Tony Cunningham (footballer)

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Tony Cunningham
Personal information
Full name Anthony Eugene Cunningham
Date of birth November 12, 1957 (1957-11-12) (age 50)
Place of birth    Kingston, Jamaica
Playing position Striker (retired)
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
-
-1979
1979-1982
1982-1984
1984
1984-1985
1985-1987
1987-1989
1989-1991
1991
1991-1993
1993
1993-1994
-		 Kidderminster Harriers
Stourbridge
Lincoln City
Barnsley
Sheffield Wednesday
Manchester City
Newcastle United
Blackpool
Bury
Bolton Wanderers
Rotherham United
Doncaster Rovers
Wycombe Wanderers
Gainsborough Trinity
Career		 00? 00(?)
00? 00(?)
123 0(32)
042 0(11)
028 00(5)
018 00(1)
047 00(4)
071 0(17)
058 0(17)
009 00(4)
069 0(24)
025 00(1)
005 00(0)
00? 00(?)
495 (116)   

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of June 25, 2007.
* Appearances (Goals)

Anthony (Tony) Eugene Cunningham (born November 12, 1957 in Kingston) is a Jamaican former professional footballer.

Cunningham, a striker, began his professional career with Lincoln City in 1979. In three years with the Imps, he made 123 league appearances and scored 32 goals.

Barnsley came in for his services in 1982, and he went on to make 42 appearances for the South Yorkshire club, scoring eleven goals.

After leaving Oakwell, Cunningham remained in the White Rose county, making 28 appearances and scoring five goals for Sheffield Wednesday.

In 1984 Cunningham had a short spell with Manchester City before moving to the North East to join Willie McFaul's Newcastle United. He spent two years on Tyneside, making just short of 50 appearances for the Magpies, scoring four goals.

Cunningham traded the North East for the North West in July 1987 when he signed for Sam Ellis' Blackpool for a tribunal-set fee of £25,000. He made his debut for the Seasiders in the opening day of the 1987-88 season, a draw at Gillingham.

What started as a promising Blackpool career became a disappointing one. As the team struggled, Cunningham was made a scapegoat, and at the end of the 1988-89, he rejoined Ellis, who had become manager of Bury.

On his return to Bloomfield Road with the Shakers, on October 31, 1989, Cunningham delighted the home support by getting sent off in the first half. The visitors, however, won the game by a single goal.

After Bury, Cunningham played for Rotherham United, Doncaster Rovers and Wycombe Wanderers. After almost 500 league games and over one hundred goals, he ended his career with non-league Gainsborough Trinity.

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