October 2007

Club Performance

Club	Season	League		National Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		App	Goals	App	Goals	App	Goals	App	Goals	App	Goals
Cardiff City	2004-05	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	1
Forest Green Rovers (loan)	2005-06	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
Bristol Rovers	2006-07	26	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	30	1
	2007-08	10	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	12	1
Total		40	1	3	1	5	1	0	0	48	3

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Byron Anthony career stats at Soccerbase

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