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| birth_place = [[Islington]], England<ref name="kent"/> |
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| height = {{height|ft=5|in=10}}<ref>{{cite web |title=FootballSquads – Port Vale – 2000/01 |url=http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2000-2001/d2/portv.htm |website=footballsquads.co.uk |access-date=24 June 2019}}</ref> |
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| position = [[Defender (association football)|Left-back]] |
| position = [[Defender (association football)|Left-back]] |
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| youthyears1 = 1985| youthclubs1 = [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]] |
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| years1 = 1985–1988| clubs1 = [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]]| caps1 = 5| goals1 = 0 |
| years1 = 1985–1988| clubs1 = [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]]| caps1 = 5| goals1 = 0 |
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| years2 = 1988–1993| clubs2 = [[Wigan Athletic F.C.|Wigan Athletic]]| caps2 = 209| goals2 = 4 |
| years2 = 1988–1993| clubs2 = [[Wigan Athletic F.C.|Wigan Athletic]]| caps2 = 209| goals2 = 4 |
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| totalcaps = 520| totalgoals = 17 |
| totalcaps = 520| totalgoals = 17 |
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'''Allen John Tankard''' (born 21 March 1969) is an English former [[Association football|footballer]] who played as a [[Defender (association football)|left-back]]. He played 519 league games in a 16-year career in [[ |
'''Allen John Tankard''' (born 21 March 1969) is an English former [[Association football|footballer]] who played as a [[Defender (association football)|left-back]]. He played 519 league games in a 16-year career in the [[English Football League|Football League]]. |
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He began his career with [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]] in 1987, before moving on to [[Wigan Athletic F.C.|Wigan Athletic]] the following year. He spent five years with the "Latics", being voted the club's |
He began his career with [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]] in 1987, before moving on to [[Wigan Athletic F.C.|Wigan Athletic]] the following year. He spent five years with the "Latics", being voted the club's Player of the Year in 1992–93, before making a £87,500 move to [[Port Vale F.C.|Port Vale]] in July 1993. He spent the next eight years at [[Vale Park]], helping the club to win [[Promotion and relegation|promotion]] out of the [[Football League Third Division|Third Division]] in 1993–94, and to reach the final of the [[EFL Trophy|Football League Trophy]] in [[2001 Football League Trophy final|2001]]. He retired from the professional game after helping [[Mansfield Town F.C.|Mansfield Town]] to win promotion out of the Third Division in 2001–02. |
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==Career== |
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===Southampton=== |
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Tankard started his football career with [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]], signing [[Youth Training Scheme]] forms in June 1985.<ref name="saintsplayers.co.uk">{{cite web |title=Allen Tankard {{!}} SaintsPlayers.co.uk |url=https://www.saintsplayers.co.uk/player/allen-tankard/ |website=saintsplayers.co.uk |access-date=1 November 2022}}</ref> He played in pre-season [[Exhibition game|friendly]] games two months after his sixteenth birthday.<ref name="saintsplayers.co.uk"/> He won caps for the [[England national under-17 football team|England under-17]] team.<ref name="saintsplayers.co.uk"/> He made his competitive debut for Southampton against [[Sheffield Wednesday F.C.|Sheffield Wednesday]] in April 1986.<ref name="beano">{{cite journal |title=The Allen Tankard Interview |journal=The Vale Park Beano |volume=44}}</ref> However, he struggled with is weight and after only five appearances it was apparent he had no future at [[The Dell (Southampton)|The Dell]], and so he signed with [[Wigan Athletic F.C.|Wigan Athletic]] in July 1988.<ref name="saintsplayers.co.uk"/> |
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===Wigan Athletic=== |
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⚫ | In July 1993, [[John Rudge]] signed Tankard to [[Port Vale F.C.|Port Vale]] for a £87,500 fee.<ref name="kent">{{cite book|last=Kent|first=Jeff|title=Port Vale Personalities|publisher=Witan Books|page=286|year=1996|isbn=0-9529152-0-0 |
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⚫ | The "Latics" finished 17th in the [[Football League Third Division|Third Division]] in [[1988–89 Football League|1988–89]] under [[Ray Mathias]]'s stewardship, just four places and two points above [[Promotion and relegation|relegated]] [[Southend United F.C.|Southend United]]. They dropped to 18th in [[1989–90 Football League|1989–90]] under new boss [[Bryan Hamilton]], three places and three points ahead of relegated [[Cardiff City F.C.|Cardiff City]]. Wigan then rose to tenth in [[1990–91 Football League|1990–91]], three places outside of the [[English Football League play-offs|play-offs]]. They then dropped to 15th in [[1991–92 Football League|1991–92]], before suffering relegation with a 23rd-place finish in [[1992–93 Football League|1992–93]]; it would prove to be his last season at [[Springfield Park (Wigan)|Springfield Park]], and Tankard departed after being voted as the club's Player of the Year.<ref>{{cite web|title=Who Gets Your Vote? |url=http://www.wiganlatics.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10429~655342,00.html |work=wiganlatics.co.uk |access-date=29 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225084959/http://www.wiganlatics.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10429~655342%2C00.html |archive-date=25 February 2012 }}</ref> |
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⚫ | Following his recovery, he played 44 games of the [[1996–97 Port Vale F.C. season|1996–97]] season, one of the most successful of the [[History of Port Vale F.C.|club's history]], as Vale posted an eighth-place finish, two places and four points below [[Crystal Palace F.C.|Crystal Palace]], who went on to win promotion to the [[Premier League]] as winners of the play-offs. He made 42 appearances in the [[1997–98 Port Vale F.C. season|1997–98]] season, helping the "Valiants" to avoid the drop by finishing three places and just one point above relegated [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]]. However his reputation was somewhat sullied in an FA Cup third-round game on 14 January 1998, as he blasted his [[Penalty kick (association football)|penalty]] over the bar in the [[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|penalty shoot-out]] with [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]]; it was the final kick of the 4–3 defeat (the game had finished 1–1 in normal time).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://212.58.226.17:8080/1/low/sport/football/47572.stm|title=Penalty heartache for Port Vale |
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⚫ | In July 1993, [[John Rudge]] signed Tankard to [[Port Vale F.C.|Port Vale]] for a £87,500 fee.<ref name="kent">{{cite book|last=Kent|first=Jeff|title=Port Vale Personalities|publisher=Witan Books|page=286|year=1996|isbn=0-9529152-0-0}}</ref> Initially unpopular with the fans, he turned things around at [[Vale Park]] after a last minute [[FA Cup]] winner against [[Huddersfield Town A.F.C.|Huddersfield Town]] in the [[FA Cup]] second round.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/tankard-raises-cheers-for-vale-1465276.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103092229/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/tankard-raises-cheers-for-vale-1465276.html |archive-date=2012-11-03 |url-access=limited |url-status=live|title=Tankard raises cheers for Vale |last=Shaw|first=Phil|date=4 December 1993|work=[[The Independent]]|access-date=29 June 2009}}</ref> He spent December to April of the [[1993–94 Port Vale F.C. season|1993–94]] season on the sidelines due to a [[hamstring]] injury, with [[Dean Stokes]] playing in his stead, but Tankard's performances whilst fit helped the club to [[Promotion and relegation|promotion]] out of the Third Division.<ref name="kent"/> He played regular football in the [[1994–95 Port Vale F.C. season|1994–95]] season, helping the club to avoid relegation out of the (newly re-branded) [[Football League First Division|First Division]] by a ten-point margin.<ref name="kent"/> He was again a regular in the [[1995–96 Port Vale F.C. season|1995–96]] campaign, until he was sidelined again in March due to another hamstring injury.<ref name="kent"/> |
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⚫ | Following his recovery, he played 44 games of the [[1996–97 Port Vale F.C. season|1996–97]] season, one of the most successful of the [[History of Port Vale F.C.|club's history]], as Vale posted an eighth-place finish, two places and four points below [[Crystal Palace F.C.|Crystal Palace]], who went on to win promotion to the [[Premier League]] as winners of the play-offs. He made 42 appearances in the [[1997–98 Port Vale F.C. season|1997–98]] season, helping the "Valiants" to avoid the drop by finishing three places and just one point above relegated [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]]. However, his reputation was somewhat sullied in an FA Cup third-round game on 14 January 1998, as he blasted his [[Penalty kick (association football)|penalty]] over the bar in the [[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|penalty shoot-out]] with [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]]; it was the final kick of the 4–3 defeat (the game had finished 1–1 in normal time).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://212.58.226.17:8080/1/low/sport/football/47572.stm|title=Penalty heartache for Port Vale|date=14 January 1998|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=29 June 2009}}{{Dead link|date=October 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Recovering from their lacklustre third round performance, Arsenal would later go on to [[1998 FA Cup final|win]] the competition. |
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⚫ | In [[1998–99 Port Vale F.C. season|1998–99]], Tankard was the only outfield player to hit the 40 game mark for the Vale, and also netted goals against [[Watford F.C.|Watford]], Crystal Palace, [[Norwich City F.C.|Norwich City]], and [[Oxford United F.C.|Oxford United]]. The club went on to avoid relegation only due to the fact that they had scored more goals than [[Bury F.C.|Bury]]. However relegation came in the [[1999–2000 Port Vale F.C. season|1999–2000]] season under new manager [[Brian Horton]]; Tankard played 37 games, scoring in a 3–2 win over [[Sheffield United F.C.|Sheffield United]] at [[Bramall Lane]]. He remained loyal to the [[Burslem]] club despite their fall into the [[Football League Second Division|Second Division]], and played 39 games in the [[2000–01 Port Vale F.C. season|2000–01]] season, scoring a personal best of five goals. He also played every game of Vale's run to the final of the [[Football League Trophy]]; however he was an unused substitute for the [[2001 Football League Trophy |
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⚫ | In [[1998–99 Port Vale F.C. season|1998–99]], Tankard was the only outfield player to hit the 40 game mark for the Vale, and also netted goals against [[Watford F.C.|Watford]], Crystal Palace, [[Norwich City F.C.|Norwich City]], and [[Oxford United F.C.|Oxford United]]. The club went on to avoid relegation only due to the fact that they had scored more goals than [[Bury F.C.|Bury]]. However, relegation came in the [[1999–2000 Port Vale F.C. season|1999–2000]] season under new [[Manager (association football)|manager]] [[Brian Horton]]; Tankard played 37 games, scoring in a 3–2 win over [[Sheffield United F.C.|Sheffield United]] at [[Bramall Lane]]. He remained loyal to the [[Burslem]] club despite their fall into the [[Football League Second Division|Second Division]], and played 39 games in the [[2000–01 Port Vale F.C. season|2000–01]] season, scoring a personal best of five goals. He also played every game of Vale's run to the final of the [[EFL Trophy|Football League Trophy]]; however, he was an unused [[Substitute (association football)|substitute]] for the [[2001 Football League Trophy final|final]] itself at the [[Millennium Stadium]], which Vale won with a 2–1 victory over [[Brentford F.C.|Brentford]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/1281326.stm|title=Port Vale's route to Cardiff|date=18 April 2001|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=29 June 2009}}</ref> Tankard was released in June 2001 after the club reneged on the offer of a new two-year [[Association football contracts|contract]] upon bringing in [[Phil Hardy]], [[Alex Gibson (footballer, born 1982)|Alex Gibson]] and [[Rae Ingram]].<ref name="beano"/> In all he had made 324 first-team appearances for Port Vale, scoring 13 goals. One of the club's most consistent performers,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/1282030.stm|title=Port Vale pen pictures|date=18 April 2001|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=29 June 2009}}</ref> years later the club were still trying to fill the void Tankard's departure had left in the left-back role.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/port_vale/3116383.stm|title=Vale to unleash teenager|date=1 August 2003|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=29 June 2009}}</ref> In May 2019, he was voted into the "Ultimate Port Vale XI" by members of the ''OneValeFan'' supporter website.<ref name="ovf">{{cite news |last1=Fielding |first1=Rob |title=This is the OVF viewers all-time Port Vale XI |url=https://www.onevalefan.co.uk/2019/05/this-is-the-ovf-viewers-all-time-port-vale-xi/ |access-date=4 June 2020 |work=onevalefan.co.uk |date=26 May 2019}}</ref> |
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⚫ | He spent the [[2001–02 Mansfield Town F.C. season|2001–02]] season with [[Mansfield Town F.C.|Mansfield Town]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/k/kidderminster_harriers/1449136.stm|title=Tankard's the toast of Field Mill|date=20 July 2001| |
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===Later career=== |
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⚫ | He spent the [[2001–02 Mansfield Town F.C. season|2001–02]] season with [[Mansfield Town F.C.|Mansfield Town]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/k/kidderminster_harriers/1449136.stm|title=Tankard's the toast of Field Mill|date=20 July 2001|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=29 June 2009}}</ref> helping [[Bill Dearden]]'s "Stags" to gain the third and final automatic promotion place of the Third Division, one point ahead of [[Cheltenham Town F.C.|Cheltenham Town]].<ref name="beano"/> He was contracted with the club for the [[2002–03 Mansfield Town F.C. season|2002–03]] season,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/mansfield_town/2041524.stm|title=Tankard cheers Mansfield|date=12 June 2002|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=29 June 2009}}</ref> but did not make any appearances at [[Field Mill]] due to injury and was released in January 2003.<ref name="beano"/> He then had brief spells with [[Southern Football League|Southern League]] clubs [[Hednesford Town F.C.|Hednesford Town]] and [[Stafford Rangers F.C.|Stafford Rangers]], where his injury problems continued.<ref>{{cite news|title=Football: Veteran Tankard gets another Rangers run.|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Football%3A+Veteran+Tankard+gets+another+Rangers+run.-a0105706157|access-date=12 April 2012|newspaper=[[Birmingham Post]]|date=23 July 2003}}</ref><ref name="beano"/> |
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==Post-retirement== |
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After retiring from the game, Tankard |
After retiring from the game, Tankard worked at a [[minibus]] and [[Coach (bus)|coach]] hire company in [[Stone, Staffordshire]].<ref name="saintsplayers.co.uk"/> |
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==Career statistics== |
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==Statistics== |
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Source:<ref>{{ENFA}}</ref><ref>{{Soccerbase}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Stats |url=http://hednesfordtown.com/statistics/player.php?id=177 |website=hednesfordtown.com |access-date=20 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170103080852/http://hednesfordtown.com/statistics/player.php?id=177 |archive-date=3 January 2017}}</ref> |
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Source:<ref>{{ENFA}}</ref> |
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==Honours== |
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'''Port Vale''' |
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*[[Football League Third Division]] second-place promotion: [[1993–94 Football League|1993–94]] |
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*[[Football League Third Division]] runner-up: [[1993–94 Port Vale F.C. season|1993–94]] |
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*[[Anglo-Italian Cup]] runner-up: 1995–96 |
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*[[Football League Trophy]]: [[2000–01 Football League Trophy|2000–01]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Vale vault Brentford to lift Vans trophy|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/1289338.stm|access-date=19 January 2016|publisher=[[BBC Sport]]|date=22 April 2001}}</ref> |
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*[[Wigan Athletic F.C.|Wigan Athletic]] Player of the Year: [[1992–93 Wigan Athletic F.C. season|1992–93]] |
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Latest revision as of 21:31, 18 March 2024
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Allen John Tankard[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 21 May 1969||
Place of birth | Islington, England[1] | ||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Left-back | ||
Youth career | |||
1985 | Southampton | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1985–1988 | Southampton | 5 | (0) |
1988–1993 | Wigan Athletic | 209 | (4) |
1993–2001 | Port Vale | 275 | (11) |
2001–2003 | Mansfield Town | 30 | (2) |
2003 | Hednesford Town | 1 | (0) |
2003 | Stafford Rangers | 0 | (0) |
Total | 520 | (17) | |
International career | |||
England U17 | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Allen John Tankard (born 21 March 1969) is an English former footballer who played as a left-back. He played 519 league games in a 16-year career in the Football League.
He began his career with Southampton in 1987, before moving on to Wigan Athletic the following year. He spent five years with the "Latics", being voted the club's Player of the Year in 1992–93, before making a £87,500 move to Port Vale in July 1993. He spent the next eight years at Vale Park, helping the club to win promotion out of the Third Division in 1993–94, and to reach the final of the Football League Trophy in 2001. He retired from the professional game after helping Mansfield Town to win promotion out of the Third Division in 2001–02.
Career[edit]
Southampton[edit]
Tankard started his football career with Southampton, signing Youth Training Scheme forms in June 1985.[3] He played in pre-season friendly games two months after his sixteenth birthday.[3] He won caps for the England under-17 team.[3] He made his competitive debut for Southampton against Sheffield Wednesday in April 1986.[4] However, he struggled with is weight and after only five appearances it was apparent he had no future at The Dell, and so he signed with Wigan Athletic in July 1988.[3]
Wigan Athletic[edit]
The "Latics" finished 17th in the Third Division in 1988–89 under Ray Mathias's stewardship, just four places and two points above relegated Southend United. They dropped to 18th in 1989–90 under new boss Bryan Hamilton, three places and three points ahead of relegated Cardiff City. Wigan then rose to tenth in 1990–91, three places outside of the play-offs. They then dropped to 15th in 1991–92, before suffering relegation with a 23rd-place finish in 1992–93; it would prove to be his last season at Springfield Park, and Tankard departed after being voted as the club's Player of the Year.[5]
Port Vale[edit]
In July 1993, John Rudge signed Tankard to Port Vale for a £87,500 fee.[1] Initially unpopular with the fans, he turned things around at Vale Park after a last minute FA Cup winner against Huddersfield Town in the FA Cup second round.[6] He spent December to April of the 1993–94 season on the sidelines due to a hamstring injury, with Dean Stokes playing in his stead, but Tankard's performances whilst fit helped the club to promotion out of the Third Division.[1] He played regular football in the 1994–95 season, helping the club to avoid relegation out of the (newly re-branded) First Division by a ten-point margin.[1] He was again a regular in the 1995–96 campaign, until he was sidelined again in March due to another hamstring injury.[1]
Following his recovery, he played 44 games of the 1996–97 season, one of the most successful of the club's history, as Vale posted an eighth-place finish, two places and four points below Crystal Palace, who went on to win promotion to the Premier League as winners of the play-offs. He made 42 appearances in the 1997–98 season, helping the "Valiants" to avoid the drop by finishing three places and just one point above relegated Manchester City. However, his reputation was somewhat sullied in an FA Cup third-round game on 14 January 1998, as he blasted his penalty over the bar in the penalty shoot-out with Arsenal; it was the final kick of the 4–3 defeat (the game had finished 1–1 in normal time).[7] Recovering from their lacklustre third round performance, Arsenal would later go on to win the competition.
In 1998–99, Tankard was the only outfield player to hit the 40 game mark for the Vale, and also netted goals against Watford, Crystal Palace, Norwich City, and Oxford United. The club went on to avoid relegation only due to the fact that they had scored more goals than Bury. However, relegation came in the 1999–2000 season under new manager Brian Horton; Tankard played 37 games, scoring in a 3–2 win over Sheffield United at Bramall Lane. He remained loyal to the Burslem club despite their fall into the Second Division, and played 39 games in the 2000–01 season, scoring a personal best of five goals. He also played every game of Vale's run to the final of the Football League Trophy; however, he was an unused substitute for the final itself at the Millennium Stadium, which Vale won with a 2–1 victory over Brentford.[8] Tankard was released in June 2001 after the club reneged on the offer of a new two-year contract upon bringing in Phil Hardy, Alex Gibson and Rae Ingram.[4] In all he had made 324 first-team appearances for Port Vale, scoring 13 goals. One of the club's most consistent performers,[9] years later the club were still trying to fill the void Tankard's departure had left in the left-back role.[10] In May 2019, he was voted into the "Ultimate Port Vale XI" by members of the OneValeFan supporter website.[11]
Later career[edit]
He spent the 2001–02 season with Mansfield Town,[12] helping Bill Dearden's "Stags" to gain the third and final automatic promotion place of the Third Division, one point ahead of Cheltenham Town.[4] He was contracted with the club for the 2002–03 season,[13] but did not make any appearances at Field Mill due to injury and was released in January 2003.[4] He then had brief spells with Southern League clubs Hednesford Town and Stafford Rangers, where his injury problems continued.[14][4]
Post-retirement[edit]
After retiring from the game, Tankard worked at a minibus and coach hire company in Stone, Staffordshire.[3]
Career statistics[edit]
Club | Season | Division | League | FA Cup | Other | Total | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Southampton | 1985–86 | First Division | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
1986–87 | First Division | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
Total | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
Wigan Athletic | 1988–89 | Third Division | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 37 | 1 |
1989–90 | Third Division | 45 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 56 | 1 | |
1990–91 | Third Division | 46 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 57 | 1 | |
1991–92 | Third Division | 44 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 52 | 0 | |
1992–93 | Third Division | 41 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 55 | 2 | |
Total | 209 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 257 | 5 | ||
Port Vale | 1993–94 | Second Division | 26 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 33 | 1 |
1994–95 | First Division | 39 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 45 | 1 | |
1995–96 | First Division | 29 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 43 | 0 | |
1996–97 | First Division | 37 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 44 | 1 | |
1997–98 | First Division | 39 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 43 | 0 | |
1998–99 | First Division | 37 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 4 | |
1999–2000 | First Division | 35 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 1 | |
2000–01 | First Division | 33 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 39 | 5 | |
Total | 275 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 324 | 13 | ||
Mansfield Town | 2001–02 | Third Division | 30 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 2 |
Hednesford Town | 2003–04 | Southern League Premier Division |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Career total | 520 | 17 | 32 | 1 | 72 | 2 | 624 | 20 |
Honours[edit]
Port Vale
- Football League Third Division second-place promotion: 1993–94
- Anglo-Italian Cup runner-up: 1995–96
- Football League Trophy: 2000–01[18]
Mansfield Town
- Football League Third Division third-place promotion: 2001–02[4]
Individual
- Wigan Athletic Player of the Year: 1992–93
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 286. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
- ^ "FootballSquads – Port Vale – 2000/01". footballsquads.co.uk. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
- ^ a b c d e "Allen Tankard | SaintsPlayers.co.uk". saintsplayers.co.uk. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f "The Allen Tankard Interview". The Vale Park Beano. 44.
- ^ "Who Gets Your Vote?". wiganlatics.co.uk. Archived from the original on 25 February 2012. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
- ^ Shaw, Phil (4 December 1993). "Tankard raises cheers for Vale". The Independent. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 29 June 2009.
- ^ "Penalty heartache for Port Vale". BBC Sport. 14 January 1998. Retrieved 29 June 2009.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Port Vale's route to Cardiff". BBC Sport. 18 April 2001. Retrieved 29 June 2009.
- ^ "Port Vale pen pictures". BBC Sport. 18 April 2001. Retrieved 29 June 2009.
- ^ "Vale to unleash teenager". BBC Sport. 1 August 2003. Retrieved 29 June 2009.
- ^ Fielding, Rob (26 May 2019). "This is the OVF viewers all-time Port Vale XI". onevalefan.co.uk. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
- ^ "Tankard's the toast of Field Mill". BBC Sport. 20 July 2001. Retrieved 29 June 2009.
- ^ "Tankard cheers Mansfield". BBC Sport. 12 June 2002. Retrieved 29 June 2009.
- ^ "Football: Veteran Tankard gets another Rangers run". Birmingham Post. 23 July 2003. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
- ^ Allen Tankard at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
- ^ Allen Tankard at Soccerbase
- ^ "Stats". hednesfordtown.com. Archived from the original on 3 January 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
- ^ "Vale vault Brentford to lift Vans trophy". BBC Sport. 22 April 2001. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
- 1969 births
- Living people
- Footballers from the London Borough of Islington
- People from Islington (district)
- English men's footballers
- England men's youth international footballers
- Men's association football fullbacks
- Southampton F.C. players
- Wigan Athletic F.C. players
- Port Vale F.C. players
- Mansfield Town F.C. players
- Hednesford Town F.C. players
- Stafford Rangers F.C. players
- English Football League players
- Southern Football League players