Tony Grimshaw

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Tony Grimshaw
Personnel
Surname Anthony Grimshaw
birthday December 8, 1957
place of birth Manchester ,  England
position Defense
Juniors
Years station
1972-1974 Manchester United
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1974-1979 Manchester United 1 (0)
1978 →  Ballymena United  (loan)
1979-1980 AFC Mossley (4)
1 Only league games are given.

Anthony "Tony" Grimshaw (born December 8, 1957 in Manchester ) is a former English football player .

Career

Grimshaw joined Manchester United during his school days in 1972 , in mid-1974 he signed a contract as an apprentice (German trainee), but rose to a professional in December 1974. At the beginning of the 1975/76 season , United had only just been promoted to the First Division again , he was still playing in the third team, in September 1975 he came on for the first time in a 2-1 victory in the League Cup against Brentford FC the first team to use, a month later he made his debut in a 2-1 away win against Leeds United in the league. In February 1976 Grimshaw broke his leg in a reserve game against Aston Villa , fell out of the injury for the next two seasons and subsequently failed to regain his form. After a month on loan in October 1978 with Irish club Ballymena United , he finally left United in the summer of 1979.

He continued his career at AFC Mossley in the Northern Premier League , for the club he played a total of 22 season games in the 1979/80 season, in the league he was successful in scoring four times when winning the championship. In November 1979 he took part in the first round match in the FA Cup against York City (final score 2: 5), in the final of the FA Trophy at London's Wembley Stadium , which was lost 1: 2 to Dagenham FC , however, he did not come to Commitment.

After his footballing career, he became a policeman with the Greater Manchester Police .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tony Grimshaw in the barryhugmansfootballers.com database. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
  2. ↑ a b Garth Dykes: The United Alphabet - A Complete Who's Who of Manchester United FC ACL & Polar Publishing Ltd., Leicester 1994, ISBN 0-9514862-6-8 , p. 165 .
  3. ↑ SCOTS JUNIOR AT COMING . In: Belfast Telegraph , October 5, 1978, p. 32.  (paid link)
  4. ↑ SCOTS MAY BE COMING . In: Belfast Telegraph , November 2, 1978, p. 32.  (paid link)
  5. ↑ mossleyweb.com: 1979/80 , accessed July 28, 2019
  6. ↑ mossleyweb.com: FA CHALLENGE TROPHY - WEMBLEY 1980 , accessed July 28, 2019
  7. ↑ thenonleaguefootballpaper.com: Mossley - Northern Premier League Champions 1979-80 (14 August 2013) , accessed on 28 July 2019
personal data
SURNAME Grimshaw, Tony
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Grimshaw, Anthony
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH December 8, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Manchester