Tony Agana

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Tony Agana
Personnel
Surname Patrick Anthony Agana
birthday 2nd October 1963
place of birth Bromley ,  England
size 183 cm
position striker
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
Welling United
1984-1987 Weymouth FC 137 (35)
1987-1988 Watford FC 15 0(1)
1988-1991 Sheffield United 118 (42)
1991-1997 Notts County 145 (15)
1992 →  Leeds United  (loan) 2 0(0)
Hereford United
Cliftonville FC
1998-1999 Leek Town (3)
FC Guiseley
Alfreton Town
1 Only league games are given.

Patrick Anthony "Tony" Agana (born October 2, 1963 in Bromley ) is a former English football player . As a striker , he had his most successful time as an offensive partner of Brian Deane at Sheffield United . For a short time he helped out in 1992 at Leeds United , which was on the way to winning the championship and needed additional protection after the failure of Lee Chapman . Until 1997 he was still at Notts County and won the Anglo-Italian Cup there in 1995 .

Athletic career

Agana's career began below the full profile at Welling United , from where he moved to FC Weymouth in March 1984 - the same path, incidentally, was taken by the later Irish international Andy Townsend . In more than three years Agana ran in 180 competitive games for the "Terras", in which he scored 48 goals (35 of which were in a total of 137 league games). During this time he completed an international match for a semi-professional English selection, also known as the "C national team".

Just two months before his 24th birthday, he ended up in higher-class football. The goal was the first division club Watford FC , for the Agana on August 15, 1987 against FC Wimbledon (1-0) made his debut. By February 1988, he completed 14 other league games; his only goal was a hit to the 1-1 draw on December 28, 1987 against Portsmouth FC . Shortly after Watford's coach Dave Bassett was fired, Agana followed him to his successor club and second division club Sheffield United , the transfer being based on an exchange deal with Martin Kuhl , who went the opposite way in exchange.

Already on his debut for the "Blades" Agana scored his first goal for a 1-0 win against FC Barnsley and although the club could no longer avert relegation to the third division, the newcomer made his sporting breakthrough in the 1988/89 season . Together with strike partner Brian Deane , Agana formed a powerful offensive duo, scored 24 league goals and led Sheffield back to the Second Division and only one year later to the top English division . There he played his first game against defending champions Liverpool (1: 3), but remained without a goal of his own, as in the following period - with the exception of the last match day of the 1990/91 season when he scored both goals in a 2-1 win against Norwich City scored. Nevertheless, in November 1991 the fresh first division promoted Notts County was ready to invest the then-internal record transfer fee of 750,000 pounds for Agana.

In February 1992, his new employer loaned him to Leeds United, which played for the championship, for the remaining games of the 1991/92 season . There coach Howard Wilkinson had been looking for additional protection after the short-term failure of Lee Chapman and Agana helped out in this role in two games against Luton Town and Aston Villa - which was formally not enough for a master's medal after winning the title. In the summer of 1992 he returned to Notts County, which had meanwhile been relegated from the English elite class and so Agana only went hunting for goals in the Second Division. The previous hit rate - especially from his time with Deane - he did not reach again, for which injuries were partly responsible. The sporting highlight of the 1994/95 season, which in turn was disappointing with another relegation, was the victory in the Anglo-Italian Cup , in the final of which Agana contributed the decisive goal to the 2-1 victory against Ascoli Calcio . Even in the third division, he found his way to the starting line-up less often, and later in the 1995/96 season he benefited from the fact that he had meanwhile replaced Andy Legg on the left winger position. Here he played himself in good shape again. completed three playoff games and although these did not end with the desired return to the First Division, Agana had prepared the decisive goal in the semi-final second leg against Crewe Alexandra and thus paved the way for his team to Wembley . When Notts County was then in the 1996/97 season on the way down to the fourth class Third Division , Agana said goodbye after 23 league games in March 1997 in the direction of the fourth division Hereford United . There he scored two more goals in five games in the final phase, but could not prevent Hereford from being bottom of the table from the Football League Association .

The last stations in Agana's active career were the Northern Irish Cliftonville FC ; later followed by other smaller clubs such as Leek Town (1998/99, 23 competitive games / 3 goals), FC Guiseley and Alfreton Town . During this time he also took on coaching duties and after a first interim position for Leek Town he was player-coach at FC Guiseley. After retiring at the beginning of the 2000s, Agana pursued his academic interests, studying in the computer science department at Sheffield Hallam University and graduating in 2004. He later worked in this industry for the University of Manchester and a software development company.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The 1995-1996 Official PFA Footballers Factfile . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 1995, ISBN 978-0-09-180854-9 , pp. 10 .
  2. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The 1996-1997 Official PFA Footballers Factfile . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 1996, ISBN 978-1-85291-571-1 , pp. 10 .
  3. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The 1997-1998 Official PFA Footballers Factfile . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 1997, ISBN 978-1-85291-581-0 , pp. 10 .
  4. ↑ pitchero.com: The LTFC Archive - Season By Season - 1998/99 , accessed April 7, 2019
  5. ↑ "Yesterday's Blades" (BBC Sport)
personal data
SURNAME Agana, Tony
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Agana, Patrick Anthony (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd October 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Bromley , England