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Tony Ford (footballer Born 1959)
Anthony Ford (born 14 May 1959) is an English former association football, footballer. Through most of his career, Ford was a right midfielder, right-sided midfielder, but in later years, he was converted to right-back. In a career that spanned 27 years, across four decades, Ford played 931 The Football League, league matches, which is List of footballers in England and Scotland by number of league appearances, the all-time record for matches played in the English league by an outfield player. He is one of three outfield players in English football to have ever passed List of men's footballers with the most official appearances, 1,000 games in competitive matches (including league, cup and for Graham Alexander also national team games), the others being Scott McGleish and Graham Alexander. Career Playing career Ford began his career at his hometown club Grimsby Town F.C., Grimsby Town, where he made his first-team debut as a 16-year-old in October 1975. He spent 11 years ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grimsby
Grimsby or Great Grimsby is a port town and the administrative centre of North East Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, England. Grimsby adjoins the town of Cleethorpes directly to the south-east forming a conurbation. Grimsby is north-east of Lincoln, England, Lincoln, (via the Humber Bridge) south-south-east of Kingston upon Hull, Hull, south-east of Scunthorpe, east of Doncaster and south-east of Leeds. Grimsby is also home to notable landmarks such as Grimsby Minster, Port of Grimsby, Cleethorpes Beach and Grimsby Fishing Heritage Museum. Grimsby was once the home port for the world's largest fishing fleet around the mid-20th century, but fishing then fell sharply. The Cod Wars denied UK access to Icelandic fishing grounds and the European Union used its Common Fisheries Policy to parcel out fishing quotas to other European countries in waters within of the UK coast. Grimsby suffered post-industrial decline like most other post-industrial towns and cities. However, food pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
