Tony Barton

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Tony Barton
Personal information
Full name Anthony Edward Barton
Date of birth April 8, 1937(1937-04-08)
Place of birth    Sutton, Surrey, England
Date of death    August 20, 1993 (aged 56)
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Playing position Outside-Right
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1954-1959
1959-1961
1961-1967		 Fulham
Nottingham Forest
Portsmouth		 049 0(8)
022 0(1)
130 (34)   
Teams managed
1982-1984
1984-1985
1991		 Aston Villa
Northampton Town
Portsmouth (caretaker)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of August 20, 1993.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of August 20, 1993.
* Appearances (Goals)

Anthony Edward Barton (April 8, 1937 - August 20, 1993) was an English footballer, playing as an outside right, and football manager. He was born in Sutton, Surrey and managed Aston Villa to success in the 1982 European Cup Final, just months after taking charge.

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[edit] Playing career

Tony Barton won England Schoolboy (1 cap) and Youth (5 caps) honours before beginning his football career with Fulham who he joined as a junior. After a spell on loan to Sutton United, he turned professional with Fulham in May 1954. He went on to score 8 times in 49 games for Fulham.

He moved to Nottingham Forest in December 1959 and after never really establishing himself at Forest, making only 22 appearances (scoring once), moved to Portsmouth in December 1961, where he subsequently became player-coach. After retiring as a player, after 130 games and 34 goals for Portsmouth, he remained on the club's coaching staff.

[edit] Coaching and Managerial Career

He subsequently joined the coaching staff at Aston Villa, becoming assistant manager to Ron Saunders in 1980. Villa won the League Championship in 1981 (their first league title in 71 years) and Barton was promoted to the manager's seat in February 1982 after Saunders resigned.

He guided Villa to victory over Bayern Munich in the 1982 European Cup final and followed this up with the European Super Cup the following season, but their league form (sixth in 1983 and tenth in 1984) did not match their success in Europe and he was sacked in May 1984.

In July 1984, he took over as manager of Northampton Town but left in April 1985 after suffering a heart attack. In September that year he became assistant manager of Southampton under Chris Nicholl, remaining at the Dell until May 1988. He later became assistant manager of Portsmouth and in February 1991 took over as caretaker manager after the sacking of Frank Burrows.

After leaving Portsmouth he was a talent scout for several clubs.

On August 20, 1993, Tony Barton died of a heart attack at the age of 56.

[edit] References

  • Mike Neasom, Mick Cooper & Doug Robinson (1984). Pompey: The History of Portsmouth Football Club. Milestone Publications. ISBN 0-903852-50-0. 

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Preceded by
Bob Paisley		 European Cup Winning Coach
1981-82		 Succeeded by
Ernst Happel
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