Anthony Knapp (born 13 October 1936 in

Newstead, Nottinghamshire Newstead is a village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England in the borough of Gedling.OS Explorer Map 270: Sherwood Forest: (1:25 000): It is situated between the city of Nottingham and the towns of Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Sutton-in-Ashfie ...

) is an English former footballer, a notable defender in the English football league in the 1960s.

Career

He was training with

Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest Football Club is an association football club based in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, England. Nottingham Forest was founded in 1865 and have been playing their home games at the City Ground, on the banks of the River Tren ...

before becoming professional, as a player for

Leicester City Leicester ( ) is a city, unitary authority and the county town of Leicestershire in the East Midlands of England. It is the largest settlement in the East Midlands. The city lies on the River Soar and close to the eastern end of the National ...

(1955–61, 86 matches),

Southampton FC Southampton Football Club () is an English professional football club based in Southampton, Hampshire, which competes in the . Their home ground since 2001 has been St Mary's Stadium, before which they were based at The Dell. The club play in ...

(1961–67, 260 matches, 2 goal),

Coventry City Coventry City Football Club is a professional association football club based in Coventry, West Midlands, England. The team currently compete in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. The club is nicknamed t ...

(1967–68, 11 matches), Los Angeles Wolves (1968) and

Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers Football Club is a professional association football club based in Birkenhead, Merseyside, England. The team compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1884 as Belmont Football Club, they ado ...

(1969–71, 36 matches, 1 goal). His career as a manager started in Poole Town F.C. (1971–72, also player) and as an assistant coach to

Norwich City Norwich City Football Club (also known as The Canaries or The Yellows) is an English professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk. The club competes in the EFL Championship following their relegation from the Premier League in the 20 ...

. He then had success with the amateurs

Iceland national football team The Iceland national football team (in ) represents Iceland in men's international football. The team is controlled by the Football Association of Iceland, and have been a FIFA member since 1947 and an UEFA member since 1957. The team's nickn ...

(1974–77, A, U18, U21) as in their beating the East Germany national football team 2-1 (1975). In Norway he had success with

Viking FK Viking Fotballklubb, commonly known as Viking or Viking Stavanger internationally, is a Norwegian football club from the city of Stavanger. The club was founded in 1899. It is one of the most successful clubs in Norwegian football, having won 8 ...

(1978–81, winning the double 1979),

Fredrikstad FK Fredrikstad Fotballklubb (also known as Fredrikstad or FFK) is a Norwegian football club from the town of Fredrikstad. With nine league championships and eleven Norwegian Cup wins, FFK is one of the most successful clubs in Norwegian footbal ...

(1982–83), again Iceland (1984–85), and

SK Brann Sportsklubben Brann (commonly known as Brann, and less often as SK Brann) is a Norwegian professional football club, founded 26 September 1908, from Bergen. Brann had been in the Eliteserien, Norway's Premier Division of Football, since 1987, bar ...

(1986–87, cupfinalist). Since then Knapp has coached several lower division clubs in Rogaland, such as

FK Vidar FK Vidar is an association football club from Stavanger, Norway. They currently play in the 3. divisjon, the fourth highest level in the Norwegian football league system. Club history The club was founded on 18 April 1906. FK Vidar played thei ...

, Djerv 1919,

Sandnes Ulf Sandnes Ulf is a Norwegian association football club from Sandnes, Rogaland, currently playing in the 1. divisjon, the second highest division in the Norwegian football league system. The club play their home matches at Øster Hus Arena. The cl ...

, Staal Jørpeland (2003), Stavanger IF and Hundvåg FK (2004–05), as well as Lillesand IL (2007–08) in Aust-Agder, before he retired due to illness.

Personal life

As of February 2020, Knapp was residing in

Jørpeland Jørpeland is the administrative centre of Strand municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The town is located on the western coast of the mainland, along the shore of the Idsefjorden, about northeast of the city of Stavanger. It sits along th ...

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with his wife and children.

Honours

Southampton *

Football League Second Division The Football League Second Division was the second level division in the English football league system between 1892 and 1992. Following the foundation of the FA Premier League, the Football League divisions were renumbered and the third t ...

runners-up: 1965–66

References

Tony Knapp
Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database {{DEFAULTSORT:Knapp, Tony Leicester City F.C. players Southampton F.C. players Coventry City F.C. players Tranmere Rovers F.C. players Poole Town F.C. players English football managers Fredrikstad FK managers Viking FK managers People from Newstead, Nottinghamshire 1936 births Living people North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players Los Angeles Wolves players Expatriate football managers in Iceland Expatriate football managers in Norway English expatriate sportspeople in Iceland English expatriate sportspeople in Norway Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur managers Iceland national football team managers SK Brann managers English expatriate football managers English Football League players English Football League representative players English footballers English expatriate footballers Expatriate soccer players in the United States Association football defenders English expatriate sportspeople in the United States Sandnes Ulf managers