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Anthony Randolph Warner (born 11 May 1974) is a football coach and former professional
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who is the goalkeeping coach at
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. Warner notably played in the
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for
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, having also being contracted to
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and
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without playing. He has also played in the
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for
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and
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and in the
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with
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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and
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. At international level, he was capped twice by
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.


Club career


Liverpool

Tony Warner began his career at Liverpool in 1994. He never played a first team game, but made 120 appearances on the bench and earned the nickname ''Tony Bonus'' due to receiving many win bonuses. Warner had a spell on loan at
Swindon Town Swindon Town Football Club is a professional football club based in Swindon, Wiltshire, England. The team currently competes in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. The club has played home matches at the County Ground sin ...
in 1997. The following year he had a brief spell on loan at
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due to injuries to both of their first-team goalkeepers
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and
Stewart Kerr James Stewart Robert Kerr (born 13 November 1974) is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Celtic, Swindon Town, Brighton and Wigan Athletic. Kerr was forced into early retirement at the age of 27 due to a bac ...
. He made his debut for Celtic on 14 November 1998 in a 2–1 defeat away against St Johnstone. A week later he kept goal in Celtic's 5–1 win over Rangers at Parkhead, and made his final appearance on 28 November in a 2–0 win over
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. Warner returned to Liverpool, but headed back north to Scotland in March 1999 for a two-week trial with Hibernian. After his fortnight at Hibs, he instead joined
Aberdeen Aberdeen (; sco, Aiberdeen ; gd, Obar Dheathain ; la, Aberdonia) is a city in North East Scotland, and is the third most populous city in the country. Aberdeen is one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas (as Aberdeen City), a ...
on loan. He played six games for ''The Dons'' in April and May 1999. His career at
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never really took off and he found himself playing as the permanent understudy to
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in his earlier years with the club, but by the time of his departure he was the club's third choice keeper following the signing of
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as the new second choice shot stopper.


Millwall

He moved to
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on a free transfer in July 1999. Warner made his competitive debut on 7 August in a 1–1 draw away against
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. Millwall finished fifth in Division Two in 2000, but finished top the following season and won promotion to what is now known as the
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. Warner earned the nickname Denzil, because he looked and sounded like the character Denzil from the
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. He became a firm fan favourite which, combined with his prolific penalty saves, earned him his own
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from the Lions fans of, "Denzil, Denzil what's the score? Denzil, what's the score?" Warner was voted Player of the Year 2002–03 by the Millwall fans. Despite being injured and unable to keep goal for Millwall at their 2004 FA Cup Final appearance, Millwall manager
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, insisted that he be presented with a medal. During five seasons at Millwall, Warner made 225 competitive appearances for the club.


Cardiff City

Warner left Millwall in July 2004 to sign for
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where he spent two years unable to hold down a first team spot due to some poor performances and eventually lost his place to
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. Due to a goalkeeping crisis at
Fulham Fulham () is an area of the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham in West London, England, southwest of Charing Cross. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames, bordering Hammersmith, Kensington and Chelsea. The area faces Wandswor ...
, they signed Warner on loan in August 2005. Warner's career at Fulham started well, he kept a clean sheet on his debut against
Birmingham City Birmingham City Football Club is a professional football club based in Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, it was renamed Small Heath in 1888, Birmingham in 1905, and Birmingham City in 1943. Since 2011, the first te ...
and in a match against
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at
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he saved a penalty from Lauren with the score at 0–0. However Arsenal went on to win 4–1.


Fulham

In January 2006 the loan move was made permanent. However, on 4 August 2006,
Leeds United Leeds United Football Club is a professional football club based in Leeds, West Yorkshire in England. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of England's football league system, and plays its home matches at Elland Road ...
signed Warner on a one-month loan, as cover for the injured Neil Sullivan. He made his debut in a 1–0 victory over
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 ...
the following day. His initial loan period was due to end on 4 September, but on 31 August the loan deal was extended until 1 January 2007. Warner started nearly every match for Leeds up to the sacking of manager
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when new manager
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witnessed a poor performance by Warner in the
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against
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and brought in a new goalkeeper on loan, Graham Stack from
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who kept Warner out of the side for several matches. An injury to Stack gave Warner his place back in the Leeds side, but his loan spell at Leeds drew to an end on 1 January 2007. Upon his return to Fulham he played against
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 ...
in the
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, but then signed on loan for
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 ...
until the end of the 2006–07 season as a replacement for the previous loan goalkeeper; Celtic's David Marshall. On 12 August 2007, after an injury to first choice Fulham goalkeeper Antti Niemi in the warm-up before ''The Cottagers'' game at The Emirates against
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, Warner was forced to be a last minute replacement for Niemi, but despite the circumstances Warner impressed and kept countless shots at bay, but two late goals denied Warner a
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and Fulham lost the game 2–1. In the following game against
Bolton Wanderers Bolton Wanderers Football Club () is a professional football club based in Horwich, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in . The club played at Burnden Park for 102 years from 1895 after moving from their original home at Pik ...
on 15 August 2007, Warner dropped the ball after collecting it from a
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throw-in and gave former teammate Heiðar Helguson a goal for Bolton, but somewhat redeemed himself after pulling off a full-stretch save from
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and Fulham won 2–1. On 18 August against
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, Warner gifted debutant Mido a goal, after Warner mistimed a shot from the Egyptian and the ball bounced off his chest and rolled into the back of the net, as in the Bolton game, he somewhat redeemed himself after pulling off a full-stretch save from
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. Warner's mistake this time affected the score, with Middlesbrough winning 2–1. With Niemi still injured and Warner regularly making mistakes, Fulham manager Lawrie Sanchez, brought in
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on 23 August 2007, to provide cover and competition for Warner and Niemi. On 25 August 2007 Warner sat on the bench for the game at
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. On 28 August 2007, Warner played and kept a clean sheet in a 1–0 victory over
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at the New Meadow. After the game Niemi returned from injury and Warner was third choice goalkeeper behind Niemi and Keller. Warner joined Championship side
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on loan for a month on January transfer deadline day, as cover for Heinz Muller's injury. He made his debut in the 4–0 defeat to
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at the
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. He was released by
Fulham Fulham () is an area of the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham in West London, England, southwest of Charing Cross. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames, bordering Hammersmith, Kensington and Chelsea. The area faces Wandswor ...
on 28 May 2008.


Hull City

On 16 July 2008, Warner signed for
Hull City Hull City Association Football Club is a professional football club based in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, that compete in the . They have played home games at the MKM Stadium since moving from Boothferry Park in 2002. The club's t ...
on a two-year deal. Warner made his debut for Hull in the FA Cup match against
Millwall Millwall is a district on the western and southern side of the Isle of Dogs, in east London, England, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It lies to the immediate south of Canary Wharf and Limehouse, north of Greenwich and Deptford, eas ...
on 24 January 2009, where he kept a clean sheet in a 2–0 victory. On 13 March 2009, Warner joined
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 ...
on a one-month loan deal after an injury to
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. Despite conceding five goals in four league games, losing his place to Stockdale, he had his loan extended until the end of the season. He was presented with a medal on 24 April after Leicester won the League One title. On 25 August 2009, Warner made his season debut and only second competitive start for Hull City in the 3–1 League Cup win over
Southend United Southend United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England. As of the 2022–23 season, the team competes in the National League, the fifth tier of English football. Southend are known as ...
. He left the club by mutual consent on 1 February 2010.


Charlton Athletic

On 25 March 2010,
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announced that Warner would join them for the remainder of the season, after their number 1 choice goalkeeper Robert Elliot was ruled out for a month. On 1 June 2010, Charlton Athletic confirmed that his two-month contract would not be renewed Warner was commended by Charlton Athletic manager Phil Parkinson for his experience in helping No. 1 keeper, Darren Randolph. After leaving Charlton, Warner started training with
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's
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in order to keep himself fit and was training at
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for 3 months before getting the invitation to re-join Leeds.


Leeds United

Warner returned to one of his former clubs
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on 11 October on a short-term deal to play for Leeds' reserve team after a goalkeeping injury crisis which saw first choice goalkeepers
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and
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out injured as well as youth goalkeepers ruled out through injury. His deal wasn't extended as Leeds signed
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on loan.


Scunthorpe United

Warner joined
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on 22 October 2010 on a free transfer, and made his debut the following day in the 2–0 win at
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. He started his second game in a row which came against former club
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with first choice goalkeeper Joe Murphy still out injured Warner was released on 24 November 2010.


Tranmere Rovers

Warner signed for
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on 6 January 2011 until the end of the 2010–11 season. He made his club debut on 8 January against Walsall. After playing all the remaining matches of the season, local media reported that he had been offered a new contract for the 2011–12 season. However, it was confirmed on 21 June by the club that he was set to join another club.


Wellington Phoenix

It was reported on 5 July that Warner was set to sign for
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club
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,. Instead on 17 August 2011, he was announced as signing for the
Wellington Phoenix Wellington Phoenix Football Club is a professional association football club based in Wellington, New Zealand. It competes in the Australian A-League, under licence from Football Federation Australia. Phoenix entered the competition in the ...
playing in the Australian
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. Warner made his debut for the Phoenix against
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in place of the injured regular goalkeeper
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.


Floriana

On 11 October 2012, Warner signed for 25 time
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Champions Floriana.


Blackpool

Warner joined the coaching staff at
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in the summer of 2013. He was named as an unused substitute for Blackpool's 0–0 draw with
Bolton Wanderers Bolton Wanderers Football Club () is a professional football club based in Horwich, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in . The club played at Burnden Park for 102 years from 1895 after moving from their original home at Pik ...
on 1 October 2013. He was released at the end of the season.


Coaching career

On 26 March 2015, Warner joined his 21st club, signing a playing contract with
Accrington Stanley Accrington Stanley Football Club is a professional association football club based in Accrington, Lancashire, England. The club competes in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. They have spent their complete his ...
whilst also combining coaching with Bolton Wanderers. On 18 May 2015, Warner was released from his short-term contract at Accrington, but stated he intended on continuing his playing career. On 2 July 2015, Warner is announced as Goalkeeper/Goalkeeping coach for
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team
North East United FC NorthEast United FC is an Indian professional football club based in Guwahati, Assam that competes in the Indian Super League, the top flight of Indian football. The club was founded on 13 April 2014 during the inaugural season of Indian Supe ...
. On 1 August 2015, the club announced that his contract had been terminated for material breach of his Standard Player's Agreement. Warner had allegedly applied for the post of Goalkeeping coach at
Bolton Wanderers Bolton Wanderers Football Club () is a professional football club based in Horwich, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in . The club played at Burnden Park for 102 years from 1895 after moving from their original home at Pik ...
even after inking a deal with
North East United FC NorthEast United FC is an Indian professional football club based in Guwahati, Assam that competes in the Indian Super League, the top flight of Indian football. The club was founded on 13 April 2014 during the inaugural season of Indian Supe ...
. In October 2017, he was appointed as the goalkeeper coach of Chennaiyin after previously coaching at the Bolton Wanderers Academy. On 26 July 2018, he returned to England as the goalkeeper coach at one of his former clubs
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. He was also registered as a player, taking the squad number 34 and being named on the substitutes' bench for the first match of the 2018–19 season at home to Gillingham. In July 2021, Warner joined League Two side
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as goalkeeping-coach. In July 2022, Warner joined
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as goalkeeping coach.


International career

On 10 January 2006, it was announced that Warner would join the preliminary
Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago (, ), officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean. Consisting of the main islands Trinidad and Tobago, and numerous much smaller islands, it is situated south of ...
squad for their
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campaign but he was not selected in the final 23 man squad. Warner made his first appearance as a second-half substitute for the ''Soca Warriors'' on 28 February 2006 against
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in a friendly international played at
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.


Honours

;Millwall *
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: 2000–01 Leicester City *
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: 2008–09


Career statistics


References


External links


Tony Warner profile
on Hull City official website *
Tony Warner profile
on Liverpool official website
Tony Warner on the magic Sponge podcast
{{DEFAULTSORT:Warner, Tony 1974 births Living people Footballers from Liverpool English people of Trinidad and Tobago descent Trinidad and Tobago men's footballers Trinidad and Tobago expatriate men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Liverpool F.C. players Swindon Town F.C. players Celtic F.C. players Aberdeen F.C. players Millwall F.C. players Cardiff City F.C. players Fulham F.C. players Leeds United F.C. players Norwich City F.C. players Barnsley F.C. players Hull City A.F.C. players Leicester City F.C. players Charlton Athletic F.C. players Scunthorpe United F.C. players Tranmere Rovers F.C. players Wellington Phoenix FC players Floriana F.C. players Blackpool F.C. players Accrington Stanley F.C. players English Football League players Scottish Premier League players Premier League players A-League Men players Maltese Premier League players Trinidad and Tobago men's international footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland Expatriate men's association footballers in New Zealand Expatriate men's footballers in Malta Blackpool F.C. non-playing staff Bolton Wanderers F.C. non-playing staff Accrington Stanley F.C. non-playing staff Bristol Rovers F.C. non-playing staff Reading F.C. non-playing staff Trinidad and Tobago expatriate sportspeople in Malta Trinidad and Tobago expatriate sportspeople in New Zealand Trinidad and Tobago expatriate sportspeople in Scotland People educated at St Francis Xavier's College, Liverpool