Tony Evans (footballer)

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Tony Evans
Personal information
Full name	Anthony Evans
Date of birth	January 11, 1955 (1955-01-11) (age 53)
Place of birth	Liverpool, England
Playing position	Forward (retired)
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1972–1973 1973–1975 1975–1979 1979–1983 1983–1984 1984–1985 1985 1985 1985–1986 1986–????	Formby Blackpool Cardiff City Birmingham City Crystal Palace Wolverhampton Wanderers → Bolton Wanderers → Exeter City Swindon Town Stafford Rangers	006 0(0) 124 (47) 066 (28) 021 0(7) 023 0(5) 004 0(0) 010 0(0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Anthony "Tony" Evans (born January 11, 1954 in Liverpool) is an English former professional footballer. He played as a forward for several clubs, particularly Cardiff City, for whom he made well over 100 appearances, and Birmingham City, for whom he was leading scorer in 1981–82.

Evans scored a hatrick for Birmingham City against Manchester City in September 1981. This was the last top-flight hattrick for Birmingham City, until Mikael Forssell scored three against Tottenham on 1 March 2008.

On retiring from football Tony Evans became a social worker, setting up the Midnight League for at-risk youngsters. The Independent newspaper wrote an article on him in 2001:

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20010422/ai_n14387128%20-%2034k%20-

The Daily Telegraph had a story on the Midnight League, making reference to Tony Evans, a year earlier:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2000/12/14/sfnshi15.xml

[edit] References

Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-010-2. 

Persondata
NAME	Evans, Anthony
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	1954-01-11
PLACE OF BIRTH	Liverpool, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH